Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-05-27

boat that would never be OF any practi-
cal use; but when the deluge came, and
the tops Of the mountains disappeared
like the backs Of sea monsters, and the
elements, ashed xp in fury, clapped
their hands over drowned world. then
Noah in the ark rejoiced in his own
safety and in the safety Of his family,
and looked out on the wreck Of a ruined
| earth.
Christ, bounded Of prosecutors. denied
pillow, worse maltreated than the
thieves on either side of the cross. human
hate smacking its lips in satisfaction
after ii bad been draining bis last drop
Of blood, the sheeted dead bursting from
the sepulchers at his crucitixion.
Tell me, o GethSemane and Golgo-
thai were there ever darker times
than thosei Like the booming Of the
midnight sea against the rock, the surges
Of Christ's anguish beat against the gates
Of eternity, TO be echoed back hy all the
thrones Of heaven and all Jae dungeons
Of hell But the day Of reward comes
for Christ; all the pomp and dominion OF
this world are 70 be hung on lis throne,
uncrow ned heads are to bow before him
on whose head are many crowns and all
the celestial worship Is to come up at his
feet, like the humming Of the forest like
the rushing Of the waters, like the thun-
dering of the seas, while all hea I'm, ris-
ing on their thrones, beat time with their
scepters: ''Hallelujah, for the Lore God
omnipotent reigneth. Halleluiah the
kingdoms of this world have become the
kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christi
That song OF love, now low and far.
Ere long shall swell from star 70 star:
That light the breaking day which tips
Tie golden spired Apocalypse
". Again: learn from my subject
that events which seem TO be most inig-
nifcant may be momentous Can you
imagine anything more unimportant than
the coming Of poor woman from Moab
to Judah Can you imagine anything
more trivial than the fact that this Ruth
just happened to alght-as they say
just happened to alight on that field Of
Boar Yet all ages, all generations have
an interest in the fact that she was to he
come an ancestor OF the Lord Jesus
Christ and all nations and kingdoms
must look at that one little incident with
thrill Of unspeakable and eternal salts
faction. So il is in your history and in
mine; events that you thought Of no inn
portance at all have been Of very great
moment. That casual conversation, that
accidental meeting-you did not think of
il again for a long while; but how il
changed all the phase Of your hfe
1t seemed 10 be Of no Importance that
Jubal invented rude instruments of
music, calling them harp and organ; but
they were the introduction OF all the
worlds minstrelsy; and as you hear the
vibration Of a stringed instrument, given
after the fingers have been taken away
from il, so all music now Of lutte and
drum and cornet is only the long con-
.inued strains Of Jubal's harp and Jubal's
organ. II seemed to be matter Of very
little Importance that Tubal Cain learned
the uses of copper and iron; but that
rude foundry of ancient DAYS has its
echo in the rattle of Birmingham ma
chinery, and the roar and bang Of fac
ories on the Merrimac.
| Ii seemed TO be matter of no import
ance that Luther found a Bible in a
monastery; but as he opened that Bible,
and the brass bound lids fell back, they
Jared everything, from the Vatican to
the furthest convent in Germany. and
the rlstling of the wormed leaves was
The sound Of the wings Of the angel of
the Reformation. Il seemed 70 be a mat
ter OF no importance that a woman,
whose name has been forgotten, dropped
tract in the way of a very bad man by
the name of Richard Baxter. lie picked
up the tract and read it, and it was the
means of his salvation.
In after days that man wrote a book
called "Ihe Cat to the Cnconveried. F"
that was the means OF bringing a multi
tude 10 God among others Philip Dod-
iridge. Philip Doddridge wrote book
called THE Rise and Progress Of Re
liCion, which has brought thousands
and tens Of thousands into the kingdom
Of God, and among Others the great
Wlberforce. WIberforce wrote a hook
called "A Practical View cf Christian
ity," which was the means oi bringing
great multitude to Christ, among others
Leigh Richmond. Leigh Richmond wrote
4 tract called THE Dairymans Daugh-
ter, which has been the means OF the
salvation of unconverted muItitudes. And
that tide of influence started from the
fact that one Christian woman dropped
la Christian tract in the way OF
Richard Baxter-the tide of influence
rolling on through Richard Baxter,
through Philip Doddridge through the
great Wilberforce, through Leigh Rich
mond, on, on, on, forever. So the in
significant events Of this world seem,
after all, 10 be most momentous The
fact that you came up that street
OF this street seemed 70 be Of
no importance to you. and the fact
that you went inside Of some church
may seem 10 be q matter Of very great
insignifcance TO you, but you win find
It the turning point Of your history.
V. Again | see In my subject an IL
lustration Of the beauty Of female u
dustry.
Behold Ruth toiling In the harvest
field under the hot sun, or at noon TAX
Ing plain bread with the reapers. or eat
ing the parched corn which Boaz handed
10 her. The customs Of society. II course,
have changed. and without the hard
ships and exposure to which Ruth was
subjected every intelligent woman will
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