The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-08-03


we have tn urge our waT through ten thou
sand obstacles that must be slain by cur own
right arm. We have to ford the river. we
have 70 climb the mountain, we have to
storm the castle; but, blessed ba God,
the dav OF rest and reward will come. On
the tip top OF the captured battlsments we
will shout the victory: il not in this world,
then in that word where there Is no gall to
drink, no burdens 10 carry. no battles TO
fight. How do know III Know il l know
Il because God savs so They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any moro,
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat for the lamb which IS in the midst Of
the throne shall lead them 70 living foun-
tains Of water. and God shah wipe al tears
from their eyes
It was very hard FOR Noah to endure the
soothing Of the people in his day. while
he was trying to build the ark, and
was every morning quizzed about his
old boat that would never b. OF any
practical Use. but when the deluge came.
and the tops Of the mountains disappeared
like the backs Of saa-monst-rs and the ele-
ueuts dashed up in 8 fury, clapped their
hands over a drowned world, then Noah in
the ark re joicei in his own safety and in the
safety Of his family, and looked on the wreck
Z OF a ruined earth.
Christ bounded Of prosecutors. denied a
pillow. worse maltreated than the thieves
on either side Of the cross. human hate
HlllFhluE
/ il had been draining His last drop OF
blood. the shested dead bursting from the
/ sepuichres at His cruciiKiOn. Tell me, o
{ Gethsemane ami GOlgothai were there ever
darker times than thoset Like the booming
OF the midnight sea against the rock. the
surges Of Christ's anguish beat against the
gates OF eternity, 10 be echoed back
/ by all the thrones Of heaven and all the
dungeons OF hell But the day OF reward
comes for Christ. all the pomp and dominion
Of this world are to be hung on His throne
uncroNnsd heads are 10 bow before Him on
/ whose head are many crowns, and all the
celestial worship is 10 come up at His feet, like
[ the cumming of the forest, Ike the rushing
OF the waters, ike the laundering OF the seas,
while all heaven, rising on their thrones, beat
time with their sceptres: "Hallelujah. for
I the Lord God omnipotent neignethi Halle
luiah. the kingdoms Of this world have be-
come the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus
/ Christi
That sour OF love now low and far
Ere long shaii swell from star to star;
That light. the breaking day which tips
The guiden-spired Apocalypse
". Again: / learn from my subject that
/ events which seem 10 be most insignificant
may be momentOus. Can you imagine any
thing more unimportant than the coming
[ Of a poor woman from Moab TO Judahi Can
you imagine anything more trivial than the
/ fact that this Ruth just happened TO alght
As they sav-just happened to alight on
that field Of Boaz Yet all ages, all genera
I tons have ar interest in the fac: that she
was 70 become an ancestor Of the Lord Jests
Christ, and ell nations and kingdoms must
look at that one little incident with
a thrill OF unspeakable and eternal
7 satisfaction. So il Is in your history and in
mine. events that you thought Of no import
ance at ali have been Of very great moment
That casual conversation. that accidental
Washington did not think Of it again for
{ long while; but how it changed all the phase
I OF your life.
It seemed TO be Of no Importance chat
I Jubal invented rude instruments OF music,
calling them harp and organ; but they were
I the Introduction OF all the worlds minstrelsy;
and as YOU h sar the vibration Of n stringed
instrument. even after the fingers have
I been taken away from 1t, so all music
now Of hute and drum and cornet is only the
long-c0ntinuel strains OF Jubars harp and
] Jubals origin. Il seemed 10 be a matter of
very little importance that Tubal Cain
D learned the uses o. copper and iron; hut that
l rude foundry OF ancient days has its echo IN
l the rattle OF Birmingham machinery. and
! the roar and bang Of factories on the Merri-
mac.
Il seemed 70 be 4 matter OF no Importance
3 that Luther found Bible in a monastery;
but as be opened that Bible, and the brass
bound lids fell back, they Jared everything,
u from tile aLlcAn 70 tine LuFLueSb convent IN
I Germany, AMI the rustling OF the wormed
Z leaves was hesouni of the wings q the Angel
z Of the Reformation. II SCENE % be matter
I Of no Importance that a woman whose name
has bsen forgotten. dropped a tract in the
way Of a very bad man by the name of
Richard Baxter. He picked up the tract
AMI read it, ami it was the means of his
salvation.
In after-days That man wrote book called
The Call 70 the Cnconyertei. y that was the
means Of bringing 4 multitude to God.
among others Philip Doddriige. Philip Dodd
bridge wrote a book called The Rise and
/ Progress OF Religion which has brought
thousands aud tens OF thous inds into the
kingdom Of God, ami among Others the
book called. a PTa,ti-a al View of Christi
anity which was the means OF bringing a
great multitude 70 Christ, among others
Leigh Richmond. Leigh Richmond wrote
a tract ealiel. "The Dairymsn's Daugh-
ter" which has BEEN the means OF the sal
walton Of uncounted muiuiuies And
that tide OF influence started from the fact
that one Christian woman dropped a Chris
tan tract in the way Of Richard Baxter
the tide Ok inhuence rolling gu through Rich
ard BAXTER through Philip Doddridge,
through the great Wherefore, through
Leigh Richmond, on, on. on. for
ever. forever So the insignificant
all % be momentous The fact that you
came mp that street or this street seemed to
b. Of no Importance 10 you, and the fact that
[ you went inside OF some church may seem to
E b. a matter Of very great insignihcance to
you, but you will ind it the turning-point in
your history.
r. Again: I see in my subject an illustra-
: ton OF the beauty Of female industry.
Behold Ruth t0iling IN the harvest-ield
under the hot sun. or at noon taking plain
bread with the reapers, or eating the parched
corn which B1az hgniei 70 her. The Gus
toms Of society Il course, have changed, and
without the hariships and eNpoeure 70 which
Roth was sub iectei. every intelligent woman
VIII find s5mething to do.
know there is 4 sickly ssntimentality on
Ills sub ct IN SONS families there are per
s0ls Of no practical service to the household
Or community: and though there are 50 many
Wo ali arouni about tlem in the world,
thy speuI their time languishing over "A
new pIttern, or bursting into tears
az midnight over the story Of some lover who
shot himself They would not deign TO look
al Ruth carrying back the barley on her way
bone b her mother in-law. Naomi Ali this
fast|diousness may seem 70 do very
well while they are under the shelter
N their fathers house: but when the
sharp winter Of misfortune comes what OF
these butterflies Persons under indulgent
parentage may get upon themselves habits OF
indoi@nee' but when they come out into
practical life their sOul will reeoil with DIS
gust and chagrin They will feel in their
hearts what the poet 50 severely satirized
when Boz said:
% Fo.ks are % aEkwafd. things 20 lmpolite.
lhfg D. elegantly paned from morning until
hight
Through that gate OF Incidence how many
men and women have marched, useless on
earth, ~ destroyed eternity Spinola said
b. Sir Horace We're: "Of what did your
brother der "Of having nothing 10 do, was
the answer "Ahn said Spinola. that's
enough 70 kill any general u US" OH can
Il he possible in this world, where there Is so
much suffering b BE- alleviated. 70 much
darkness 10 b. enlightened, and 30 many
burdens % b. carried. that there Is any per-
s0n vino cannot find anything 70 dot
Malnme De Stael did a world OF work in
Der time: and one day, while she was seated
amid Instruments Of music, ali Of which she
haa mastered and amid manuscript books
which she had written, some one sad 10 her:
T. HInE ia unu find fina 70 attend 10 all