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l. seemed to be OF no importance that
Jub.l invented rude instruments of
music, calling them harp and organ; but
they were the Introduction OF all the
worlds minstrelsy; as you hesr the vibra-
tlon OF a stringed instrument, even after
the fingers have been taken away from 1t,
80 all music now Of lutte and drum and
corDet is only the long-contlnued strains
OF Juba's harp and JubAl's organ. 1t
seemed to be matter Of very little i'm
uses Of copper and iron; but that rude
the rattle ct Birmingham machinery, spd
the roar and bang of factories on tine
Merrimac.
per,snce thst Luther found Bible in a
and the brass bound lids fell back, they
Jared everything, from the Vatican to
the furthest convent in Germany, and
sound OF the wings OF the angel Of Rs-
formation. It seemed to be
MATTER OF NO IMPORTANCE
that woman, whose name has been for
gotten, dropped tract in the wav Of
very BAD man by the name of Richard
Baxter. He picked up the tract and read
it. and 1t was the means of his salvation.
In after days that man wrote q book
called 1.-THE Call to the Uncovered"
that WAS the means of bringing a multi
tude to God, among others Phillip Dod-
bridge. Phillip Doddridge wrote book
called "The Rise and Progress Of Re-
iigion," which has brought thousands
and tens Of thousands into .th,e kingdom
of God, and among op0lnt the great
Wherefore: ,W,nilSeTIiotlass. is i book
which Was the means Of bYenleg great
multitude to Christ, among o. srs Leigh
Richmond. Leigh Richmond wrote 8
tract called 1.-THE Dairyman's Daughter"
which has been the means
OF the salvation of unconverted multi
tudes. And that tide Of influence started
from the fact that one Christian woman
dropped Caristian tract ia the way Of
Richard Baxter, the tide Of infuerce
rolling on through Richard Baxter,
through Philip Doddridge, through the
great Wilberforce, through Leigh Rich
mond, on, on, on, forever, foreverl
So the Insignificant facts OF this world
seem, afterell, to be most momentous.
The fact that you came up that street
or this street seemed to be of no lmpor-
lance to you, and the fact that you went
inside Of some church may seem to be .
matter OF very great insigniflcaoce to you,
but you will fnd 1t the turning point in
your history.
v. Again, see in my subject an Illus
trstion Of the beauty Of female industry.
Behold Ruth toiling in the harvest field
under the hot sun, CT at noon taking pl in
bread with the respers, or eating the
psrched CO n which Beaz handed to her.
The customs Of society, Of conrse, have
changed, and without the hsrdships and
exposure to which Ruth was subjected,
every intelligent woman will ind some
thing to do.
know there is sickly sentimentality
on this subject. In some families there
are persons Of no practical service to the
household or community; and though
there are so msny woes all around about
them in the world, they spend their time
lapgulshing over new psttern or burst
ing into tears at midnight over the story
Of some lover who shot himself! They
would not deign to look at Ruth carrying
back the barley on her way home to her
mother-in-lsw, Naomi. All this fastid-
iousness may seem to do very well while
they are under the shelter Of their fathers
house, but when the sharp winter of mis-
Persons under indulgent pareutsge may
get upon themselves habits of Incidence,
but when they come out into practical
life their soul Will recoil with disgust and
chsgrin. They will feel 10 their hearts
NH hn oluc - ~ a1
he said:
They're elegantly panied from morning until
night"
Through that gate Of Incidence how
many men and woman have marched,
useless on earth, to destroyed eternity!
Spinola said to Sir Horace We're: "Of
what did your brother die?" "Of having
nothing to do" Was the answer. "Ah!"
said Spinola, ssthet's enough to kill any
general Of u.s." On! can ii be possible in |
this world, where there IL so much suf-
iering to be alleviated, SO much darkness |
to be enlightened, and so many burdens |
to be carried, that there is any person |
who cannot fnd anything to do?
Madame de Ssael did world OF work |
In her time; and one day, while she wss |
seated amid instruments Of music. all Of |
which she had mastered, and amid manu-
script books which she had written, |
come one said to her: "How do You fad |
time to attend to all these thingsf"
sOh, !" she replied, "these are not the
THINGS AM PROUD OF.
Ny chief boast Is in the fact that have |
seventeen trades, by any one Of which |
could make q livelihood II necessary"
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