Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-08-06

cestress of the Lord Jesus Christ. and al
nn.ions ard kingdoms alug, look ~ thai
one little incident with a thrill Of unspeak
able aud eternal satisfaction. So IL is II
your history and in mine; events that yor
thought of no importance at all have beer
of very great moment. That casual con
yersaton, that accidental meeting-you
did not think Of ii again for a long while
but how it changed all the current of your
life
II seemed 70 he OF no importance that
Jubal invented rude Instruments cf music,
calling them harp and organ, oIt they
were the introduction Of all the worlds
minstrelsy And as you hear the vibra-
tion Of a stringed instrument. even after
the fingers have been taken away from it,
so all music now Of lutte and drum and
cornet is only the long continued strains of
Jubal's harp and Jubal's organ. 1t seemed
to be a 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 Birming
ham machinery and the roar and bang Of
factories on the Merrimac
BEAUTY or FEMALE INDUSTRY.
Again. see in my subject an illustration
OF the beauty Of female industry Behold
Ruth toiling in the harvest field under the
hot sun. or at noon taking plain bread with
the reapers, or eating the parched corn
which Boaz handed to her. The customs
of society Of course have changed, and
without the hardships and exposure TO
which Ruth was subjected, every intelli-
gent woman will find something to do.
know there is a sickly sentimentality on
this subject. In some families there are
persons of no practical service TO the house
hold or community. and though there are
so many woes all around about them in
the world they spend their time languish.
ing over new pattern or bursting into
tears at midnight over the story Of some
lover who shot himselfl They would not
deign TO look al Ruth carrying back the |
barley on her way home to her mother-in. |
law, Naomi.
All this fastidiousness may seem to do 4
very well while they are under the shelter I
Of their fathers house. but when the sharp /
winter Of misfortune comes, what Of these
Persons under indulgent par
sntage may get upon themselves habits Of
ndolence, but when they come out into
practical life their soul will recoil with dis
gust and chagrin They will feel in their
hearts what the poet so severely satirized
when be said
folks are 50 awkward. things 80 impolite.
They're elegantly panied from morn till night.
Through that gate Of Incidence how
many men and women have marched. use.
ess on earth. TO destroyed eternityl
ipinola said TO Sir Horace We're: "Of what
id your brother der "Of having nothing
o do was the answer ABR said
pinola, 'that's enough TO kill any gen.
raj of u.s. Oh. can it be possible in this
'orld. where there is so much suffering 10
e alleyiated, so much darkness to be en-.
and so many burdens to be car =
ed, that there is any person who cannot
nd anything TO doYn
TIE BOAST or MADAME DE sTAEl.
Madame de Stael did world of work in
sr time: and one day, while she was
ated amid instruments OF music, all of
Mich she had mastered, and amid manu- y
ript books which she had written some
lie said to her, How do you find time to !
tend TO all OF these thingsf" OH she
piled, these are not the things | am |,
oud Of Ny chief boast is in the fact that
have seventeen trades, by any one OF q
lich ! could make "A livelihood If neces. Z
ry And if in secular spheres there is
much 70 be done, in spiritual work how
s. the iieldl How many dying all around
out us without one word of comfortl 4
e want more Abigails, more Hannahs.
're Rebeccas, more Marys, more Deb,
lhs conseerted-holY mind. soul-to
! Lord who bought them.
)icr more J learn from my subject the
IGe OF cleaning Ruth going into that
rveSt field might have said There is a &c
itw and there ], "a straw. but what *
aw' cgnt get any barley FOR myself OF
my motherin-iaw out Of these separate
avs Not 50 said beautiful Ruth She d.
hered two straws and she put them to. -,
her, and more straws until she cot ,
ugh TO make sheaf Putting that 81
yn she went and gathered more straws
II she had another sheaf, and another -
another and another, and then she -
ught them all together and shethreshed
N out, and she had an ephah Of barley, TIL
a bushel Oh. that we might all be
lnersl WI
THE STRAY PRIVILEGES COUNT.
hhu burritt learned many things while II
ing In blacksmiths shop Aber- IL
nbie, the world renowned philosopher.
a physician in Scotland, and he got
or the chief part of It, while
physician he was waiting for the door
he sick room to open Yet how many
e are in this day who say they are SO
they have no time for mental or ~
Itual improvement; the great duties of y.
cross the field like strong reapers and W
off all the hours, and there is only
and there fragment left that is not
u cleaning. All, my friends, you
q 90 into the busiest day and busiest
OF your life and find golden oppor
Ties, which gathered might at last =
a whole sheaf for the Lords garner. =
the stray opportunities and the stray
leges which taken up and bound to
er and beaten out viii at last fill you
much JOY. /
ere are few moments left worth the
ling. Now, Ruth, TO the field Nav
one have measure fall and running ,
Oh, you cleaners, to the field And
IRE be in your household an aged or a FRA,
relative that is not strong enough to
forth and toll in this field. then let mi.
take home to feeble Naomi this sheaf iii
leaning. He that goeth forth and II
eth, bearing precious seed, shall doubt,
come again with rejoicing, bringing "A !