The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-09

cause we cannot do much, and therefore
do nothing.
90" says some one, "I would like TO stop
! the forces Of sin and crime that are march
l ing for the conquest Of the nations, but am
nobody, ! have neither wealth. nor elo-
| quencs nor social power. What can dor
! Ny brother how much do you weight as
/ much as q snowhakei 80. yes.n Then
| do your share. It is an aggregation OF small
| influences that viii yet put this lost world
back into the bosom Of a pardoning God.
| Alas that thsre are 30 many men and women
who will not use the one talent because they
have not ten. and will not give a penny
/ because they cannot give dollar, and viii
/ not speak as well as they can because they
| are not eloquent, and will not be snow
| fake, because they cannot be an avalanche.
| In earthly wars the generals get about all
the credit, but in the war for God and right
eousness and heaven all the private soldiers
| will get crowns of victory unfailing. When
| we reach heavenly the grace of God may
we all arrive there-I do not think we will
be able TO begin the new song right away,
because of the surprise we shall feel at the
| comparative rewards given. As we are
| being conducted along the street to our
celestial residence, we will begin 60
ask where live some of those who were
mighty on earth. We will ask, us so-and-
| so hereW and the answer will be: "Yes, |
| think he is in the city, but we don't hear
mnch Of him; he was good and he got in,
| but he took most of his pay in earthly
| applause; he had enough grace to gee
through the gate. but just where he lives l
know not. he squeezed through somehow,
although think the gates took the skirts Of
his garments l think he lives in one of
those back streets in one Of the palmer resi-
dences."
Then we shall see palace, the door steps
Of gold, and the windows of agate. and the
Ton I 10 ha ctJsa or hril nd har
lots before the door, and people who look
like princes and princesses going up and
down the steps, and we shall say, "What
one of the herarchs lives here's That must
be the residence of Paul or a Milton, or
some one whose name resounds through all
the planet from which we have just as
cended." mo, no,n says our celestial
dragoman, that is the residence of
soul whom you never heard of.
| When she gave a charity her left
hand knew not what her right hand did.
She was mighty in secret prayer, and no
one but God and her own soul knew it. She
had more trouble than anybody in the land
where she lived and without complaining she
| bore it, and though her talents were never
great what she had was all consecrated to
| God and helping others, and the Lord is
making up for her earthly privations by
| especial raptures here, and the king of this
country had that place built especially for
her. The walls began to go up when her
troubles and privations and conservation
began on earth, and it so happened-what
heavenly coincideucel-that the
last stroke of the trowel of
| omethyst on those walls was
given the hour she entered heaven. You
know nothing of her. On earth her name
was only once in the newspapers, and that
among the column of the dead, but she is
mighty up here. There she comes now. out
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those two white horses, for a ride on the
banks of the river that flows from under
the throne Of God. Let me see. Did you
not have in your world below an old classic
which says something about these are
they who came out of great tribulation, and
they shall reign forever and everP {"
As we pass up the street l find a good
many on foot, and l say to the dragoman,
"Who are theseW And when their name is
announced recognize that some of them
were on earth great poets and great orators
and great merchants and great warriors,
and when expressed my surprise about
their going afoot, the dragoman says: "In
this country people are rewarded not ac-
cording to the number Of their earthly tai
ents, but according to the use they made Of
what they had And then / thought to
myself: why, that theory would make a
snowflake that falls cheerfully and in the
| right place, and does all the work as
| signed it, as honorable as a whole
Mont Blanc of snowflakes." Eyes, yes"
says the celestial dragoman. many of
these pearls that you find on the foreheads
Of the righteous, and many OF the gems in
| the jewel case OF prince and princess, are
only the petriied snowfiakes of earthly
tempest, for God does not forget the promise
| made in regard to them: They shall be
mine, said the Lord Of hosts. in the day
when make up my jewels'" Accumu-
lated power All the prayers and charities
and kindnesses and talents of all the good
concentered and compacted will not be the
| worlds evangelizatlon. This thought OF
the aggregation Of the many smalls into
that one mighty is another treasure of the
snow.
Another treasure of the snow is the sug-
| gestion of the usefulness of sorrow. Alb
sence of snow last winter made all nations
sick. That snowless winter has not yet
ended its disasters. Within few weeks it
| put tens of thousands into the grave and
left others in homes and hospitals gradually
to 60 down. Called by trivial name, the
| Russian grippe" it was an international
| plague. Plenty of snow means public
health. There is no medicine that so soon
cures the worlds malarlas as these white
| pellets that the clouds administer. Pellets
| small enough to be homeopathic, but in
such large doses as to be allopathic, and
melting soon enough to be hydropathic.
Like sponge every fake Absorbs unhealthy
gases. The tables of mortality in New
York and Brooklyn Immediately lessened
when the snow of last December began to
fall The snow is one of tho grandest and
best of the worlds doctors.
Yes; 1t is necessary for the lands produc-
tiveness. Great SHOWS in winter are gener-
ally followed by great harvest next sum-
mer. Scientific analysis has shown that
snow contains larger percentage of am
monia than the rain, and hence its greater
power of enrichment. And besides that, it
is white blanket TO keep the earth warm.
An examination of snow in Siberia showed
that it was a hundred degrees warmer
under the snow than above the snow. Alpine
plants persisted in the mild winter of Eng
land for lack of enough snow to keep them
warm. Snow strikes back the rich
gases which otherwise would escape
in the air and be lost. Thank God
for the SHOWS, and may those of February
be as plentiful as those of December
and January have been, high and deep anC
wide and enriching; then the harvests next
July will embroider with gold this entir,
! American continent. But who with any
analogical faculty can notice that out OF
such chill as the snow comes the wheat
without realizing that chilling sorrows pro-
duce harvests of grace The stronges
christians, without any exceptions, arC
those who were by bereavements or sick
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