Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-09

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/ laUlye power, ana what a rebuke TO All c.
\ us who get discouraged because we cannot
I do much, aud therefore do nothing
DO YOUR SHARE FOR GOD.
"Oh, says some one, 81 would like to
| stop the forces of sin and crime that are
marching for the conquests of the nations,
but am nobody; / have neither wealth
nor eloquence nor social power What can
do" My brother, how much do you
weigh2 Asmuch as snowflake? ooh, yes. "
Then do your share. 1t is an aggregation
of small influences that will yet put this
lost world back into the bosom of par
doning God. Alas that there are so many
men and women who viii not use the one
talent because they have not ten, and will
not give a penny because they cannot give
a dollar, and will not speak as well as they
can because they are not eloquent, and will
not be snowflake because they cannot be
an avalanchel In earthly wars the gem
erals get about all the credit, but in the
war for God and righteousness 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 N the comparative rewards
given. AS we are being conducted along
the street to our celestial residence we will
begin to ask where live some of those who
were mighty on earth. We will ask, SIS
SO-and-so here" And the answer will be:
Eyes, think he is in the city, but we don't
hear much of him; he was good and he got
in, but he took most of his pay in earthly
applause; he had enough grace to get
through the gate, but just where he lives /
know not. He squeezed through somehow,
although think the gates took the skirts
of his garments. | think he lives in one
of those back streets in one of the palmer
residences"
Then we's shall see palace, the door
steps of gold, and the windows of agate,
and the tower like the sun for brilliance,
and chariots 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 hiorarchs lives here"
That must be the residence of a Paul or n
Milton, or some one whose name resounds
through all the planet from which we have
just assembled" "No, no." says our celes-
tial dragoman; that is the residence of a
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 all the land
where she lived, and without complaining
she bore it, and though her talents were
never great, what she had was all conse-
Grated to God and helping others, and the
Lord is making up for her earthly priva-
ton 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
Consecrations began on earth, and it so
happened-what a heavenly coincidence
that the last stroke of the trowel of anne
thyst on those walls was given the hour
she entered heaven.
"You know nothingo 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 Of her palace grounds in
her chariot behind 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 come out of
great tribulation, and they shall reign for
ever and eyerP
PEARLS ON THE FOREHEADS OF THE RIGHT
EOUs.
As we pass up the street | find a good
many on foot, and | say to the dragoman,
"Who are these" And when their name
is announced l recognize that some of
them were on earth great poets, and great
orators, and great merchants, and great
warriors, and when | express my surprise
about their going afoot the dragoman
says, In this country people are rewarded
not according to the number of their
earthly talents, 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 cheer
fully and in the right place, and does all
the work assigned it, as honorable as a
whole Mont Blanc of snowaakes."
eyes, yes" says the celestial dragoman,
many of these pearls that you find on the
foroheads Of the righteous, and many Of
the gems in the Jewel case of prince and
princess, are only the petrifed snowflakes
of earthly tempest, for God does not forget
the promise made in regard to them, They
shall be NINE said the Lord of hosts, in
AilS Nttt9 Nl4SL L llleAhS u u my JtNOlos AZ
cumulated powerl All the prayers and
charities and kindnesses and talents of all
the good concentered and compacted will
be the worlds evangelization. This thought
Df 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
genCe Of snow last winter made all nations
sick. That snowless winter has not yet
ended its disasters. Within n few weeks it
put tens of thousands into the grave, and
left others il homes and hospitals gradu-
ally to 60 down. Called by Il trivial
NAME the Russian grip" it was an inter
national plague. Plenty Of snow means
public health. There is no medicine that
so soon cures the worlds malarias as these
white pellets that the clouds administer
pellets small enough to be homeopathic,
but in such isrge doses as to be allopathic,
aud melting soon enough to be hYdropath-
lc. Like sponge, every flake absorbs UNI
healthy gases. The tables of mortality in
New York and Brooklyn Immediately less
ened when the SHOWS of last December be-
gan to fall. The snow is one of the grand
est and best of the worlds doctors.
THE BLESSINGS OF WINTER.
Yes, it is necessary for the lands pro
ductiveness Great SHOWS in winter are
generally followed by great harvests next
summer Scientific analysis has shown
that snow contains a larger percentage of
ammonia than the rain, and hence its
grpntpr pDvgpt of enrichment And besides |