The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-27

frry clappod their hands over a drowned
world. chen Noah IN the ark reioicei n biz
own safety and in tho safety Of biz family,
and looked out on She wreck p . riliaea
earth.
Christ, bounded OF prosecutors, denlod =
ufllow worse maltreatei than the tnieEaa
oa slther sldH OF the crosS human hats
sanacking its lips IN satisfaction AFTER !. nAn
been draining His last drop Of blood, tha
sheatad dead bursting from the sepulchera
~ His cruciaxion. Tell me, O dethsernane
ana Golgothai were there ever darker times
fhau rhossg Like the booming Of tho mid
night ga against the rock. the surges OF
rsaristrs anguish beat against the gates Of
eternity. 70 be echoed back by All tho thrones
Of heaven aud all the dungeons o. nell
But the day Of reward comes from Infist,
al the pomp and dominion Of this world are
10 b hung on His throne, uncrowneu neaos
are 4, how before Him on whose heaa tnhto
are ,,,anv GROWING and all tho celestial "of-
shin a 10 come up at His feet IKE tns 1u ~
ming OF the forest, like, the rushing q ane
waters, like the laundering 81 Sng 49,
v,,ile an heaven. rising on their Lhronss'
| heat time with their scepters: 'haleluJauf
| Tor the Lord God omnipotent rei9ney y. ,,.
A~ain learn from my subject tnat eventn
which seem TO be most Insignificant may "
momentous. Can you imagine ~ 1. 49,.
more unimportant than the comm ~, ~ I p IN,
| vvognan from Moab to Judeas Cah ~
;naaine ANYTHING more trivial tnan tno
s slat ttlot MI Ruth Just happened 70
a I'LL 49, az they say - Just happened
/ 81 alight on that field or noaA, - \,
ali aces all generations, have an lnve.nss :.
the fact that she was 70 pecog w ana
~ tbe lord Jesus Christ, and all nati9hs ana
/ ginndorne rnnst look at that one litOse lllsi
la.s3 ,s;tb ! thriIi Of unspeakable ana etornaA
aatisfaetion. So ID is IN your history $50 -
4, ne. events that you Thought OF ny ~ ~
tonca at ali have been or very sr ta4 ~ ~.
ment. That casual con ,s at mink Of il
can far j long while; but how u chanseu
] ali the current Of your mel .t.,,co tbat
- IL seaynad to Be Of no importance tnas
Jnhal invented rude Instruments q n ts,n.,
calling them harp and organ, nn sa,s Mn, Unvy
were the introduction q ail Vlle ,;tratsnn of
strasv. And - eu hear the viorasl 49, Z.
s'. strig1eed insS lent, even after the nngers
nave been takd away from it, so all music
now of lutte and drum. and cornet is
only the long continued strains Of
Jubal's harp and Jubals organ. It 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 Birmingham ma
chinery and the roar and bang OF factories
on the Merrimac.
Again, see in my subject an Illustration
of the beauty Of female industry Behold
Ruth toling 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 OIL
society of course have changed, and withouY
the hardships and exposure to which kuth
was subjected, every intelligent woman
will find something to do. know
there is a sickly sentimentality on this
subject. In some families there arc
persons Of no practical ssrvics to the house,
hold or community, and though there are
80 many woes all around about them 10 the
In
over new pattern or bursting 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-law, Naomi
Madame de Stael did world Of WORK . ln
her time; and one day, while sng vs.
seated amid instruments Of must ~ oI
which she had mastered. and a gttu inanu-
script books which she had M ~ - some
one said to her, How do Jgns ssas si5 !, ~
attend to all Of these tIi as thinos sne
replied these are q no. no. Is in the fact that
pr0uu u. ny cllasl ICES by any one of
which could nnsssaiar spheras fba,a - n u
sary." And If IN spil -. : y $50
much to be don nlan ltuai W0fK nov vast
tne. field. low dying all around
we want more Abigails more Hannahs,
more Rebeccas, more Marys, more Doborahs
consecrsted- mind, soul--to the Lord
who bought them.
Once more learn from my subject the
value OF cleaning. Ruth going into that
harvest field might have said: There Is d
straw and there is a straw, but what Is a
straw? | can't get any barley for myself
or my mother-in-law OUT of these separate
straws." Not SO said beautiful Ruth She
gathered two straws and she put them to-
gether, and more straws until she got
enough to make sheaf. Putting that down
she went and gathered moro straws until
she had another sheaf, and another and an
other and another, and then she brought
them altogether and she threshed them oIlb
and she had an ephah OF barley, nigh a.
bushel Oh, that we all might no gleanersl
Elihu Burritt learned many things while
toling IN a blacksmiths shop Abercrombie,
the world renowned philosopher was d ply
stefan in Scotland. an1 he got his philosophy.
or the chief part of it, while as a physician|
he was waiting for the door of the sick
room to open. Yet how many there are
in this day who say they are SO busy they
have no time for mental or spiritual i'm
provement: the great duties of lite cross
the held like strong reapsrs and carry of
all the hours ami there is only
here and there a fragment left that is not
worth cleaning. All. my friends, you could
go into the busiest day and busiest week Of
your life and lind golden opportunities,
which gathered might at last make who'll
sheaf for the Lords garner It is the stray
opportunities and the stray privileges which
taken up and bound together and beaten out
will at last fill you with much Joy.
There are few moments left worth The
cleaning. Now, Ruth, to the field Mar
each one have n measure full and running
Overt Oh, you cleaners to the fieldl And
If there be in your household an aged orR
sick relative that is not strong enough q
come forth and toll in the field, faen let Rub
take home to feebls Naomi this sheaf 81
I cleaning. HHe that poeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed. shall doaht
less come again with rejoicing, bringing bis
sheaves with him.1 May the Lord God d
Ruth and Naomi be our horizon foravnrf