The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-19

looked out or the wreck OF aru.ned
earth. - - IA
Christ, bounded Of prosecutors, denied
. pillow, worse maltreated t1an the
thieves on either side Of the cross, hu-
man hate smacking its lips in satisfac.
ton after it had been draining His last
drop of blood. the sheeted dead burst,
ing from the sepulcher at His crucifix-
ion. Tell me, Oh, Gethsemane and
Golgotha! were there ever darker times
than those? Like the booming of the
midnigh, sea against the rock, the
surges of Christ's anguish beat against
the gates of eternity, to be echoed
back by all the thrones of Heaven
and all the surgeons of hell.
But the day of 'eward comes for
Christ, all the pom1 and dominion
of this world are to be Apng on His
throne, uncrowned heads are 70 bow
before Him on whose head are many
crowns, and all the celestial wor ship is
to come up at his feet like the hum
ming of the forest, like the rushing OF
the waters. like the laundering of the
seas, while all Heaven rising on their
thrones beat time with their scepters:
''Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipo-
tent reigneth! Hallelujah, the king
doms of this world have become the
kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ"
That song of love- now low and far,
Ereong shall swell from star to star;
That light, the breaking day which tips
The golden-spired Apocalypse
Again, learn from my subject that
events which seem to be most insight
ficant may be momentous. Can you
imagine anything more unimportant
than the coming of a poor woman from
Moab to Judea? Can you imagine any
thing more trivial than the fact that
this Ruth just happened to alight-as
they say-just happened to alight on
that field Of Boaz? Yet all ages, all
generations, have an interest in the
fact that she was to become an ances-
tress of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all
nations and kingdoms must look at the
one little incident with a thrill of un.
speakable and eternal satisfaction.
So it is in your history and in mine.
events that You thought of no impor
lance at all have been of very grea,
moment That casual conversation,
that accidental meeting-you did not
think of it again for a long while; but
how it changed all the current of your
life!
1t seemed to be of no importance that
Jubal invented rude instruments Of
music, calling them harp and organ,
but they were the introduction of all the
worlds minstrelsy and as you hear the
vibrations of 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
Jubals organ 1t seemed to be mat
ter of very little Importance that Tubal
Cain learned the uses of copper and
iron; but that rude foundry of ancient
days has it's echo in the rattle of Bir-
mingham machinery and the roar and
bang of factories on the Merrimac.
Again, l see in my subject an Illus
tration of the beauty of female indus.
try. Behold Ruth toiling in the har-
vest 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 intelligent
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 household or community, and
though there are so many woes al
around about them in the world they
spend their time languishing over Q
new pattern, or bursting into tears al
midnight over the story of some lover
who shot himself! They would not de-
sign to look at Ruth carrying back the
barley on her way home to her mother
in-law, Naomi
/ All this fastidiOusness may seem tt
do very well while they are under the
shelter of their fathers house; bu
when the sharp winter of misfortune
comes, what of these butterflies? Per
sons under an elegant parentage may
get upon themselves habits of indo
lence; but when they come out into
practical life their souls will recoil will
disgust and chagrin. They will feel il
their hearts what the poet SO severely
satirized when he said:
| Folks are so awkward, things 80 impolite,
They re elegantly painted from morn ill night
Through that gate of Incidence how
many men and women have marched
useless on earth to destroyed eternity
Spinola said to Sir Horace We're: 20
what did your brother die?' "Of hav
ing nothing to do was the answer
"Ah!' said Spinola, that's enough t.
kill any general of us. Oh, can it b,
possible in this world, where there is 81
much suffering to be alleviated, S,
much darkness to be enlightened, ,ant
so many burdens to be carried, tina
there is any person who can not fine
anything to DO?
Why China is the Flowery Kingdom.