Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-01-29

read about have dislDpelrel before the emf.
grants AK an the trappsr's gun, aud that
man who is waiting for life bewisciel Of
won1ers will never flli.
There is, however, a field for eliuranc3
AMI great achievement, but it il in every
day life There are Alps TO sclle, there airs
Tablespoons to swim, there are fires TO brave;
but they are all around us now. Tnis Is
the hardest kind OF martyriom to bear. IL
took grace to lea Latimer and Ridley
through the fire triumphantly when their
armed enemies and their friends were looking
on; but II require more grace nov b brn
men through persecution, when nob)1y IS
looking on. could slog yol in thi,
city woman who has hal rheum ,,ism TO-,
twenty years, who has el1ural m)rs suffer-
ing and exhausted more grace than wolld
have made twenty martyrs pass triumph.
antly through the fire. IL you are not faith
ful in an Insignificant position in life you
would not be in grand mission II you can
not stand tne bit. OF mi1ge, how coul1 you
endure the breath OF blsilisk?
Do not think that any WORK Col gives
you to do in the world is Oh too small a scale
Tor you 70 DO. The whole universe is not
ashamed to take care OF ons little h)wer.
[ say; what are you doing down here in
the grass, you poor little flower? Are you
not afraid nisnts? You will be neglected,
you will die OF thirst. you will not be fel
Poor little h)wsr! NO" says a star, IN
watch over it tonight" NO says a
,louI, "rll give it drink" No says the
SUI, ''pl warm it in my bosom Then I
see the puileys going, AMI the clou Is are
drawing water, AMI | say, 'Wnlt are yOu
doing there o clou1sy' Aud they reply,
ave are giving drink to that flower
Then tbs wind rises aud comes bending
down tn, wheat and sounding its psalm
Through the forest, AMI I cry. whittier
away on such swift wing, o win5y AMI
it replies. I'VE are going TO cool the cheek
Of that flower" And then bow down and
SLY, "Will God take care OF the grass OF
the field?' And a flower at my foot re-
spends, "Yes; He clothes the lilies o: the
field, and never yet has forgotten me,
poor little flower" Oh, when | see the great
heavens bending themselves 10 what seems
Insignificant ministrations, when | find out
that God does not forget any blossom OF the
spring or any snowhlke Of the winter,
come to the conclusion that wo en- affo:1 to
sttend TO the minute things in life, and that
what we do we ought TO do well, since tders
Is as much perfection in the construction o.
a spiders eye as 10 the conformation OF fam
ing galaxies.
Plato had fable which nave now nearly
forgotten, but it ran something like this:
He said spirits OF the osher world came back
to this world to fni a body and find
sphere OF WORK. One spirit came AMI took
the body OF king and did his work. An.
other spirit came ami took the body OF poet
and did his work. After awhile Ulysses
came. and he said. Why, all the fine
bodies are taken. AM all the grand
work is taken. There is nothing left
for me.' AMI some one replied, "Ahi thu
80 ha- ham iaff for y iTlvcSoS
said. WHATS thaty An thu reply was
"rhe body of a common man, dOing a con-
mon work aud for a common reward" A
good fable for the world and just as cool a
fable for the church. Whether va eat or
drink. or whatsoever we do, let US do it ID
the glory o. Col.
Again, we need to bring the religion Of
Christ into our commonest trials. For So
we're losses for Bereavement. for trouble
that shocks like an earthquake and that
blasts like a storm, we prescribe religious
consolation; but, business man, for the small
aunoyances o. last week. how much OF the
cracs Of God did you apply? Ca" YOU
say. these trials are too small for such ap
plicationr' My brother, they ara shaping
your character, they are souring your tenn
per. they are wear NJ out your patience
and they are making you less and less OF a
man. 60 into a sculptor's stu Ito an
SEE him shaping statue. He has chisel IN
one hand and mallet in the other, and he
gives very gentle stroke -ciicS. click
click say, why don't you strike
rderg' "Oh,' he replies, chat would
snatter the statue can't DO it that way;
must do it this way,
So he works on, and after awhile the feat
ures come out, AMI everybody that enters
the stu Ito is clarmel AM fascinatsi. Well.
,fa Of Iax- a.
menr. and it is the little annoyances an !
vexa.ions of life that are caiseliny out your
immortal nature. It is cljcs clic':, c,ick. |
wonder why somo graf providence dos not
come. AMI with one strOSe prepare yol for
heaven All. no. God says that Il
mo- the wsv. And - He keaDs
on hv strokes Ok little annoyance,
little sorrows, little VACATIONS, until at las
YOU shall he a glad spectacle for angels AMI
Tor tne9. You kuow that a large fortune
may be spent IN small change AMI vas
amount Of moral chlracte' may = away II
small dep.eti) III. /, J., the little troubles ot
lie that are having more eject upon 70 1
tuan great ons.. 4 swarm OF lOcIStS will
KIN a grain fiel sooner than the incurson Of
three or four cattle.
You saw. Sine. los, nv clilI siace
lost my property have been "A different
man. But YOU 90 not rec) gniz, the arcli'
lecture o. little annOyancas that are hewlng,
digging. cutting shaping. splitting and IN
terioining YOUR moral qualities. Rats may
sink ship. One luciier match may
send destruction through block OF store
houses Catherine de Me'iicis GOT her death
from smelling a poisonous rose. Column us
by stopping and asking for piece OF bread
and a Crink OF water at FRANCISCAN con-
vent. was led to the discovery OF toe New
l.a - inf "A 4 a n % -iOn
between trihes and immenslties, between
uothings ami everythin2S.
Now. be careful to let none of those ar
uoyauces 20 through your soul uuarraigne' y.
Compel them 10 administer ~ your
snir. tual wealth. The scratch OF sixoenny
nail sometimes proiu lock-jAw, AMI the
Gin of a most ininitesimal annoyance may
damage YOU forever. Do not let any annoy,
ance on perp.exity come across your SOU
without its aiaking you better.
Our national government does not tninA
il belittling 70 put tax on pins an taA
on buckles aud tax on shoes. Inc IN IL
vidual taxes do not amount to mucu, cut ~
rhe aggregate 70 millions AMI millions o.
dolars. And would have you, o Christian
man. put = high tariff on every annoyance
AMI vexatioa that comes throuy n your soul.
This might not amount II mIcl in sinsls
cases. but in rhs aggregate it wo1it b. a
great ravenu, OF spiritual siren 9Th AMI salts
faction.
A bee can suck honey even out o. nestle.
and ii you have the grace o, Col in YOU
heart yo1 can get sweetness ont OF tl15
which would otherwise irritate an | annoy.
A returned missionary toll m that a c)n-
pAny Of adventurous rowing up toe GlngeS
were stuns to death by flies that iniess thai
region at certain seasons. | havS see1
the EARTH strsved with tie carctssSes
OF men slain by insect annoyanc ss
The only way to get prepared for
the great trouble Of life Is to conquer these
small troubles. WHAT would ye say o. a
soldier who refused to LOAF his gun or to so
into tee conflict because it was only sSirm-
ish, saying: II am not going to expent my
ammunition on a skirmsh. Wait until there
comes a general engag ,nent AMI then you
will see how courageous I an ani what bat
Ting will dos'
The general would say 30 such mai, IL
you are not faithfulin s,irmisl, you would
be nothing in general en- gassment.' An
| have to tell you. o Christian men, Il you
cannot apply the principles Of Christs re-
ligion on a small scale, you viii never b.
a6ie to apply them on large scale. IL you
cannot successfully contend against these
small scr-oys that co ne down single han led,