Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-25

DAVIS wages in his pocket as certainly
needs the guidance of religion, as
he who rattles the keys Of bank, ana
could abseond with a hundred thous-
and hard dollars.
THERE MAY BE CHRISTIANS
who say: "We are willing to serve God,
but we do not want to do it in these
spheres about which we are talking;
and it seems so lnsipid and monotonous.
IL we had some great occasion, II we
had lived in the time OF Luther, II we
had been Paul's travelling companion, II
we could serve God on great scale, we
would do it; but we can't in this every
day life" l admit that great deal OF
the romance and knight-errantry OF
life have disappeared before the ad-
vance Of this practical age. The an
cieat temples of Rouen have been
changed into store-houSes and smithies.
The residences Of poets and princes have
been turned into brokers shops. The
classic mansion of Ashland has been
cut up into walking sticks. The groves
where the poets said the gods dwelt
have been carted out for fire wood. The
muses. that we used to read about have
disappeared before the emgrants axe
and the trapper's gun, and that man
who is waiting for life bewitched OF
wonders will never find 1t. This is,
however, a field for endurance and
great achievement, but IL is an every
day life. There are Alps to scale,
there are Tablespoons to swim, there are
fires to brave; but they are all around
us now. This Is the hardest kind or
martyrdom to bear. 1t took grace to
lead Latimer and Ridley through the tire
triumphantly when their armed enemies
and their friends were looking on; but
requires more grace now TO bring men
through persecution, when nobody Is
looking on. could show you In this
city woman who has had rheumatism
for twenty years, who has endured more
suffering and exhausted more grace
than would have made twenty martyrs
pass triumphantly through the fire. II
you are not faithful in an Insignificant
position in life you would not be faith
full In a grand mission. II you cannot
stand the bite OF the nudge, how could
you endure the breath Of basiltsk?
DO NOT THINK
that any work God gives you to do in
the world is on too small scae for
you TO do. The whole universe is not
ashamed to take care Of one little flower.
l say, "What are you doing down here
in the grass, you poor little flower?
Are YOU not afraid nights? You will be
neglected, you will die of thirst, you
will not be fed. Poor little flower"
No" says a star, "I'll watch over It
tonight" "No," says cloud, "Pll
give il drink" mo" says the sun,
'Tll warm it in my BOSOM" Then l see
the pulleys going, and the clouds are
drawing water, and say. what are
you doing there, o, clouds?" And
they reply, 1--WE are giving drink
to that flower" Then the wind
rises, and comes bending down the
wheat, and sounding its psalm through
the forest, and l cry, "Whither away
on such swift wing, o, wlnd?" And 1t
replies, I'VE are going to cool the cheek
Of that flower" And then bow down
and say, evil God take care of the
grass of the feld?" And a flower at
my foot responds, Eyes; he clothes the
lilies Of the field, and never yet has for
gotten me, poor little flower" Oh!
when / see the great heavens bending
themselves to what seems Insignificant
ministration, when l find out that God
does not forget any blossom OF the
spring or any snowflake Of the winter,
| come to the conclusion that we can
afford TO attend to the minute things In
life, and that what we do we ought to
do well, since there Is as much
perfeation in the construction OF a spi-
der's eye as in the conformation Of fam
ing galaxies. Plato had fable which
l have now nearly forgotten, but 1t ran
something like this: He said spirits OF
the other world came back TO this world
to find q body and find sphere OF work.
One spirit came and took the body OF a
king. and did his work. Another spirit
came and took the body of poet, and
did his work. After while Ulysses
came, and he said, "Why, all the fine
bodies. are taken, and all the grand
work is taken. There is nothing left
for me-" And some one replied, "Ah!
the best one has been left for you"
Ulysses said,
WHATS THAT?"
And the reply was, 1.-The body OF 8
common man, doing a common work,
and for a common reward" A good
fable for the world, and just as good n
fable for the church. Whether we eat
or drink, or whatsoever we do, let US do
it TO the glory Of God.
Our National Government does not
think il belittling to put tax on pins,
and a tax on buckles, and a tax on
shoes. The individual taxes do not
amount to much, but In the aggregate
to millions and millions of dollars. And
1 would have you, o Christian man, put
a high tariff on every annoyance and
yexatlon that comes through your soul.
This might not amount to much, in
single cases, but in the aggregate 1t
would be a great revenue OF spiritual
strength and satisfaction. A bee can
suck honey even out Of a nettle; and If
you have the grace OF God in your
heart, you can get sweetness out Of