Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-01-30

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the grass. you poor little flower: Are
you not afraid nights. You will he
neglected, you will die of thirst. you
will not be fed Poor little flower"
No. says star, IN watch over it
tonight" No" says cloud. I'll
give it drink" NO" says the sun,
IN warm it in my BOSOM Then
see the pulleys going and the clouds
are drawing water, and | say, What
are you doing there, O clouds" And
they reply. We are giving drink to
that flower"
i Then the wind rises, and comes
bending down the wheat and sound
ing its psalm through the forest.
and cry, Whittier away on
such swift wing. o windf" And it
replies, We are going to cool the
cheek of that flower" And then
bow down and say. will God take
care of the grass of the field" and a
flower at my foot responds. Yes; he
clothes the lilies of the field. and
never yet has forgotten me. poor
little flower" Oh, when | see the
great heavens bending themselves to
what seems insignificant miniStra-
ton, when 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 perfection in the construction
of spiders eye as i'll the conforma
ton of flaming galaxies
Plato had fable which have
now nearly forgotten, but it ran
something like this He said spirits
of the other world came back to this
world to find body and find sphere
of work. One spirit came and took
the body of Il king. and did his work
Another spirit came and took the
body of a poet. and did his work
After awhile 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. All.
the best one has been left for YOU"
/ Ulysses said, What's that" And
the reply was, The body of com
mon man. doing common work.
aud for a common reward \ good
fable for the world. and just as good
fable for the church Whether we
eat or drink, or whatsoever we do.
let us do it to the glory of God.
Again. we need To bring the reli-
gion of Christ into our commonest
trials. For severe losses. for hereave-
earthquake and that blasts like a
storm we prescribe religious consola-
| ton; but, business man. for the small
annoyances of last week how much
of the grace of God did you apply!
oh, you say, these trials are too
small for such application My
brother, they are shaping Your char
acter, they are souring your temper,
they are wearing out your patience
and they are making you less and
/ less Oh Il man.
go into sculptors studio and
see him shaping statue. He has
chisel in one hand and Il mallet in the
other, and he give, very gentle
stroke-click. click, click | say.
why don't you strike harder"
oh" he replies, that would shat
ter the statue cant do it that
way l must do it this way" So he
works on. and after awhile the fea-
lures come out and everybody that
enters the studio is charmed and fas-
cinated Well. God has your soul
under process of development. and it
is the little annoyances and vexa
tons of life that are chiseling out
your immortal nature. 1t is click.
click, click. wonder why some
great providence does not come and
with one stroke prepare you for
heaven. All. no God says that is
not the way
And SO he keeps on by strokes of
little annoyances. little sorrows, little
vexations, until at last you shall be
glad spectacle for angels and for men
You know that large fortune may
be spent in small change, and a vast
amount of moral character may go
away iii small depletion. 1t is the
little troubles of life that are having
more effect upon you than great
ones A swarm of locusts will kill
grain field sooner than the incursion
of three or four cattle. You say.
Since lost my child. since lost my
property. | have been different
man
But you do not recognize the archi
lecture of little annoyances that are
hewing. digging. cutting shaping,
splitting and interjoining your moral
qualities Rats may sink ship. One
lucifer match may send destruction
through block of storehouses.
Catherine de Medicis got her death
from smelling poisonous rose. Co
lumbus, by stopping and asking for
a piece of bread and drink of water
at a Franciscan convent, was led to
the discovery of the new world. And
there is an intimate connection be
tween trifies and immensities, be
tween nothings and everythings.
NO SIN TOO SMALL TO BE AVOIDED.
Now, be careful to let none of those
annoyances go through your soul I'm
arraigned. Compel them to admin
lister to your spiritual wealth. The
scratch of sixpenny nail sometimes
produces lockjaw, and the clip Of
a most infinitesimal annoyance may
damage you forever Do not let any
annoyance or perplexity come across
your soul without its making you
better
Our national government does not
think it belittling to put tax on
pins, and tax on buckles, and tax