Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-25

4 grain tiold sooner than the incuTsiOn
Of three OF four cattle. You say.
Since lost my child. since lost my
property. have been a different
man
But you do not recognize tie archi-
texture of little annOyances that are
hswing. digging cutting. shaping,
splitting and interjoining your moral
qualities. Rats may sink q snip. One
lucifei' match may send destruction
through a block OF stoTehJuaes.
Catherine de Medicis got her death
from smelling poisonous rose Co
lumbus. by stopping a1d asking for
a piece Of bread and drink OF water
at Franciscan convent. was led to
the discovery of the new world And
there is an intimate connection be-
tween tribes and iInrnensities, be
tween nothings and eyerythings.
NO BIN TOO SMALL TO BIZ AVOIDED.
Now. be careful to let none Of those
llnoyances go through your soul I'm.
arraigned Compel them to admin
ister to your spiritual wealth The
scratch of sixpenny nail sometimes
produces lockjaw, and tue clip of
a most inhni6esimal annoyance may
damage you forever. Do not let any
annoyance or peIplsxity 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 a tax
on shoes The individual taxes do
not amount to much, but in the ag
gregate to millions and millions of
dollars. And / would have you. O
Christian man, put high tariff on
every annoyance and veXatiOn that
comes through your soul Thif might
not amount to much in sir yie cases,
but in the aggregate it woull 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
that which would otherwise irritate
and annoy.
A returned missionary told me that
a company of adventures rowing
up the Ganges were stung to death
by flies that infert that region at GER
tain seasons. have seen the earth
strewed with the carcass of men
slain by insect annoyances. The
only way to get prepared for the
great troubles of life is to conquer
these small troubles. What would
you say of soldier who refused tc
load his gun or to go into u conflict
because it was only a sllirnist, say
ing, Il am NOT going to eXpend my
ammunition on a slIirnnsh; wait un
til there comes a general engage
ment, and then you will see how
courageous am, ar what battling
/ will dor The general would say tC
such man, "If ycu are not r;lthful
in a skirmish, you would he nothing
in general engagement. "
And have TO tell you, O Chris
tian men, if you cannot apply the
principles OF Christ's religion on 6
small scale you will never be able tC
apply them on large scale. If you
cannot successfully contend against
these small soI1Ows that come down
single handed, what will you dc
when the greater disasters of life
come down with laundering artil
lery rolling over your soulf
Again, we must bring the religion
of Christ into our commorest bless
ings. When the autumn comes anG
the harvests are in, and the Cover
noIs make proclamation, we assem-
bic in churches, and we are very
thankful. But every day ought to bC
thanksgiving day. We do not rec
ognize the common 1nercies of life
We have to see blind man led by
his dog before we begin TO think our
selves of what a grand thing it is tC
have eyesight We have TO see some
one afflicted with st, Vitus' dance
before we are ready to THANH; God fol
the control oS our physical energies
We have TO sae some wounded mar
hobbling ON his crutch, or with his
empty coat sleeve pinned mp, before
we learn TO think what a grand thing
God lid for us when he gave ui
healthy use of our limos
We are SO stupid that nothing but
the misforhlnes of Others can rouse
us up to our blessings. As the on
grazes in the pasture up to its eyes
in the clover, yet never thinking
who makes the clover. and es the
bird picks up the worm from the fur
row, not knowing that it is God whC
makes everything, from the ami
malcula IN the sod 70 the seraph on
the throne, so wa go on eating
drinking and enjoying, but never
thanking or seldom thanking: or, il
thanking at all, with only half 4
heart.
Do BRUTEs AND PLANTS PRAISE GOD
compared our indifference to the
brute; but perhaps | wronged the
brute. l do not know but that
among it's other instincts it may
have an instinct by which it recog
nizes the divine hand that feeds it.
do not know but that God is
through il, holding communication
with what we call irrational crea
ton" The COW that stands under
the willow by the water course
chewing its cud looks very thank
full; and who can tell how much a
bird means by It's songt The aroma
of the flowers smells like incense,
and the mist arising from the river
looks like the smoke of morning
sacrifice. Oh, that wo were as re