The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-22

length OF the giant by the length OF ms
bedstead. Let no man say, II will bo
good" and yet keep evil surroundings
Let no man say, IL will be faithful as
n Christian" and yet consort chiefly
with worldlings You are proposing
an everlasting impossibility. When a
man departs this life you can tell what
has been his influence In community
for good by those who mourn for him.
and 10y how sincere and long-coutinucd
are the regrets of his taking off.
There may be no pomp or obsequics
and no prctcnso at cpitapheology, but
you can tell how high he was in conse-
Grafton, and how nigh in usefulness by
how long is his shadow v hen he comes
20 lie down What is true of individu-
ais is true of cities and nations. Show
me the free libraries and schools of a
city, and will tell you the intelligence
of its people. Show me its gallery of
painting and sculpture, and will tell
you the artistic advancement of its citi-
zcns. Show me it's churches, and will
tell you the moral and religious status
of the place. From the fact that Og's
bcdstcid was thirteen and n half feet
long, | conclude the giant himself was
about eleven feet high. But let no one
by this thought he induced To surrender
to unfavorable environments A man
can make his own bcdstcad. Chantry
and Hugh Miller were born stone
maSons, but the one became IN immor-
tai sculptor and the other n Christian
scientist whose name will never die.
a., -.
John Rusllin expended the greatest
genius Of his life, was the son of bar
her who advertised "A penny a shave. ."
DIR. PridcauN, one of the greatest
scholars OF all time, earned his way
through college 10y securing pots
and pans. Tho late Judge Bradley
worked his way mp from char
coal burner to the bench of the SUI
prcmc court of the United States.
Yes, n man can decide the size of his
own bcdstcad.
Notice furthermore that even giants
must rest. Such enormous physical en-
dowmcnt on the part of King Og might
suggest the capacity To stride across
all fatigue and omit slumbcr. No. He
required an iron bcdstcad. Giants
must rest Not approaching that fact
how many of the giants yearly break
down. Giants in business, giants in
art giants in cloquencc, giants in use
fulncss. They live not out more than
half their days. They try to escape
the consequence of ovcrworll 10y voy-
age across the sea or a sail in sum-
mcr yacht, or call ON physicians for re-
lief from insomnia or restoration of UNI
strung nerves or the arrest of apOplcXy,
when all they need is what the giant
of my text rcsortcd to--an iron bed
stead
Let no one think because he has great
strength of body or mind that he can
afford To triile with his unusual gifts.
The commercial world, the literary
world the artistic world the political
world the religious world, are all the
time aquake with the crash of falling
giants. King Og. no doubt, had
throne. but the Bible never mentions
his throne. King Og, no doubt, had II
crown, but the Bible never mentions
his crown. King Og, no doubt, had n
sccptcr, but the Bible does not
mention his sccptcr. Yet one Of
the largest verses OF the Bible
is taken up in describing his bed
stead. SO God all up and down the
Bible honors sleep. Adam, with his
head ON the pillow of Edcnic roses, has
his slumbcr blcst 10y . Divine gift of
beautiful compauionship Jacob, with
his head on Il pillow Of rock, has his
sleep glorifcd with ladder filed with
descending and ascending angels
Christ with pillow made out Of
the folded-up coat of fisher
man, honors slumEcr in the back
part of the storm tossed boat The
only case of accident To sleep mentioned
in the Bible was when Eutychus fell
from window during sermon
of Paul who had preached until
midnight but that was not so much a
condemnation of sleep as a ccnsure of
long sermons.
More sleep is what the world wants,
Economic in anything but sleep vii.
liam H. Seward, the renowned sccrc.
tarv of state, in the midst Of his over.
tolls longcd for the capacity
TO rest, writing In his memorandum
book: IL have never found but one in
valuable recipe for having good
nights rest and that is to have been
restless and sleepless the night before"
When President John Quincy Adams
and the distinguished Josiah Quincy
went to hear Judge Story lecture on
law To his students, and, when invited
To sit beside the judge and both fell
asleep, the judge appropriately pointed
to them, and said To his students: BE
hold the evil effects of early rising"
In Bible times, when people arose