Orange County observer., 1892-02-13

! at the close Of the service Rock of Ages
Cleft for Ne" aud then when the beneiic-
/ ton Is pronounced shut the pew door and
/ say as they 90 out. ''Gooibv religion. III j..
/ back next sunday"
think that the Church Of God AMI tina
Haobath are only an arnory where we are
70 get weapons When war ccrnas. If a
nan wants 10 ngnt Tor MS countrr n efo4s
not 70 to Troy or Springfield u 10 ba.tiin-
but n goes there for swords ana rlus-ats.
l look upon the Church Of Christ AMI the
SABBATH day as only tfa place AMI t:-1t.
wher- and when Wa were = get armed for
Christian coma CT, but tha battlefield is on
Monday. 1u-s iav We.naslar Ts.,~,lAv
Friday aud SATURDAY. st Martins,
and Lenox' and "Ol1 Hundre3- 90 not
amount TO anything unless they sing ali the
week a sermol-s Useless unless We eau
take i with US behind the plow an1 the
counter. The Sabbath day Is worthless if
last only twenty-four hours
There are many Christians t.ho= say: We
are willing 70 serve GOD, bIc we to not
want to do it in these spheres about which
we ara talking: AMI i S,aTlS 50 in5inii AL
fnonotonous 1f We had some great oc-
casion, if we had lived in the time Of Luther.
II we had been PauPs travelling companloa.
If we could serve God on a great scale, We
would do 1t, but We can't il this everyday
life. | admit that a great deal of the 70
nance and knight errantry OF life have dis
appeared before the advanca Of this -practi-
been changed into storehouses and snithias.
The residences Of poets AMI princes Eave
been turned into brokers' shops The classic
mansion of Ashland has been cut up to
walking sticks. The groves wher. the poets
said the gods dweit have been carceI out
for firewoo1. Ths muses. that We used ID
read about have disappeared before the ,..ni-
grants ak AM the trappers gun and that
man who is waiting for life b-"itchel Of
wonders will never tinf it.
There is, however, field for en- luraucs
and great achievement, but It j. IN every
day life. There are Alps to scale. thare are
Hellesponts To swim, there are fires - brave;
but they are all around Us nos. Tns IS
the hardest kind Of Inartyriom to bear- 1t
took grace to lead Latner aud Ridley
through the fire triumph.ntlg wnen their
armed enemies anu their frl4!i is "ere looking
on; but II requires more grace nplT t brlnL
men through persecution, w;@n nobody is
looking on. l could shON Won III this
city woman who has had rheum ttisln for
twenty years, who has endured more suffer
ing and exhausted more grace than would
have made twenty martyrs pass triuIlph
antly through tie fire. If you are not faith
fnl IN an insignificant position in life. YOU
Wonld not be III a grand mission II you can
not stand the bite of q nid.5e. how coull you
endure the breath Of a b'.SiSh9
DO not think that any work Gol gives
You TO do IN the world is on too small a scale
for you to DO. The whole uulverse is not
ashamed to take care Of one little flower
| say: What are you doing down here in
the grass, you poor little flower? Are you
not afraid nights You will be neglected.,
Won will die of thirst, You will not .je fp
Poor little flower NO" says a star, "L'.l
watch over it tonight No says Il
cloud, ''Pll give it a drink" No" says tie
sun. IN warm it in my bosom Taen
see the pulleys going, AM taa cl3uis are
drawing water, and | say, ''WAat are Won
tloins there, Q clouis' AMI they reolv,
I've are giving drink to that flower"
Then the wind rises and comes bending
down the wheat and sounding its psalm
through the forest, AMI | cry. WHITTIER
away on such swift wing, Q wni? And
it replies, I'VE are going TO cool the cheai;
of that hower'' And then | bow down and
say, "Will God take care Of the grass Of
the field?' And a flower at my foot re
spends, ''Ies; He clothes the lilies OF the
field, and never yet has forgotten ne, a
poor little flower" Oh when see the great
heavens bending themselves to what seems
insignificant mlnlstratlons, when | find out
that God does not forget any blossom Of th:
spring or any snowflake of the winter [
come to the conclusion that can AFFORD to
attend to the minute things in life and that
what we do we ought to do we'll since thers
IS as much perfection i'll the construction of
SPIDERS eye as in the conformation OF fam
ing galaxles.
] ldto Hai d Idole "ntcn nave now nearly
forgotten, but it ran something like this.
He said spirits Of the=other world came back
to this world to find a body aud find q
sphere OF work. One Spirit came AMI took
the body of a king and did his work An
other spirit came and took the body of poet
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, tn,
best one has been left for YOU Ulysses
said, whats that And the reply was,
1he body OF common man, doing a com
mon work and for common reward" A
good fable for the world and Just as goo n
table for the church. Whether we eat or
drink, or whatsoever we do let Us 10 it t.
the glory OF Go..
Again, we need to bring the religion Of
Christ into our commonest trials For. Sc
we're losses, for bereavement. Tor trouble
that shocks like an earthquata and that
blasts IKE storm, We prescribe reirious
consofatlon but, business man, for the saaIl
annoEanceS OF last week. how much Of the
grace Of God did you apply "Oh. !" vou
say, fthese trials are too small for slica an
plcatlonf My brother, they are stapinr
your character, they souring y.1ur tenn
per, they are wearing ont Your patinnc,
ana they are making You less and less of a
man 60 INTO "A s'6lptors studio ami
see him shaping a statue He has Z ca;saI ~
one hand anl a Inaliet iii the otur, am! ne
gives very gentle stroke-chcs c.icA
click! | say, Why don't You strike
harder on" he replies that vonlt
shatter the statue. cant 10 it thqt way
must do Il this way
SO he works on, and after awhile TIM feat
ures come out, AMI everybody that Y,tr.
the studio Is charmed AMI fas .inate! well
orod has your soul uuder process Of / .1g.
ment, and 1t Is the little annoya1ce5 an
'eAotonS OF NE tnat ar cai>,-.iny ont xuur'