Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-02-05

man, put high tariff on every annoyancs
and vexation that comes through your soul
| This might not amount TO much In single
cases, but in this aggregate it would be a
great revenue Of spiritual strength and salts
! faction.
\ bee can suck honey even out of nettle,
and II you have the grace OF God in your
heart you can get sweetness out Of that
which would otherwise irrItate AMI annoy.
\ returned missionary told me that a CON-
pany Of adventures rowing up the Gauges
were stung to death by flies that intest that
region at certain seasons | have seen
the earth strewed with the carclssses
OF men slain by insect annoyances.
The only way TO get prepared for
the great trolbls OF life is to conquer these
small troubles. WHAT would ye say of
soldier who refused to load his gun or TO go
into tie conflict because it was only skirm-
isiI, saying: II am not going to expend my
| ammunition on skirglsh. Wait until there
comes a general engagement and then you
will see how courageous | am AMI what bat
ting | will doy
The general would say to such a man, 'If
you are not faithful in a skirnlsl, you would
| be nothing in n general en- cement" Aud
| | have to tell you, d Christian men, IL you
cannot apply the principles of Christ's re-
| ligion on a small scale, you will never be
able TO apply them on large scale. IL you
cannot successfully contend against these
small sCrroWs that come down single handed,
wuat will you do when the greater disasters
of life come down with laundering artillery,
rolling over your soul?
| Again we must bring thu religion Of
| Christ into our commonest blessings When
! the autumn comes and the harvests are in,
/ and the governors make proclamation, We
| assemble in Churches AMI We are very thank.
tuL But every day ought TO be thanks
! lQy ~ 10 NOT TRpnVDlZa the
mon mercies of liie. We have to see
blind man led by his dog before
we begin to bethink ourselves OF what IA
| grand thing it Is 70 have eyesight We have
10 see sone one alfi .cted with st. Vitus's
dance before we are ready to thank God for
the control of our physical energies. We
have 10 see some woundsd man hoobling on
his crutch or with his empty coat-sleeye
! pinned uo before we learn TO think what
Il grand thing God did for Us when He gave
| US healthy use o. our limbs.
Weare so stupid that nothing but the mis-
| fortunes Of others can arouse us up to our
blessings AS the OK grazes in the pasture
10 10 its eyes in clover, yet never tninSlag
who makes the clover, and as tho bird picks
up the worm from the furrow not kno wing
/ that 1t is God who makes everything, from
| the auimaicula in the sod to the Ssraph on
the throne, 50 we 20 on eating drinking and
ell loving, but never thanking or seldom
thanking; OF, II tuauklnB at al, WIN only
half heart,
compare our indifference to the brute;
hut perhaps wconge1 the brute. | do not
/ know but tha', among its other instincts it
NAV have au instinct by which it recognizes
the divine han that feels 1t. do not know
but that God i tlrouyh 1t, holding com
| municltlon with what we call irrational
creation" The COW that stands un Ter the
willow by the water course chewing its cud
ioo,.i very thankful. AMI who can tell how
mucl a bird means by its song.
! lhe aroma of flowers smells like incense,
aGi tine mist arising from the RIVER looks
like the smoke OF "A morning sacrifice. Oh,
that we were as responsivei Yet who thanks
God for tho water that gushes up in the
well, ami that loans IN the cascade, aud
that lau 5hs over the rocks, and tnat patters
in the showers, and that c.asps its hands IN
the sea- Who thanks God for the air, the
fountain of life, the bridge OF sunoesms,
the path of sound, the great faa on
a hot summers day? VINO thanks God for
this won lertul physical orsanism-this
sweep OF the vision. this chime OF harmony
struck into tn. ear, this soft tread of
myri I'd delights over the nervous tissue, this
rolling Of the crimson tide through artery
and vein, this drumming OF the heart on our
march to Immortality We take all these
: things as a matter OF c1urse-
But suppose tod shoul! withdraw these
come an inquIsition OF torture, the clou
, would refus, rain, every green thing would
! cru,nple up and the earth would crack open
D under your feas. The air would cease its
I heathful circulation. pestllence would
: swoop, and every house woult become a
p.acs OF skulls. streams would first swim
with yernin and then dry up an1 thirst
: AMI hunger and anguish AMI despair
; would lift their see ertars. On, compare sucn
n a life as that with the life you live this
( morning with your families about youl Ii
. it not time that with every word of our lipi
t AMI with every action Of our lie, we began
; | to acknowledge tneSe everyday mercles
e whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever yt
d do, do all 10 the glory OF God" Do ad
t dress a man or a woman this morning wh(
Q has not rendered to God ons single offerine
S OF thanks
was preaching one Thanksgiving day
i and announced my text. "Oh, give thank.
4 unto the Lord, for He is good; for Pn
n mercy endureth forever do not kno"
r whether there was any blessing on the ser
!, mon or not but the text went straight I
n,youug mans heart. He said to himself
If as read the text: "'Oh, give thanks unit
= the Lord, for lie is good Why, L hav
Ia never rendered Hin any thanks. Oh, wha
It au migrate have been| Can 1t be, m
Is brother, that you have been fed by the goo
n hand of God all these days-that you hav
u surroundings, AMI yet have never onere
D. your heart TO Godr
~ Oh, let a sense of the divine goodnes
Ne shown YOU in the everyday blessings mel
ce your heart, AMI il you have never oefor
a uttered one earnest note OF thanksgivln
II let this bs the day which shall bear you
IN song What say to one say to all OF tn
hn auiience Take this practical religion
IL have recommended into your everyday III
ke Make every day Sabbath and every me
Id n sacrament and every room you enter hol
v: of holies. We all have work to do; let |
he willing to do it, We all have sorrows
:. bear; let US cheerlully bear them. We a
~ ~ have battles to fight; let us courageous
N fight them. ;,
~, IL you want TO die right you must li'
r. right. Negligence and inlolence will "
~. tie hiss OF everlasting scorn, while falthti
"i ness will gather its gariands and wave
,ot scepter and sit upon its throne long ait
'or this earth has put on ashes and etern
W, ages have begun tneir march.
,ns 90 home to-day AMI attend to your lit
,p' a., sphere of duties. | will go home and atte
90, to my little sphere Of duties. Every one
',,S his own place. So every step i'll life shall
,na ,1,a trumphal march, and the humblest 10
'u at stool on which we are oalIe1 to SIT will be
IN conqueror's throne
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