The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-28

shal II you only had a constitution to
write, II you only had some tremendous
thing In the world for you to do--then
you would SHOW us Yes, YOU would
show us! What II the Levite in the
ancient temple had refused To- snuff The
candle because he could not bc n high
priest.
What IL the humming.bird should re-
fuse To sing its song into the ear OF the
honcysucklc because IL can not, like the
eagle, dash its wings into the sun?
What II the rain drop should refuse To
descend because II Is not Niagara?
What II the spider OF tho text should
refuse To use its shuttle because IL can
not weave Solomon's robe? Away
with such folly. II YOU are lazy with
the one talent you would be lazy with
the ten talents II Milo can not lift the
calf lie never will have strength tn lift
the OK In the Lords army there Il order
for promotion; but you can not bc gem
cral until you have been captain. n
lieutenant and II colonel. II is step by
step, 1t is inch by inch. IL is stroke by
stroke that our Christian character is
builded. Therefore, be content To do
what God commands YOU To do God Is
not ashamed To do small things.
! He Is not ashamed 20 be found chiscl.
ing grain OF sand, or helping honey
bee to construct its cell with mathcmat.
zeal accuracy, or tinging cell in the
the surf or shaping the bill OF n chat.
finch. What God does lie does we'll.
What You do do we'll. bc II great
work or small work. II ten talents,
! employ oil the ten. II five talents, cm-
ploy all the five. Ifonc talent. employ
the one. II only the thousandth part
Of n talent, employ that BE thou
faithful unto death and will give thee
the crown Of life" | tell you II YOU
are not faithful To- God in a small sphere
YOU would bc indolcnt and insignificant
IN large sphere.
Again, my text teaches me that rcpul.
sivcncsS and loathsomencss will some.
times climb up into very elevated
places You would have tried to have
killed the spider Tint solomon saw,
Nou would have said; This is no place
for it. II that spider Is determined to
cellar OF this palace or in some dark
dungeon" All! the spider OF the text
could not bc discouraged IL clambcred
on, and climbed up, higher and higher,
and higher. until after awhile II reach
eel the king, vision and he said The
spider taScth hold with her hands, and
is in kings palaces And SO 1t often
is now that things that are lonthNomo
and rcpulsivc get into very elevated
places
The church Of Christ. for instance, is
n palace. The king of Heaven and earth
lives in H. According TO the Bible, her
beams are OF silver and her raftcrS of
fir, aud her windows OF agate, aud the
fountains of salvation dash u rain OF
light II is glorious palacc-thc
Church of God Is: and yet, sometimes
unsecmly and luathsomc things creep
M into it-cvil-spcaking and rancor,
and SANDER, and backbiting and abuse,
crawling up ON the walls of the church,
spinning web from arch to arch, ana
from the topOf one communion tantard
"a ,hc top OF another communion
tankard. Glorious palace IN which
there ought only 10 be light and love
and pardon, and grace; yet spider II
the palace!
Home ought 20 be castle. II ought
Tn be the residence of every thing royal
Kindness love, peace, patience ana Tor
bcarauce ought 10 be the princes resih'
ing there; and yet sometimes diNs'pa
lions crawls up into that home, ana the
Jealous eve comes M. and the scene o.
ncncc and plenty becomes the scene o
domestic jargon and dissouancc. no'
say. What is the matter with the
homco" | will tell You what Is The mat
ter with It. A spider In the palace.
A wcll.dcvclopcd Christian character
is "A grand thing To look ut You se'
some man with great intellectual nn'
spiritual proportions You say; NOV
useful that man must be-! hut yot
find. amid all his splcndor OF faculties
Their, is some prejudice, some within
some evil habit, that great many peo
MIA do not notice, but that you have
hnppencd to notice, and 1t Is graduhlll
snoilIng that mans character-it 1
gradually going to injure his entire IN
ducncc. Others may not see H. ou
vou are anxious in regard To MS WEI
fare. and now you discover It, a dea'
nv in the ointment 4 spider in TN
palace.
Again, my text teaches me that per
severance will mount into the KING
palacc. IL must have seemed IONS
distance for that spider to climb IN Sol
onions splendid residence, but it start
cd n, the very foot Of the wall ana wen
4. mn over the panels OF Lebanon cedar
bi,hcr and higher, until II stood highe
49,, a., highest throne In all the ma