Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-25
One lucifer match may send destruction
through block of storehouses.
Utilize Well Every Aunoyance.

One lucifer match may send destruction
! through block of storehouses.
Utilize Well Every Annoyance.
Now, be careful to let none of those an
noyances go>arough your soul unarra1gneo.
| Compel them 20 administer to your spiritual
wealth. The scratch of a siIpenny may
sometimes produce lockjaw, and the clip OF
most infnitesimal annoyance may'damage
you forever. Do not let any annoyance or
| perplexity come across your soul without
It's making you better.
Our national Government does not think
| 1t pellttlng to put tax on pms anu saH
on buckles a1a tax on snoes, no cb Lhe ent nnGI in
the aggregate to millions and mllilons OF
dollars. And would have You, CHRISTIAN
man, put high tariff on every annoyance
and vexation that comes through your Soul.
4 This might not amount TO much, in single
| cases, but in the aggregate 1t womb pc
great revenue of spiritual strength anu
satisfaction. The only way to get prepareu
for the great troubles of life is to conquer
these small troubles.
And have to tell you. oh Christian men,
if you cannot apply the principles OF christ
| religion on small scale, you will never pc
| able to apply them on large scale. II you
| cannot successfully contend against these
small sorrows that come down single
handed, what will yOu Go when the greater
disasters of life come down with thunderlng
artillery, rolling over your soul?
Again. we must bring the religion OF CHRIST
| into our COmmOneSt blessings "Hetl INC
autumn comes, Governors make proclama-
tions, we assemble in churches and we are
very thankful.
Gratitude in Place Every Day.
But every day ought to be a Thanksgiving
| day. We do not recognize the common mer-
| cies OF life. We have to see a blind man Leo
by his dog before we begin to bethink our
selves OF what a grand thing 1t is to nave
| eyesight. We are so stupid that nothing but
the misfortunes of Others can rouse us up to
| our blessings.
1 do not know but that, among its other in
| stincts, the brute may have an instinct oy
which it recognizes the Divine hand thae
| feeds it. / do not know but that COO Is,
through it, holding communication with
! what we call Irrational creation" The COW
that stands under the willow by the water
course, chewing its cud, looks very thank
full: and who can tell how much bird means
| by its song?
Yet who thanks God for the water that
gushes up in the well. and thst foams in the
cascade, and that laughs over the rocks. ana
that patters in the showers, and that clapS
its hands in the sea? Who thanks God for
the air, the fountain of life: the bridge OF
sunbeams. the path IF sound, the great ian
on a hot summers day? Who thanks Goa
for this wonderful physical organism-thls
sweep of the vision-:his chime of harmony
struck into the ear-this SOFT tread of myr-
lad delights over the nervous tissue-tnis
rolling of the crimson tide through artery
and vein-this drumming of the heart on
Our l9arc1 to immortality! we take All
these things as a matter OF course.
Suppose Common Blessings Are Withheld.
But suppose God should withdraw these
common blessings! Your body would be an
inQuisition of torture, the cloud would re-
fuse rain. every green thing would crumple
up, and the earth would crack open under
your feet The air would cease its healthful
circulation, pestilence would swoop, and
every house vcnld become place OF skulls.
Streams would first swim with vermin, and
then dry up: and thirst, and hunger, and
anguish and despair would liz. their scepters.
Oh, compare such a life n that with the life
you live this morning wish your families
about youi
Take this practical religion L have recon-
mended into your everyday life. Make
every day q sabbath, and every meal sac
rament. and every room vou enter a holy OF
Eolies. We all have work to do: let rs be
willing to do it. We ali have sorrows to
bear; let rs cheerfully bear them. We all
have battles 20 fight; let us courageously
fight them. II you want to die right you
must i've rizht. Negligence and indcence
Eill win tie hiss OF everlasting scorn, while
faithrninesS will gather its gGrlands, and
wave its scepter, and sit upon its throne,
lon= after this earth has pat on ashes, and
eternal ages have begun their march.
Every ore IN his own place. So our every
step in life shall be triunphal march, and
the anmblest fooTstcol on which we are
called TO sit will be a conqueror's throne.