Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-04-20

word or deed. instead of moi no.
Most OF the mysteries that bother
others do not bother me. because adj
journ them, but the mystery that really
bothers me is why God made SO many
people who amount to nothing so fur rs
the worlds bcttermcnt is concerned
They stand i'm the way. They object
They discuss hindr,nces. They suggest
possibilities OF failure. Over the road
OF life. instead of pulling in the traces.
they are laying back in the breechings
They are the everlasting No.
They are bramble trees; they arc will
lows. always mourning, or wild cherry
trees, yielding only the bitter, or crab
apple trees, producing only the sour,
while God would have ms 0ourish like
the palm tree. Planted in the Bible
that tree always means usefulness.
But, how little any or all of us accom-
plsh IN that direction. We take twenty
or thirty years 20 get fully ready Tor
I Christian work. and in the afterpart of
life wc take ten or twenty years for the
[ gradual closing of active work, and that
leaves only so little time between open
ing and stopping work that all we &C
I complSh is SO little an angel OF God needs
10 exert himself To see IL ut all. Nearly
everything | sec around beneath and
above in the natural world, suggests use
/ ful service. IL there is nothing in the
Bible that inspires you 10 usefulness, 60
out and study the world around YOU this
/ spring-timc and learn the great lesson
of usefulness. What art thou doing IN
there, little star? Why not shut thii,n
/ eye and sleep, for who cares for a. d,
B shining" No" saith the star, II viii
not sleep. | guide the sailor ON the sea.
| cheer the traveller among the mount
aims. help tip the dew with light.
Through the window OF the poor
mans cabin cast n beam OF
hope, and the child on its moth
er's lap asks in glce whittier
come AMI what do and whence go.
To CLEAN and glitter God set me here
Away! | have no time to sleep" The
snowflake comes Struggling down.
"Frail, 6clSc wandorer. why CONTEST
| thou herc?' II am no idle wanderer,"
/ replied the snowflake. High up in
/ the air was born. the child OF the rain
and the cold, and at the Divine behest I
come, and am no straggler. for God
tells me where TO put my crystal heel.
To help cover the roots of the grain
and grass, 70 cleanse the air, 20 make
sportsmen more happy and the ingle
fire more bright | come. Though SO
light am that you toss me from your
muller and crush me under your foot,
am doing my best to fulfill what was
made for. Clothed in white. come on
Il heavenly mission, and. when my work
is done and God shall call, in the morn
ing vapOr shall go back, drawn bv the
fiery courses of the sun" What
docst thou, insignificant grass blade,
under my fect?' II am doing work 4"
says the grass-blade, "as best | can
| help to make up the soil beauty
Of field and lawn. | am satisfied IL.
with millions of others no bigger than
|, we can give pastures to the flocl<s
and herds l am wonderfully made
| He who feeds the ravens gives me susie
nance from the soil and breath from
the air, and He who clothes the lilies OF
the field rewards me with this coat of
green. For what, lonely cloud gocst
thou across the hcavcns?" Through the
bright air voice drops from afar, say
ing: up aud down this sapphire floor /
pace To teach men that, like me, they
are passing away. | gather up the
waters from lake and sea. and then,
when the thundcrs roll, refresh the
earth, making the dry ground 20 laugh
with hlnvcsts of wheat and fields OF
corn. catch the frown of the
storm and the hucs of the rain
bow. At evcning-tidc on the
western slopes will pitch my
tent. and over me shall dash the saffron
and the purple and the fire of the sun
SET 4 pillar of cloud like me led the
| chosen across the desert, and surround
cd by such as | the Judge OF Heaven
and Earth will ut last descend. for.
Behold, He cometh with cloudsr"
oh, my friends il everything in the
iuanimatc world bc useful. let us i'm
mortal men and women be useful, and,
in that respect, bc like the palm tree
But | must not bc tempted by what
David says Of that green shaft of Pal
cstinc. that living and glorious pillar in
the 'aStcrp gardens. us seen in oldcn
times the palm tree; ! must not be
tempted 10y what the Old Testament
| says of IL 60 lessen my emphasis OF what
John. the Evangelist. says of 1t i'm my
| text
Notice that II was y beautiful and
| lawful robbery OF the palm tree that
| helped make the Christs triumph on
the road To Jerusalem that Palm sun
day. he long. broad. green leaves
/ that were str"vu under the feet OF the
colt and in 'hc way 81 Christ were torn
/ Oft FROM the trees What pity, some
one might say. that those stately and
graceful trees should bc dcspoilcd The
sap oo2cd ont az the places where the
/ branches broke
Tho glory Of the palm tree was np-
I propriatciv sacrificed for the Saviour's
triumphai procession SEQ IT always
was. so Sc always will bc in this world
no worthy triumph 81 any sort with
/ out the tearing down of something else
/ Brooldyn Fridge. the glory OF orr conti-
ncnt, must have two architects pros
tratcd. the one slrin by his tolls and
the other for % life time invaded. The
greatest pictures OF the world had. in
7 their richest coloring. the blood Of the
artist who made them. The mighticst
or1t1rios That ever rolled through the
churches had. in their pathos the signs
and groaus OF their composers. who
wore their lives out iu writing che
harmony American iudcucndcure ,ya.