The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-04


tosimal annoy ance may damage you for
ever. Do not let any annoyance or per.
plexity come across your soul without
its making you better.
Our national government does not
think II belittling TO put tax on pins,
and tax on buckles and tan on shoes
The individual taxes do not amount to
much. but in the aggregate TO millions
and millions of dollars And 1 would |
have you, o Christian man, put q high |
tariff on every annoyance and vexa'
ton that comes through your soul
This might not amount TO much
| in single cases, but in the aggre-
! gate II would be n great revenue
| Of spiritual strength and satisfaction.
A bee can suck honey even out OF net
tie, and IL you have the grace of God In
your heart you can yet sweetness out
of that which would otherwise irritato
and annoy. A returned missionary
told me that company OF adventures
rowing up the Ganges were stung to
death by flies that infest that region NJ
certain seasons. have seen the earth
strewn with the carcasses OF men slain
by insect annoyances The only way
70 get prepared for the great troubles
Of life is to conquer these small troubles
What would you say of soldier who
refused to load his gun, or go into the
conflict because IL was only skirmish'
saying: II am not going to expend my
ammunition on n skirmish; wait until
there comes general engagement ana
then you will see how courageous l
am, and what battling will doP' The
general would say to such a man: III
you are not harmful in skirmish You
would be nothing in a general engage
ment" And have to tell yoa, o Chris
tian men. IL you can not apply the
principles of Christ's religion on n
: small scale you will never be able TO
apply them on n large scale. IL you
can not successfully contend against
these small sorrows that come down
single. handed, what will you do when
the greater disasters OF life come down
when laundering artillery, rolling over
your soulP
Again, we must bring the religion OF
Christ into our commonest blessings.
When the autumn comes, and the har'
vests are in, and the governors make
: proclamation, we assemble in churches
,, and we are very thankful But every
day ought TO DO Thanksgiving day.
: We do not recognize the common mer'
clos of life. We have to see blind
y man led by his dog before we begin to
bethink ourselves OF what grand thing
Il Is to have eyesight We have to see
. some one afflicted with St Vitus' dance
!. before we are ready to thank God foi
y, the control OF our physical energies
!, We have to sec some wounded mar
hobbling on his crutch, or with hit
empty coat sleeve pinned up, before W.
" learn 10 think what grand thing Cox
did for us when He gave US healthy us'
of our limbs We are 30 stupid tina
g nothing but the misfortunes OF other
y can rouse us up to our blessings A
the OK grazes in the pasture up TO 1t
eyes in clover, yet never thinking VIII
:" makes the clover, and as the bir'
: picks up the worm from the furrow no
= knowing that IL Is God who make
. everything, from the animalcula in tn
:, sod TO the seraph on the throne, so W
- 90 on eating, drinking and enjoying
but never thanking, or seldom THANK
= ing. or, IL thanking AT all, with onl
- half n heart.
=. compared our indifference to Il
'g brute; but perhaps wronged the brute
% % | do not know but that, among it's oths
80 instincts, it may have an instinct b
u. which it recognizes the Divine han
n that feeds IT, ! do not know but thu
al God is, through it. holding communici
"a ton with what we call Irrational or
l., alton" The COW that stands under II
." willow by the water course, chewiu
4. its cud, looks very thankful; and WI
-. can tell how much bird means by !
T. song? The aroma OF the flowers smell
40 like incense, and the mist rising fro
ho the river looks like the smoke OF
n morning sacrifice. Oh, that we we
a.. as responsiye Yet who thanks Go
40. for the water that gushes mp in Il
ra well, and that foams In the cascad
II and that laughs over the rocks, nj
hv that patters in the showers, and tn
:. claps It's hands in the sea? Who than
-, God for the air the fountain OF life, q
,ot bridge OF sun beams, the path OF soun
hv the great fan on hot summers da.
ar. Who thanks God for this wonderf
ON physical organism-this sweep OF Z
nd vision-this chime OF harmony stru
or. into the ear--this soft tread OF a myri
70. delights over the nervous tissue-ti
ter rolling OF the crimson tide throuI
artery and vein-this drumming of I
~ heart on our march TO immortalit
IAN We take all these things as matter
will course.
ur- But suppose God should withdr'
NV. these common blessings! Your DO
nv would become an inquisition of tortu
A, .An.,lh raiiian rnln eve