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


it requires more grace now TO bring
men through persecution, when nobody
is looking on. | could show you In this
city n woman who has had rheumatism
for twenty year, who has endured
more suffering and exhausted more
grace than would have made twenty
martyrs pass triumphantly through the
fire. IL you are not faithful to an in
significant position in life, you would
not be faithful in grand mission. IL
you can not stand the bite OF nudge,
how could you endure the breath OF n
basilisk?
Do not think that any work God gives
you to do in the world Is on too small
scale for you to do The whole universe
Is not ashamed TO take care OF one
little flower say, What are you
doing here in the grass, you poor little
flower? Are you not afraid nights?
You will be neglected, you will die of
thirst, you will not be fed. Poor little
flowerr' No" says star, III
watch over IL to-nightv' No" says n
cloud, "I'll give it drink" NO"
says the sun, I'll warm 1t in my
BOSOM" Then I see the pulleys going,
and the clouds are drawing water, and
I say, "What are you doing there. Oh,
clouds?" And they reply. I'VE are
giving drink to that flower" Then the
wind rises, and comes bending down
the wheat, and sounding its psalm
through me forest and cry. "Whith-
or away on such swift wing, Oh,
windr And it replies, 1--WE are going
to cool the cheek of that flower" And
then | bow down and say: "Will God
take care of the grass of the tield?"
And a flower at my foot responds,
Eyes, He clothes the lilies OF the field.
and never has yet forgotten me.
poor little flower" oh! when l
see the great heavens bending them
selves to what seems Insignificant min
istration, when | find out that God does
not forget any blossom of the spring OF
any snowflake of the winter. | come To
the conclusion that we can afford to at
tend to the minute things OF life, and
that what we do we ought to do well
since there is as much perfection in the
construction of spiders eye as In the
conformation OF flames OF galaxies
Plato had a fable which l have now
nearly forgotten, but it ran something
like this: lie said spirits OF the othe
world come back 70 this world to fn'
body and find a sphere OF work
One spirit came and took the body OF
king, and did his work Another splrl
came and took the body of poet, ant
, did his work. After awhile Ulysse
came. and he said, "Why, all the fin
bodies are taken, and all the gran'
, work Is taken. There is nothing LEI
for me-" And some one replied; "Af
, the best one has been left for you
ULYSSES said: Whats thatp" And tn
! reply was: THE body OF commo
. man, doing a common work aud for
q common reward" A good fable for tn
= world, and just as good a table Tor Tn
q church. Whether we eat or drink
1 whatever we do, let us do 1t TO IN
K glory OF God.
= Again. we need not bring the religio
9 OF Christ into our commonest TRAN
" For severe losses, for bereavement ie
!, trouble that shocks like an earthquake
!. and that blasts like storm, we PR
>. scribe religious consultations; but ous
, ness man, for the small annoyances
- last week, how much of the grace
- God did you applyP "OhV you So
!. these trials are too small for sucn a
=. plication." My brother, they are sha
=, ing your character. they are sourir
your temper they are wearing out yo'
"A patience, and they are making you 10
- and less of man. go into sculr
49, ors studio, and see him shaping
10 statue. He has chisel in one haI
,r and a mallet in the other, and he CAV
40 n very gentle strike-click, click, clio
W | say, why don't you strike harder
h. "Ohw he replies, that would sha
,e ter the statue. can't do 1t that wa
"A I must do it this way" So he wor
=. on and after while the features cor
"a. out and everybody that enters .
- studio Is charmed and fascinated we
ia God has your soul under process OF
,o velopment, and it is the little ammo
% ances and vcxations OF life that
Il chiseling out your immortal nature
10 click. click, click! | wonder W
Il some great providence does not con
and with one stroke prepare you
-. Heaven? All, no. God says that Is
yc the way. And SO he keeps on
.es strokes OF little annoyances, little s.
n rows little vexations, until at last y
- shall be a glad spectacle for angels a
ad for men. You know that large
nd tune may be spent in small chanl
no. and n vast amount OF moral charac
,,e NAV 90 away in small depletion.
80. II is the little troubles OF life that
~ having more effect upon you III
lie great ones. A swarm OF locusts
ace kin a grain-held sooner than the Inc
.nt sion of three or four cattle, You
"a "Since lost my child, since lost