Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-13

are men fitted for Heaven You know
that large fortunes can soon be scat
tered by being paid out in small sums
of money. and the largest estate OF
Christian character In sometimes en-
tirely lost by these small depletions,
We must bring the religion of Jesus
Christ to help us in these little annoy
amos. Do not say that anything is too
insignificant 70 affect your character.
Rats may sink n ship. One lucifer
match may destroy temple
queen got her death by smelling
of poisoned rose. The scratch
of sixpenny nail may give you the
lock-jaw. Columbus by asking for q
piece OF bread and drink OF water
at franciscan convent came % tho
discovery OF new world And there
is great connection between trihes
and immensities. between nothings ana
everythingS Do you not suppose thai
God cares for your insignificant sor-
rows? Why. my friends. there is moth
ing insignificant in your life How dare
you take the responsibility of saying
that there is? Do you not know that
the whole universe is not ashamed to
take care of one violet? / say, What
are you doing down there in the
grass, poor little violet? Nobody
knows you are here. Are you not afraid
nights? You will die with thirst;
nobody cares for you; you will suffer,
you viii perish" No" says a star.
I'm watch over it tonight. NO"
says the sun, "I'll warm it in my
/ bosom" And ther the wind rises and
comes bending down the grain. and
sounding in palm through the forest
and / say. Whittier away, o wind
on such swift wing?" and 1t answers,
II am going 20 cool the check of that
violet" And then l see pulleys at
work in the sky, and the clouds are
drawing water, and / say, What arc
you doing there, o clouds?"
They say: I'VE are drawing water
for that violet" And then look down
into the grass and I say: Can 1t be
that God takes care of a poor thing
like you?n And the answer comes up:
Yes, yes God clothes the grass of the
field, and He has never forgotten mo, a
poor violet" Oh, my friends, II the
heavens bend down to such insignifi-
cant ministry as that tell you God is
willing to bend down to your case,
since He is just as careful about the
construction of spiders eye as He is
in the conformation of flaming ga
| lakes
Plato had fable which / have now
nearly forgotten, but il ran something
like this: He said spirits of the other
world came back TO this wotfd to end q
body and find sphere of work. One
spirit came and took tho body of a
king, and did his work. Another spirit
came and took the body Of a poet and
did his work
After awhile Ulysses came and he
said, why, all the fine bodies are
taken, and all the grand work is taken
There is nothing left for me-" And
some one replied, "Ahi the best one
has been left for you" Ulysses said,
| Whats that2" And the reply was,
The body of common man, doing a
common work, and for common re-
ward" A good fable for the world,
and just "a good fable for the Church
But ! remark again: We ought to
bring the religion OF Jesus Christ into
our ordinary blessings Every autumn
the president OF the United States and
the governors make proclamation. and
we are called together ia our churches
to give thanks 10 Gsd for his goodness.
But every day ought 10 be thanks
giving day. We take most Of the bless
ings of life as matter of course. We
have had ten thousand blessings this
morning, for which we have not
thanked God. Before the night comes
we viii have a thousand more blessings
you viii never think of mentioning be.
fore God.
We must see a blind man led along
by his dog before we learn what
grand thing it is to have ones eyesight.
We must see a man with st. Vitus'
dance before we learn what a grand
thing II is 10 have the use of our phys
ical energies We must see some sol
der crippled, limping along on his
crutch, or his empty coat-sleeve pinned
up, before we learn what grand thing
IL Is 20 have the use of all our phvsf.
cal faculties In other words. we are
so stupid that nothing but the misfor-
tunes of others can wake us up to an
/ appreciation of our common blessings
We get on board a train and start for
| Boston and come to Norwalk bridge.
and the draw is off, aud crash goes
the train. Fifty lives dashed out. We
escape. We come home In great excite
ment, and call our friends around Us:
and we all lSneel down and thank God
for our escape while 50 many persisted.
/ But tomorrow morning you get on a
/ train Of cars for Boston. You cross
that bridge At Norwalk You cross all
the other bridges. You Ret TO Boston
IN safety. Then you return home. Not
an accident, not an alarm. No thanks.
In other words, you seem 70 DO more
grateful when fifty people lose their
lives and you get of than you are
I grateful 70 God when you ali get on
and you have ne alarm at all Now.
| you ought 70 be thankful when you es-
/ cape from accident but more thankful
/ when they all escape. In the one case
/ your gratitude is somewhat selfshi IN
I the other IL Is more like what IL ought
/ 70 be-
-Heraids' college was an ediacs I'm
Doctors Commons, now removed 10
I Queen Victoria street London. erected
/ by Sir Christopher Wren IN 1888. be-
longing % the institution Of the same
name which was Incorporated by let
tcrs patent Of Richard III. The college
consists of three kings at arms. nsueiv.
"Gartcr. "Ciarcncieux~ and "Norrov.s
and also includes six heraids and four
pursuivants