The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-05

the Sabbath day and the church to be only
the armory where we are to get equipped
for the great battle of llfe, and that Daltie-
field is Monday, Tuesday, "Wednesday,
tioch," and st Martins" and "Old
Hundred are not worth much if we do
nos sing all the week. sermon is OF
little account if we cannot carry it behind
the counter and behind the piow. me
Sabbath day is of no value if it lasts only
twenty-four hours.
oh" SAYS some one, ''if [ had Il great |
sphere / would do that; if could have
lived in the time Of Martin Luther, II L
could have been Pauls travelling compan-
ion, if ! had some great and reSoUndinS |
work to dothen ! should put into appllca-
ton all that you say" | must admit that
the romance and knight errantry have
gone out of life. There is but very little
of it left in the world. The temples OF
Roucn have been changed into smlthles
the classic mansion at Ashland has been
cut up into walking sticks the muses. nave
retreated before the emlgrants AK ana
the trappers gun, and a Nermonter might
90 over the Allegheny and the Rocky noun
tans and see neither an Dread nor
syph. The groves where the gods used 10
dwell have been cut up for breWo0d ana
the man who is looking for great spheres
and great scenes for action Will not ma
Them And vet there are Alps to scale
and there are Tablespoons to SWIM, anu
they are in common life. 1t is absurd Tor
Won to saw that YOU would serve God II
you had a great sphere IL you 90 nov
serve him on a smail scale, you VIM i t tI'C
on a large scale II you cannot stand me
bite of a nudge. how could you endure
the breath of a baslllsk!
! Our national government does not THINK
| it belittling to put a tax Oh pms anu
| tax on buckles. and Il tax on shoes. ne
| individual taxes do not amount to much,
| but in the aggregate to millions anu mn
| lions of dollars. And | would have you,
| o Christian man, put high tariff on every
| annoyance and veXatlon thlt conlea
| through your soul This might not amount
! to much, in single cases, but III the aH5l;t
! gate it would be Il great revenue OF spirit
| nal strength and satisfaction. n pee can
| suck honey even out or heIllt' 'tu
| YOU have the grace OF God III YOU NO. 1
| Won can get sweetness out OF lhaL NhItH
| would otherwise irritate and annoy y re-
turun1 missionary told me that conpan!
| Of adventllrers rowing up the GangeS were
| stung TO death by flies that lntest thal re
! zion at certain seasons | have seen thV
| e.rth s+rewed with the carcasseS OF men
| Slain bv insect annoyances. Inc oniy Why
| IN oct prepared for the great trouples Oh
life is to conquer these small 'fouDes. :
Suppose a soldier should say, ms Is
only a slirmsh, and there are ohI! Il ieT
enemies-I won't load my gun; Wait umIii
| | can get into some great general ehS'Sr1
ment." That man is Il coward ana "oui ,l
be a coward in any sphere. II a li'1n
does not serve MS xouniS - Ard if Won
are not faithful going out against tne SIN
gIe-handed misforrunes OF TINS IRE you
would not be faithful when great dls|S ,.en
with their laundering artlilery c"H'7 i'''
ing down over the soul . W.
T,bis brings me TO another point. we
ought to bring the religion or jesus OhIl l>
into all our trlalS. - f We i' # como Great
ment, II we lose ouI lQi ~ ,bnn we 90
trouble blast IKE the ,e1lipes st,or5aI in the
to God Tor coillo OK a NV sioro or Office or
niue annoy aHCc' ~ 2ni.;r,, house did YOU
shop, or factory, or palh! w, hJ Jii nor
go to God Tor cohllolt 4.la no ralfo;or
My friends, you H lg - ; ,t>' tho ,nosf or.
OF the lofq Jcf" f,e,,r ifn You have youl
binary tflalS o. ~ p"t ,nur anxieties, yor
mlStortuheS' you No. 1tobi' vou say
have your NG G,r'., nv cbnractcr Since
lost my child since h3 1fnr ,Ut man iron
) erty / have peeI u w.! +Inr r. is thn littl,
what was NY N.Y.. 1ifn that are souriu,
annoyanceS Oh 9o"' -
"i% W i,,+o an artists ..tr1io Won CO.
1,i,, r,ai,jr,r nince If scnIntnrn You saw
..i37L1 Jnn1 Won strike h9rIer?' With III,
u"IIct and his chisel ne goes click. click
ni"'iJ' "iiN lil ol, ta,.,iI zoo from stroke
','O e. y" +Lo,. - ant, in,nrnssinn mad
10 SIlVhG ~ ana ynt tba WORT is ~nino
UPON V fmT So, $50 ..Xybv don't Won Strike
bnr,1or" "Oh', he replies. chat would
ebattnr the etatnn: I must make it in this
way stroke by stroke" And he continues
~ h 1,noI, ana month until after awhile
on ny ''on hat entnrs thr studio is fasci-
otnl XveH find God dealing with
sm,oo man lie is shaning him for time.
and ehaning him for eternity. I say, 20
Iordi why not with one tremendous blow
Of raIamifv shape that man for the next
w9rld:" God says, That's not the way
/ deal with this man; it is stroke after
stroke, annoyance after annoyance, lrrlla-
ton Otter irritation, and after awhile he