Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-05

deal With tLis MAJ Il h stroke after
sfroks. anaoy.nee after anneysncs. -
rif2tloa after irritz<iszl. xLd sfter awhile
Ne vii ie dops sni glsd sp-ctacie tor
angels aud men.
TIE Day 90 SMALL TnfsGs.
Not b. one great stroks. bar by tea
thousand little strokes If Inisfortune are
rn>n fitted for heaven. Yea know tilat
large fortunes ran soon he scattered by
beng paid cut IN small susas q money,
and the largest estafe of Christian char
sctsF Is sometines entirely loss by tllsss
small depletions
Se must bring the religion u Jesus
Christ to help rs in these little annoy
ances Do not say that anything Is TOO
insignificant 20 affect y0ur character.
Rats may sink . ship. One lneifer
match nlay destroy q temple. A queen
Got her death by smelling Il poisoned
res The scratch ot = sixpenny nal.
may give yoa the lockjaw. Columbus.
by asking FIR . piece 81 brsad ami
drink II water a Franciscan convent.
came 10 the discovery of nsw wosld.
And there II a great connection between
TRIES and immensifies. between moth
ings and everythings
Do yOa not suppose that God cares Tor
your insignificant sorrowsT Why. my
friends. there Is nothing insignifcant Ia
your life. How dare you take the re-.
sponsiblIity II SAYING that there isf Do
you no, know that the whole nrlserse Is
not ashamed 10 take care OF onsviolssf !
say; What are you doing down there
IN the grass. poor little violet Nolr<ly
knows you are here. Are you not afraid
nights. You viii die with thirst. No
body cares for you. You will suffer; yon
win perish" Mo- says n star. '-i'l
watch over it tonight No." says the
cloud. .I1l give il drink." ''No.r says
the sun. '.rll warm II Ia my bosom"
And then the wind rises and oanes
bending down the grain and sounding
its psalm through the forest, and say,
Whittier away. q wind, on such swift
wing and IL answers. II am going to
cool the cheek Of that violet" And then
/ see pulleys At work in the sky, and the
clouds are drawing water. and / say,
What are you doing there, O clouds
They say. We are drawing water for
that violet" And then / look down into
the grass, and say, 'Can it be that God
takes care of a poor thing like your and
the answer comes UP. Yes, yes; God
clothes the grass OF the field. and he has
never forgotten me. poor violet" Oh.
my friends, il tho heavens bend down 10
such insignificant ministry as that. / tell
YOU God is willing 10 bend down to your
case, since he is just as careful about
the construction Of a spiders eye as he
is in the conformation Of flaming gall
axies.
Plato had fable which have now
nearly forgotten, but it ran something
like this: He said spirits of the other
world came back 10 this world to find
body and find a sphere of work. One
spirit came and took the body of 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. s.Ah, the best one has been
left for you.p Ulysses said. What's
THAR. Aud the reply was. The body
Of a common man. doing a common
work and for a common reward A
good fable for the world and just as
good fable for the church.
But. l remark again. we ought to
bring the religion Of Jesus Christ into
our ordinary blessings. Every autumn
the president of the Unite,i States and
the governors make proclamation, and
we are called together in our churches
TO give thanks 10 God for his goodness
But every day ought to be thanksgiy-
ing day. We take most of the blessings
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 will have a
thousand more blessings you will never
think Of mentioning before God.
HOW To APPRECIATE OUR BLESSINGS.
We must zee q blind man led along by
his dog before we learn what grand
thing il is 10 have ones eyesight. We
must sc a man with st. Vitus' dance be-
fore We learn what grand thing il is
20 have the use Of our physical energies.
We must see some soldier crippled. limp
ing along on his crutch or his empty
coatslceve pinned mp. before we learn
what grand thing il II to have the use
Of all cur physical faculties. IL other
words, we are so stupid that nothing but
the misfortunes Of others can wake as
up 20 an appreciation OF our common
blessings
We get on board train and start for
Boston and come TO Norwalk bridge,
and the draw" il OF and crashl goes the
train. Fifty lives dashed out. We g.
CAPE. We come home in great excite
ment and call our friends around Us. and
they congratulate Us. and we all kneel
down and thank God for our escape
while 80 many persisted. Bnttomorrow
ncrning you got on train Of cars for
Boston. You cIoSs that bridge at Nor
walk; YOU cross ell the other bridges:
you get n Boston In safety. Then You
return home. Not an accident. not an
alarm. No thanks.
Ia other words. Won seem 20 be more
grateful when 50 people lose their lives
and yon getod than ron are grateful %
Gosl when You all get OF and you have
No alarm al all Now. you cught b. lie
thankful when ron escape from accident,
but more thankful when they AL escape.
In tho che ease your gratitude u some
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