Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-04

no. hy right shall leave them in tue midst
of his DAYS and az his end shall DO a fool .
Bat how many there arc who do not bring
the rrlision Of Christ into their everyday
oecupafionl They thlnk religion is forSun-
DAYS
Suppose you were to so ont TO Fight for
your country In some great contest. would
you 20 10 do the battling at Troy or at
| SprinEfeids No, you would 10 there to get
! your swords and muskeis Then you would
gooui ia the face OF the enemy and contend
for your country. Now, take the Sabbath
DAY and the church to be onlr the arnory
where VIC are 20 get equipped for the great
battle Of life, and that battlefield Is Mon.
day. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday. Antioch and "St
Martins and "Old Hundred are not
worth much II We do not sing all the week.
A sermon Is OF little account II we cannot
carry IL behind the counter and behind the
pillow. The Sabbath day is OF no value il IL
las, only "a hours
"Oh." says some one, 'ff had great
sphere would do that; II ! could have
lived In the time of Martin Luther, II
could have been Paul's travelling compan-
ion, II | had some great and rcsounding
work to do-then should pntinto appliea.
AAlh MI AAAAAh fNA - AAAAs AAAAAAN AAAAs
the romance and knight errnntry have gone
out OF lie There is but very little Of IL
left in the world. The temples Of Rouun
have been changed into smithies, the classic
mansion at Ashland has been cut up into
walking sticks. the muses. have retreated
before the emigrant's nx and the trappei
gun, and Vcrmonter might go over the
Allegheny and the Rocky mountains and
see neither an Dread nor Sylph.
The groves where the gods used TO dwell
have been cut up for flrewood, and the man
who Is looking for great spheres and great
scenes for action will not find them. And
yet there are Alps TO scale, and there are
Heliesponts TO swim, and they are In com.
mon life. IL Is absurd for you to say that
you would serve God II you had u great
sphere II you do not serve him on small
scale, you would not ON large scale. II
you canno, stand the bite OF midge, how
could you endure the breath Of a baslliski
TuT VALUE or SMALL. THINGS.
Our national government does not think
It belittling to put tax on pins, and a
tax on buckles. and a tax on shoes. The
individual taxes do not amount to much,
but In the aggregate 10 millions and mil
lions Of dollars. And would have you, oh,
Chrstiun man, put u high tariff on every
annoyance and yexation that comes through
your soul This might not amount %
much ia single cases but Ia the aggregated
II would be a great revenue VI spiritual
strength and Subtraction.
A bee can suck honey even out Of net
lie, aud II you have the grace Of God IN
your heart you can get sweetness out u
that which would otherwise irritatc and
annoy. a returned missionary told md
that company OF adventures rowing ~
the GRngcs were stung TO death by niel
that infCst that region ut certain seasons.
have seen the earth atrewed with the cur.
cases Of men slain by insect annomnccs.
The only way 10 get prepared for the grcaS
troubles OF life ia to conquer these small
troubles
Suppose a soldier should sayi "This u
only sklrmiSh. and there are only a few
enemies, l won't load my gun. Wait until
get into some great general engagement
That man is coward and would be a COW.
nrd IN any sphere. II a man does not servo
his country in skirmish. be will not in
Waterloo. And II you are not faithful 20.
ing out against the single handed inisfor.
tunes Of this life you would not be faithful
when great disasters, with their thunder.
ing artillery, come rolling down over the
soul.
This brings me to another point. We
odSht TO briug the religion OF jesus Christ
into all Our trials II we have bereave.
mont, II we lose our fortune, II some great
trouble blast like the tempest, then we 10
TO God for comfort, but yesterday, In tho
little annoyances OF your store or Office or
shop or factory or banking house did you
10 10 God for comforti You did not.
My friends, yuu need to take the religion
OF the Lord Jesus Christ into the most
ordinary trials Of yourlife You have your
miafortunes; you have your anxlcties, YOU
have your vexations. "Oh,n you say, 'they
don't shape my character. Since ! lost my
child, since have lost my property, have
heon a very different man ffum what was. "
My brother, IL ID the little annoyances Of
your life that are souring your disposition,
clipping your mouu character and making
you less and less OF u man.
You 10 into an artists studio. You SEQ
him inakinga piece OF sculpture. YU.sny,
why don't you strike hardery" With bis
mallet and his chisel he goes click, clicL.
click, aud you can hardly see from stroke
20 stroke that there is any Impression nude
upon the stone, and yet the work ia qoipr
on. You say, why don't you strike hnrd-
on" ''oh,p he replies, that would shatter
the statue must make II III this way
stroke by stroke" And he continues on
10y week and month until after awhile ey.
cry man that enters the studios fascinated.
Well, hud God dealing with some man.
lie Is shaping him for time and shaping him
for eternity. l say, 20 Lord. why not with
one tremendous blow OF calamity shape that
man for the next worldW God says;
"rhets not the way deal with this man.
Il is stroke after stroke, annoyance after an.
noyancc, irritation after irritation, and
after awhile he win be done and a Glad
spectacle for angels and meii.n
Not by one great stroke, but by 10000
little strokes OF misfortune, aro men fitted
for heaven. You know that large fortunes
eau soon be scattered by being paid out in
small sums OF money, and the largest Is.
tate OF Christian character is sometimes
entirely Lost by these small drpletions
We must bring the religion OF jesus
Christ to help us IN these little annoyance,.
Do not say that anything Is too insig.
nlflcant TO affect your character Rats
may sink a ship, One lueifer match may
destroy a temple. A queen got her death
by smelling OF y poisoned rose. The
scratch OF a sixpenny natl may give you
the loekjaw. Columbus, by asking for
piece OF bread and drink OF water at
Franciscan convent, came 70 the discovery
OF new world, Aud there Is great con.
nccsion between trihes and lmmensities. be.
tween nothings and cyerythings.
Doyou not suppose that God cares for YOUR
insignificant sorrows' why, my friends,
a a. a