Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-09

where we are to get equipped for the
great battle of life, and that battlefield
is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. "An-
tioch," and est. Martins" and "Old
Hundred" are not worth much If we
do not sing all the week. A sermon is
of little account if we cannot carry it
behind the counter and behind the
pillow. The Sabbath day is of no value
if it lasts only twenty-four hours.
'Oh.' says some one, 'if l had a
great sphere would do that; if could
have lived in the time of Martin
Luther, If l could have been Paurs
travelling companion, if l had some
great and resounding work to do-then
! should put into application all that
you say" ! must admit that the
romance and knight errantry have
gone out of life. There is but very lit
tie of it left in the world. The temples
of Rouen have been changed into
smithies; the classic mansion at Ash
land has been cut up into walking
sticks; the muses. have retreated before
the migrants ax and the trapper's
gun, and Vermonter might go over
the Allegheny and the Rocky Mount
aims and see neither an Dread nor n
Sylph. The groves where the gods
used to dwell have heen cut up for fire
wood, 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
Tablespoons to swim, and they are in
common life. 1t is absurd for you to
say that you would serve God if you
had n great sphere. If you do not serve
him on small scale, you would not on
a large scale. If you cannot stand the
bite of q nudge, how could you endure
the breath of a basilisk?
Our national government does not
think it belittling to put tax on pins,
and u tax on buckles, and tax on
shoes. The individual taxes do not
amount to much. but in the aggregate
to millions and millions of dollars. And
/ would you. o Christian man, put n
high tariff on every annoyance and
vexation that comes through your soul
This might not amount to much, in
single cases, but in the aggregate it
would be u great revenue of spiritual
strength and satisfaction.
Suppose soldier should say: "This
is only skirmish, and there is only
few enemies-I won't load my gun;
,,-t1 I M rranf
general engagement" That man is
coward, and would be n coward in any
sphere. If man does not serve his
country in ssirmish, he will rot in
Waterloo. And if you are not faithful
going out against the single-handed
misfortunes of this life, you would not
be faithful when great disasters, with
their laundering ti!lery, come rolling
down over the soul.
My friends, you need to take the re-
ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ into
the most ordinary trials of your life.
You have your misfortunes, you have
your anxieties, you have your vexa-
tions. "Oh!" you say, they don't
shape my character. Since l lost my
child, since have lost my property, l
have been a very different man from
what was" My brother. it is the lit
tie annoyances of your life that are
souring your disposition, clipping your
moral character, and making you less
and less of q man.
Not by one great stroke, but by ten
thousand little strokes of misfortune
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 is sometimes en-
tirely lost by these small depletions.
We must bring the religion of Jesus
Christ to help us in these little annoy
ances. Do not say that anything is too
insignificant to affect your character.
Rats may sink a ship. One lucifer
match may destroy temple. A queen
got her death by smelling poisoned
rose. The scratch of sixpenny nail
may give you the lockjaw Columbus,
by asking for u piece of bread and
drink of water at a Franciscan convent,
came to the discovery of new world
And there is great connection be-
tween trifles and immensities, between
nothings and everythings. Do you not
suppose that God cares for your insig-
nificant sorrows? Why. my friends,
there is nothing insignificant in your
life. How dare you take the RESPONSE
bility 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? No
body knows you are here. Are You
not afraid nights? You will die with
thirst; nobody cares for you; you will
suffer, you will perish" "No," says
star, "Pll watch over it tonight"
NO" says the cloud, 'T'll give it
drink" NO" says the sun, 'I'll warm
It in my BOSOM" And then the wind
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