Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-12-21
A W0RLD0F TROUBLE
REV. DR.. TALMkGE ON THE PETTY
ANNoYANcEs OF LIFE.
The Hornet on Its Mission Varieties of
Insect Annoyance Necessity For Little
Troubles They Are All BLESSINGS In
Dlscuise

The Hornet on Its MIssion--varietIes Of
Insect Annoyance Necessity For Little
Troubles They Are All BLESSINGS In
Disguise.
WASHINGTON. Dec l5.-Dr Talmagc to-
day chose for his discourse theme that
viii appeal 10 most pcoplc-viz, THE
Petty Annoyances Of Life" His text was,
1.-The Lord thy God will send the hornet, e"
Deuteronomy vii. 20.
/, seems as II the inscctllc world were
determined to extirpatc the human race
II bombar,is the grainflclds and the or
chards and the vineyards. The Colorado
beetle the Nebraska Grasshoppcr, the New
Jersey locust. the universal potato bug
seem Ia carry on the work which was be-
gun ages ago when the insects buzzed ont
IT Noah's ark n the door was opened.
In my text the hornet flies out on its
mission. II Is n species Of wasp. swift in
its motion and violent in its sting Its
touch Is torture 10 man or beast. We have
all seen the cattle run believing under
tho cut Of its lancet. In boyhood we used
To stand cautiously looking at the globular
We were looking at the wonderful covering
we were struck with something that sent
us shrieking away The hornet goes in
swarms. II has captains over hundreds,
and gu Of them alighting on one man will
produce death
The Persains attempted to conquer a
Christian city, but the elephants and the
beasts ON which the Pcrsians rode were as
f.I 1.x-f hot . f...x -hOl
army was broken up and the bcsiegcd
city was rescued. This burning and nox-
ious insect stung out the IIittitcs and the
Canaanites from their country. What
cleaning sword and chariot Of war could
not accomplish was done by the puncturc
of an insect The Lord sent the hornets.
Small Annoyanccs.
NV friends. when we are assaulted by
great bchcmoths of trouble, we become
chiyalric, and we assault them. We get
on the high mettlcd stccd of our courage,
and we make cavalry charge at them,
and II God be with us, we come out
stronger and better than when we went
In. But alas. for these insectile annoy
anccS Of lifc-thcse foes too small to shoot
these things without any avoirdupois
weight, the gnats and the midges, and
the flies, and the wasps and the hornets
In other words IL Is the small, singing
annoyanccs Of our life which drive us ont
and use us up. In the best conditioned
life, for some grand and glorious purpose.
God has sent the hornet.
remark, in the first place, that these
small, singing annoyanccs may come In
tho shape Of n nervous organization.
People who arc Frustrated under typhoid
feycrs or with broken bones get plenty OF
sympathy, but who pitics anybody that is
nervous! The doctors say, and the family
say, and everybody says, "Oh, she's only
"a little nervous; that's allr' The sound Of
heavy foot, the harsh clearing of "a
throat, discord In music, want OF har-
mony between the shawl and the glove on
the same person, u curt answer, n passing
slight, the wind from the east. any one of
10000 annoyances opens the door for tho
hornet. The fact Is that the vast major
ity of the people in this country are over
worked, and their nerves are the first to
give out a great multitude are under
the strain of Lcyden, who, when hc was
told by his physician that IL he did not
stop working while he was In such poor
| physical health he would die. responded,
Doctor, whether live or die, the wheel
must keep going round" These sensitive
persons Of whom | speak have n bleeding
sensitivencss. The flies love 10 light on
anything raw, and these people are like
the Canaanitcs spoken Of in the text or in
the contcxt-thcy have IA very thin cover
ing and are vulnerable at all points. "And
the Lord sent the hornet