Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-12-21

through 1897 ana the S4th OF Septen1-
Der, 1869, without losing their balance.
who are every day ENDORSED by little
annoyanees-a clerk s Ill manners, or
blot of ink ON a bill Of lading, or the
extravaganza Of partner who over
draws his account. or the underseliing
by business rival, or the whispering
Of store condolences in tho street, or the
making of some little lad debt which
was against your Judgment, jest to
please somebody else.
Yellow Jackets
1t is not the panics that kill the mer-
chants. Panies come only oneo in 10 or
20 years. It is the constant din CT these
everyday annoyances which is sending so
many Of our best merchants into nery-
Gus dyspepsia and paralysis and the
grave. When cur national commerce fell
fiat On its face, these men stood up and
felt almost defiant, but their life is 60
ing away now under the swarm of these
pestiferous annoyanees. 1.-THE Lord sent
the hornet "
have noticed in tho history Of some
that their annoyances are multiplying
and that they have hundred where
they used TO have ten. The naturalist
tells us ihat wasp sometimes mas
1amliy q 2o,ooo wasps, ana IL aces
seem as II every ANNOYANCE OF your me
brooded million. By the help of God
want to show you the other side. The
hornet is of no use? Oh, yesi The nat
ufalists 'eI Us lhey are very Important
IN the world econolny' they XIII spl-
GERS, ana they clear the atmopsnere, ana
treaty. beiieVe Gou sends the annoy
ances CT our NE upon US 10 XII the
spiaeis Vi me soul ana 10 clear 'he Ut
mospnefe OF cur skies.
Ihese annoyances are sent on MS,
THINK, 10 wake us up from our iethargy.
hVely as nest OF yellow jackets
ana thlhk that these annoyances are
INTENDED 10 persuade US Oh 'he iact that
TINS Is not world 1or us 10 stop III. Ii
we had a pea Oh everything that was
attractive ana soit ana easy What
would we want OF heaven! we thlnK
that the morrow Tree sends the hornet,
OF we may thihk that the devil sends
the hornet. 1 want TO correct your opin-
ION Inc LORD sent the hornet
linen think these annoyances come
on Us 10 culture our patience III me
gymnasium you llhd upright paiailel
bafs-upflght pars' WIN holes over eaeh
other 1or pegs TO De put I'D. linen the
eynnast taxes peg III each hand, ana
ne begins 10 chmb, one men at time,
OF TWO lnches, ana gett1ng MS strength
cultured reaches aiter aWhile the cell
ing AND u seems 10 me lbat these an
hoyallces III NE are ahhoTal gymnasium,
each worflmeht peg win whlcn we
are TO chmb higher and higher III Chrls-
tlan attainment. we all love TO SEQ pa
thence, but 1t cannot be cultured IN fair
weather. Fatlehce is ehlld OF the
storm. II you had everything desirable,
and there was nothing more TO get, what
would you want with patience? The
only time to culture 1t is when you are
he'd about and SICK and half dead.
Oh, you say, If l only had the
circumstances of some we'll to do man l
would be patient toe. You might as
well say, If 1T were not for this water,
4 would swim, or, Il could shoot this
gun if it were not for the charge.
When you stand chin deep in annoy
unces is the time for you to swim out
toward the great headlands of Christian
attainment. so as TO know Christ and
the power OF his resurrection and to
have fellowship with his sufferings.
Purified by Fire.
!. Nothing but the furnace will ever
burn ont Of as the clinker and the Stag.
l have formed this theory in regard to
small anncyances and yexatioDs 1t
takes just so much trouble to fit us for
usefulness and for heaven. The only
question is whether we shall take it in
the bulk or pulyerized and graduated.
Here is one man who takes it in the
hnlk. HIS back Is broken, or his eye
world VINO Ike TO say disagreeable
things and write disasreeabie things,
come almost III my weaker moments TO
adelphla one Monday morning. went
10 get the morse at the livery stable,
ana the hostler, pam man, sad to
me- MI. Iaimage, saw That you
preached 70 the young men yesterday.
SAID, Yes. lie sad, NO use, no
use' man iallure.
Domestic irrifations-
Ihe small insect anhoyances OF lie
sometimes come Ill the shape OF local
physlcal trouble, which does not amount
70 positive prostratlon, but which