Connecticut western news., 1895-12-19
INSECT ANNOYANCES.

INSECT ANNOYANCES.
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 VAa1naToN. Dec. l5.-Dr. Talmage today chcss f6r his discourse theme Dhat will appeal to most people-viz, shs psety ennoyances of life. His text s:s sSss sss|sg Ss ggs 3lI, Ns,' ss' sa 'sed the
 It seems as if the insectile world were determined to extirrnte the ehuman race. It bombards the grainfelds and the or chards aud the vineyards. The Colorado beetle. the Nebraska grasshopper, the New Ixpsr locust, the universal potato bur - to carry on the work which was begun ages ago when the insects bu.ssd out of NoAh's ark ss't the door was opened. e . E AsF
 n my text, the hornet flies out on its mielaon. 3ts isA species 6 wasp, swift in IT mo{1ca and violent in its sting. Its t4nch ' torture to man or beast. We have aN seen the cattle run believing under the cpt of its lancet. In boyhood ws ned to stand cautiously looking at eha Rlobular nest hung from the tree branDh, and while we were looking at ths wonderful covering we were struck with something that sent us shrieking awA3. The hornet goes in swarms. It has 6aptxfns ever hundreds, and 20 of them alighting on one man will produce death.
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 TIT 1Asians attempted to conquer a Christian .oity. but the elephants and the beasts ca which the Persians rodAwere assaulted by the hornet, so that the whole army was broken up and the be- sieged city was rescued. This burning and noxious insect stung out shes Hit ites an4 She Canaanites from their coun- try. Wat t1saShing sword and chariot of 1&Ac3hA lot accomplish was done 'sy q 4 rs sis insects ss. The Lord
 Ny friendz. when we arc assaulted by sssat bshemoths of trouble we be- como chivalric, and we assault them. lwe sek on tbe high mettled steed of our courage, and we iaAkel . cavalry charge at them, and if God be with us we coms out Stronger and better than when .ws won't in. Bat. alasf- for these insectile annoyaacse of life, these foes too small to shoot. thAee things without any avoir- .dupois weight tho gnats, and the midges. and th1> nies. and the wasps, and the horns1ei Tn othey words, it Is the small Istinefng ann6ydncea of our hfe which drive - out and use us up. In the best conditioned life. for some grand and glorious purpose, God has sent tho hor-. net. asFsss'nr-ss
 I remark. in the first place, that ,thess Gmall stineing anmoyahces may como in the shape of . nervous organi- sation. People who are prostrated under ityphodd fevers or with broken bones get plenty of sympathy, but who pities any body that is nervous? The doctors say, and the family eay. and cvefyboly says, '"o6; 1ssodly | liSti9 nervous. that's anp' The sound of heavy foot, the hard esaringspf sa thyuaty hSiisoosd in mns3c, < want of hArh6ny between the shawl and the glove on the same person. . curt answer, . passing slight, tho wind from the east, any one of 10, 1000 annoyances opens the door for the hor- net The factrA th@tgthe v1st majority of the people AsthAs Sddntfy .ArS ovef- worked. and their nerves arc the first to rive 0pt A great multitude are under tho gtxatn q Leydcn. who, when he was told 6y hia phyHlciAn that if he did not stop weftng while he was in such poor phygo{ sblthk { 1e wspld die. respond- Cd. @0199rS whsehsf Il live or dia the wheel must keep going round" These sensitive pessons of whom I speak have . bleedink s6nsitiveneiao Tho flies love to h6ht dh anything raw, and these peo- pla are Hhethe Canaanites spoken of In tho text ue in tho context-they have . vsey &lh covering and are. vulnerable ae all p0tpta. And the Lord sent the horn9frsas egs nrv hHE ssA5frs 1zcs.cd ,seas
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 .EstM daa1l tnsact annoyances nay cosne to us in tic shape of friends and aeqAa1ntances who gre always say ing dil abls thi1gSs yrherd are some peopls yoo cannot b with for half an hoir b41 tUn feel cheered and comfort cd, Ths6 2 y arc oeher people you cannot 6e with for fve minutes before you fsel mis1rablAo They do not mean to dtu1b ycds but they sting you ton the boa SE&46s SAther np all the yarn whichs the eoasips spin, and retail it They gakher up all the adverse criticisms abcpt xtur r4esou, about your business, aho1s lynnr home. about your church. and thsysmaks your ear theefunnel into wAiqA ks9 h6df 1t They laugh heartily wheae fheg 4sn you, as though. 1t were . good joAa and you hn9h, too-outside.
 These people arc brought to our at itthttm iRg fAe Bible, m tho, book of Rsth. Naomi went forth beautiful and with theAnest uf worldly prospects, and into another land; but, after awhile, she came back widowed and sick and poor. What did hsx friends do when she cam0 70 th0 c1eys They all went out, and, insteed Of giving her common sense con soHk6G YHaf did they dor Read the book oe Ruth and find out. They threw up their hands and nid, <9s this Mao. mir' e much ss to say, ~How awful bod you do lookI' When I entered the ministry. -i6o1ed very pale for years. and every year, for four or five years. a lhundssd times year, I was asked if had not the consumption, and, passing through the room Iwould sometimes lhsat pe6Ph Aah and gay. "A-ah, not louS for this worfdi" T Ttresolved h these times that l never, in any conver- sadpp, would gay anything depressing. and ty tle hsIp q God I have kept the lrs5oIaffo6W T6ess people of whom ] speak reap and bind in the great harvest held Of Encouragement. Some day you lsreae them with a hilarious s'good mol &ld thSy come buzzing at