Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-16
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text was: The Lord thy ecu VIII seh0
the hornet" Deut 7.2o.
II seems as fl the insectle world were
determined to extirpate the human
race. It bombards the grain fields and
the orchards and the vineyards. The
Colorado beetle. the Nebraska grasshop-
per, the New Jersey locust, the uniyers-
al potato-bug. seem to carry on the
work which was begun ages ago wneA
the insects buZzed out OF Moan 3 AiA as
the door was opened
In my text, the hornet HES ONT on
It's mission. 10 as @ species OF wasp
swift in It's motion and violent iA lla
sting. It's touch is torture % man OF
beast We have an seen tae cattle run
believing under the cue or lt5 lancet.
In boyho0d we used to stand cautiously
looking at the globular nest hung IRON
the tree branch. and while we were
looking at the wonderful covering we
were struck with something that sent
as shrieking away. The hornet goes III
swarms. lt has captains over nuns
dreds, and twenty of them aisn''hs Oh
one man will produce DEATH
THE PERsIANs ATTEMPTED
to CONQUER a Christian city, but the ele-
phants and the beasts upon which Jhe
Persian5 rode were assaulted oy me
hornet. so that the whole army was
broken up and the besiegcd city was
rescued. The burning and noNious in
sect stung out the Hit-,,es and the ca
NANTES from their country. "ha-
cleaning sword and chariot Oh war
could not accomplish was done Dy the
punoture OF an insect. The Lord sent
the hornet
Ny friends. when we are assaulted
By great bchcmoths of trouble, we be-
come chivalric. and we assault them;
we get on the high melted sreed OF
our courage. and we make cavalry
charge &C them. and IF Cod De with u.s.,
we come out stronger ANA better than
when we went On. But alas, for these
inseotile anuOyanCes of life-tcCse toes
too small TO sh0Ot-tncse things Witn-
out an av0irdup0is weigbt-Jhc gnats
and the midges and the flies ana the
wasDs and the hornets. TIA other words,
il Is the small singing 2nn0yances OF
our life which drive us out and use no
up. In the best-cOnditioned life, FOR
some grand and glorious purpose Goa
has sent the hornet
remark. in the first place that these
small singing ennOyances may come
in the shape Of s. nervous organization.
People who are Frustrated under ty-
ph0id fevers on with broken bones get
plenty Of sympathy; but who pities any~
body that is nervous? The doctors say,
and the family say. and everybody SAYS,
ooh, she's only little nervous; that's
all The sound oil q heavy 1905 the
harsh clearing of throat. discoyd In
music. a want of harmony between the
shawl and the glove on the same person,
g curt answer, O passing slight, the
wind from the east and one of
TEN THOUSAND ANNOYANCES
opens the door for the hornet The
fact Is that ,he vast majority Of the peO-
pie in this country are OyerworkGd. and
their nerves are the first TO give out. A
great multitude are under the strain OF
Loydcn who, when be was told by his
physician that I'll he cid not stop work.
ing while be was in such poor physical
health he would die. responded, Doc
tor. whether I live OHdie, the wheel
must keep coins round. These sensi~
tive persons of whom I speak have q
bleeding seosltlveness The fies love
10 light on anything raw. and these peo>
pie are like he Cauaanites spoken Of
i'm the cOnteXt-they have q very thin
covering. and are vulnerable at al
points "And the Lord sent the her
lct"
Again. the small insect ann0yances
may come 90 us in the shape Of friends
and acQuantances who aro-always say
ing disagrceable things There are
some people you cannot 0e with for half
an hour but you 'ee cheerful and CONS
fOwed Then there are other people
you cannot De With FOR 6ye minutes
before you feel miserable. They 10 not
mean 90 disturb you. but they sting YOU
20 the bone. They gather up an the
yarn which the gCssiUs spin. and retail
&C. They gather APP ell the adverse
criticism about your person. about Your
business, about your home. about your
church. and they make your ear the
funeral into which they pour it. They
laugh heartily when they tell you. as
though it were @ good joke, and YOU
laugh. t0O-outside
These people are brought to our at
tentiOn i'm the Bible in The Book OF
Ruth Naomi went forth beautiful and
with the finest of worldly prospects. and
into another land. but after awhile. she
came back widowed and sick and poor.
What did her friends DO when she came
10 the city?
THEY ALL WENT OUT.
and, instead Of giving her common
sense consolation. what ala they do?
Read the Book OF Ruth and Gnd out.
They threw up their hands and said:
Us this Naomi as much as 90 say,
"How awful bad you DO look" When I
entered The ministry I looked very pale
for years. and every year, for four or
five years. a hundred times o year I was
asked If i had not The consumption
and passing through the room. I would
sometimes hear people sigh and saw,
"A-ah not long for this world" I re-
solved in those times chat I never. in
any conversation, would say anything
depressing. and by the help of God I
have kept the resolution. These people
OF whom 4 speak reap and bind i'm the
great harycst-aeld G 7iscouragement
Some day YOU gre5 ~em with an liz
larious good morning. and they come
5uzzing go YOU with some depressing
Information. "Ihe Lord sent the hor-
net"
When I see so many people i'm the
world who ike 70 say disagreeable
things. and write disagreeable things,
come almost in my weaker moments
20 believe what man said to- me ia
Philadelphia one MoDday morning. i
wont % - lie horsa N The llrnrr so