Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-27

the atmosphere 81 our skies.
These ann0yances are sent on us, think,
20 wake us up from our lethArgy. There Is
nothing thai makes q man 20 lively A. = nest
] n ''yellog jackets " aud think that these
/ annoyAncos are inten Ted % persuade US OF
! the fact that this Is not a world for us 60
! stop in. n we had a bel Of everything that
! was attractive aud soft and easy. what would
We want OF heaven We think that the hol-
] low tree sends the horne.. or we may think
that the devil sends the hornet. ! want TO
| correct YOUR opinion. THE Lord sent the
hornet"
Then Think these annOyances come on US
/ 10 culture our patience. In the gymnasium
/ YOU find upright. parallel bars--upright
bars, with holes over each other for pegs to
| be put in. Then the gymnast takes peg IN
| each hand, and he begins TO climb one inch
| at a time. or two inches. and getting his
| strength cultured reaches after awhile the
ceiling. And ii seems 10 me that these an
noyances in life are moral gymnasium,
| each worriment neg with which We are 10
! climb higher and higher in Christian attain
ment. We all love 10 see patience. hut II
cannot be cultured in fair weather. Patience
is a child Of the storm. II you had every
/ thing desirable. aud there was nothing more
/ to get. what would You want with patience?
| The only time to culture IL Is when you are
| lied about aud sicl; and half dead.
! "Oh.' Won say. az only had the circum-
/ stances Of some well-to-lO man | would be
| patient, too" You might As well say, al II
were not for this water. would swim" or.
! Il could shoot this gun IL Il were not for the
| charge" When YOU stand chin deep in an
/ noyanceS is the time for You 10 swim ont
| toward the great heaiands OF Christian at
| tainment. so as to know Christ and the
power OF His resurrection and TO have fel-
| lowship with His suiIsrngs.
Nothing but the furnace will ever burn ont
| Of Us the clinker anl the Stag. | have formed
| this theory in regard to small annOyances
| and veNations. Ii takes Just so much trouble
/ to NJ us for usefulness and for heaven. The
/ only question is whether we shall take il in
| the bulk or pulverized and graduated.
/ Here Is one man who takes it in the
/ bulk. His back is broken. or his eve
/ sight put out. or some other awful calamity
befalls him, while the vast majority Of peo-
! pie take the thing plecempal. Which way
| would you rather have il? or course in
piecemeal. Better have five aching teeth
than one broken jaw; better ten fly laisters
than an amputation: better twenty squalls
, than one cyclone. There may be differ
4 ence Of opinion a. to allOpathy and homeO-
parhy. but in this matter OF trouble like
| homeopathy dOses-small pillets OF annoy
/ ance rather than some knock down dose OF
calamity. Instead Of the thunderbolt gives
. us the hornet. II YOU have a bank YOU
would a great deal rather that fity men
would come in with checks less than 300
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would you not rather have these
small drafts OF annoyance on your bank Of
faith than some all staggering demand upon
your endurance? But remember that little as
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how IN make n naintiny II will take 70 O0O
of these touches And want Won nv
friends 70 understand TINT il Il these Ia n N
annoyauras which under Cod ara MAKING
nm the ninrure al vour life IN he hune. at last
in the galleries of heaven Al for angels n
look nj God knows how TO make n nict.
urp.
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| sbanin,. a statua n, nos n cLi.al In ore
hand and a mallet in the other and he give.
a very gentle stroEr-,licE clirE cncE
say ..Why dop't Won strike harder" ..Ob >
he renlias .,tbat would shattar the statue
can't 40 II rbat Uay Tnst 40 II nj,
way So he works ON and ofter awhile IN,
features come ont ami evarvhndv that
enters the Studi, il rbarnad and fascinated
Weu CA has vnrr sa,l unJer nraees. ~
devaIonnant ana II is mo littl. ,1tno,,nns.
and yavntions NJ lie that ara obisaIing ON
your immoral nature T. i cTcE clirl
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dos nor come ami Win ore stroEs nraro =,
van for heaven Al moi Cod saw NM 4
not the way And so H. kaens on n,
strokes If Iittla vavarions uotU nj last ~,
shnU he a clad snertnnla for on,-,ls and fo
men
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spent in small chang. and a yasf amount a
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pletions. It is the little troubles O; life tha,
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