The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-19
TALMAGrS SUNDAY SERMON.
THE LITTLE BOTHERS.
The Great Troubles, Try The Souls, of
Both Men and Women.

med to extirpate the human race. Ii
Yards the gratn1elds and the orchards
the vineyards The Colorado beetle,
iebraska grasshopper. the New Jersey
&, the universal potato bug seem TO
I on the work which was begun ages ago
, the insects buzzei out OF Noah's ark
ie ark was opened.
my text, the hornet f'es out on its .ais-
IL Is a species OF wasp. swift in its
on and violent in it, sting. Its touch Is
Ire to man or beast. We have all seen
attic run believing under the cut OF its
tt In boyhood we used to stand eau
.ly looking az the globular nest hung
the tree branch. aud while we were
ing AT the wonderful covering we were
* with something that sent us shrieking
I. The hornet goes In swarms. Il has
alns over hundreds. and twenty OF
alighting on one man will produce
D. -t-s~-.. - 80, ,-as..aSSs
J. Persians attempted to conquer q
stan city, but the elephants aud the
T. upon which Persians rode were
lied BY The hornet. 80 that the whole
waI broken up and the besieged city
rescued. This burning and noxious in
sgnS out the Hittites and the Canaan
from their country. What cleaning
and chariot Of war could not accom-
was done by the puncture OF an insect.
Lord sent the hornet.
frieL Is, when we are assaulted by
i hehernOths OF trouble we become
Llric, aud we assault them. We get on
|hi7h mettled steed Of our courage. aud
|na ke cavalry charge ~ them, and 10
bs with us we come out stronger and
y than when We went in. But. alas! for
iDsectile annoyance .of life. these foes
|.nsll TO shoot. these things without any
|riupois weight. the guut-. and the
r.. and THE flies, and the wasps, and
|6rnets! In other words, IL Is the small
king anuUyances Of our life which drive
|at aud use us up. In the best con-
|nsi life, for some grand aud glorious
lsp. God has sent the hornet.
|nmark, in the first place. that those
! stinging annoyauces may come in the
Of nervous organization. People who
|ro.trated under typhoid feycrs or with
.n bones get plenty OF sympathy, but
pities anybody that j. neryousy The
rs say, and the family say. and every
SAYS, "Oh, she's only u little nervous,
sall " The sound Of heavy foot, the
clearing OF throat. disrord in
u. a want OF harmony between the
dni the glove on the ,gun person. a
inswer. u passing slight. tine wind from
| gist. any one Of 10000 annoyau'rs opens
| j0r for the hornet. The a', IS that
a.i majority OF the people iu this couu-
| b. oynrworked. and their nerves are the
. b give out. 4 great wult.tul" are un-
be -triia Of Layden, who, when he was
4 ly his yHyJ,ciun that d Dee lid not stop
kug while le was IN such poor phys
Aellth he would die. ra.p0u !,l. "Dor-
vhcther | live or die. the wheel must
going round" These sensitive persons
h)m / speak have bleeding sensitive
The flies love e. light ON anything
and these people are like tn" Canaan
spoken OF in the text or iu IN" context
have very thin covering aud are vul-
BE at all points. "And the Lord sent
A0rnet."
Ain, the small insect annoyances may
to US in the shape of friends and ac-
Ia,ances who are always saying disagree
things. There are some people you
bot be with for an hour but you feel
bred and conferred. Then there are
Er people you cannot be with FOR five
Bytes before You feel miserable. They do
mean to disturb you. but they sting you
y bone. They gather up all tho yarn
b the gossips spin, and retail IT, they
" up all the adverse criticisms about
person, about your business. about
home, about your church, aud they
your ear the funnel into which they
BIZ. They laugh heartily when they tell
As though II were u good Joke, and you
3. t0O-outside.
Nse people are brought O. our attention
y Bible. in the book %, Ruth. Naomi
e'0rth beautiful AMI with the finest ot
tily prospects, and into another land,
after awhile, she came ha'F widowed
scS AMI poor. What dil her friends DO
she came 20 the city, They all went
and, instead OF giving her common
econsoation, what dil they do; Road
book OF Ruth and hui out. They threw
heir hands and saii, Is this NuOmiy' rs
3 as 10 say, "iOw awful bad YOU do
When l entered the ministry,
~ very pale for year., aul every year,
bur or five years, n hundred times a
was asked II had not the con-ump-
AMI. passing through the room | would
tines hear people SIGH aud say, "A-ah,
ong for this world" | resolved in those
that | never. in any conversation
" say anything depressing, aud by the
Of God / have kept the resolution.
people OF whom | speak reap and
ihthe great harvest field Of discourage
Some day you greet them with a hi
rs good morning." and they come
ans al you with somn depressing infor-
%. "The Lord sent the hornet.
len lsee so many people in the world
IKE 10 say disagreeable things and
hdisasreeable things, / come almost in
'eaker moments 10 believe what man
70 me in Philadelphia one Monday
tHg. / went to get the horse at
Very stable, and the hostler, plain
said to me, ".Ir. Talmgge, saw that
geached to the young en- Yesterday
"Yes." He said, NO use, no use;
ia failure"
snall insect annoyances Of life some
come in the shape o! local physical
We, which does not amount 10 a posi-
prostration. but which bothers you
You want to feel the best. Perhaps II
'ek headache which has been theplague
plr life, and you appoint some oc-
oi mirth or sociabllity or usefulness,
saen the clock strikes the hour you can
aAAe your appearance. Perhaps the
Is between the ear and the forehead,
shape Of a neuralgia twinse. Nobody
seit or sympathize with II, hut Just NJ
lne when you want your intellect
~ and your disposition brightest, You
sharp, keen, disconcerting thrust.
Lord sent the hornet, -.
maps these small insect annOyances VIII
IA the shape OF domestic irritation.
a'lor and the kitchen do not always
'alze. To get good service and 20 Keep
one Of the greatest questions OF the
w Sometimes il may be the arro-
aad inconsids.ateness Of employees
aaleyer be the fact we all admit there
lse insect annoyances winsinS their
'. from the culinary department. II
zee (f God be not In the heart OF the
Aseper, she cannon main,ain her equl,,