Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20

The Hornet on It's sIission-varieties Of
Insect Annoyanees-Nee For Idtil,
Troubles They Are All blessings II
Disguise.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Dr. TaImagc to
day chose for his discourse a theme that
will appeal to most people-yiz, 9TH,
Petty Annoyancos Of Life" His text Was
1.-THE Lord thy God will send the hornet, u
Deuteronomy VIII 20.
1t seems as If the insectile world were
determined to extirpate the human race
1t bombards the grainfields and the or
ehards and the vineyards. The Colorado
beetle, the Nebraska grasshopper, the New
Jersey locust, tha universal potato bug
seem to carry on the work which was bs
gun ages ago when the insects buzzed out
~ GOahs ark as the door was opened.
IN my text the hornet flies qnt on is
mission. Il is a species Of wasp, swift ln
its motion and violent in its sting. It's
touch is torture to man or beast, We have
oil seen the cattle run believing under
the cut Of its lancet IN boyhood we used
to stand cautiously looking at the gl0buiai
nest hung from the tree branch, and while
we were looking at the wonderful covering
we were struck with something that sent
US shrleking away The hornet goes In
swarms. 1t has captains over hundreds
and 20 Of them alighting on one man will
produce death.
The Persains attempted to conquer a
Christian city, but the elephants aud the
beasts on which the Persians rode were as
49, tf,o l,,nuat fHaf bs AZ la
army was broken up and tine besiegoq
city was rescued. This burning and nox'
ions insect stung out the Hittites and the
Canaanites from their country. What
cleaning sword and chariot Of war could
not accomplish was done by the puncture
of an insect. The Lord sent the hornets.
Small Arnoyapces.
Nv friends when wo aro assaulted by
great behemoths of trouble, we become
chiyalrio, and we assault them, We get
on the high mettied steed Of our courage,
and we make a cavalry charge at them,
ana If God be with us, we come ont
stronger and better than when we went
in. But, alas for these insoctila annoy
nncos of life-these foes too small to shoot
these things without any av0irdupoia
weight, tho gnats, and the midges, and
the lies, and the wasps, gn9 the hornets
In other words, it is tho small, singing
annoyanees Of onr life which drive us out
and use us up. In tho best conditioned
life, for some grand and glorious purpose,
God has sent the hornet.
remark, in the first place, that these
small. singing annoyances may come In
tho shape of a nopyqns organization.
People who ARE Frustrated undor typhoid
feyers or with broken bones get plenty OF
sympathy, but who pitios anybody that is
neryousg The doctors say, and the family
say, and everybody says, "Oh, she's only
a little nervous; that's all" Tho sound OF
heavy foot the harsh clearing of a
throat, a disoord in music, want Of bar
mony between the shawl and the glove on
the same person, a curt answer, passing
slight, the wind from the east, any ono Of
10000 annoyances opens the door for the
hornet. The fact Is that tho vast major.
ity of the people in this country are over
worked, and their nerves are the first To
give out A great multitude are under
the strain Of Leyden, who, when he was
told by his physician that II be did not
stop working while he was in such pooi
physical health he would die, responded
hDoctor, whether I live or die, the whee
must keep going round" These sensitive
persons OF whom l speak have q bleeding
sensitiveness. The flies love to light OF
anything raw, and these people are like
the Canaanites spoken Of in the text or II
the eontext-they have a very thin cover
ing and are vulnerable at all points. "Ant
the Lord sent the hornet"