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

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I unstrung when she rushed in, asking
Christ to scold Mary, and there are tens
/ Of thousands Of women who are dying
stung to death by these pestucrous Comes
/ tic annoyanUes. 1.-The Lord sent the
hornet, -
These small insect disturbances may also
como in the shape Of business irritadons.
/ There are men here who went through
1887 and the gath OF September, 1863
I without losing their balance, who aro ey-
cry day endorsed by little annoyancos-n
/ clerk III manners, or blot of ink on q
4 bill Of lading, or the extravaganza Of a
partner who oyerdraws his account, or the
undersalling by business rival, or the
I whispering Of store condolences in the
street, or the making of some little bad
debt which was against your Judgment
I just to please somebody else.
The Lord Sends Hornets.
It is not the panios that kill the mer-
chants Panics come only once IN 10 CT
I go years. 1t Is tho constant din Of these
( everyday annOyancos which is sending so
many Of our best merchants into nervous
I dyspepsia and paralysis and the grave,
I When our national commerce fell fiat on
7 its face, these men stood up and felt almost
under the swarm of these pestiferous an
/ noyaunes. eThe Lord sent the hornet.
/ have noticed IN tho history of some
I that their annoyances are multiplying and
/ that they have a hundred where they used
TO have ten. The naturalist tells us that
/ o wasp sometimes has family Of 90 COO
wasps, and it does seom as Il every annuy-
/ nnoa Of your life brO0ded a million. By
4 the help Of God want to show You the
/ other side Tho hornet is Of 10 usef Oh,
yes The naturalists tell us they are very
| Important IN the worlds egonemy, 4hey
/ xiii spiders, and they clear The atmos'
phero, and / really believe God sends the
4 annoyanoes Of our life upon Us to kill the
/ spiders Of the soul and to clear the atmos-
4 phere Of our skies.
These annoyances are sent to us, Think,
/ to wake us up from our lethargy. There
Is nothing that makes man 50 lively AZ
/ . nest Of ''yellQW Jackets and 1 think
| that these annOyancos are intended to per
| suade us of the fact that this Is not world
/ for as to stop IN. II we had q bed OF ey-
I erything that was attractive and soft and
easy, what would we want Of heayenY We
{ think that the low tree sends the hor-
net OF we may think that the devil sends
the hornet. I want to correct your opin-
lon "Tho Lord sent the hornet.
! Then think these annoyances come on
/ ms to culture our pationoa IL thp GYM
/ aasium you lind upright parallel bars-7
/ upright bars, with holes over each other
1 FOR pegs to DO put in. Then the gymnast
I 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 it seems to
I me that these annoyRnces in life arc q
moral gymnasium, each wofriment peg
] with which we are to climb higher and
higher in Christian attainment. We all
love to see patience, but It cannot be oul-
turod In fair weather. Patience is q child
Of the storm If you had everything de-
sirable and there was nothing more to
get, what would You want with pationeea
! Th6only time co culture At is when you
are lied about and sick and half dead,
sob, 2 you say, If only had the cir
( eumstances Of some well TO do man, l
would be patient tool" You might as
we'll say, "If it were not for this wator, |
wonld swim, or Z" / could shoot this gun
If 1t were not for the charge" When you
stand chin deep Ia nnnoyanoes Is the time
for you to swim out toward the great
headlands Of Christian attainment, so as
to know Christ and the power of his res
direction and to have fellowship with his
sufferings.
So as By Fire.
Nothing but tho furnace will ever burn
out Of us the clinker and tho Stag. have
formed this theory in regard to small an
noyances and yexations, il takes just so
much trouble to fit us for usefulness ana
for heaven The only question Is whether
1 IL 10, 81 hill I've
and granulated Here is one man who
takes it in the bulk. His back Is broken,
OF his eyesight put out, OF some other pW5
ful calamity bcfalls him, while the vast
majority of people take the thing piece
meal. Which way would you rather have
it? OF course, in piecemeal Better have
five aching teeth than one broken iawi
better 10 fly blisters than an amputationi
better 90 squalls than one cyclone. There
may be difference of opinion as to allo'
pathy and homeopathy, but in this mat
ter Of trouble I like homeopathic doses
small pellets of annoyance rather than
some Touchdown dose Of calamity. In
stead Of the thunderbolt give us the
hornet.
II you have bank, you would great
deal rather that 90 men would como III
with checks less than 500 than to have
two depositors come in the same day
each wanting his $40, 600, IN this latter
case you cough and look down to the tloor,
and you look up at the ceiling before you
look into the safe. Now, my friends,
would you not rather have these small
drafts of annoyance on your bank Of faith
than some all staggering demand upon
your enduranceY But remember that lit
tie as well as great annoyances equally re-
quire you to trust in Christ for succor ano
a deliveranoe from impatienco and irrita
bility. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace whose mind in staid on thco." In
the village Of Hamclin, tradition says
there was an invasion Of rats, and thess
small creatures almost dcvoured the town
and threatened the lives Of the population
and the story is that piIercame out one
day and played worry sweet tune, and al
the yorinin followed him--followed hin
to the banks Of the Weser. Then he blew
blast, and then they dropped in and dis
appeared forever. OF course this Is fable
but " ish could, on the sweet flute o.
the gospel draw forth all the nibbling an6
burrowing annoyances Of your life ant
play them down into the depths forever
How many touches did Mr. Church giv'
20 his picture Of HCotopaxp' or his Hear
, of the Andesf 1 suppose hDoub oO,Uu'
touches hear the canvas saying; why
90 you keep ms trembling with that pencil
20 long? Why don't You uut it ON in an'
dashf' 'rNo. " says Mr.. church, 4" know
how to make painting. 1t will take 90,
600 Of these touches And / want You
nv friends, to understand that it is thes'
10, GOO annoyancos which, under God, ar
making up the picture Of your life, TO b
} hung at last in tho galleries of heaven ii
for angels to look at. God knows how Z
3 make "a picture.
Little Strokes Only.
go into a sculptor's studio and see hin
shaping statue. He has q chisel in ON
hand and a mallet in tho other, and b.
gives a very gentle stroge-click, click
clickl I say, ''Why dom you strike hard
err ooh, F." he replies, that would shat
ter the statue / can't do il that way.
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