The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-08

have kept the resolution. These peo-
pie 81 whom speak reap and bind In
the great harvest-held Of discourage
ment Some DAY YOU greet them with
an hilarious "good-morning." and they
come buzzing At YOU With some depress-
ing information. THE Lord sent the
hornet"
When I see SO many people In the
world who like 10 say dlsagreeable
things and write dlsagreeable things
| come almost In my weaker moments
10 believe what a man said TO me In
Philadelphia one Monday morning. ]
went TO get the horse at the livery sta
bic, and the hostler. plain man, said
TO me, Mr.. Talmage. saw that you
preached to the young men yesterday"
said. Yes" he said. NO use. no use;
mans failure"
Perhaps these small insect annol
ances Will come IN the shape OF ~
nestle Irritation. The parlor and ~
kitchen do not always harmonic. To
get good service and 10 keep It, IL one
OF the greatest questions OF the coun-
try. Sometimes Il may be the AFRO
ganoy and lnoonsiderateness Of employ
ers but. whatever be the fact. We all
admit there are these insect annoy
anccs winging their way out from the
culinary department II the grace OF
God be not In the heart OF the house
keeper. she cannot maintain her cquili-
brlum. The men come home at night
ard hear tho story Of these annoyanees
and say. "Oh. these home troubles are
very little thlngsr They are small.
small as wasps. but they sting. Nartha's
nerves were all unsirung when she
rushed in. asking Christ to scold MARY.
and there are tens Of thousands OF wom-
en- who are diving. stung TO death by
these postiierous domestic annoyances.
The Lord sent the hornet"
These small insect disturbances may
also come IN the shape OF business irri-
tatlOns There are men here who went
through 1857 and the 2ith OF September.
1859. without losing their balance. who
are every day endorsed by little an
noyances-a clerks ~ manners. or a
blot OF ink ON a bill OF lading. or the
extravaganza Of q partner who over
draws his account. or the undertaking
by a business rival or the whispering
Of store condolences IN the street. or
the making OF some little bad debt
which was against your judgment iuc.
to pleas. somebody else
Il Is not the panlcs that XIII the
merchants. panles come only once In
ten or twenty ycarf. Il g. the constant
din OF these everyday annoyances
which Is sending SO many Of our best
merchants into nervous dyspepsia and
paralysis and the grave. when our ma
tlonal commerce fell llat on us face.
these men stood up and Eel, almos, de-
FAINT; but their lie 10 going away nov
under the swarm Of these pesliioroas
annoysnces. Tie Lord rent the hos-
net"
These annoyanccs are sent on us,
think. 10 wake us mp from our lethnrgy
There Is no,hlne that makes a man Sc
| lively as a nest Of yellow jackets" and
! ihink that these annoyances are In
tended to persuade us Of the fact that
this 10 not world for NJ to stop Ia
II we had q bed OF everything that was
attractive and soft and easy. what
would We want Of heaven? We think
that the hollow tree sends the hornet
or we may thinh that the devil sends
/ the hornet want 10 correct youI
opinion. THE LORD sent the hornet
Then think these annoyunees come
on Ms TO culture our patience. In the
gymnasium. you hnd upright parable
bars-upright barswith holes over eacl
other for pegs 10 be put IN. Then tn,
gymnast takes a peg In each hand an,
he begins 10 climb one inch at time
or two inches, aud getting his strength
cultured. reaches after awhile the ccil
ing. And Il seems 20 me that these an
noyances In life are moral gymna
stun. each worrlmcnt peg with whicl
We are to climb higher and higher II
Christian attainment We all love I,
SCI patience but It cannot be culture,
In fair weather Patience Is a child o
the storm. n YOU had everything de
slrable. and there was nothing more 4,
get what would YOU want with pa
,lence? The only time to culture II 4
when you are lied about, and sick an,
half dead
"oh. you say. IL only had the cir
cumstances Of some woll-to-do man
would be patient. too" You might Al
wcn say. II II were not for this waite
would swim" or. 4 could shoot thi
gun u II were not for the charge.
When you stand chln-deep In annoy
ances IL the time for you 20 swim on
toward the great headlands Of Christian
attainment. so as TO know Christ ant
the power OF his resurrection. and q
have fellowship with his suifcrlngs.
Nothing but the furnace will eve
burn out OF us the climber and th
Stag have formed this theory In re
gard to small annoyances and yexa
tions II takes just 80 much troable
us for usefulness and for heaven.
only question IL. whether We shall
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