The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-08
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Them Untn Them That Hide Thorn
selves from Vhse Are Destroyed"
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M TIN C.. Dec Is, 1895.
I'M IAN DIR. raimago to-
wssltlhMl dag chose Cor his
JS,SlNIAW discourse a theme
;eFfdt3y4eN that will appeal to
$tkse ~ most people. viz. I:
ssy3,},stsf The petty annoy
~ d1ftsi. ances OF life.
1NfcS,ss Il seems as II the
f>S/4ySs insectiler world
l al ffHIfN were deiernined to
extigpatf the hnman'faec Il boinbards
the grain FIELDS and the orchards and
the vineyards. The Colorado beetle.
the Nebraska grasshopper. the New
Jersey locust. the universal potato bug.
seem TO carry on the work which was
begun gges ago when the insects buzzed
oc' Il lioah's Ark as the door was
opened.
In my text. the hornet flies out on
It's mission. II is a species Of wasp.
swift In its motion and violent In It's
sting. rs touch il torture TO man or
beast We have an seen the cattle run
believing under the cut OF its lancet
In boyhood We used 60 stand cautiously
looking NJ the globular nes. hung from
the tree branch. aud while we were
looking az the wonderful covering We
we're struck with something that sent
ms shrieking away. The hornet goes
In sw1rms. Il has captains over hun
dreds. and twenty Of them alighting on
one man will produce death.
The Perslans attempted 10 conquer
Christian city. but the elephants and
the beasts on which the Persians rode
were assaulted by the hornet. so that
the whole army was broken up and
the betieged city was rescued This
burning aud hoxiolR insect stung ont
the Hlliites and The Canaanltes from
their country. What cleaning sword
aud chariot OF war could not accomplish
was done by the puncmrc Of an insect
The Lord sent the hornet
. Ny friends. when we are assaulted
by great behemoths OF trouble. We be-
come chlvalric. and we assault them;
We get on the hlgh-meitled steed OF our
courage. and We make q cavalry charge
at them. and, II God be with US. We
come out stronger and better than when
We went In. But. alas. Tor these insCc-
tile annoyances Of life those foes too
small TO shoot these things without
any ayoirdupoin weight the gna,s and
the mldges and the 6les aud the wasps
and the hornets! In other words. Il Is
the small singing arnoysnces Of cur
life which drive US OFT and use rs hp.
In the best-eondliioncd life. for some
grand and glorious purpose God hal
sent the hornet,
remark. In the fret place. that these
small singing annoyances may come
In the shape Of nervous organization.
People who are Frustrated under
typhoid feyers or with broken bones
get plenty Of sympathy: but who pitles
anybody that Is nervous? The doctors
say. and the family say. ana everybody
says. ~Oh. she's only a little nervous;
that's allr' The sound Of heavy foot,
Che harsh clearing OF D throat. q dis
cord In music. a want OF harmony be-
tween shawl and the glove on the same
person. a curt answer. a passing slight
the wind from the east any one OF ten
thousand annoyanees opens the door
FOR the hornet. The fact Is that the
vast majority OF the people In this coun.
try are overworked. aud their nerves
are the first TO give out A great null
tltude are under the strain Of Leyden
who. when he was told by his. physician
that n he did not stop working while
he was In such poor physical health he
would die, responded. Doctor. whether
live or die. the wheel must keep COINS
round" These sensitive persons OF
whom speak have n bleeding sensitive
ness The ilies love 10 light on any
thing raw, and these people are like
the Canaanitcs spoken Of In the text OF
In the contcxt-they have a very thin
covering, and are vulnerable at all
points. And the Lord sent the hor,
net"
Again. the small insect annoyanccs
may come to us In the shape OF friends
and acquaintanccs who are always say
ing disagreeable things There ar,
some people you cannot be with for halt
an hour but you feel oheered and COM
forted. Then there are other people
you cannot be- with for Eve minutes be,
fore you feel miserable. They DO moi
mean to disturb you. but they sting you
to the bone. They gather up all 10,
yarn which the gosslps spin, and re.
tail Il. They gather mp all the advers,
criticisms about your person. about
your business. about your home. about
your church, and they make yonr ear
the funnel into which hey pom Il
They laugh heartily when thsy ten you
as though It were a good loke, aud yol
laugh too outside,
These people are brought to our at
ientlon IA the Bible In the Book Of
Ruth Naomi went forth beautiful ant
With the finest OF worldly prospects, an,
into another land. hut after Gwhile
she came back widowed and sick an,