The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-16

notnlnR more TO get what would you
want with patience? The only time to
culture II Is when you are lied about,
and sick and half dead
"Oh," you say, IF only had the cir
cumstances of some we'll TO do man L
would be patient, too" You might as
well say. "If it were not for This water
/ would swim, F" or, 81 could shoot this
gun IL IL were not for the charge"
1 When you stand chin deep in annoy
ances is the time TO swim out toward
the great headlands OF Christian at
tachment, SO as to know Christ and the
| power Of His resurrection, and to have
! fellowship with His sufferings.
NJ Nothing but the furnace will ever
burn out Of us the clinlxer and the Stag.
have formed this theory in regard to
small annoyances and vexations. Ii
takes just SO much trouble to fit us for
usefulness and for Heaven The only.
| question Is whether we shall take ii in I
the bulk or pulverized and granulated.
| Here is one man who takes Ii in the
bulk. His back is broken, or his
| eyesight put out, or some other
awful calamity bcfalls him, while
| the vast majority Of the people take
! the thing piecemeal. Which way
would you rather have IL? OF course, !
in piecemeal. Better have Ave aching
teeth than one broken jaw; better ten
| fly blisters than an amputation; better
20 squalls than one cyclone. There
may be difference of opinion as to nj
lopathy and homeopathy. but In this
matter of trouble / like homeopathic
doses-smal pellets of annoyance
rather than some knock-down dose of
calamity. Instead of the thunderbolt
give US the hornet. II you have bank
you would u great deal rather that so
men would come in with checks less
800 than have two depositors come in
the same day, each wanting his $40, 900
In this latter case you cough and look
down to the floor, and you look up at
the ceiling before you look into the
safe. Now, my friends, would you
not rather have these small drafts
faith than some all-staggering de- |
mand upon your endurance? But |
remember that little, as we'll as |
great, annoyances equally require you |
to trust in Christ for succor and for |
deliverance from impotence and irri- |
liability. "Thou wilt keep him in per- |
feet peace whose mind is stayed on |
Thee" In the village of Hamelin, |
tradition says, there was an invasion |
of rats, and these small creatures |
almost devoured the town, and threat |
ened the lives of the population, |
and the story Is that q piper came out |
one day and played very sweet tune, |
and all the vermin followed him---fol-
lowed him to the banks of the Weser,
then he blew a blast, and then they
dropped in and disappeared forever.
OF course this is fable, but wish / /
could, on the sweet Aute OF the gospel,
draw forth all the nibbling and bur-
rowing annoyances of your life and
play them down into the depths for
ever. --- SIX
How many touches did Mr.. Church
give to his picture of "'Cotopaxr' or his
Heart of the Andes?" l suppose
about $4,000 touches / hear the cam
vas saying, why do you keep me
trembling with that pencil so long?
Why don't you put it on in one dash?"
NO" says Mr.. Church, Il know how
to make painting; il will take O,oOa
of these touches" And | want you, /
my friends. to understand that il is
these 10000 annoyances which under
GOD are making up the picture of your
life to be hung at lastin the galleries
of Heaven, fit for angels to look at,
God knows how to make picture.
go into sculptor's studio and see
him shaping a statue He has q chisel
in one hand and a nallet in the other,
and he gives very gentle stroke
click, click, click! j say, why don't +
You strike harder2'' "Oh," he replies. +
THAT would shatter the stntue. i +
can't do it that way; must do it this
way" So he works on. and afterI
awhile tine features come out, and
everybody that enters the studio is
charmed and fascinated Well God
has your soul under process Of develop
ment, and il is the little annoyances
and vexations of life that nre chiseling
out your immortal nature. II is click.
click, click! Iwonder why some great
providence does not come, and with
one stroke prepare YOU for Heaven.
All no; God says that is not the way.
And SO EIe keeps ON by strokes OF little
vexations, until at last YOU shall be a
glad spectacle for angels and for men.
Yon know that large fortune may
be spent in small change, and vast
amount of moral character may go
away in small depletions II is the
little troubles or life that are having
more effect upon you than great ones.
A swarm OF locusts will kill grain
field sooner than the incurslon OF three
or four cattle You say, 'Since ! lost