Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1896-06-23

OLcSs Ill QuuSt0fSs ua E6ptEI60tStS
all propounders OF ingenious conumdrums
all those who mirthfully surprise US with IN.
usual iuxtaposition of words. Thomas Hood
and Charles Lamb end Sidney Smith had
divine mission, and SO have their SUCCESSORS
in these times; They stir into the acid bev-
erag5 Of HE the sdcchartne: They make the
cup of earthly existeHce; which Is sometimes
stale; efierYesce and Babbls. They plaeate
animosities:; They foster longevity They
slaf fUlhes and Sbsurdities which all the ser
mons of all the pdlpits cannot reach.
They have FOR examples Elijah; who made
fun Of the Baalites when they called dowa
fire, Erd IL did not como, suggesting that
their heather goa had gone hunting. or was
of on a journey, or was asleep: and nothing
but moderation could wake him, saying.
"Ory aleud for he is a god. Either he is
talking or DrrsBing Or rperadyenture he
sleepeth and must be GTsksl." They have
an example in Christ. who With Fealthfut
sarcasm showed up the lying, hypocTitfcal
Pharisees by suggesting that such perfect
people like themselves needed no improve
ments; saying, tue whole need not ply
stefan bit they that are Sick
Is 1t bespfirched with profanity aud unclean-
ness7 DC you employ il ID amusement at
physical defects fcE which the victims are
not responsible2 Are your PdweFs Of MIN
ferry used to put religion in contempt Is it
bunch Of nettlesome invecttve? Isft bolt
"a
tuner Is 1t glee at theff 6isappointm emit and
defeat2 Is 1t bitterness put dfop by drop
into cupp Is it like the squeezing CT Ar-
temisia absinthtum into o draught al
ready pungant9 Then you are the star
Wormwood. Yours IS the fun of q rattle
snake trying Tow we'll it can sting. 1t is the
fun Of a hawk trying heW quickly it can
strike out the eye of a dove.
But will change this and suppose you dre
star Of Worldly Prosperity. Then you.
have large opportunity. Youican encourage
THAT oT1 th by sHyinS a his st RrGS s You
by introducing higher style of fowl AMI
horse and COW and sheep. You can bless the
world With pomo'ogical achievement in the
orchards. You can advance arboriculture
and arrest this beautiful teonoelas,n of the
American forests: You cd1 put piece of
sculptures into tho niche of that public
academy. You e5n eGdoW q college. You
can stocking thousand bars feet from the
winter frost. You eau build church.. You
san put missionary of Christ on that
rich mau wifi E'4 heart right-can you
toll me how much good JAMES JseRox or {.
George Peabody or q P1ter Cooper Of
William e. Dodge did Wkile4kving, or IS
LONG now that he is dead? There is not u
,ity, town Or neighi0rhood that has not
glorious speeimerfS of GINS scrittel wealth.
But suppose TdH grind ths fifce OF the
you make him wait for them becdtss he can
not help himself. Suppose that, because his
family Is sick and he has had extra expenses,
he should politely ask you to raise his wages
for this year and you reushly tell him II no
wants q better place to go AID get 1t. Sup
pose by your niahner you act as though he
were nothing and you eeVerything. Sup
pose you are selfish and oVefEeaFing and ar
rogant. Your first name ought TO be- Attila
and your last name Attila, because you are
the star Wormwood, and y6s have tmolttered
one-third if not three-thirds OF the waters
that roll past your employees and operatives
and dependents and associates, and the long
line of cafEiages which the undertaken orders
for your fuherslj III order to make the occa-
sion respectable, will Us flied with twice as
many dry, fearless eyes as there DIE persons
occupying them.
There is an erroneous idea abroad that
there are only few geniuses. There are
millions Of them.that Is, men and women
who have especial adsFtetien and qutekness
for some one thing. 1t may b5 crest; it may
be small. The circle may be- like the cifcum-
ference Of the earth or no larger than thtm-
Die. There are thousands of geniuses 2nt
in some one thing you arc star. What
kind of star Are you? You will be in this
world but few mintttess As compared With
eternity the stay of the longest life on earth
is not more than a minute. What Hre we
doing with that minute7 Arew we imbittering
! the domestic OF social or political fountains,
or are we like Moses. Who; when the lsraeiites
in the wilderness compldipS1 tREt the waters
Of Lake Marah were bitter and they could
not drink them, cut on the branch OF @ GER
Aeain tree and, threw that bEan4h into the
water, and it became sWest sad 1slakei the
Thirst of the suffering host? Are VIC with d
branch of the Tree of Life sWeetentng all the
brackish fountains that we can touch?
Dear Lord, send us all out on that mission.
ALI around us imbittered 1iYes-imbit-
~ Inn. hxy
criticism, imBittefed by poverty, i'm
Uttered by pain, imbitteFed by Injustice
Imbittered by sin. Why not 60 forth and
sweeten them by smile, by inspiring words.
by benefaetions, by hearty counsel, by prayer,
by gospeized behavior? Let US remember
that If we ire worp1wood to others we are
NORWOOD to ourselves, and cur life will be
bitter and our eternity bitterer: The gospel
of Jesus Christ - tho only sWeetening power
| that is suff1cieI 1t swoetens the dfsposi-
ton. 1t sweet ps the manners. T. sweetens
life. It swed Rrs mysterious proyidences.
It sweetens a fctions. Il sHeetens death.
It sweetens erythtng. I haT6 fsard peo-
pie asked in Scial company. IF you could
have three wishes gratifcd what would your
three wishes be?'' If could have three
they would be: /. More of the grace of God
Q. More of the grace of God. 0. More of the
grace of God. In the dooryard OF my
brother John; missionary in Annoy, China,
there was tree called tie emperor tree, the
two characteristics Of which ate that 1t al
| ways grows higher than its surround
tngs, AMI ifs leaves take the form of a
crown If this emperor tree TO planted
by "a rosebush. ii grows q little higher
than tue bush and spreads out above it q
| crown. It it be planted BY the side of an
other tree, it grows little higher thanthat
| Tree and spreads a5oVe it crown. Womb
| God that this religion ofChrst, q more Won
derTul emperor tree, might overshadoW all
your liyesl Are you iowly In ambition or
circumstance, putting over you its crown?
Are you high il talent and position, putting
| over you its CROWN Oh, for moro of the
saccharine III our lives aud less of the worm
Woodl
What is true of individuns is true OF ma
tiols God sets them up TO ravo.ve as stars,
but they nay fall :sormwooj.
Tyre, the atmosphere OF the desert, fra
grant with spices, coming in caravans TO her
fairs, all seas cleft into foam by thu keels OF
her laden merchantmen, her markets rich
with horses and camels from Togarmah, her
| bazaars filed with upholstery from Dedan,
with emerald and coral and agate from
Syria, with wines from Heibon, with EN-.
broidered work from Ashur AMI Chilmad
Where now the CLEAN Of her towers, where
the roar of her chariotS, where the nl;lStS OF
her ships? Let the fishermen who dry their
nets VII re once she stood, lot tho sea that
rushes upon the .barEenness where once she
challenged the admiration OF all nations, lei
the bqrbarians who set their ruds tents
where once her palaces glittere3, answer
the question. She was star. but by lei
own sin turned to wormwoo1 AMI has fallen.
Hundred gated Thebes;y FOR all time to bs
the study of the antiquarian and hlerog'y-
Dhist her stnnsn Ions rliny snrea ov'r q
miles, her sculptures presenting in figures or
warrior and chariot the victories with which
the now forgotten kings of Egypt shook the
nations, her obelisks and columns, Carnac
and Luxor, the stupendous temples of her
pridel Who can imagine the greatness OF