The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-01

kNDR. TAI.MAeE.I "A
bNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE
- NOTED DIVINE. g.
Eablect: .sThe Petty, Annoya9lces
Z. seof Eife.'' II

It seems as II the insectile world weke de-
termtned to extirpate the human rage. II
Sbombaris the gratnaelds and the orchards
/ and the VINEYARDS The Colorado beetle
sthe Nebraska grasshopper, the New jersey
locust. the universal potato bug seem to
carry on, the work which was begun 4sos ago
when the insects buzzed out OF No$h's ark
< as the ark was opened. .
Il InSmy text, the hornet flies out on its mis-.
R Sion. 1t Is q species OF wasp. swift In its
motion and violent in Its sting. It's touch is
I torture to man or beast. We have all seen
Z the cattle run believing under the cut Of its
lancet In boyhood we used to stand cau-
!. tiousIy looking ar the: globular nest hung
1 from the tree branch, and while we were
looking at the wonderful covering we were
Etruck with something that sent lis shrieking
AWAY. The hornet goes in swarms. It has
captains over hundreds. and twenty OF
Them slighting on ons man Will producei
death. IN .-. [
The Persians attempted to conquer q
Christian city, but the elephants aud the
= beasts upon which PersianS rode weEe
+ Assauited by the hornet, so that the WHO'S
Rfmy was broken up and the besieged city
EsWas rescued. This burning and noxious in
sect stung out the Hittites aud the Cana m
sword and chariot ofwar could not accSm'
plish was done by the punct ure OF an INSECT
The Lord sent the hornet.
Nv friends, when we are assaulted, py
great behemoths OF trouble We become
chiyalric, and we assault them. We get on
the high mettled steed Of our courageJ and
we make cavalry charge at them, ana !,
God be with Us we come out stronger a1o
better than when we went in. But, alas! 1ol
these insectile annoyance cf life, thes 9 Toes
too small to shoot, these things without any
4 ayoirdupois weight, the gnats, and tne
4 midges, and the files, and the waspY. an9
the hornets! In other words, it Is the small
singing annoyances Of our life which drive
sus out and use us up. In the best CON
ditioned life. for some grand and glorious
purpose. God has sent the hornet.
- II remark, In the first place, that these
small stinging annoyances may eonae In me
are;prostrated under typhoid feverS or wltn
broken bones get plenty Of sympathy, Dut
! who pities anybody that Is nervo,ast Inc
doctors cay, and the family say, and every
BODY SAYS, aoh, she's only little nervous,
that's air. The sound OF heavy ioot, tne
& harsh clearing Of a throat, q dlscofu ln
music, a want Of harmony between tne
shawl and the glove on the same person,
curt answer, passing slight, the Winu an ilo,a
: the door for the hornet. The fact Is that
the vast majority of the people i,a this coun-
nv are oyerworked. and their nerves are the
first to give out. A great multitude are un-
der the strain Of Leyden, who, Wnen ne was
I told by his physician that II he d1d NOT STOP
working while he was in such poor Phys
{ ical health he would die. RESPONDED, DOC
{ keep going round" These sensitive persons
OF whom I speak have bleeding ssnsluye-
ness. The flies love to light on snytnln2
!, raw, and these people are Ike the Canaan
I ties spoken Of in the text or in the conte3tII
\ they have a very thin covering ana are Vul-
nerable at all points. "Ane the LORD sent
the hornet.
IA Again, the small insect apnoyances may
cometo rs in the shape OF trienus ano ac-
sable things. There are some people yoI
nnot be with for an hour but you feel
ssed and conforted Then there are
n neople Won cannot be with for five
stas before YOU feel miserable. They do
Inaan 20 disturb YOU. out they sting you
.e bore. They gather up all the yarn
ia thu gossips spin, ard retail It. They
Ier up all the adverse criticisms about
about youi npsba nqsiness, sad aRHgt tSsv
= the funnel into which they
laugh heartily when they tell
1t were good joke, and you
ltside.
are brought to our attention
In the book OF Ruth. Naomi
lautiful and with the finest Of
poets, and into another land;
= while, she came back widowed
poor. What did her friends do
lme to the city2 They all went
Instead OF giving her common
blation, what did they do2 Read
Il Ruth and find out. They threw
lanis and said, SIS this Naomi?" Rs
to say, Chow awful bad you do
When I entered the ministry, I
bry pale for years, und every year,
or five years, a hundred times o
was asked il had not the consump-
d. passing through the room would
hes hear people sigh and say, "A-ah.
for this worldr' resolved In those
hat + never, In any conversation,
ay anything depressing, and by the
God have kept the resolution.
>eople OF whom speak reap and
he great harvest field OF discourage
Some day YOU greet them with hi
"good morning." and they come
at you with some depressing infor-
t'The Lord sent the hornet" =
Isee so many people In the world
b to say disagreeable things and
sagreeable things, come almost In
ker momsnts to believe what man
me In Philadelphia one Monday
went to get the horse at
stable, and the hostler, plain
q to me, '.Mr. Talmage, saw that
phed to the young men yesterday"
ss." BE said, "No use, no use;
ilure." ~
III insect annoyances Of life some
e In the shape Of local physical
bhich does not amount to posi-
tration. but which bothers you
want to feel the best. Perhaps 1t
eadaohe which has been the plague
aiife, and you appoint some oc-
|mirth or sociability or usefulness,
the clock strikes the hour you can
g, your appearance. Perhaps the
between the ear and the forehead,
ape Of neuralgia twinge. Nobody
I or sympathize with It, but Just at
b when you want your intellect
and ~youl disposition brightest, you
Sharp, keen, disconcerting thrust.
ord sent the hornet"
kps these small insect annoyanoes will
the shape of domestic irritation.
lor and the Kitchen do not always
lie. To get good service and 70 keep
be OF the greatest questions Of the
Sometimes It may be the arro-
aud inconsiderateness Of employees,
hateyer be the fact we all admit there
hese insect annoyances winGing their
bnt from the culinary department. II
race CT God be not In the heart OF the
ekeeper, she cannot maintain her equi-
nm. The men come home at night apd
the story Of these annoyances, and say,
;Sthese home troubles are very little
estn They are small, small as wasps,
they sting. Matthias nerves were all un-
hng when she rushed in asking Christ to
BID Mary, and there are tens OF thousands
women who are dying. stung to death by
se pestiferous domestic annoyances.
he Lord sent the hornet"