The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-09

rushed In. asking Christ to scold Mary.
and there are tens OF thousands OF wom-
en- who are dying. stung to death by
these pestiferous domestic annoyances.
THE Lord sent the hornet
These small insect disturbances may
also come In the shape Of business lrri-
tations. There are men here who went
through 1857 and the cath Of September.
1868. without losing their balance, who
are every dag endorsed by little an
noyances--a clerks M manners. or a
blot Of ink on a bin OF ladIug. 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, OF
the making Of some little bad debt
which was against your judgment, Just
TO please somebody else
II Is not the panlcs that iii the
merchants Panics come only once In
ten or twenty years. II b. The constant
din Of these everyday annoyancos
which BE- sending 40 many Of our best
merchants into nervous dyspepsia and
paralysis and the grave. When our ma
tionll commerce fell nat on its face.
these men stood up and iol; almost de-
liant: but their life Is going away now
under the swarm Of these pcstilerous
annoyanccs. "Thc Lord sent the her
net"
These annoyancos arc sent on as, |
think. to wake us up from our lethargy.
There IL nothing that makes a man so
lively as nest OF yellow jackets" and
! think that these annoyances are in
tended TO persuade MS OF the fact that
this is not a world for us TO stop In.
n We had a 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 think that the devil sends
the hornet. want TO correct your
opinion. THE Lord sent the hornet
Then ! think these annoyances come
on ne to culture our patience. In the
gymnasium. you find upright parallel
bms-uprlght bars. with holes over each
other for pegs to be put In. Then the
gymnast takes a peg 10 each hand and
he begins to climb. one inch at a time
or two inches, and getting his strength
cultured. reaches after awhile the cell
ing. And II seems 10 me that these an
noyances In life are a moral gymna-
stun. each worrimont a peg with which
We are TO climb higher and higher In
! Christian attainment Va all love "a
see patience but a cannot be cultured
in fair weather. Patience Ia child Of
the storm. II you had everything de-
slrable, and there was nothing more tC
ge,, What would you want with pa
,lenee? The only time to culture It Is
when you are lied about, and sick ant
half dead,
oh" you say, III only had the cir
eumstances OF some well-io-do man
would be patient too" You might al
well say. III Il were not for this watcl
would swim" or, n could shoot thil
gun n Il were not for the charge.
when you stand chin-deep In annoy
ances Is the time for you to swim on
toward the great headlands Of Christian
attainment. so as to know Christ an'
the power OF his resurrection. and 4
have fellowship with his suiierlngs.
Nothing but the furnace will eve
burn out OF us the ellnkcr and tn
Stag. I have formed this theory In re
gard to small annoyances and yeXa
tons Il takes Just 70 much trouble to q
us for usefulness aud for heaven. Tn
only question Is. whether We shall taxi
Il Ia the bulk or pulyerlEed aud granu
lated. Here l. one man who takes
In the bulk. His back is broken. or HI
cyesight put out, or some other awfu
calamity befans him. while the vas
majority Of people take the thing piece
meal. Which way would YOU rattle
have a.? OF course In piecemeal. Bet
ter have Ave aching teeth than on
broken jaw; better ten ly-hlistors TIA
an amputation; better twenty squall
than one cyclone. There may be a dli
terence OF opinion as TO allopathy an
homeopathy; bu, IN this matter q
couble ! like homeopathic doses
mail pellets OF annoyance rather tia
some knock-down dose OF calamity. IN
stead Of TIE ihunderbolt give us IN
hornet. II you have bank, YOU woul
great deaf rather that FIFTY me
would come IN with checks less than
hundred dollars than to have two Dc
positoiE come In the same day eac
wanting ten thousand dollars In Mi
latter case you cough and look dow
10 the floor and sou look up at "a
ceiling. before you hook Into The SAT-