The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-21


tizS1 tl11 anSsf Like ahs booming
~ ~ nk1nfxht - against tie rock.
3 IL Safves q chxixt1 anguish beAt
llhst IL oats o. eternity. 70 -
&c.d back b. al the thrcues
o. Heaven md IN the dunxecns OF
helk Baf 1hetdsy Of reward comes for
: Cskts an IL pcmp and dcminicn OF
this worid are 70 be hung on BIS
fhE1aes crowned heads are % b0w be-
9oEe Him On whose head are many
er1RnS and al tie celestial worship 4
10 cons up - BIS foes like tAe hum
rsfngof the forest. like the raShinx Of
che ~ater4, Ike The laundering Of the
$3.50 whKle AL Heaven. rising on their
khronea, beat time with their scepeers:
s.Hnllelujah, for the Lord God omnipo.
tent reignsth.- =
zsss soaR q iovs. sow low and far.
LIE l0uw nhAu swell from star - star.
mat NgA4. ne ereAktng day Which dps
NJ goadsn-spiret Apoeaiypse
Again. ] learn from my subject that
events which seem 70 be most insignin-
can't may be momentoux Can ron inn
agine anything more unimportant
.thnn the coming Of = poor woman from
( Moab 10 Judah? Can ron imagine
anything more trivial than the fac. that
this Ruth inst happened to alight-as
they ssy-juSt happened 10 alight on
that 6eId OF Boax2 Yet all ages AL
gcneraticns. have an interest In the
fast that she WAS 20 become an anees-
tres Of the Lord Jesus Christ and all
nations and kingdoms must look At
that one little incident with thrill OF
~ -
So e Is in your history and in mine;
evens that you thought Of no impor-
fance At All have been of NO very great
nolent That casual conversation.
that accidental meeting-you did not
think Of It again for long while: but
how Il changed all the phases Of your
lifes
II seened to be of no importance
that Jubal invented rude instruments
of music, calling them harp and organ;
bat they were the Introduction Of all
the wurld's minstfeisy: and rs you
hear the vibration of astrsnged tnxtru-
rnenk eTen after the fingers have been
taken away from it, 80 all music now
of late and drum and cornet Is only
the loa9- continued strains OF Jubals
harp and Jubal's organ Il seemed that
TuhaI Cain learned the uses of copper
and iron: but that rude foundry of an
cient days has its echo in the rattle
Of Birmingham machinery. and the
roar and bang OF factories on the Mer-
rimac
II seemed TO be matter OF NO i'm.
porfanee that Luther found Bible IN
monastery, but as he opened tia.
Bible and the bsass-bound lids fell
back, they Jared everything. and tho
rustlEng OF the wormed leaves was the
sound Of the wings Of the angel Of the
Reformation- 1t seemed TO be mat
terof no importance that . woman.
whose name has been forgotten. drop
ped Gxae. in the way OF very bad
man by the name of Richard Baxter. He
uscIred up ihe tract and read II. and il
was fhe means of his salvation In
after days that man wrote book
called The Call 10 the UnconverteS-
khMs was the means of bringing multi.
tnds to God. 1mong Others Philip Dod-
| drif7Re Philip Doddtidge wrote book
ealI s.The Rise and Progress Of Reli-
ai1n, which has brought thousands
| md tsns OF thousands into the king
dc1 al God, and among 9TH
en- tbs great Wilberforc Wnber-
force wrote book called a
Practical View Of Christianity. which
was the means Of bringing vast null
titude 70 Christ. among Others Leigh
| Richmond Leigh Richmond wrote .
tract called SHE DAirymAn's Daaugh-
ter which has been the means OF the
salvation OF uneonverted multitude4
And that tide of influence started from
the fact that one Christian woman
dropped = Christian tract In the way
OF Richard Baxter, the tide OF infiu-
enee rolling on through Richard Ra1-
ter. through Philip Doddridge, through
the great wiIbertoree. through Leigh
Rschmond. on. on, on. forever. forever.
So the fnsigni6cantevents OF the world
seem, after AL, to be most monentous.
Again. I see in my subject an Illus
traitor Of the beauty Of female In
dnstry.
Behold Ruth toling in the harves.
field under the hot sun, or a. noon TAX.
ing plain bread with the reaper or
eating the parehed corn which Boaz
handed TO her. The customs OF so
ciesy, Of course. have changed, and
without the hAr3ships and exposure 20
which Ruth was subjected. every in
teilirens woman VII End something
TO do.
know there Is sicily sentimental.
isy on this subject In some families
there are persons OF no practical serr-
ice to the household or community;
and though there are so many woes all
around abou. then 10 the world. they
soend their time lanzutshing over q
new pattern or bursting into tears a.
nidnirh. over the story Of some lover
who shot himself. They would no:
deixu 70 look .. Ruth carrying back
the barley on her way home 10 her
noshex-in-law, Naomi AL this fAs-
tidiousness may seem TO do very well
While they are under the shelter OF
their fathers house; bat when the
sharp winter Of misfortune comes,
what of these butterflies? Persons un-
der indulRent parentAge nay get upon
themselves habits Of Incidence, but
when they come out into practical life
their soul win reeon with disgrst and
chaerin. They VIII feel in their
hearts what the poet 50 severely sat.
irired when he said:
-Psrks are - awkward. .Ataxs 50 tapolise.
They's eBexaatIy patzea froG seSsiEx satt
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