St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-29

AIUkDAY. MAI ZSs
lutte and drum and cornct. Is only
the lo1g-continued strains Of Jubars
harp and Jubals organ. II seemed to
be matter Of very little Importance
that Tutel Cain learned the uses of
copper and iron; but that rude foundry
of ancient days has its echo in the rat
tie of birmingham machinery and the
roar and bang Of factories ON the MGR
rimac.
1t seemed to be . matter Of no Inn
portxnce that Luther found Bible in
. monastery: but - he opened that
Bible, and the brassb0uud lids fell
back, they Jared everything, and the
rustling Of the wormed leaves was the
ecnnd Of the wings Of the angel of the
Reformatis n. 1tseemed TO be matter
of NO importance that . woman. whose
name has been forgotten. dropped >
tract in the way Of = very bad
man by the name Of Richard
Baxter. He picked up the tract
and read it, and it was the means of
his salvation. In after days that
man wrote q book called 1.-THE Call to
the Unconverted" that was the means
of bringing multitude to God. among
others Philip Doddridge. Philip Dod.
dridge wrote book called 1.-THE Rise
and Progress Of Religion, which has
brought thousands and tens Of thou
sands into the kingdom of God. and
among others the great Wilberforce.
Wilbsrforce wrote . book called
"A Practical View Of Christian
ity," which was the means Of
bringing great multitude to
Christ, among others Leigh Richmond.
Leigh Richmond wrote . tract called
1.-THE Dairyman's Daughter" which
has been the means of the salvation Of
unconverted multitudes- And that
tide Of influence started from the fact
that one Christian woman dropped .
Christian tract in the wsy Of Richard
Baxter, the tide Of influence rolling ON
through Richard Baxter, through
Philip Doddridgc, through the great
Wilberforce, through Leigh Richmond,
ON, on, ON, forever, forever. So the in
significant events of this world seem,
sfter al, to be most momcntous.
Again, / see in my subject m illus
tration of the beauty Of female indus
try.
Behold Ruth toiling In the harvest
field under the hot sun, or 1t noon tak-
ing plain bread with the reapers, or
eating the parched corn which Boaz
handed to her. The customs of society,
0f course, have changed, and withou
the hardships and exposure to which
Ruth was subjected, every intelligent
woman will find something to do.
know there is . sickly sentimental
ity Oh this subject In some families
there are persons Of NO practical service
to the household or community; and
though there are % many woes all
around shout them In the world, they
spend their time languishing over .
new patteri, or bursting into tears at
midnight over the story Of some lover
who shot himself! They would not
deign to look at Ruth carrying back
the barley ON her way home to her
Naomi All this fas-
tidiousness may seem to do very
well while they are under the
shelter of their fathers house; but
when the sharp winter Of misfortune
comes, what of these butterflies? Per
sons under indulgent parentage NAV
get Upon themselves habits of indo-
lence; but when they come out into
practical life, their soul will recoil with
disgust and chargrin. They will feel
In their hearts what the poet SO severe
ly satirised when he said:
Folks are 50 awkward. things 20 impolite.
They're elegantly painted from morning until
night.
Through that gate of Incidence how
many men and women have marched.
Useless on earth, to . destroyed eter-
nifty! Spinola said % Sir Horace We're:
..Of wnat did your brother die7" 'Of
having nothing TO do" was the answer.
'.Ahm said Spinola," ''that's enough to
kill any general Of u.s." .'Oh! can it be
possible in this world. where there il
SO much suffering to be alleviated. so
much darkness 70 be enlightened, and
50 many burdens to be carried, that
there is any person who can not find
anything to do!
Mime. dc Stae did world Of good in
her time, and one day, while she was
seated amid instruments of music, all
Of which she had mastered. and amid
manuscript books which she had writ
ten, some one said to her: ''H0w do
you find time to attend to al these
things?" .'Oh," she replied, ''these are
mot the things am proud Of. Ny
chief boast II in tho fact that I have II
trades, by any one Of which / could
make : livelihood II necessary" And
IL in secular spheres there is 30 much
to be done, in spiritual work how vast
the field! How many dying MI around
about US without one word Of comfort!
We want more Abigails, more Ham
naha, more Rebeccas, more Marys, more
Deborahs consecrated-body, mind,
soul, to the Lord who bought them.
Once more learn from my subject
the value of cleaning.
Ruth going into that harvest held
might have said: ''There is . straw,
and there is . straw, but what il .
strsw9 can't get any barley for my
self or my mother-in-law out Of these
separate straws." Not 70. said the
beautiful Ruth. She gathered two
straws, and she put them together, and
more straws, until she got enough to
make . sheaf. Putting that down, she
went and gathered more straws, until
she had another shesf, and another,
and another, and another, then shs
brought them altogether, and she
threshsd them out and she had IN
ephah Of barley, nigh bushel! o. that
we might all Be cleaners.
There aro few moments left worth