The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08

the vibration Of stringed Instrument
even after the fingers have been taken
away from It; so all music, now of the
Lutte and drum and cornet, is only
the long-continued strains of Jubars
be matter of very little importance
that Tubal 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 Mer-
rimac.
| 1t seemed to be a matter of no inn
portance that Luther found Bible in
a monastery; but as he opened that
Bible, and the brass-bound lids fell
back, they Jared everything. and the
rustling of the wormed leaves was the
sound of the wings of the angel of the
Reformation. 1t seemed to be a matter
of no importance that woman, whose
name has been forgotten, dropped a
tract in the way of q very bad
man by the name of Richard
Baxter. He picked up the tract
and read il, and it was the means of
his salvation. In after days that
man wrote a book called THE Call to
the Unconverted" that was the means
of bringing multitude to God, among
others Philip Doddridge. Philip Dod-
bridge wrote book called 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.
Wilberforce wrote a 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 a tract called
"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 way of Richard
Baxter, the tide of influence rolling on
through Richard Baxter. through
Philip Doddridge, through the great
Wilberforce, through Leigh Richmond,
on, on. on, forever, forever. So the in
significant events of this world seem,
after all, to be most momentous.
Again, / see in my subject an illus
tration of the beauty of female indus
try.
Behold Ruth toiling in the harvest
field under the hot sun, or at noon talk
ing plain bread with the reapers, or
eating the parched corn which Boaz
handed to her. The customs of society.
of 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 on this subject. In some families
there are persons Of no practical service
to the household or community; and
though there are so many woes all
around about them in the world, they |
spend their time languishing over
new pattern, or bursting into tears at |
midnight over the story of some lover
who shot himself! They would not
1eign to look at Ruth carrying back
the barley on her way home to her
mother-in-law, 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-
ence; 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
~ satirized when he said:
Folks are so awkward, things so 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 a destroyed eter-
nifty! Spinola said to Sir Horace We're:
''Of what did your brother die?" "Of
having nothing to do" was the answer.
'Ahw said Spinola," that's enough to
kill any general of u.s." "Ohl can it be
possible in this world, where there is
70 much suffering to be allie waited, so
much 'darkness to be enlightened, and
so many burdens to be carried, that
there is any person who can not find
anything to do!
Nine. de Stsel 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: How do
you find time to attend to all these
thingsw oh" she replied, 'these arg
not the things / am proud of. My
chief boast is in the fact that have II
trades, by any one of which / could
make livelihood if necessary" And
4 in secular spheres there is so much
10 be done, in spiritual work how vast
the field How many dying all around
about us without one word of comfort!
We want more Abigails, more Han
nahs, more Rebeccas, more Marys, more
Deborahs consecrated-body, mind,
soul, to the Lord who bought them.
Once more I learn from my subject
the value of cleaning.
Ruth going into that harvest field
might have said There is straw,
and there is straw, but what is a
straw? can'tget any barley for my
self or my mother-in-law out of these
straws." Not SO, said the
beautiful Ruth. She gathered two