The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-03-25
THE JOURNEY OF HAGAR,
with ishmael, Through the Delert and
tho Lesson II Teaches.

the Lesson II Teaches.
f"o'sor", weary aud 1hlrdy Abrshsm's
Servant io"k-d to uess.a for Noarsh-
ment aud Pound IL Interesting Ser
mon by Rev. Tslmsg., u. H.
pr. 1almagc's sermon sunday was
Gen, NNi., 10; "And God opened her
eyes, aud she saw we'll of water; aud
she vent aud flied the bottle with
water and gave the lad drinks.
Morning breaks upon beers lac ba
There Is an early stir Ia the house OF
old Abraham. There has been trouble
among the domcstics Ilagar, an ~
sisiant in the household. and her son,
brisk lad Of 10 years. have becomc
,mpud-nt aud insolcnt aud Sarah.
the mistress of the household, puts her
- s--~> yanvsa ). lxery 1uss61<uud >ag4 ii,as
they VIII havc to leave the rrcriiSss.
They are packing up now. Abraham,
knowing that the Journey before
HIS servant and her Snn will BE-
very long and across dcsolatc places
In the kindnos, ~ his heart st, about
putting up some bread aud bottle
WIN NhNA ~ ~ - - u VT n PAIN
lunch that Abraham provides. but /
warrant you There would have been
enough ~ II had they not lost their
way. Tod hy with you!' said old
Abraham, a. he gave the lunch L. la.
rar, and n good many charges a. -
how She should conduct the journey
lNhmacl, the boy, | suppose, bounded
AWAY Ia ia, morning light lipys al.
nays like change. Poor Ishmarlt lie
has No idea uf the disasters that are
ahead 81 him. llagar gives one long.
ling ring Look 90 the familiar place
where she had spent 80 many happy
days. each scene associated with the
pride aud Joy Of her heart young lisa.
macl
The ssurrhing uoun come, on. The
mir - sitting anil moves across the
desert with inruitygablc surnratjuu.
lshmarL tac hoy. hcrins g. complain
and lie, down. hut llarar rouse, him
up, saying nothing about her own
wcariups, or the snrit,rlny heat for
mother, can endure anything Trulg,.
trudsr truigv Gro, ing the dead level
81 the dessert how wvarl'y and slowly
the miles slp' \ tamaTlud that seemed
hour ago tn stand only just lIttlr
abe al, inviting travellers 'n come under
st. shadow, nnw - as Gar OIL - ever. or
seemingly ,n Night drop, upon the
dcs.rt aud the traveller, are pillow.
less. lshmacl very weary. suppose.
instantly falls asleep Hagar, -, the
shadow, - me might begin Ia lap over
each other llbgur hugs her weary hoy
10 her bosom aud ihink, - the fact
that u t. her fault that they arr in the
dessert \ star look, out, and ever fall.
Ing tear is kissed with sparkle. 4
wing ~ wind ....sf-- vsvt ig. not earth
bud ltfts the lu,lS, from the fcNrrcd
brow of abe boy llagar sleeps htfully
Aud Ia her own dreams travels over
g. On ssa sEEt 4as al, al II, R4 bar 81 ssss ss
macl' lshmacl''
Aud ~ they 8" ON day after day aud
night after night, for thry have lost
their way No path iu the shifting
,auds. no sign la IN. burning sky,
The sack empty ~ -four; the water
zone from ihn bottle. What shall she
do 4, .hc puts her ialutiug lrhmacl
under . stuut,i shrub ~ the artd
rlaiu. she secs the hIuudshot eye, feels
the hot hand. and watchc, the blood
bursting from the cracked tongue, and
thary a. = shrek in the dessert ~ Beer.
shvla. we shall di,' W. shall diet"
Now. NO mother was over made strong
enough tu hear her son cry ia vain fora
drink Heretofore she had chccrci her
hoy by pyumisiug speedy end OF the
journey. and even smiled upon him
when she felt desperately enough
Now theirs Is nothing 60 do but place
ban under shrub and let BIN
die. She hat thought that She
would stt hrrr aud watch until the
spirit % her boy would go away for
ever. aud then She would breathe out
her own llfr on his silent heart but as
the l-oy begins to claw his tongue IN
agony - thirst aud struggle In distor'
uuu. and hcgs his mother to slay him,
she can not endure the spectacle, She
puts him undcr shrub aud goc, of
bow. shot. and bcginS 10 weep until all
the desert seem, snbh,ng, and her cry
strikes clear through the heavens; aud
Ru angel Of tod comes out ON a cloud,
and looks down upun the appalling
gri-f aud cries: "llagar, what ailrth
thvc2" She looks mp aud she sees the
.ngcl pointing io we'll Of water,
where she ILLS the bottle for the lad.
Thank coll Thank God'
learn frun this oriental scene, In
the first place, what IA sad thing 1t
h when people do not know their
place aud get t." proud for their bust
ness! llaga' was an assistant IN that
luu rcholc, but She wanted To- rule
there. She ridiculcd and iccrcd until
her ION, IShmacl, got the same tricks,
sc dashed out her own happiness aud
throw Sarah into "a great freG and II
she had stayed much longer in that
household she would have upset calm
Ahrnham's equilibrium. My friends,
one.half of the trouble In the world To-
day comes from the feet that people
do not know their place, or, finding
their place, will not stay in IT, when
~ come into the world there is always
place ready for rs, 4 place for Abra.
hau. A place for Sarah. \ place for
lIagnr. a place for lshmacl. \ place
Tor you and "A place for me.
our first duty Is 10 find our sphere;
our second is To keep It, We may be
born in n sphere far off from the one
for which God finally intends rs. Six
tus V. was born on the low ground
and was II swinehord; God called
him up to wave scepter Ferguson
spent his early days In looking
after sheep; God called him mp to
look after stars and bc a shepherd
watching the hocks of light on the
hllsidcs of heaven, Hognrth began
by engraving pewter pots; God raised
him To stand In the enchanted realm
of a painter. The shoomalScr's bench
held Bloomfield for a little while; but
God raised him To sit in the chair of
n philosopher and Christian scholar.
The soap boiler Of London could not
keep his son in that business, for God
had decided that IIawley was To be one
Of the greatest astronomers of Eng
land.
on the other hand we may bc born in
n sphere little higher than that for
which God intends Ms, We may be
H. in u castle, and play in costly