The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-03-23

gan by engraving pewter pots; Goh
raised him 10 stand III the enchanted
realm Of painter. The shoemaker
hsncb held Hlnon,ticl,i for Il little while,
hut God raised him TO sit il the CHAIR
Of q philosopher and Christian scholar.
The soap boiler "F L"ndGn c""io not
keep his SCH IL that business, ior Goa
had decided that liawleE was tn be Oh"
# the greatest ASTRONOMERS Of England.
On the other h231. v" may ho born
in o sphere little higher than that FOR
which God intends IL. WcIHay lie bora
in castle, did play i'll u costly con
,eryatorv. snd feci high br2d lE'iut"rS,
aud angle for goldfish IN artificial ror"S
and l;e familiar with princes, ytV N'o;'
luav better nave tit;r:! u for u r"rirh-
tors snop. or dentists f"rc'E>, or u
vaave-'s shuttle. or a hlacksinlth s
forpe. The great thing Is 10 find Just
the sphere fnr which G"G int"ndtd u>,
and then 10 occupy that srh"T" and oc-
cuny il forever. Here is man G"d
fashioned to make llnw. There l. y
man God fashioned 70 make 4 c"nsVl'u-
t;nn. The man who makes tn" tl0w Is
inst as honorable a. the man II" makes
the constitution. There Is woman Whn
WAS made 10 fashion a robe, anal yo,tder
is enc intended 10 10 a queen aut wear
If Ir st,elas &C. ne that III III" nl4a case
as in the other Cci appoints the srnrr".
and The needle is Just a. respcctAbl" IN
his sight as the sccntcr. 90 nGt Know
bpt that the world would long ago hav"
hecn saved If Sone Of the m"M out c1
tI.c ministry were in il and >Gn,n nt
those who are IN it We're ont CT IT.
really think that Une-ha!t the "crla
may be divided into two quartsrS--th'sH
WHO lave not found their sphere anH
those who having found II are not Will
ing to stay there, How many are strng-
Cling for position little higher than
that which cod intended them! Tho
bor,iswun,an wants to be mistress. liza
gar keeps crowding Sarah. 1hs small
wheel of Il watch which beautifully
went treading its golden pathway wants
to he the balance wheel, aud the spar
row with chagrin drops into the brook
because it cannot. like the eagle, cut a
circle under the sun.
Too Mapy Leaders.
In the Lnrd's army we al waut to hn
briSadier generals IL" sloop says:
"Mure mast, more tonnage, more ci;n-
vas. Oh, that | were ;t>top<:il schooner
or full rigged brig or Cunard steam
err" And so tho world is filled with
cries of discomfort. because we are not
willing to stay in the place where God
nut rs and intended rs to be. NY
friends be not too proud todo anything
God tells you to DO. For the lack of ~
right disposition in this respect the
world is s:rewn with wandering HaSars
and IshmaelS. God has given each on"
of rs a wtrk to do. You carry a scuttle
OF coal up thy dark alley. You distrib:
ute that Christian tract. lou give $40
900 to the missionary canse. You for ID
years sit with chronic rheumatism, dis
playing the beauty Of Christian subnis-
sion. Whatever God calls you TO- Whcth-
er it win Kissing or huZza, whether to
walk under triumphai arch or hit tho
sot cut OF the ditch, whether 1t be TO
preach Cn Il Pentecost OR tell some wan-
darer Of the street of the mercy OF the
Christ Of Mary Masdalene, whether 1t
be to weave garland for laughing
child on spring morning and Cal! her.
May queen OF to comb out the tangled
locks of Il waif of the street and cut up
one Of your old dresses to fit her cut Tor
the sanctuary, do it. and do it right
away. Whether it be Il crown or yoke,
do not fi6get. Everlasting honorS upon
those who do their work and do their
whole work and are contented IN the
sphere in which God has put them,
while there are wandering and exile and
desolation and wilderness for discon.
teuted Hagar and Ishmacl!
Again, find IN this oriental scene II
lesson of sympathy with woman when
she goes forth trudging III the desert.
What a great change it was fer this
Basar, There were the tent and all tho
surroundings of Abraham house, beau
1iful and luxurious, no doubt. Now she
is going out into the hot sands Of the
desert. Oh, what change it was. And
in our day we often see the wheel OF
fortune turn. Here is some ono who
lived in the very bright home Of her
father. She had everything possible to
administer to her happineSs-plenty at
the table, music in the drawing room,
welcome at the door. She Is led forth
into life by some one who caDnot ap-
preciate her. A diSsipated soul comes
and takes her out in the desert. Cruel
ties blot ont all the lights Of that home
circle. Harsh words wear out her S3ir.
its. The high hope that shone out over