The commonwealth., 1898-01-21

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-. ~ w .ea. what small creations
"'',''N ',i, lag 70 what vast aggregation
40 tan estimate the ages betwcef
the time when the madreporcs laid tht
Foundation Of the Islands and the tim,
when the madrcp0res pc. on tho cap
stone Of completed work? IL puzzle,
all the scietiists to guess through how
many years the coraliines were baild
ing the sandwich and society island.
uhd the Marshall and Gilbert groups
But more slowly and wonderfully ac
cumulative rs grace in the heart, iol
sometimes get discouraged because tltt
hpOu!iding by the soul does not go on
more rapidly Why, you have all c,er
hIty ~ bulid inl The little annoyance
u liie are hoophitc builders, and there
VIII be small layer on top Of small
iay'r, and fo5siii2ed grief oh the
l"p OF fossiiisch grief. Grace
uVes not 90 up rapidly In your soul,
Out blessed be tod, II goes up. Ten
/ th"psahd million ages will not finish
I you. eon VIII never be finished. On
forever. Up forever! Ont Of the sea
oi eatthIy di,qnicludc viii gradually
rise the reels, the islands, the CONT"
"thIS' the henispheres of grandeur
"hd glory Mcn taiA as though IN this
F me We only had time To build; but
"Hat we uo'd IN TINS iifo, rs compared
"ith What "e shall build IN the next
NE iS aS striped she'll Ia Australia.
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"''o, h''p nS 70 lehrh thal which
,''s, ,,', W "s "'e ue9'leh0 lh-patlehce.
- n"u t"hst taNe' lhr1ush the sea-
ahe'llo"~., ias'''ohs OF years 10 bhild
one pan" "i coral ought we not ~ oe
"illinE 10 40 wort through ten years
or % years without complaint, without
Withont thallihg OF spirit?
tat''nee WIZ" 'he errlhEi patience that
we can NOT nave the millennium in
ieW "eeNS' patience WIN assault OF
'n'3koh,htS' Pa'le nee at what seems
SLOW luIhtlmehto OF bipie promises; pa
'lehee "lth physleal ailments; pa
tinhce hhder delays OF Providence.
"iaha' GLORIOUS, hIl-cndurlng, all
coh4uerIng patience Patience like
tl'at Whlch my lately assembled friend,
~ Aoci StcVehh' describes when
Wr'tlng OF one oi Nesiay's preachers, |
'olih NetSoh' VINO, when man had
MN put IN prison ny ialse charges, |
ana BENG Tor long time tormented |
Nv ms cheihy, sa'u' 'Ihe !ord lifted |
mp u standard when the anger was
coming on IKE II Hood, else should |
have Wrung his neck to the ground aud |
set my foot upon IL Phtiancc like
That OF Perlcles, the Athenian states
man, who, when man pursued him TO
ms own door, hurled at him ep'lhets,
lho arriving There when 1T had be-
'olnc dark, sent ms servant with n
loren To liEhl his enemy back To his
nome Patience like that cnioglzed by |
ihc spanish proverb when 1t says:
Il have lost the rings but
lere are the fingers still"
PATIENCE! lhe sweetest SUI
Ihr ior the soureSt cup; the balance.
wheel Tor all mental aud moral ma
the foot that treads into pla-
Adily stormlcst lake; the bride for
'therW!he fnsI tongues; the sublime
silence that conquers tho boiSterons
ma blatant, fatIchcc like that of the
host INDUSTRIOUS example OF all the ages
Jesus Christ patient under betrayal;
1nueht under the treatment OF Pilates
OYER ana termlneT patient under :he
OF Hiss assnilantS; patient
ihdsr negotiation; patient under the
'hnrEing spears OF the Roman cavalry;
patient unto DEATH Under nll exas-
'eralIons employ It, Whatever comes
'tand ~ hoid oni wait, bear up.
Take my hand again, and we will go
, little further into this garden of the
zen, and we shall find that in proper
ion as the climate is hot the coral is
wealthy. Draw two isothermal lines
At 90 degrees north aud south of the
'quator, aud you will find the favorite
rome OF the coral ho to the hottest
turt pT ihh Iutltln san1 and ,,p t,.l