The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-11-16
AIR MINOR TROUBLES
s.rnon by Dr.. Talmage on Small
Annoyances.
8 say. 1t Is These which nII..'ea Test chris
=. rortitude and Patience
rhe Lesson Of Trivial
IrritatiOns.
..,r,ebt. 1899, by Louis Klopsch.
Copsiie Washington,

...,r,eht 1899, by Louis klopscn.
Cop'ie Washington,
r,:. .ermon by DR.. Talmage deals
- M !. subject which appeals to all
=. ..se. and conditions of men. His text
',,s n.nteronomv 7:2O, THE Lord thy
- will send the hornet
~ 7. ..ems as if the insectile world
: aetermined to extirpate the hu-
- - race It bombards the grainfields
81 81 ne orchards and the vineyards.
~ =. Colorado beetle, the Nebraska
..shopper. the New Jersey locust,
4. universal potato beetle. seem to
an the work which was begun
- .oo when the insects buzzed out
! yoah's ark as the door was opened.
/, NV text the tornet flies out on its
~;s.ion. 1t is species of wasp, swift
. Il motion and violent in its sting.
i. touch is torture to man or beast.
| 4. have all seen the cattle run below
s. under the cut of its lancet. In boy
ssd we used to stand cautiously look
4, II the globular nest hung from the
~ branch, and while we were looking
I the wonderful covering we were
sruck with something that sent us
,hrieking away. The hornet goes in
mrms. 1t has captains over hun
heds. and 20 of them alighting on one
nm will produce certain death.
The Persians attempted to conquer
,Christian city, but the elephants and
/ IN beasts on which the Persians rode
y,re assaulted by the hornet, SO that
Ii. whole army was broken up, and the
lesieged city was rescued. This burn
NJ and noxious insect stung out the
Djttites and the Canaanites from their
uuntry. What cleaning sword and
! eAariot of war could not accomplish
MS done by the puncture of an insect.
| The Lord sent the hornet"
Nv friends, when we are assaulted
bg great bebemoths of trouble we be-
cone chivalric and we assault them.
M get on the high mettled steed of
our courage, and we make cavalry
tharge at them, and if God be with us
se come out stronger and better than
shen we went in. But alas for these
hsectile annoyances of life, these foes
b small to shoot, these things with
sat any avoirdupois weight, the gnats
cd the midges and the flies and the
snps and the hornets! In other
sFds, it is the small stinging annoy
aAces Of our life which drive us out and
= Us up. In the best conditioned
hs for some grand and glorious pur-
tse God has sent the hornet.
remark, in the first place, that these
nall singing annoyances may come
the shape Of a nervous organization.
fscple who are Frustrated under ty-
e0ld levers or with broken bones get
Renty Of sympathy, but who pities
nyoody that is nervous? The doctors
~ and the family say and everybody
u oh, she's only little nervous:
Aat's ALL" The sound of heavy foot
g harsh clearing of throat, a discord
music, want of harmony between
= shawl and the glove on the same
mon, curt answer, passing slight
y WIND from the east, any one of ten
eussnd annoyances, opens the door
me hornet. The fact is that the
~ majority of the people in this
are overworked, and their
TITS are the first to give out. A grea,
uutude are under the strain of Ley.
a. Fno. when he was told by his ply.
IN that if he did not stot
sklng while he was in such
physical health he would
=. responded: doctor, whethe,
~ o. die, the wheel must keep going
These sensitive persons Of
! speak have bleeding sensi
snsss' The flies love to light on any.
raw, and these people are like
shaan'tes spoken of in the text OF
- contex-they have very thir
ng and are vulnerable at al
a.s And the Lord sent the hornet ;
sun the small insect annoyance.
come to us in the shape of friend.
ssquaintances who are always saw
a'sagreeable things. There ar,
people you cannot he with for hal
a1uf put you feel cheered and com
-. Then there are other peopl,
unnot De with for five minutes be
sou reel miserable. They do no,
q 3 a % disturb you, but they sting yo,
= oone. They gather up all tn,
= snlen the gossips spin and retail
asy gather up all the adverse crit
soout your person, about you
- about your home, about YOU,
go and they make your ear tn,
h..a 'n'o which they pour it. The,
49, heartily when they tell you. a,
Ma : were good joke, and yo,
f.s; people are brought to our at
/ hn,s 1n the Bible, in the book o
Esha ). Naoml went forth beautiful an,
Ense,.ae 8 nnest worldly prospects int,
- ,and, but after awhile sh,
~. s. s.ck widowed and sick and poor
n ts u ner friends do when she cam
hr.ssl1y sl1y? They all went out. an,
t...s. = giving her common sens
/ @le son, ssslon, what did they do? Rea,
qi Kuth and find out. The,
- 1neir hands and said: .Is thi
llpis. g much as to say: s'Ho,
sd you do look!" When / en-