The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14
rRMINOR TROUBLES
IAN by Dr. Talmage on Small
Annoyanees.
MS These which Test Chris
| FortItude and Patience
The Lesson of Trivial
IrrltatiOnH.
,,,gbt 1899, by Louis Klopsch.
Cop' Washington,

r,,. sermon by DR.. Talmage deals
H' subject which appeals to all
iu " and conditions ofmen. His text
Ia, m,,,tcropomy 1890, THE Lord thy
y ,,iIl send the hornet"
Ou ems ms II the insectile world
y determined to eXtirpate the hu-
'S,' rocc. IL bombards the graintields
' 5 ,bc orchards and the vineyards,
w, colorado beetle, the Nebraska
NY homer. the New Jersey locust,
universal potato beetle, seem to
nm the work which was begun
l''' ,ro when the insects buzzed out
y,nb's ark as the door was opened,
In nv text the hornet flies out on its
'',,on. 1t is species of wasp, swift
,.s motion and violent in its sting
,,rch is torture to man or beast.
4, have all seen the cattle run below
,,Jer the cut of its lancet. In boy
ri zoe used TO stand cautiously look
rot the globular nest hung from the
branch. and while we were looking
,be wonderful covering we were
rrcE with something that sent us
..islino away. The hornet goes in
,orms. II has captains over hum
..ls and 20 of them alighting on one
sp will produce certain death.
Tbe Pcrsians attempted to conquer
christian city, but the elephants and
Mo- boosts on which the Persians rode
,,e assaulted by the hornet, so that
whole army was broken up, and the
seoed city was rescued. This burn
4 , and noxious insect stung out the
Il ttitcs and the Canaanites from Their
Fo,rtrv What cleaning sword and
,b,ri1t of war could not accomplish
Ua. done by the puncture of an insect
LTIe Lord sent the hornet"
Nv friends, when we are assaulted
bv yrcat behemoths of trouble we be-
,ors chiyalric and we assault them,
he ret on the high mettled stced of
mr. courage. and we make cavalry
liar 70 at them, and if God be with MS
he rlme out stronger and better than
rbor we went in. But alas for these
rsrcfle annoyauces of life, these foes
oo snail to shoot, these things with
,ut aly avoirdupois weight, the gnats
md the midges and the flies and the
ras1. and the hornets! In other
words. it is the small singing annoy
.nces of our life which drive us out and
,se uy up. In the best conditioned
he for some grand and glorious pur-
lose God has sent the hornet.
Irelnari, in the first place, that these
mail singing annoyanees may come
n the shape of a nervous organization,
People who are Frustrated under ty-
hold fevers or with broken bones get
lentv of sympathy, but who pities
nvbody that is nervous? The doctors
az and the family say and everybody
avs: "Oh, she's only a little nervous;
hats ALI" The sound Of a heavy foot,
he harsh clearing of a throat, discord
n music, a want of harmony between
he shawl and the glove on the same
erson, curt answer, passing slight,
he wind from the east, any one of ten
housand annoyances, opens the door
or the hornet. The fact is that the
asst majority of the people in this
ountry are overworked, and their
eryes are the first to give out. A great
multitude are under the strain of Ley
en- who, when he was told by his ply
cian that if he did not stop
'orking while he was in such
COR physical health he would
ie responded: Doctor, whether
live or die. the wheel must keep going
ound,' These sensitive persons of
HON | speak have a bleeding sensi-
yeness The flies love to light on any
hing raw, and these people are like
he Cauaanites spoken Of in the text or
the conteN-they have a very thin
)vering and are vulnerable at all
oints, And the Lord sent the hornet"
Again. the small insect annoyances
lay come to us in the shape of friends
nd acquaintances who are always say
e dsagreeable things. There are
me people you cannot be with for half
D hour but you feel cheered and com
'rted Then there are other people
gu cannot be with for five minutes be-
IRE You feel miserable. They do not
lean to disturb you, but they sting you
the bone. They gather up all the
lrn which the gossips spin and retail
They gather up all the adverse crit
lsms about your person, about your
lsincss, about your home, about your
lurch, and they make your ear the
mnel into which they pour it, They
ugh heartily when they tell you, as
ough it were a good joke, and you
ugh, too-outside.
These people are brought to our at
ntlon in the Bible, in the book of
nth. Naomi went forth beautiful and
tn the finest worldly prospects into
iother land, but after awhile sh"
me back widowed and sick and poor.
nat did her friends do when she came
the city? They all went out, and
stead of giving her common sense
nSoation, what did they do? Read
e book of Ruth and find out. They |
rev up their hands and said: us this !
ioml| as much as to say; How !
'iul bad you do looll!" When | en-
red the ministry, I looked very pale /
years, and every year, for four or |
e years, many times a year | was
Ned If | had not consumption, and. |
sSlng through the room, | would |
nelImes hear people sigh and say; |
Fan, not long for this world" [ re-
wed in those times that | never in |
y conversation would say anything |
pressing, and by the help of God | |
We kept the resolution. These peo- !
OF whom | speak reap and bind in |
great harvest field of discourage
mt Some day you greet them with |
"Eood morpino " and they !