The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-13

Islandsg Each one attended to his own
business: and there are the Sandwich
Islands. and there are the Cordilleras.
All, my friends. the redemption Of this
world is a great enterprise. 1 did not
see it start: / will not in this world see
its close. ! an cnly an insect as COM
pared with the great work 10 be done.
but yet / must do my part. Help build
this eternal corlilum / will. My parents
teiled on this reef long before / was born.
| l pray God that my children may toll on
this reef long after l am dead. Insects
all of US, but h0nored by God to help
heave Up the reef of light across which
shall break the oceans immortal gladness.
! Better be insignificant and useful than
great and idle. The mastodons and mega
theriuHas of the earth, what did they do
but stalk their great carcasses across the
land and leave their skeletons through
the strata. while the coraiiines went an
heaving up the islands all covered with
truitage and verdure. Better be a coral
line than nlastodon. 90 now | am try.
ing 10 make one little cOralline
The polyp picks out OF the wave that
smites IL carbonate of lime and with that
builds up its own insectile masonry. so
out OF the wave of your tears I take the
salt; out Of the bruise | take the blue.
and out of your bleeding heart take the
this coral. which | pray may not be dis
owned in the day when God makes up his
jewels.
Decision of Great Things.
Little things decide great things. All
that tremendous career Of the last Ma
poleOn hanging on the hand of a brake
man, who, on one of our American rail
ways, caught him as he was falling be-
tween the cars of a flying train. The bat
tie OF Dunbar was decided against the
Scotch because their matches had given
out. Aggregations Of little things that
pun down or build up. When an army or
a regiment come 10 bridge they are al
ways commanded to break ranks, for
their simultaneous tread VIII destroy the
strongest bridge. bridge at Anglers,
France, and a bridge at Brought0n, Eng
land, went down because the regiment
kept step while crossing.
"Aggregations OF temptations, aggrega-
tions OF sorrow, ageregations OF assaults,
asGrezations of Christian effort, sggrega-
tlons of self-sacrihces, These make the
irresistible power 10 demolish or 70 uplift,
10 destroy or TO save. Christianity was
introduced into Japan by the falling over
board Of pocket Bible from a ship In the
harbor OF Toxic.
written on the fiy-leaf OF one Of my
books. by one whom God took to himself
out Of our household. were the following
words-l do not know who composed
them; perhaps she composed them her-
self.
Not sparrow taIlsth bat i,s God doth know.
Just when his mandate lays mcasTea loz;
Sgt q lestlet -Eveth ba, is Cod doth see.
TAlnk not then. o usEbsT. Cod iofEsttslh tree.
For more piscsCUs surely than tas birds that f.
j. FstheTs iEsge 70 a Fathers eye,
Eea thine hairs are numbered: trlst A!n faii and
Tree
Cast thy care upon hin. and hs'n care FOR ts.e.
F0r the God thai planted IL t.y breast soul
On his sacTei tables doth ny nams enroll.
Chssr thine fssu thou trsmbier never fs!talszs be
He that marks tzs sparrow all! re4ssster tkes.
Remember the Coralline..
20. be encouraged. Do not any man
say, My work is so glEH' DO not any
woman say, Ny work Is 50 insignificant; ;
/ cannot dc anything for the upDuiding
0. Gods Kingdom You caa Remember
the oOralliHes. Christian mother sat
sewing a garment. ana her little girl
wanted 10 help her and 50 she seGed Oh
another piece or the same garment and
brought IL 10 her mother, and the work
vas corrected. II vas imperfect. and mad
10 De all taken out again. But did the
mother chlte the chudT Oh no She
said. she wanted 10 help me and she did
2s well as she could And 80 the mother
blessed the child. and while she blessed
the child she thought OF herself and
said: Perhaps IL may b. 80 with my
l|Dl HpfE Al ttsc AsA ttpI WIZ IooH a.
H. 1t may be very imperfect. and i know
1 II II very crooked. lie ray have 20 take
/ Il all out: bgt He knows that ! want 20
serve Him. and He Knows IL Is the best
/ tia; 1 can DO
80 bs cOmforted in your Christian
work Five thousand million cOTaiiinss
made one coraliun. And tken they pass
I Il away and other millions came, and the
work IL Von lsrfal- but On the day when
| the worlds redemption shall be eonfes
| mated. and the NAMES Of all the .nEiions
I % Christians Who IN all the ages have
tolled on this structure shan be read. the
work viii appear 80 grand. and the
achievement so glorious. ard the duralll.
l ity 80 everlasting that No mention shall
| be made OF coTaI"