Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-09

| which we are to climb higher and high
er in Christian attainment. We all love
to see patience, but it cannot be cult
waited in fair weather. Patience is
child of the storm. If you had every
thing desirable and there was nothing
more to get, what would you want
with patience? The only time to cult
vate it is when you are lied about and
sick and half dead.
"Oh," you say, 'if I only had the cir
cumstances of some well to do man I
would be patient too" You might As
well say, eff it were not for this wa
her, I would SWIM" or, ST could shoot
this gun if it were not for the car
fridge" When you stand chin deep
IN annoyances Is the time for you to-,
swim out toward the great headlands
of Christian attainment, so as 70
"know Christ and the power Of his
resurrection and to have fellowship
with his sufferings."
| Trust In Christ.
Nothing but the furnace will ever
burn out Of us the clinker and the Stag.
have formed this theory in regard to
small annOyances and vexations. It
| takes just SO much trouble to fit us for
usefulness and for heaven. The only
| question is whether we shall take it in
| the bulk or pulverized and granulated.
| Here is one man who takes it In the
bulk. His back is broken or his eye
| sight put out, or some other awful ca
Iamity befalls him, while the vast ma
jority Of people take the thing piece
meal. Which way would you rather
| have it? OF course, in piecemeal.
Better have five aching teeth than
one broken jaw, better 10 fly blisters
| than an amputation, better 20 squalls
| than one cyclone. There may be a
| difference of opinion as to allopathy
and homeopathy, but in this matter Of
| trouble like homeopathic doses, small
| pellets of annoyance rather than some
Touchdown dose Of calamity. Instead
of the thunderbolt give us the hornet
| If you have bank, you would a great
| deal rather that so men would come in
| with checks less than 500 than to
| have two depositors come in the same
day, each wanting his $4,000. In this
| latter case you cough and look down
| to the floor and you look up to the cell
| ing before you look into the safe. Now,
| my friends, would you not rather have
| these small drafts of annoyance on
| your bank of faith than some all stag
gering demand upon your endurance?
| But remember that little as we'll as
great annOyances equally require you
| to trust in Christ for succor and for
| deliverance from Impotence and irrita-
| bility. 'Thou wilt keep him in perfect
| peace whose mind is staid on thee"
In the village of Hamelin, tradition
fhoro q n invo sion of an6
these small creatures almost devoured
the town and threatened the lives of
the population, and the story is that
piper came out one day and played
very sweet tune, and all the vermin
followed him, followed him to the
banks of the Weser, and then he blew
blast, and they dropped in and dis
appeared forever. OF course this is
fable; but I wish l could on the sweet
flute of the gospel draw forth all the
nibbling and burrowing annoyances of
your life and play them down into the
depths forever.
Aids to Spiritual Wealth.
How many touches did Mr.. Church
give to his picture Of "Cotopaxi" or his
Heart of the Andes?" 1 suppose about
$4,000 touches. l hear the canvas say
ing: "Why do you keep me trembling
with that pencil so long? Why don't
you put it on in one dash?' "No," says
Mr.. Church; 81 know how to make
painting. 1t will take $4,000 of these
touches" And I want you, my friends,
to understand that it is these ten thou
sand annoyances which under God are
making up the picture of your life, to
be hung at last in the galleries of heav-
en-, fit for angels to look at. God knows
how to make picture.
go into sculptor's studio and see
him shaping a statue. He has a chisel
in one hand and mallet in the other,
and he gives a very gentle stroke
click, click, click! 1 say 'Why don't
you strike harder?" "Oh," he replies,
that would shatter the statue. l can't
do it that way. must do it this way"
So he works on, and after awhile the
features come out, and everybody that
enters the studio is charmed and fas-
cinated. Well, God has your soul under
,, process of development, and it is the
little annOyances and vexations Of life
that are chiseling out your immortal
nature. 1t is click, click, click! won
der why some great providence does
AAOS NOI1C tAhO Will OuS SIIOk0 pIepdlS
you for heaven. All, no! God says that
is not the way, and SO he keeps on by
strokes Of little vexations until at last
you shall be a glad spectacle for angels
and for men.
You know that large fortune may
be spent In small change, and a vast
amount Of moral character may go
| away in small depletions. It is the lit
more effect upon you than great ones.
OF l. II,