Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-10-18
SERMON
Rev. DR.. Calnlaee

NV. III. &O1lmOY<
Subject: Small Anncyances-We Should
strive TO overcome the Troubles ot
Life-With the Help Of God's GrA.s
Petty Grievances Become Blessings.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1880,
WAsHINoroN, d. C.-This sermon by DR..
ralmaRe deals with a subject which ap.
reals to all classes and conditions of men,
Lord thy God will send the hornet.''
In my text the hornet flies out ON its mis-.
sion. It is a species OF wasp, swift In itf
motion and violent in its sting. Its touch
fs torture to man or beast. We have al
seen the cattle run believing under the cut
OF Its lancet. In boyhood we used to stand
cautiously looking at the globular nesi
hung from the tree branch. and while We
were looking at the wonderful covering We
were struck with something that sent uf
shrieking away. The hornet goes in
swarms. 1t has captains over hundreds,
will produce certain death.
My friends, when We are assaulted by
great behemoths OF trouble we become
chivalric, and we assault them. We get on
the high mettled steed OF our courage, and
We make u cavalry char ge at them, and II
God be with us We come out stronger and
better than when We went In. But alas for
these iDsectile aEnOyances OF life, these
foes too small to shoot, these things with
out my avoirdupois weight, the gnats and
the midges and the flies ana the wasps and
the hornets! In other words, 1t is the
small, stfnging annoyances OF our life
which drive US out and use US up. In the
best conditioned life for some grand and
glorious purpose God has sent the hornet
/ remark, in the first place, that these
otfu fuOfDO Tn
the shape OF nervous organization. Peo.
pie who are prostrated under typhoid
fevers or with broken bones get plenty OF
sympathy, but who pities anybody that Ii
nervous? The doctors say and the family
little nervous; that's air. The sound 81 a
heavy foot, the harsh clearing OF throat,
a discord In music, a want OF harmony be-
tween tho shawl and the glove on the same
person, a curt answer, passing slight, the
wind from the east, any one Of ten thou.
sand annoyances, opens tie door for the
of the people In this country are over.
worked, and their nerves are the first to
give out. A great multitude are under the
strain Of Leyden, who, when he was told
by his physician that II he did not stoE
working while he was in such poor physi.
cal health he would die. responded, "Doc-
tor, whether 1 live or die, the wheel must
keep going round" These sensitive per-
sons of whom I speak have a bleeding gen
sitiveness. The aies love to light on any.
thing raw; and these people are like the
Canaanites spoken Of in the text or In the
context-they have a very thin covering
and are vulnerable at all points. "And the
Lord sent the hornet"
Again, the small insect annoyances may
come to US in the shape OF friends and ac
quaintances who are always saying dis
agreeable things. There are some people
ho vutfh hn1f E,nt
you feel cheered and comiorted. TheI
there are other people you cannot be witt
for five minutes before you feel miserable
They do not mean to disturb you, but they
sting you to the bone. They gather up ali
the yarn which the gossips spin and retail
It. They gather up all the adverse criti.
cisms about your person, about your bust.
"ess. about your home, about your church
Ske your .he funnel inte
when they tell you, as stAo-e,-,a( we've :
The small insect annoYances of life
sometimes come in the shape Of local
physical trouble which does not amount
to positive prostratton, but which
bothers you when you want to feel the
best. Perhaps 1t IL q sick headache which
has been the plague Of your lie, and you
appoint some occasion Of mirth or sociality y
or usefulness, and when the clock strikes
the hour you cannot make your appear.
ance. Perhaps the trouble Is between the
ear and the forehead in the shape OF
sympathize with 1t, but Just at the time
when you want your intellect clearest and
your disposition brightest you feel u sharp,
keen, disconcerting thrust. 1.-THE Lord
sent the hornet"
Perhaps these small insect nnnoyances
will come in the shape Of a domestic irri.
tation. The parlor and the kitchen do not
always harmonize. To get good service
and keep 1t is one Of the great questions OF
the country. Sometimes 1t may be the ar
rogance and inconsiderateness OF employ
ers; but, whatever be the fact, we all ad.
NIT there are these Insect annoyances
winging their way out from tho culinary
department. II the grace OF God be not In
the heart Of the housekeeper, she cannot
maintain her equilibrium. The men come
home at night and hear the story Of these
annoyance and say, "Oh, these home
small, small as wasps, but they sting.
Martha's nerves were all unstrunK whom
she rushed In asking Christ to scold
Mary, and there are tens OF thousands OF
women who are dying, stung to death 10y
these pestiferous domestic annoyances
These small insect disturbances may also
come In the shape Of business irritations.
There are men here who went through the
Oath Of September, 1869, and the panics o!
1873 and OF 1888 without losing their
balance who are every day unhorsed by lit
blot Of ink on bill Of lading, or the ex.
travagance of q partner who overdraws his
account or the underselling by business
rival, or the whispering OF store conf
dences In the street, or the making OF some
little bad debt which was against your judg-
ment, but you wanted to please somebody
else.
1t Is not the panics that kill the msr.
chants. Panics come only once In ten OF
twenty years. 1t Is the constant din OF
these everyday annoyances which Is send
ing so many Of our best merchants into
nervous dyspepsia and paralysis and the
grave. When our national commerce fell
hat on its face, these men stood up and felt
almost defiant, but their life Is going away
now under the swarm OF these pestiferous
ar noyances "The Lord sent the hornet. u
The naturalist tells US that a wasp some
times has a family Of 10000 wasps, and II
ioes seem rs II every annoyance OF your
life brooded million. By the help OF God
to-day I want to show you the other side.
The hornet Is OF no use? Oh, yes! The
mai uralist tells US they are very important
In the worlds economy. They kill spiders,
and they clear the atmosphere. And
really believe God sends the annoyances
OF our life upon US to kill the spiders ol
the soul and to clear the atmosphere oi
our skies.
These annoyances are sent on US. Think,
to wake US up from our lethargv. There
is nothing that makes a man so lively as a
nest Of yellow jackets" and 1 think that
these annoyances are Intended to persuade
us OF the fact that this Is not a world fol
MS to stop in. II we had a bed ef every
thing that was attractive and soft and
| easy, what would we want Of heaven? We
think that the hollow tree sends the hor-
| net, or We may think that tie devil sends
| the hornet. I want to correct your opinion.
"The Lord sent the hornet"
Then think these annoyance3 como on
| rs to cultivate our patience. In the gym
nasium you find upright parallel bars
| with holes over each other for pegs to b<
| nut In Than fha n a nj faka a In