The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-10-13

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tations. There are men here who went
through the cath of September, -,
and the panics of 1873 ano of 1898 De
out losing their balance who are hry
day endorsed by little annoyance
| clerks i'll manners, or blot of in ON
a bill of lading, or the eXtravagang oi
n partner who ovcrdraws his accdtri,
or the whispering of store couiidci ,es
in the street, or the making of suue
little bad debt which was against y.ur
! Judgment; but you wanted to pk''
somebody else.
1t is not the panics that Kill the BIZ
chants. Panics come only once in ton
or 90 years. 1t is the constant din ot
these everyday annoyanccs which Is
sending so many of our best merchants
into nervous dyspepsia and paralysis
and the grave. When our natioiu
commerce fell fiat on its face, these n.u
God up and felt almost defiant, hat
aeir life is going away now under ne
swarm of these pestiferous annoyance
The Lord sent the hornet"
| have noticed in the history OF sone
Of my congregation that their am y
ances are multiplying and that t.ey
have hundred where they used TO h.ye
ten. The naturalist tells us that a v sp
sometimes has family of 10000 wp ,ns,
and il does seem as if every anuoH &C
! of your life broodcd a million. ~ he
help Of God, to-day want to show on
! the other side. The hornet is of nd 81 ?
Oh, yes! The naturalist tells us, hey
are very important i'm the worlds bon
omy. They kill spiders, and they Gear
the atmosphere. And | really be.
God sends the annoyances of our life
upon us to kill the spiders of the oul
and TO clear the atmosphere of our
| skies.
! These annoyances are sent on ls,
think, TO wake us from our letaTgy.
There is nothing that makes n mn so
lively as a nest Of yellow jackets. aud
| think that these annoyances ar in
tended to persuade us OF the facithat
this is not world for us to stoph. II
we had a bed of everything that W at
tractive and soft and easy, what would
we want of Heaven? We think ths the
hollow tree sends the hornet, or w,may
think that the devil sends the horTt. l
want 10 correct your opinion. The
Lord sent the hornet"
oh" you say, If only had n cir
cumstances OF some well 10 do ban
would lie patient. too" You my as
well say: IF il were not for this " ter,
| would SWIM" or. 81 could shoo'this
gun il il were not for the cartrige.'
When you stand chin deep in annoy noes
is the time for you 10 swim out a., ard
the great headlands of Christian ntain-
ment, so as to know Christ IN, the
power of His resurrection and tohaye
fellowship with his suiferings."
Nothing but the furnace will ever
burn out of us the clinker and the lag.
| have formed this theory in rogsd to
small aunoyances and yexatiow 1t
takes just so much trouble TO. for
usefulness and for HeavehS~>AsosS
question Is whether we shall tate il In
the bulk or pulverizcd ana grantlated.
Here is one man who takes il In the
bulk. His back is hroRu or his eye
sight put out, or some other awful
calamity bcfalls him, Vile the vast ma
jority Of people take fhe thing piece
meal. Which way w,u.d you rather
have it? OF course, iu.piccemeal. Bet
ter have five aching teeth than one
broken jaw; better tenfy hlisters than
an amputatiou; better 30 squalls than
one cyclone. There may be a difference
Of opinion as TO a,lopa hy and homeo-
pathy. but in this matter OF trouble |
like homeopathic doses, small pellets
Of annoyance rather than some knock
down dose OF calamity. Instead Of the
thunderboit give Us the hornet. II you
have a bank, you would a great deal
rather that 30 men would come 10 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 90 the floor
and you look up 10 the ceiling 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 staggering demand
upon your endurance? But remember
''"' i'''N 40 N'll az ElNdl dll' NdINtH
equally require YOU 10 trust in Christ for
succor end for delivcraucc from impa-
thence and irritability. Thou " Il keep
him in perfect peace whose u.uI is
stayed on Thee
In the village Of IIamclin, tradition
says, there was an invasion Of rats. and
these small creatures almost dcgourcd
the town and threatened the live Of the
population; and the story is that piper
came out one day and played a very
sweet tune, and all the vcrmiu followed
him, followed him 10 the banks Of the
Weser, and then he blew blast, and
they dropped in and disappeared for
ever OF course, this is a fable, but
wish | could on the sweet flute Of the
Gospel draw forth all the nibbl ng and
burrowing annoyances of your life and
play them down into the depths for
ever.
How many touches did Mr.. Church
give 10 his picture of "Cotopax' or his
Heart Of the Andes?" Isupposc about
10000 touches | hear the canvas say
ing: why do you keep me trembling
with that pencil so long? Why don't