The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-09
MONDAY.

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may 81 he srroSalSce ana iAccsSidsrata
mess Of employers; but, Whatever BE- th
fact, We all admit there are these insec
annoyances winsing their way out from
the culinary department. II the grace o
God be not In the heart Of the house
keeper, she cannot maintain her equilib
I. rum. The men come home at night an,
hear the story Of these annoyances an,
say, "Oh, these home troubles are yer!
little things" They are small, small u
wasps, but they sting. Martha's nerve
were all unstrung when she rushed il
asking Christ to scold Mary, and Their,
are tens Of thousands of women who ar,
dying, stung to death by these pestiferoul
the hornet"
These small insect disturbances MAJ
also come In the shape of business irrita
lions. There are men here who wen,
through the 24th of September, 1859, and
the panics Of 1873 and of 1888 without
losing their balance who are every day
endorsed by little annoyances-a clerk'l
| Ill manners, or blot Of ink on bill OF
lading, or the extravaganza Of partner
who overdraws his account, or the under.
selling by business rival, or the wills.
pering Of store condolences in the street,
or the making of some little bad debt
which was against your judgment; but
you wanted to please somebody else.
1t Is net the panics that kill the mer-
chants. Panics come only once In 10 OF
20 years. 1t Is the constant din OF these
everyday annoyances which Is sending 80
many of our best merchants into nervous
dyspepsia and paralysis and the grave.
When our national commerce fell fat on
Its face, these men stood up and felt al
most defiant, but their life Is going away
now under the swarm of these pestifer-
Gus annoyances. "The Lord sent the
hornet"
have noticed In the history Of some
Of my congregation that their annoy
ances are multiplying and that they have
hundred where they used to have ten.
The naturalist tells us that wasp some
times has family of 10000 wasps, and
it does seem as II every annoyance of
your life brooded million. By the help
Of God, today I want to show you the
other side. The hornet Is Of no use? Oh,
yes! The naturalist tells US they are very
important In the worlds economy. They
kill spiders. and they clear the atmos-
phere. And l really believe God sends
the annoyanees of our life upon us to
kill the spiders Of the soul and to clear
the atmosphere of our skies.
Wake Us From Lethargy.
These annoyances are sent on us, I
think, to wake us up from our lethargy.
There Is nothing that makes a man SO
lively as a nest of yellow Jackets" and
think tha- these annoyances are in
tended to persuade us of the fact that
this Is not world for us to stop in. II
we had bed Of everything that was at
tractive and soft and easy, what would
we want of heaven? We think that the
hollow tree sends the hornet, or we may
think that the devil sends the hornet.
want to correct your opinion. "The Lord
sent the hornet"
Then think these annoyances come
on us to cultivate our patience. In the
gymnasium you find upright parallel bars
with holes over each other for pegs to be
put in. Then the gymnast takes peg in
each hand, and he begins to climb, one
inch at time or two inches, and getting
his strength cultivated, reaches after a
while the ceiling. And it seems to me
that these annoyances in life are moral
gymnasium, each worriment a peg with
which we are to climb higher and higher
In Christian attainment. We all love to
see patience, but it cannot be cultivated
in fair weather. Patience Is child of
the storm. II you had everything desira-
BILE and there was nothing more to get,
what would you want with patience?
The only time to cultivate It Is when you
are lied about and sick and half dead.
"Oh," you say, IF l only had the cir
Of some well to do man I
would be patient too" You might as
we'll say, "If it were not for this water,
would SWIM" or, II could shoot this
gun II 1t were not for the cartridge"
When you stand chin deep in annoyances
Is the time for you to swim out toward
he great headlands Of Christian attain
nent, so as to "know Christ and the
)owsr of his resurrection and to have
with his sufferings."
Nothing but the furnace will ever burn
nut OF us the elinker and the Stag. have
ormed this theory in regard to small an
loyances and vexations. 1t takes just SO
much trouble to fit us for usefulness and
or heaven. The only question is whether
We shall take it In the bulk or pulverized
md granulated. Here Is one man who
axes 1t In the bulk. His back is broken
IF his eyesight put out, or some other
Lwful calamity befalls him, while the
asst majority of people take the thing
lecemeal. Which way would you rather
lave 1t? az course, in piecemeal Better
aw; better 10 fly blisters than an ampu-
alton, better 20,squalls than one cyclone.
There may be difference of opinion as
0 allopathy and homeopathy, but in this
natter of trouble like homeopathic
loses, small pellets Of annoyance rather
han some Touchdown dose of calamity.
instead Of the thunderbolt give us the
lornet II you have bank, you would
great deal rather that 80 men would
ONE In with checks less than 500 than
o have two depositors come in the same
ay, each wanting his $4,000. In this
after case you cough and look down to |
he floor and you look up to the ceiling
efore you look into the safe. Now, my
riends, would you not rather have these
mall drafts of annoyance on your bank
faith than some all staggering demand
pom your endurance? But remember
nat little as we'll as great annoyances
qualify require you to trust in Christ for
lccor and for deliverance from impa-
ence and irritability Thou wilt keep
i'm In perfect peace whose mind Is stay
i on thee"
In the village of -Hamelin, tradition
,ys, there was an invasion of rats, and
lese small creatures almost devoured
le town Gad threatened the lives Of the
opulation; and the story is that piper
line out one day and played very
veet tune, and all the vernin followed
I'm, followed him to the banks of the
Veser, and then he blew blast, and
ley dropped in and disappeared forever.
f course, this Is fable, but | wish I
,uld on the sweet flute of the Gospel
raw forth all the nibbing and burrow-
g annoynnces Of your life and play
lem down into the depths forever.
Patience Is Required.
How many touches did Mr.. Church
We to his picture Of "Cotopaxi" or his
Heart of the Andes?" l suppose about
1000 touches. l hear the canvas say
g: why do you keep me trembling
it'll that pencil SO long2 Why don't you
It 1t on In one dashT mo-" says Mr..
hurch; II know how to make a paint