St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-02-04

heard that Salmasius was glad OF it.
While Sheridan's comedy was being en-
acted in Drury Lane theater, London.
his enemy Sat growing at it in the
stage box. While Bishop Cooper was
surrounded by the favor of learned men.
his wife took mis- lexicon manuscript,
the result of long life Of anxiety and
toll, and threw il into the fire. Misfor-
tune, trial, vexation for almost every
one. Pope. applauded Of all the world.
has stoop in the shoulder that annoys
him so much that he has tunnel dug
so that be may 60 unobserved from gar
den 10 grot,o and from grotto TO gar
den. Cano. the famous Spanish artist.
IS disgusted with the crucifix that the
priest holds before him because it IS
such poor specimen of sculpture. And
SC. sometimes through taste and some
times through learned menace ami
sometimes through physical distresses
aye, in 10000 ways-trouoles come to
karass and annoy.
Ard yet ii is unfair TO measure n
mans life by his misfortunes. because
where there is one stalk Of nightshade
there are so mssigolds and harebells:
where there is one cloud thunder
charged there are hundreds th-i stray
across the heavens. the glory OF LAM
and sky asleep in their bosom. Be
cause death came and took your child
awaS. cid you Immediately forget all
tie five years. or the ten years. CT the l..
years. in which she came every night for
kiss. all the tones of your heart peat
ing forth at the sound OF her voice or
the sof; touch Of her hard? Because in
Sc me financial Euroclydon your fortune
went into the breakers. did you forget
pr those years in which the l,.xuries
aud ex;ravagances of life showered on
your path? Alas. that is an unwisc
nan. an Ingrateful man, an unfai. mar.
az unphilosophic mar. and, mos; OF ali,
an unit Christian man. who measures his
life on earth by groans and tears anal
Gyspeptic fit and abuse and scorn and
terror and neuralgia thrust.
Again, / remark that there are many
people who estimate their life on earth
by the amount Of none: they have ac-
cumulated. They say: The year !sc6.
or 1870. or 1898. was wasted" Why?
MADE TO money" Now it is all cant
ard ins:nceri,y to talk against money,
IS though it had no value. II may rep
resent refinement and education and
lc.COO blessed surroundings. II is
the spreading of the table that feeds
the children's hunger. 1t is the ligh'-
ing OF The furnace ths! keeps you
warm. IL is the making of the bed on
which you res, from care and anxiety
But while all this is SC. he who uses
money or thinks o: money as anything
hut 6 means TO an end will find out his
mistake when the glittering treasures
slip out of his nerveless grasp and he
yoes out OF this world without shii-
ling of money or certificate OF stock.
He might better have SeSG "a. Chris
tian porter that opened his gate. or the
beCrimed workman who last night
heayed the coal into his cellar. Bonas
and mortgages anG leases have their
use, but they make POOR yarcstick
with which to measure life. They
that boast themselves in their wealth
and trust in the multitude of their
riches, none of them can, by any means.
redeem his brother or give to God
ransom for him that he should not see
corruption.
1t is not sinful egotism for Chris
tan man to say: Il am purer than
used to be. I am more consecrated to
Christ than l used to be. ] have got
over q great many of the bad habits
in which I used to indulge. l am a
great deal better man than used to
be-" There is NJ sinful egotism III that.
II is not base egotis:n for soldier 20
saw: Il know more about military
tactics than l used to before | TOOK
muskct in my hand ard learned 10
present arms and when l was pest
TO the drill officer" II is not base
ecotism for a sailor to say: Il know
better how 10 clew down the mizzen
topsail than l used to before had ever
seen a ship" And there is no sinful
ego,i.m when a Christian man. fighting
the battles of the Lord. or. if you vii,
have it. voyaging toward haven OF
eternal rest. says: know more about
rpiri.ual tactics and about vo.aging
toward Heaven than used TO.
Why, there are those in this presence
who have measured lancss with man!
foe and unhorsedit! There are Chris
,ian men here who have become
swarthy by hammering at the forge OF
calamity They s;ard on an entirely
different plane of character from that
which they oIce occupied. They are
measuring their life on earth by golden
gated Sabbaths. by pentecostai prayer
meeting. by communion tables. by bap-
tismal fonts. by hal!elulahs in the tenn
pie. They have stood on Sinai and
heard il thunder. They have stood OF;
Pisgah and looked over i:hto the prom
ised land. They have stood on Calvary
and seen the cress blecti. They can.
ike Paul, the apostle. write on their
heaviest troubles Light" and bat fcT
4 moment" The darkest night their
soul is irraGiate.I. as was the night over
bethlehem. by the faces Ct those who
lave come 10 proclaim glory ard goou
cheer. They arc only waiting for the
gate to open and the chains to fall on
and the glcry 10 begin.
remark again. there are maryland
l wish there were more--who arc es
timating life by the good they can GO
John Bradford said he counted that
day nothing at all in which he had not
by pen or tongue. done some good. II
4 man begin right. 1 cannot tell no"
many tears he may wipe away. how
many burdens lie may lift. how many
orphans he may comfort. how man!
cutcas,s he may reclaim. There have
been men WHO have given their whole
life in tie right direction. concentrat
| ing all their wi: and ingenuity and
mental acumen and physical force aBt
| enthusiasm for Christ. They climbed
the mountain and delvcd into the mine
| and crossed the sea and dropped at las'
into martyrs graves waiting for tns
resurrection Of the just. They meas
| ured their lives by the chains the!
broke of. hy the garments they put up
en- nakcdncss. by the miles they trav
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