Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-14

solved in those times that I never In
any conversation would say ANYTHING
depressing. and by the help OF God 7
have kept the resolution. These peo-
pie OF whom ! speak reap and bind in
the great harvest field of discourage
ment Some day you greet them with
q hilarious Good morning" and they
come buzzing az you with some depress-
ing Information. ''The lord sent the
hornet"
These small insect disturbances may \
also come in the shape OF business irri- |
tations. There arc men here who went |
through the cath OF September. 1863.
and the panics CT 1873 anu OF 1893 with !
out losing their balance who are every
day unhorscd by little annoyances-a
clerks 81 manners, or blot OF ink on
q bill OF lading. or the extravaganza OF
a partner who overdraws bis account,
or the Whispering OF store condolences
in the street. or the making OF some
little bad debt which was against your
Judgment; but you wanted 10 please
somebody else.
II is not the panics that Kill the mer-
chants. Parics come only once in ten
these everyday annoyarces which -
sending so many OF our best merchan :
into nervous dyspepsia and paralysis
and the grave. When our national
commerce fell fat ON It's f.cc. these men
stood up and felt almost defiant, but
their life il going away now under the
swarm OF these lestiferous annoyances.
/ '"rhc 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 who're they used 20 have
ten. The naturalist tells us that a wasp
sometimes has a family OF 10000 wasps.
and IL does seem az II every annoyance
OF your life brooded million. BY the
help OF God. to-day / want TO show you
the other side. The hornet is of no use
oh. YES. The naturalist tells rs they
are very important In the worlds econ
omy. They Kill spiders, and they clear
the atmosphere. And I really believe
God sends the annoyunces OF our life
upon US TO kill the spiders OF the soul
I and TO clear the atmosphere Of our
skies.
These annoyances are sent on us,
think. 10 wake Us from our lethargy
E There is nothing that makes man &C
$ lively as a nest Of yellow Jackets" and
r think that these annoyances are in
5 tended 70 persuade us Of the fact that
e this is not a world for US TO stop in. Il
r we had a bed Of everything that was at
= tractive and soft and easy. what woulS
] we want of Heaven? We think that th'
] hollow tree sends the hornet, or we ma.
- u al Il u. a.. 40 hornet
want TO correct your opinion. ''Th
G Lord sent the hornet"
e oh" YOU say. Ii l only had the cir
J. cumstances of some we'll 10 do Ian
would lie patient. too You might a
u well say: If 1t were not for this water
5 l would swim" or. Il could shoot thi
; gun il il were not for the cartridge
, When YOU stand chin deep in annoyance
> is the time for YOU TO swim out tosvar
= the great headlands Of Christian attain
" ment, 80 as 10 know Christ and IN
"a power Of His resurrection and 10 haV
le fellowship with his sufferings."
y Nothing but the furnace will eve
burn out of Us the clinker and the sla.
= have formed this theory in regard I
= small annoyances and Vexations.
:. takes Just so much trouble 10 nj US Il
-. usefulness and for Heaven. The on
question il whether we shall take IL
: the bulk or pulverized and granulate
: Here is one man who takes il in a
bulk His back is broken or his ey
"a sight put out. or some other awf
= calamity befalls him, while the vast n
-. jority of people take the thing piec
q meal. Which way would you rath
=; have ftp OF course, in piecemeal. Be
. ter have five aching teeth than o.
=. broken Jaw; better ten fly blisters thi
o. an amputation; better 20 squalls tn
,Sn one cyclone. There may be differen
o1 of opinion as 10 allopathy and home
tw pathy, but in this matter OF trouble
,as like homeopathic doses. small pelle
,ds of annoyance rather than some knoC
,v- down dose Of calamity. Instead Of {
are thunderbolt give US the hornet. If y
ale have a bank. you would great d.
m rather that so men would come in W
nj. checks less than $i0O than TO have I
10 depOsitors come in the same day, ca
not wanting his $4,000. In this latter Ct
ron you cough and look down TO the h'
the and you look up 10 the ceiling bef'
tail you look into the safe. Now, my frien
rit- would YOU not rather have these SIN
our drafts of annoyance on your bank
our faith than some ali staggering dema
the upon your enduranceT BIi remem
hev that little as well as great annoyan
as equally require you TO trust in Christ
Won suecor and for deliverance from i'm
thence and irritability. Thou wilt k
at- him in perfect peace whose mind