Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-10-13

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the western coast Of Africa, sick and
worn out. with perhaps the grandest
achievement OF the age in the way OF
geographical discovery, there were
small critics all over the world to buzz
and buzz and caricature and deride
him. and when after awhile he got the
| London papers. as he opened them.
out few the hornet. When | see that
there are so many people In the world
who like TO say disagreeable things
and write disagreeable things. come
almost in my weaker moments to be-
lieve what a man said to Inc in Phila-
delphia one Monday morning. | went
to get the horse at the livery stable.
and the hostler. a plain man, said to
me, "Mr. Talmage. | saw that you
preached to the young men yesterday"
| said, Yes" He said: NO use, no
use. Mans failure"
Domestic Disturbances.
The small insect annoyances Of life
sometimes come In the shape OF local
physical trouble which does not
amount TO a positive prOstration. but
which bOthers you when you want TO
feel the best. Perhaps it is a sick
headache which has been the plague Of
your life, and you appoint some occa-
sion of mirth or sociality or usefulness,
and when the clock strikes the hour
you cannot make your appearance.
ho 10 hot hn
ear and the forehead in the shape Of
a neuralgic twinge. Nobody can see IL
or sympathiZe with II, but just at the
time when you want your intellect
clearest and your disposition brightest
yod feel a sharp, keen, disconcerting
thrust The Lord sent the hornet"
Perhaps these small insect annoy
ances will come in the shape Of a do
nestle irritation. The parlor and the
kitchen do not always harmonic. To
get good service and to keep ii is one Of
the great questions Of the country.
Sometimes it may be the arrogance
and incOnsiderateness OF employers;
but, whatever be the fact, we all admit
there are these insect annoyances
winging their way out from the culi-
nary department If 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 annoyances and say,
"Oh, these home troubles are very lit.
tie thingsw They are small. small as
wasps, but they sting. Martha's nerves
were all unstrung when she rushed In
asking Christ to scold Mary. and there
are tens OF thousands of women who
are dying, stung to death by these pes
tiferous domestic annoyances. "The
Lord sent the hornet"
These small insect disturbances may
also come in the shape Of business ir-
ritations. There are men here who
went through the oath of September.
1869, and the panics Of 1913 and Of
1893 without losing their balance who
are every day unhOrsed by little an
noyances-a clerks III manners, or
blot of ink on a bill of lading, or the
extravaganza of partner who over
by a business rival, 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 to please somebody else.
1t is not the panics that kill the mer-
chants. Panics come only once in 10 or
20 years. 1t is the constant din Of these
evers day annoyances which is sending
so many of our best merchants into
nervous dyspepsia and paralysis and
the grave. When our national COM
merce fell fat on its face. these men
stood up and felt almost defiant. but
their life is going away now under the
swarm OF these pestiferous annoy
ances, "The Lord sent the hornet"
Keep on Moving.
have noticed In the history OF some
OF my congregation that their annoy
ances are multiplying and that they
have a hundred where they used to
have ten. The naturalist tells us that
a wasp sometimes has a family Of 90
600 wasps, and it does seem as II ev-
cry annoyance OF your life brooded a
million. BY the help Of God. today
waas to show you the other side. The
hornet is Of no use? Oh. yes. The nat
uralist tells us they are very important
ln the worlds economy. They Kill spi-
ders. and they clear the atmosphere
And | really believe God sends the an
noyances Of our life upon us to kill the
spiders OF the soul and to clear the at
mosphere of our skies.
These annoyances are sent on us,
think, TO wake US up from our lethar-
gy. There is nothing that makes
man so lively as nest OF yellow jack
cts" and I think that these annoy
ances are intended 10 persuade us OF
the fact that this is not a world for
US to stop in. II we had a bed OF ey-
erything that was attractive 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 a peg in each hand, and he be-
gins to climb. one inch at time or
two inches, and. getting his strength
cultivated. reaches after awhile the
ceiling. And il seems TO me that these
annoyances In life are moral gymna-
stun, each worriment a peg with
which we are to climb higher and high-
er in Christian attainment. We all love
to see patience, but It cannot be cultl-
vated In faii weather. Patience Is
child of the storm If you had every
thing desirable and there was nothing
more to get, what would you want
with patience? The only time to cult
yate il is when you are lied about ana
sick and half dead.
"Oh." you say, 'if only had the CIR
cumstances Of some well to do man
would be patient too" You might as