The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-10-14
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were assaulted by the hornet 50 that
the whole army was broken up and the
besieged city was rescued This burn
ing and noxious insect stung out the
Utilities and the CznAsnites from their
country. What cleaning sword and
chariot Of war could not accomplish
was done by the puneTure Of an insect.
The Lord sent the hornet"
Ny friends, when we are assaulted
by great behemoths Of trouble we be
come chivalrie and we assault them.
We get on the high mettled steed Of
our courage, and we make a cavalry
charge al them. and II God be with Us
we come out stronger and better than
when we went in. But alas for these
insectle aunoyanees Of life. these foes
too small to shoot these things with
out any avoirdupois weight the gnsts
and the midges and the flies and the
wasps and the hornets, In other
words, 1t is the small singing annoy
ances Of our life which drive Us out and
use Us up. In the best conditioned
life for some grand and glorious pur-
pose God has sent the hornet
Iremark. in the first place, that these
small singing annoyances may come
In the shape Of a nervous organization.
People who are Frustrated under ty-
phoid fevers or with broken bones get
plenty Of sympathy. but who pities
ANYBODY that is ~ueryOus2 The doctors
say and the family say and everybody
says: "oh. she's only a little nervousi
that's ALL" The sound Of q heavy foot,
the harsh clearing Of a throat, a discord
in music. a want Of harmony between
the shawl and the glove on the same
person. a curt answer, a passing slight
the wind from the east any one Of ten
thousand annoyances, opens the door
for the hornet. The fact is that the
yast majority Of the people in this
country are overworked, and theii
nerves are the first to give out. A great
multitude are under the strain Of Ley
den who. when he was told by his ply
stefan that IL he did not stoI
working while he was in sucl
poor DhEsiesl health he Monls
live or die, the wheel must keep goinl
round" These sensitive persons o.
whom 1 speak have a bleeding sensi
tiyeness. The flies love TO light on any
thing raw, and these people are lkl
the Canaanites spoken Of in the text o
in the c~ontex-they have a very Thu
I covering and are vulnerable at al
] points. "And the Lord sent the hornet.
= Again, the small insect annoyance
may come t US in the shape Of friend
and acquaintance who are always say
ing disagreeable things. There ar
some people you cannot be with for hal
an hour but you feel cheered and con
forted. Then there are other peopl
u you cannot be with for five minutes b
U fore YOU feel miserable. They do nc
mean to disturb you, but they sting 20
to the bone. They gather up all II
% yarn which the gossips spin and reta
IS 1t. They gather up all the adverse cri
icisms about your person, about yol
10 business, about your home, about yol
church, and they make your a Il
funnel into which they pour 1t. The
laugh heartily when they tell you,
g though it were a good joke, and y
ne laugh, t~oo-outside.
These people are brought TO our
tention in the Bible, in the book
Ruth. Naomi went forth beautiful al
10 with the finest worldly prospects In
another land, but after awhile s
came back widowed and sick and poo
10 What did her friends do when she cal
TO the city? They all went out, a
d. instead Of giving her common ser
consolation, what did they do? Re
'u' the book Of Ruth and find out. m
threw up their hands and said: as 4
Naomi?" as much as TO say: I'll
: awful bad you do looki" When 1
tered the ministry, ! looked very p
,gs for years, and every year, for four
five years, many times a year l y
asked II ] had not consumption, a
passing through the room, / wo
sometimes hear people sigh and 81
MY "A-ah, not long for this world" i
'ect solved in those times that / nevei
i've any conversation would say snyth
are depressing, and by the help Of Go
| of have kept the resolution. These
ms pie OF whom I speak reap and bint
the great harvest field Of discours
ment. Some day you greet them v
a hilarious Good morning" and (
come buzzing at you with some depr
D. ing information. 1.-THE Lord sent
hornet"
These small insect disturbances
also come in the shape Of business
tations. There are men here who v
MIA. through the oath OF September,
and the panics Of 1873 an0 Of 1893 "
,,as out losing their balance who are e.
81. day endorsed by little annoyance
,hs clerks I'll manners, or a blot Of I'M
a bill u lading, or the extravaganza
a. a partner who %oyerdraws his acco
or the whispering Of store conide
O. In the street, or the making Of 3
little bad debt which was against
n, judgment; but you wanted to pl
,n,s somebody else.
..,I. II is not the panics that kill the
No chants. Panics come only once In
OF 20 years. II 10 the constant di
these everyday annoyances whicl
%. sending so many Of our best merch
rom into nervous dyspepsia and para
und the grave. When our natl
had commerce fell fat on its face, these
ting stood up and felt almost defiant,
Dis. their life Is going away now undeI
like swarm Of these pektiferous annoyal
1.-THE Lord sent the hornet"
|, have noticed In the history Of
,llee. Of my congregation that their an
ances are multiplying and that
have q hundred where they used to
q Oh ten. The naturalist tells US that q
sometimes has a family Of 10000 W
'DA and It does seem es II every annoy
nj Of your life brooded a million. d,
NO. help Of God, to-day / want to show
10 :, the other side. The hornet is Of no
Oh, yesi The naturalist tells us
'res' are very important in the worlds
omy. They kill spiders, and they
a. ,&no.xhara Ard 7 really he