Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-10-14


Troubles of Life-With the Help Of
Coda Grace Petty Grievances Be-
come blessings.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1901
WASHINGTON. Oct. S-Thls sermon
by DIR. Taimage deals with subject
which appeals to all classes and condi-
tons Of men. Els text is Deuteronomy
vii, 20. "rhe Lord thy God will send
the hornet"
1t seems rs II the lnsectlle world
were determined to extirpnte the hui
man race. 1t bombards the graintields
and the orchards and the vineyards
The Colorado beetle. the Nebraska
grasshopper. the New Jersey locust,
the universal potato beetle, seem to
carry on the work which was begun
ages ago when the insects buzzed out
of Noah's ark as the door was opened.
In my text the hornet flies out on Its
mission. 1t Is species Of wasp. swift
in Its motion and violent In It's sting.
Its touch is torture to man or beast.
We have all seen the cattle run below
Ing under the cut OF its lancet. In boy
hood we used to stand cautiously look
ing at the globular nest hung from the
tree branch. and while we were look
Ing Mt the wonderful covering we were
struck with something that sent us
shrieking away. The hornet goes In
swarms. 1t has captains over hum
dreds. and 20 of them alighting on one
man will produce certain death.
The Persians attempted 10 conquer
Christian city, but the elephants and
the beasts on which the Perslans rode
were assaulted by the hornet. 80 that
the whole army was broken up nnd the
besieged city was rescued. This burn
Ing and noXious insect stnng out the
HIttites and the Canaantes from their
country What glcamin. sword AMI
chariot of war could not accomplish
was done by the punctu.r OF an Insect
The Lord sent the hornet
My friends. when we are assaulted by
great behemotlis of trouble we become
chlyalric. and we assault them. We
get Oh the high metilcd sliced of our
courage, and we make Il cavalry Charge
Mt them. and If Cod be- with us we
come out stronger and better than
when we went it. I!ut alas for these
insectile annoyances OF life. these foes
too small to shoot. these things with
out any avoirdupois weight, the Enats
and the midgcs and the flies and the
wasps and the hornets! In other
wards. 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.
Humanity Ovcrworked.
remark. in the first pl#ce that these
small. singing annoyances may come
in the shape Of nervous organization.
People who are Frustrated under ty-
phoid fevers or with broken bones get
plenty Of sympathy. but who pities
anybody that Is nervous? The doctors
say and the family say and everybody
says. "Oh. she's only a little nervous;
that's ALL" The sound Of heavy foot,
the harsh clearing OF throat dis
cord in music. want of harmony be-
tween the shawl and the glove OH the
same person. Il curt answer. passing
slight. the wind from the east, any one
of ten thousand annoyances, opens the
door for the hornet. The fact is that
the vast majority Of the people in this
country are overworked, and their
nerves are the first to give out. a
great multitude are under the strain OF
Leyden, who. when he was told by his
physician that if he did not stop work
Ing while he was in such poor physical
health he would die. responded, Doc
tor, whether | live or die, the wheel
must keep going round" These sensi-
tive persons of whom speak have d
bleeding constituencies The flies love
to light on anything raw, and these
people are like the Canaanltes spoken
of In the text or in the conteXt-they
have very thin covering and are vul-
nerable at all points. and the Lord
sent the hornet"
Again, the small insect annOyances
may come to us In the shape Of friends
and acquaintunces who are always say
ing dsagreeable things. There are
some people you cannot be with for
half an hour but you feel cheered and
comforted. Then there are other Pco-
Die you cannot be with for five minutes
before you feel miserable. They do not
| mean to disturb you. but they sting
you to the bone. They gather up all
the yarn which the gossipS spin and
retail it. They gather up all the adj
verse criticisms about your person,
about your business. about your home.
, about your church. and they make yonr
ear the funnel into which they pour it.
They laugh heartily when they ell
you. as though 1t were Il good joke. aud
you laugh. too-outsde.
Job'. COmfortern.
These people are brought to our at
tenton in the Bible. in the book Of
Ruth. Naomi went forth. beautiful
and with the finest Of worldly pros
pects into another land. but after
awhile she came back widowed and
sick and poor What did her friends
do when she came to the city? They
all went out. aud, instead Of giving her
common sense consolation. what did
they do? Read the book Of Ruth and
find out They threw up their hands
and said. a.. this Naomi rs much rs
TO say. How awful bad you do look.
When entered the ministry. looked
very pale for years. and every year.
for four or five years. many times
year / was asked If had not con-
sumption. aud. passing through the
room. | would sometimes hear people
sigh and say. ''.\-ah. not long for this
| world. resolved In those times that
! never In any conversation would say
anything depressing. and by the help
of God have kept the resolution.