Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-08

tCopyriSht Louis klopSeh. 1900
Go HIS discourse of DIR. Talmagc is a
full length portrait of virtue
- which all admire, aud the lessons
taught are very helpful; text, Hebrews,
Z, 30, "Gc have need of patience"
Yes, we are in awful need of 1t. Some
OF Us have little Of it. and some of us
nave none at all. There is less Of this
grace in the world than of almost any
other. Faith. hope and charity are all
ahloom in hundreds of souls where YOU
md one specimen of patience. Paul, the
author Of The text. on conspicuous oc'
caSion lost his patience with coworker
and from the way he urges this virtue
upon the Hebrews. upon the Corinthians,
upon the TheSsalonians, upon the Ro-
mans, upon the ColoSSians. upon the
young theological student Timothy. l con
clude he was speaking out of his own
need of more of this excellence. Aud
only wonder that Paul had any nerves
left Imprisonment, fagellation. Medi-
terranean cyclone. arrest for treason
and conspiracy. the wear and tear Of
preaching TO angry mobs. those at the
door of a thcatCr and those on the rocks
OF Mars hill. left him emaciated and in
valid and with a broken voice and sore
eyes and nerves a-ianglc. He gives MS a
snap shot of himself when he describes
his appearance and his scrmonic delivery
by saying, in bodily presence weak and
IN speech contemplate, and refers to his
nflamed cyelids when speaking of the
ardent friendship of the Galatians he
says, III it had been possible. We would
have pluekcd out your own eyes and have
given them To me
We admire most that which We have
least Of Those OF IT'S with unimpressive
visage most admire beauty; those of us
with diScordant voice most eNtol musical
cadence; those of Us with stammering
speech most wonder AT cloquence; those
of us who get provoked at trities and are
naturally irascible appreciate in others
the equpoise and the calm endurance Of
patience. So Paul, with hands tremulous
with the agitations of a lifetime, writes
Of the God of patience" aud of min
listers OF God in much patience" and Of
patience Of hope" and tells them to
follow after patience" and wants them
to run with patience" and speaks of
those strengthened with All might to all
patience" aud looks rs all full in the
laNF as Ht IldheS llib kAAIIAUE HAaFEt,
'1e have need of patience
Patience Under Difficulties.
Some of the people ordinarily most ex-
cellent have a deficit in this respect.
That man who is the impersonation OF
amability. his mouth full of soft words
and his face spring morning, if pass
ing wheel splash the mud across his
broadcloth, see how he coors up, and
hear him denounce the passing jehu.
The Christian woman, an angel OF suavi-
ty, now that some social Slight is put
upon her or her family. hear how her ut
terance increases in intensity One of
the ab'est and best ministers of the goS-
pei in America, stopping at a hetcl in n
town where he had an evening engage
ment was interrupted IN his afternoon
nap by a knock Mt the door by n minister
who had come TO welcome him. and after
the second aud third knock the sleeper
opened the door and took the invader Of
his repoSe by the collar and twisted it
with force that, if continued, wouid
have been strangulation. Oh, il is easy
enough to be patient when there is moth
ing TO be patient about. When the bank
account is good and in no danger Of being
ovcrdrawn. and the wardrobe is crowded
with apparel appropriate for the cold,
or the heat, or the wet, and all the fam
lily have attested their health by keen
appetitcs al a loaded table and the news
papers, il they mention us at al. put
right construction upon what We do or
say, and we can walk ten miles without
getting fired. aud we sleep eight solid
hours without turning from side 10 side.
the most useless grace | can think Of is
patience, 1t has 10 business anywhere
in your house. You have no more need
Of 1t than Of n life preserver while you
are walking the pavement Of city, no
more need of it than an umbrella under
cloudless sky. no more need Of il than
OF Sir Humphrey Davy's safety lamp for
miners while you are breathing the tonic
air Of an October morning.
Do not boast that you are placid and
optimistic and free from the spirit Of
scold. If those who are unfortunate could
change lots vita you they would he just
as sunshiny. 1t is not religion tina; makes
you so happy, but capacity to digest your
food in three hous and enough coupons
cut off to meet AL your expenses, and
complimentary mention, and capacity to
AeNNE SuuE ubI1tS III Inc SNHbH because
sou need brisk walk down The avenue.
The recording angel making pen out OF
some plume Of q bird If paradise j. not
getting ready 10 write opposite your name
anything applaudat0ry. Al your sublime
equilibrium Of temperament IS the result
OF worldly success. But suppose things
nightly change with you. a. they some
times do change. You begin 10 20 down
hill, and it is amazing how many there
are TO help you down when you begin 10
go IN that direction. \ great investment
fails. The Colorado silver mine ceases 10
yield. You get hand poor. Your mills,
thar yielded marycle ~ wealth. ere
eclipsed by mills with newly invented
machinery. you get under the feet OF The
bears Of Wall street. Foz the first time in
your life sou need 70 borrow money. and
no one. is willing 10 lend, Under the hag-
rowing worrimcnt you got q distrcssfu
feeling al the base Of yoGr nrain. H.
sonInia and nervous dyspepsia ay mold II
you. Yogr health goes down with your
fortune. Your circle ~ .equaIotancee
narrows. and where once you were op-