The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-12-08
PATIENCE A VIRTUE.
DR.. Talmage Says We Are All Sad
ly in Need of 1t.
We should Exercise II I'm the Affairs
OF Daily Life-Turns DiscOrd In
to Hnrmony-Final Re-
ward of Patience.
copyright, 1900. by Louis Klopsch.l
Washington, Dec. 2.

full-length portrait of virtue which
all admire, and the lessons taught are
very helpful. Text, Hebrews 1896:
aye have need of patience
Yes, we are in awful need Off Some
of us have little of it. and some of US
have none at all. There is less of this
grace in the world than of almost any
other. Faith, hope and charity are all
abloom in hundreds of souls where yon
find one specimen of patience. Paul, the
author of the text, on conspicuous oc-
casion lost his patience with CO.
worker, and from the way he urges this
virtue upon the Hebrews, upon the Co
rinthians, upon the Thessalonians, up
on the Romans, upon the Colossians.
upon the young theological student
Timothy, | conclude he was speaking
out of his own need of more of this
excellence. And l only wonder that
Paul had any nerves left. Imprison-
ment. flagellation, Mediterranean cy-
clone, arrest for treason and conspir-
acy. the wear and tear of preaching to
angry mobs, those at the door of n
theater and those on the rocks of Mars
hill, left him emaciated and invalid and
with broken voice and sore eyes and
nerves a-iangle. He gives us a snap shot
of himself when he describes his APP
pearance and his sermonic delivery by
saying: I'm bodily presence weak and
in speech contemplate" and refers to
his infiamed eyelids when speaking of
the ardent friendship of the Galatians
he says: IF it had been possible, ye
would have plucked out your own eyes
and have given them to me-"
We admire most that which we have
least Of. Those of us with unimpressive
visage most admire beauty; those of Us
with discordant voices most extol nut
steal cadence; those of us with STAN
mering speech most wondsS.at elo-
quence; those of us who get provoked
AT trifes and are naturally irascible APP
preciate in others the equipoise and the
calm endurance of patience. So Paul
with hands tremulous with the agita-
tons of lifetime, writes of the God
of patience" and of ministers 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 pa.
tience," and looks us all full in the
face as he mahes the startling charge:
I'VE have need of patience"
DO not boast that you are placid and
optimistic end free from the spirit OF
scold. If those who are unfortunate
could change lots with you they would
be just as sunshiny. 1t is not religion
that makes you so happy, but capact,
10 digest your food in three hours and
enough coupons cut off to meet all your
expenses, and complimentary mention
and capacity to leave your horses in d,
stable because you need brisk WALL
down the avenue. The recording ange
making n pen out of some plume Of {
bird of paradise is not getting ready t.
write opposite your name anything ap
plaudatory. All your sublime equlib
rum Of temperament is the result o.
worldly success. But suppose thing,
nightly change with you. as they
sometimes do change. You begin to 20
downhiil, and it is amazing how many
there are to help you down when yot
begin to go in that direction. A grea'
investment fails. The Colorado silver
mine ceases to yield You get lane
poor. Your mills, that yielded marvel,
of wealth, are eclipsed by mills will
newly-invented machinery. You get un
der the feet of the bears of Wall stree {
For the first time in your life YOU neet
TO borrow money. and no one is wilin,
to lend. Under the narrowing worri
ment you get distressful feeling at thu
base of your brain. Insomnia an,
nervous dyspepsia lay hold of you
Your health goes down with your for
tune. Your circle of acquaintance mar
rows, and where once you were op
pressed by the fact that you had no
time enough to return one-half of tn
social calls made upon you, now tn
card basket in your hallway is empty
and your chief callers are your cred
itors and the family physician, VIII,
comes to learn the effect of the last pre-
scription.
Now you understand how people cal
become pessimistic and cynical ant
despairful. You have reached tina
stage yourself. Now you need some
tnlnS iHdt you nave uOt. DuI KNOW
of a reinforcement that you can hav
il you will accept it. Yonder come
up the road or the sidewalk mes
senger of God. Her attire is unpre
tending. She has no wings, for sh
is not an angel, but there is some
thing in her countenance that implie
rescue and deliverance. She come
up the steps that once were populou
with the afIiuent and into the hall
way where the tapestry is gettini
faded and frayed, the place now al
empty Of worldly admirers. l vii
tell you her name If you would lik
Z TO know it. Paul baptized her an
gave her the right name. She is no
brilliant, but strong. There is dee
quiethood in her manner and firm
ness in her tread, and in her hand is
scroll revealing her mission. Sh
comes from Heaven. She was Dor
in the throneroom of the King. Thi
is Patience. "Ye have need of pa
thence"
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