Connecticut western news., 1900-12-06
LACK OF PATIENCE.
OR. TALMAoe SAYS IT IS OUR GREAT.
 EST FAULT.

Many Hearts Where the Grace of
 Patience Is wanting-Pity Rather
 Than Condemn the Drring.
 WARRINGTON, Dec. 2.-This discourse of Dr. Talmage Is a full length portrait of virtue which all admire, and the lessons taught are very helpful; text, Hebrews \, 36, "Ye have need of pa fence"
 Yes, we are in awful need of 1t. Some of us have a little of 1t, 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 you find one specimen of patience. Paul, the author of the text, on a conspicu- ous occasion lost his patience with coworker, and from the way he urges this virtue upon the Hebrews, upon the Corinthians, upon the Thessalonians, upon the Romans, upon the Colossians, upon the young theological student, Timothy, I conclude he was speaking out of his own need of more of this ex- cellence. And only wonder that Paul had any nerves left. Imprisonment, daSellation, Mediterranean cyclone, ar rest for treason and conspiracy, the wear and tear of preaching to angry mobs, those at the door of a theater and those on the rocks of Mars hill, left him emaciated and invalid and with a broken voice and sore eyes and nerves a-jangle. He gives us snap shot Of himself when he describes his appear ance and his sermonic delivery by say ing Tn bodily presence weak and in speech contemptible," and refers to his infiamed eyelids when, speaking of the ardent friendship of the Galatians, he says, If 1t had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes and have given them to me-"
 We all admire most that which we have least of. Those of us with unim- pressive visage most admire beauty; those of us with discordant voice most extol musical cadence; those of us with stammering speech most wonder at el- oquence; those of us who get provoked at trifes and are naturally irascible appreciate in others the eQuipoise and the calm endurance of patience. So Paul. with hands tremulous with the agitations of a lifetime, writes of the God of patience" and of ministers of Cod In much patience" and of patience of hope" and tells them to follow aft CT 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 makes the startling charge, "Ye have need of patience"
 Do Not Boast.
 Some of the people ordinarily most excellent have a deficit in this respect. That man who Is the impersonation of nmiability, his mouth full of soft words and his face a spring morning, if passing wheel splash the mud across his broadcloth, see how he colors up and hear him denounce the passing jehu; the Christian woman, an angel of suavity, now that some social slight Is put upon her or her family, hear how her utterance increases in intensity.
 Oh, 1t Is easy enough to be patient when there Is nothing to be patient about. When the bank account Is good and In no danger of being over with apparel appropriate for the cold or the heat or the wet, and all the fam fly have attested their health by keen appetites at a loaded table, and the newspapers, If they mention us at all. put right construction upon what we do or say, and we can walk ten miles without getting tired, and we sleep eight solid hours without turning from side to side, the most useless grace car think of Is patience. 1t has no busi- ness anywhere in your house; you have no more need of 1t than of life pre- server while you are walking the pave ment of city, no more need of 1t than of an umbrella under cloudless sky, no more need of 1t than of Sir Hum phry 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 with you, they would be just as sum- shiny. 1t Is not religion that makes you so happy, but capacity to digest your food in three hours, and enough coupons cut of to meet all your ex- penses, and complimentary mention and capacity to leave your horses In the stable because you need brisk walk down the avenue.
 Easy to Go Down.
 The recording angel, making a pen out of some plume of bird of para disc, Is not getting ready to write op- posite your name anything applauda- tory. All your sublime equilibrium of temperament Is the result of worldly success. But suppose things nightly change with you, as they sometimes do change. You begin to go down hill, and it is amazing how many there are to help you down when you begin to go In that direction. A great invest ment fails. The Colorado silver mine ceases to yield. You get land poor; your mills, that yielded marvels of wealth, are eclipsed by mills with new ly invented machinery; you get under the feet of the bears of Wall street. For the first time in your life you need to borrow money, and no one Is willing to lend. Under the narrowing worri- ment you get a distressful feeling at the base of your brain. Insomnia and nervous dyspepsia lay hold of you. Your health goes down with your for tune; your circle of acquaintances nar- rows, and where once you were op- pressed by the fact that you had not time enough to return one-half of the social calls made upon you now the card basket In your hallway Is empty and your chief callers are your credit ors and the family physician. who comes to learn the effect of the last prescription. Now you understand how people can become pessimistic and cynical and despairful. You have reach ed that stage yourself. Now you need something that you have not. But l know of a reinforcement that you can have If you will accept it. Yonder comes up the road or the sidewalk a