The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-12-07
PATIENCE A VIRTUE.
DR.. Talmage Says We Are All Sad
ly in Need of 1t.
we should Exercise IL In the Affairs
Of Daily Life-Turns Discord In
to Harmony--FinRl RE-
ward of Patience.
ICopyright 1900, by Louis Klcpsch.1
Washington, Dec.

all admire, and the lessons taught are
very helpful. Text, Hebrews 1896;
aye have need of patience"
Yes. we are in awful need of 1t. 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
abIoom in hundreds of souls where You
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.
rintbians. 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
theater and those on the rocks of Mars
hill, left him emaciated and invalid and
with broken voice and sore eyes and
nerves a-jangle. He gives us snap shot
of himself when he describes his APP
pearance and his sermonic delivery by
saying: "In bodily presence weak and
I'm speech contemplate" and refers TO
his infamed 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 oiyen 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 mu-
steal cadence: those of us with STAN
mering speech most wonder at elo-
uuence; those of MS who get provoked
at trihes and are naturally irascible APP
preciate in others the equipoise and the
calm endurance of patience. So Paul,
with hands tremulous with the agita-
lions 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
thence" and looks us all full in the
face as he makes the startling charge:
"Ye have need OF patience"
Do not boast that you are placid and
optimistic and free from the spirit oil
scold. II those who are unfortunate
could change lots with you they would
be just as sunshiny. II is not religion
shat makes you so happy, but capacit,
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enough coupons cut off to meet all your
expenses, and complimentary mention
and capacity to leave your horses in
stable because you need brisk wall
down the avenue. The recording ange
making a pen out of some plume of
bird of paradise is not getting ready Il
write opposite your name anything ap
plaudatory. All your sublime equilb
rum of temperament is the result o
worldly success. But suppose thing
nightly change with you, as the,
sometimes do change. You begin % Q,
downhill, and it is amazing how man,
there are to help you down when yo,
begin to go in that direction. A grea
investment fails. The Colorado silve
mine ceases to yield. You get LAM
poor. Your mills, that yielded marvel
of wealth, are eclipsed by mills witt
newly-invented machinery. You get un
der the feet of the bears of Wall stree
For the first time in your life YOU nee
TO borrow money, and no one is willin
TO lend. Under the narrowing worn
ment you get a distressful feeling at til
base of your brain. Insomnia an
INsgnaVgin
Your health goes down with your foI
tune. Your circle of acquaintance naI
rows, and where once YOU were OF
pressed by the fact that you had nc
time enough to return one-half Of tn
social calls made upon YOU, now tn
card basket in your hallway is empt,
and your chief callers are your cree
itors and the family physician, VIII
comes to learn the effect of the last Or,
scription.
Now you understand how people ca
become pessimstc and cynical an
despairful. You have reached tina
stage yourself Now you need som,
thing that you have not. But | kuo'
of reinforcement that you can haV
If you will accept it. Yonder come
up the road or the sidewalk me
Eenger of God. Her attire is unp.,
tending. She has no wings, for 81
Is not an angel, but there is SOM
thing in her countenance that impli,
rescue and deliverance. She com,
up the steps that once We're popuoI
with the afluent and into the hal
way where the tapestry is gcttir
faded and frayed, the place now a
empty of worldly admirers. | vi
tell you her name If you would Ill
to know it. Paul baptized her al
gave her the right name. She is n
brilliant, but strong. There is a dee
quiethood in her manner and fir
ness in her tread and in her hand is
scroll revealing her mission. s.
comes from Heaven. She was DO
in the throneroom of the King. III