Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-01
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stood below zero; What ship has never
been caught in a storm: What regiment
az the front never got1into a hattlef Have
at least As musadoFesight as the tnsectile
world. Go 10 the ant, thou sluggard,
consider her ways and be wise. which.
having no guiGe, overseer or ruler, pro-
videtL her meat in the summer aud gath
ereth her food in the harvest
This is no argumen. TOR miseFlneSs,
Ayarice and RIGHTEOUSNESS destroy a man
about as soon as any of the other vices.
Accumulation Of bonds. mortgages and
government securities am town lots and
big farms just for the pleasure Of aecu-
mutation is despicable, bal the putting
aside, OF Il surplus for your self-defensa
when your brain has halted or your right
hand has forgotten its cunning or your
Old age needs man servant or for the
SUPPORT Of others when you can no more
be a hreadwinner for your household
that is right. that is beautiful. that is
Christian, that is divinely approved.
That shows that you have taken Solo
mons art hill for an object lesson
Going cut OF this world without leaving
! dollar for those who remain behind. il
You have done your best you have Il right
the pillow which jeremiah shook up in
the forty chapte: of his prophecy.
Leave thy fatherless children, | will
preserve them alive. and let thy widows
trust in me-" But il having the means
through mortgages or houses or life insur-
ance FOR providing for helpless widow
mood and orphanage you make no provis-
ion for post mortem need, how dare you
go up and take palace in heaven and
let your wife and children 90 to the poor
house or into struggle for bread that
| makes life horror and sometimes ends
| in suicide?
But my subject reaches higher than
temporalities-fores for the soul, pro-
vision for eternal experiences. prepare
| ton for the far beyond Ant hills, speak
out and teach us larger and mightier
lesson of preparing food for the more
| important part OF IS! Do you realize
| that a man may be millionaire or a
multmilionaire for time and bank
| rupt for eternity, a prince for a few
! years and pauper forever? The ant
would not be satisfied with gathering
enough food for half winter or quarter
of winter. But how many of us seem
content. though not having prepared for
tb en-millionth part of what will be our
| existence! Put yourself in right rela-
| tons to the Christ of the ages, through
him seek pardon for all you have ever
done wrong and strength for all you will
be called to endure, and there will be no
| force in life or death or eternity to dis
eomtit you. | declare it. There is enough
of trs usforming and strengthening pow
er in christ for both hemispheres.
Does Not Decline Work.
Furthermore, 90 TO the ant and consid-
err that it does not decline work because
| it is insignificant. The fragment of seed
| 1t hauls into its habitation may be so
small that the unaided eye cannot see it,
| but the insectile work goes on. the car
| penter ant at work above ground, the
| mason aut at work underground Some
| of lGese creatures mix the leaves of the
| fir and the cutkins of the pine for the
/ roof or wall Of their tiny abode. and 9th
| trs go out as hunters looking for food,
while others in omestic duties stay at
| home. Twenty specks of the food they
1 are moving toward their granary put up.
on balarce would hardly make the
scales quirer. All OF it work on q small
| scale. There is no use in our refusing a
| nllSSlDH DecdhSe II Is lDStSullltdit. Any
| thing that Ged in his providence puts
| before. us 10 do is ilnportapt. The needle
has its office as cerfaply ais The telescope
and the spade as a paramentarian scroll.
| You know what became of the man in
! the parable of the talents who buried the
one talent instead of putting it to practi-
| cal and aecumulative use. His apology
| was Of no avail.
There is no need of our wasting time
and energy in longing for some other
| sphere. There are plenty of people TO do
the big and resounding work of the
! church and the world. No lack of briga-
/ der generals or master builders or engi-
neers for bridging Niagaras or tunneling
/ Rocky Mountains. For every big enter
I prise of the world dozen candidates.
/ What we want is private soldiers in the
common ranks. masons not ashamed to
! WELD a trowel. candidates fer ordinary
work to be done in ordinary ways in or
I binary places. Right where we are there
/ is something that God would have us do.
4 Let us do it. though it may seem to be as
unimportant as the rolling of grain of
/ corn into an ant hill.
Furthermore. go to the ant and con
1 slider its indcfStieableness If by the ac-
cidental stroke OF sour foot or the re-
moval of timber tire cities Of the in
sectie world are destroyed, instantly they
| 20 to rebuilding. They do not sit around
moping. At it again il a second Their
! fright Immediately eyes way 10 their
| industry. And if cur schemes of useful.
ness and our plans ok work fail, why sit
down in disco. cagement! AS large ant
| hills as have ever been constructed will
| be cons ruetcd again. Put your trust in
/ God and do your duty. and your best
da-s are vet to come. Persistence is
| the lesson of every ant hill. Waste not a
moment in useless regrets or unhealthy
repining Men fret themselves down
| but no man ever yet fretted himself up
/ Make the obstacles in your way your co
/ adiutars. as AL those have who have ac-
/ complished anything worth accomplish
ment.
John Philpot Curran, master of the
rolls in Ireland, at his first attempt in
court stammered and SAT down i'll con.
fusion and for that stammermg was
derisiyely called "Stuttcring Jack Cur
ran" and because of his failure in speech
, was sneered at as Orator Num- Blu;
he went to work and conquered himself
1 and then conquered courtrOOms and great
agsemblages whom he thrilled with his
4 elounence. So instead Of running against
( obstacles as against a stone wall he plac-
ed them aSlant ike steps on which 70
mount. Put your trust in God and moth
ing can stand before yOu. Rittenhause
the astronomer Mt the start was 50 poor
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