The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-12-05


have but one life to give TO the service
Of my country" Yet the woman who
could calmly meet a great trouble
would have her patience and her ncrv
Gus system sorely tried and her happi
ness wrecked by the sewing machine
breaking a needle, by the dough re-
fuslng to bake in the'oven and 10y the
children tearing their clothes
Wives and mothers and sisters, what
you need today Is the advice Solomon
gave TO the young men Of his time.
You need the grace Of God in your
hearts to be able to overcome the bur
den OF the grasshoppers. As Jesus
Christ turned to the angry and quick
tempered housekeeper when she rushed
into his presence crying, Lord, dost
thou not care that my sister hath left
me TO serve aloneY and gently said,
Martha, Martha. thou art careful and
troubled about many things. but one
thing is needful." so Christ says TO
every living housekeeper today, you
need the grace in your heart to over
come the little annoyances as well as
your great trials" o woman, how
different life would be If you would
ask Jesus to stand by your side at the
kitchen stovel How different II you
would only ask his help when you are
mending baby's frockl How different
If you would only ask Christ's help
when you hunt for the missing silver
spoon-if you would only ask him to
help you to bear the burden of the
TaSshOpperl
IL it is important for wives and
mothers to have the grace Of God in
order to overcome the infnitesimal bur
dens of the multitudinous locust. it is
also important for husbands and IA
theirs and brothers to have the same
kind Of divine reinforcement to meet
the burdensome insectle annoyances
that afllict them in turn. Il is not the
droughts and the freshets and the
mortgage upon the land that wear out
the patience Of the farmer. II is the
dAhNg dhNt VI Allt htirAhNl0 = bplio oMihH
his tools and not returning them. II is
the annoyance Of the farm hand getting
drunk i'm the midst Of the harvest. II
is the stupidity Of the same farm hand
in giving the best horse cold water to
drink when overheated, so that the an
lmal becomes foundered.
Many unjust and contemplate crit
lcisms which are daily made against
us and our work can aptly be classed
as among the insectile armies of the
locusts. A good, honest
healthy criticism ought 70
be spiritually helpful TO the average
man. 1t ought to act upon the ambi-
Iious mind and the spirit In the same
way that a vigorous massage starts
The sluggish blood coursing through
The arteries and veins Of our invalid
body. 1t is when an army is invading
/ foreign land that the commanding
general is most careful about his scouts
md sentries and countersigns and pow
Ter and bullets and guns and commits
iary supplies. II is when a man feels
hat he is completely surrounded by
'iyals and by honest critics who do not
believe in the way he is doing that he
,uts forth his best energies and lives
Up to his highest standard.
But there is a Christian as well as an
way Of meeting the criti-
.isms Of rivals and of those who are
ealous Of our successes. one way is
o do as Plato, the great disciple Of
Socrates, did when he was told that
wen the boys in the streets were laugh
ng at his singing He answered,
Then / must learn to sing better, so
hat they will not laugh" The other
way is to do as Alexander Pope, the
ain and supersensitive poet Of Eng
and, used TO do. Instead Of going
head and doing the work that God
ave him to do, and on account Of his
nemies' criticisms doing it better and
,etter all the time, he wasted most Of
lis life in chickering's and backbiting
nd in trying TO destroy the regulations
f those who were attacking him. The
me way is to do as ID. l.. Moody did.
lie made Il the rule Of his life TO never
attack a person who had
ttacked him. The more Mr.. Moody
vas personally assailed and misrepre-
ented the more he would go to God in
rayer and ask the Divine Father to
make his life so pure and true that
here might not remain I'm his heart |
ny cause for the charge which his en-
mics were making. The other way is
0 do as many Of us are doing. When |
neighbor or a critic makes any der0g- |
tory statement about us and our
rorl, we prove that we are not falsely |
ondemned in all particulars, that at |
east we have the fault Of retaliation, |
ecause we 90 hunting for the faults |
] our neighbor's lives instead Of try |
II. with divine help, to correct the
wills in our own.
Thus, my brother, want you, by the
race of God, to rise higher and higher
I lut cDillludi llAt hAAAi AA AHoA 1RA Ni' i
( an altitude above and out of earshot
I the buzzing sound Of the locusts Of
lult finding enemies. | want you TO
Sc so high in the spiritual life that
on will not care what people may say
: think about you or yours as long as
gu can bring these people to love and
We for Christ. Humanity speaking, II
awfully hard to bear the petty an
oyances Of your neighbors, criticising
on and saying mean things about your
life and children. 1t is hard. from a
uman standpoint, TO refrain from
inging a stone at the locusts Of evil
aggings which are buzzing about you
nd your loved ones. But by the grace
Z God you can live down these petty
You can 20 on doing your
'ork, even as Christ went on doing his
'ork, in spite Of the jeers and the
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