Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-13

oclte' sPeclWch ot honesty than was
found 10 tho Duke of Wellington. Ho
marched with his army over the French
frontier, and the army was suffering and ho
hardly knew how to get along Plenty Of
pundcr all about, but he commanded mono
OF tho plunder to be taken. Hewritcs home
these remarkable words:
owe arc overwhelmed with debts, and
can scarcely stir out Of my house on 90.
count OF public creditors waiting to do.
mand what is duo to them"
Yet at that very time tho French peason-
try were bringing their veuablcs to him to
Keep! a celebrated writer says of the
transactions:
"No,hing can bo grandcr or more nobly
original than this admission. This old
soldier, otter thirty years. service, this iron
man mud victorious general, established ia
an cnemy's country at the head Of an i'm
lncnse army, is afraid of his creditors!
This is kind of fear that has seldom
troubled conquerors aud invaders, and
doubt it the annals of war present anyl.
thing comparable to its sublime smplic-
ity."
When you hear that you arc not sur
prlscd that | state thpt in tho timo of old
agc, When, with all tho honors that Eng,
land could put upon him, tho Duke of
Wellington knclt ut the ohanccl to tuko
the sacrament, poor man knelt beside
him, and some one touched the poor man
90 the shoulder and said, "You have no
business here beside the Duke of Wclliug-
ton" The Duke Of Wellington lifted
his head from his prayer and put his hand
on tho shoulder Of tho poor man, and said,
"Stay where yon are. Before God wc ara
all equal" All! my friends, it is tho
morality of tho gospel beside tho faith Of
the gospel that is so admirable.
l.et us also 'o i2cr.iful whilc We arc
critical of the fallen. very inn portaus
remark Tor me to make nov. There arc
two kinds of persons for whom VIC ought to
have great pity. First, tho innocent, if
they are pursued and maligucd and pcrse-
cuted. We ought to pity them because they
arc so maltrcatcd But there is Que class
that needs moro pity aud ought to have it.
That is tho guilty. They have not only
the assault of the world, but they have
the hard blows Of their own conscience.
You give me very poo' reason for being
severe on tho fallen when you say they arc
guilty. For whom did Christ, tho great
cxenplar, come to suffer and die? For
the guilty. While the Inv ought to be
executed, aud the aggrcssor, for tho good of
society, ought to be punished, let there be
no severity in the judges charge, let there
be no exultation over tho falen, let thcro
be no clapping Of hands when the verdict
OF condemnation is rendered. How much
better would VIC have done it if VIC had
been under tho sauic temptation? God
knows. God sometimes lets these mcrcilnss
critics tumble into tho very crimes TINT
they rcprchended. Just at the time was
entering the ministry there WIS clergy
man, celebrated clergyman Of sister
denomination, whom heard one day with
blazing and merciess indignation .nounc-
ing fallen minister of the gospel, and,
with sort pharislica air, declaring that
nc never could be tempted into such sin.
Within three years that boustiDg minister
WAS tried aud condemned for that very sin,
.urled out of the ministry, died of
broken heart, and hns long while lain in
Greenwood. OH you had better be mer.-
cful in your criticism Of the fallen. do
not like to hear man say, "l couldn't DO
tempted to do this" or "I couldn't be
tempted to do that" If Gods grace should
let us go we GOULD do anything. II is a sim
pic fact that some of the most magnificent
natures that G ID ever built have fallen.
They had ono weakness, or they made ono
msstcp from which they could never re.
cover. have seen 80 many kind, genial,
generous ta'cnted, potent men overthrown,
while manv who were neither kind, nor
taentcd, nor potent have remained unmo-
Tested in their mcdiocrity, that I feel
must cry tho alarm loud and long to all
those who have any attractivcness-any
especial ability.
Aye, We must 90 further, and not only
pity the fallen, but show mercy unto them.
lncvcr shall forget an old minister, Rev.
DR.. Scott, living 10 Newark, N. j., who
was maligned because he seemed to feel
sorry for man who had becn inclrccratcd;
and whio the community denounced tho
crime and the man, DR.. Soott--one Of tho
most glorious ministers of tho gospel T.
ever knew-day by day stood Mt the wicket
of the prison. / met DR.. Scott QUO day
on the street, aud was surprised at his
composurc. "Why," ho said, ~ don't
mind this at all; it is the greatest honor |
ever had. Christ was the friend of sin.
ncrs, you know, and am Just trying to im.
tato tlim." IIoward-John Howard for
dungeons, Florence Nightingale for the
wounded, Miss Dix for the insane, David
Branurd for tho barbarians and Jesus
Christ for all tho suffering, and oil tho
wandering, and all the wicked, and all tho
lost. OIL. let US imitato his example. /
like the spirit OF The two English s.ilors
wandering the streets of Paris one day.
They were on their way from Spain home.