The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-09-23

FEBRUARY. making 1t the Snpr est
in the year, and added it TO August, tue
month named after himself, so advanta-
ges taken from one part of your nature
will be added on to another
But it is amazing how much of the
worlds work has been done by men o.
subtracted physical organiz alton. S. S.
Preston, the great orator of the South
west, went limping all his life, but there
was no foot put down upon any platform
of his day that resounded so far as his
club foot. Beethoven was so deaf that
he could not hear the crash of the orches-
ira rendering his oratorios. Thoms Car
lyle, the dyspeptic martyr, was given
the commission to drive cant out Of the
worlds literature. Rev. Thomas Stock
ton, Of Philadelphia, with one lung
raised his audiences nearer heaven than
most ministers can raise them with two
lungs. In the banks, the insurance COM
panies, the commercial establishments
the refOrmatory associations, the
churches, there are tens of thousands of
men and women doubled-up of rheuma-
tiSmS or subject to neuralgias, or with
only fragments of limbs, the rest of
which they left at Chattanooga, or South
Mountain, or the Wilderness, and they
are worth more to the world, and more
to the church, and more to God than
those of us who have never SO much
had q finger joint stiffened by felon.
Put to full use all the faculties that re-
main, and charge on all opposing cir
cumstances with determination. Dor
think so much of what faculties you have
lost as Of what faculties remain. You
have enough left to make yourself felt
in three worlds, while you help the earth,
and baulk hell, and win heaven. Arise
from your discouragements, o men and
women Of depleted or crippled physical
faculties. and see what, by the special
help of God, you can accomplish
Bucephalus, unable to mount or man
age him, SO wild was the steed. But
Alexander noticed that the sight of his
own shadow seemed to disturb the horse.
So Alexander clutched him by the bride,
and turned his head away from the shad-
ow, and toward the sun, and the horses
agitation was gone, and Alexander
mounted him and rode off, to the aston
ishment of all who stood by. And what
you people need is to have your sight
turned away from the shadows of your
earthly lot over which you have SO long
pondered, and your head turned toward
the sun-the glorious sun OF Gospel
consolation, and Christion hope, and
spiritual triumph.
And then remember that all physical
disadvantages will after awhile vanish
Let those who have been rheumatism
ed out Of foot, or cataracted out of
an eye or by the perpetual roar of our
cities Numbered out of an ear, look for
ward to the day when this old tenement
house of flesh will come down and bet
ter one shall be builded. The resurrec-
ton morning will provide you with
better outfit. Either the unstrung,
worn out, blunted and crippled organs
will be SO reconstructed that you will
not know them, or an entire new set of
eyes, and ears, and feet will be given you.
Just what it means by corruption put
ting on interruption we do not know,
save that it will be glory ineffable; no
Hmping in heaven, no straining of the
eyesight to See things ii little way off;
no putt OF tse hand behind the ear to
doubl l.. capacity OF the tympanun;
but fac. ties .ertect all h n-ys Of TIE
instru...c a,tuued for the sweep of The
fingers OF ecs;a-y. But until that day
OF r"-u pto comes let W. b"nr each
ot.,.: l.urI MS, and SO flu i'll tine /, o
Chr l.
III. Another form of disadvantage
uideF which many labor is lack of e-riy
educa;i, There will be no eXcu or
ignorance y: H.. next generation. Free
| schools and limit able piortunity of
education aiii lake ignorance crime
l believe III compulsory education, and
those i".re.:t- who neglect to put their
| children un a educa iona! aGvanti IS
have but one r.. hit left, aid that is The
| penitrnt.- ~. But there are multi tn es
had no opportunity. Free -hools had
| not yet been established, nd vast mu til
tudes had little or no school at all.
| The, feel it when as Christian ;, 81 they
| come to speak or pra in religious as
sem blies or public occasions patriotic. or
| political, or educational. They lent
because they do MT feel con-. etent.
They owe nothing to English GRAMMAR.
or geography, or bellies lettres. They
would not know par. ciple from a pro-
| noun if tiey me. it many times day.
! Many of the most successful merchant
| or America ami men in hIgh political
| places C .nnot write al accurate letter n
any theme. Thy are c,mplet. ly de-
| pendent upon clerks, and deputies, and
| StenoSrap:4ero to make things right. l
! knew iIt' rary ma w..o II other years
in w .shinSton made his fortune by
writing speeches for congressman. or
fixing them up for tho Congress ional
! Record at ,er they W Tie delivered The
millionaire I'LL eracy Of this country is
| beyond measurement.
Now, suppose Il man finds himSel: in
middle wi, hout education, what is he
| to do: Do the Jest he can. The most
| effective laynlan in IL ormer pastoral
| char,e hat L ever heard speak Oh reli
I giou7 themes couli, within live minutes
of eNhortation. break all tn laws of
| English grammar, and if he let any
law uufractured he would complete the
| wor.l OF llngual deraSt;t. II in the ,.rayer
with which he followed But l woGid
! rather have him ir.y .nt M, l were
! sick or in troubl. cha ANY ,Ar stan
/ man | hi.ow OF, q il. ciur.! all
The people rrefetre 4, eAhoI. alton
| ard prayer t. AL OF ,.c WaA3 Be
cause Ne was 70 tA,I = ~ p.uus aid
had Sch power with no, W. are
slstible, anu as i.e 5, e II n H. pa CT
! sinners AepCnted III! o.Icu
So h., !,