The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-06

ment. do not wonder at the pathos Of a
soldier during the war, who when told
that he must have his hand amputated,
said:
"Doctor, can't you save it'"
And when told that 1t was impossible,
said, with tears rolling down his cheeks:
swell, then, good bye, old hand; hate
to part with YOU. You have done me a
good service for many years, but it seems
you must 60. Goodbye"
A celebrated surgeon told me of scene
in the clinical department of one of the
New York hospitals, when a-poor man
with wounded leg was brought in be-
fore the students to be operated on. The
surg con was pointing out this and that to
the students, and handling the wounded
leg, and was about to proceed to amputa-
zion, when the poor man leaped from the
table and hobbled 10 the door, and said:
Gentlemen, am sorry to disappoint
You, but, by the help of God, l will die
with my leg on"
What terrific loss is the loss of our
physical faculties!
The way the battle of Crecy was decided
against the French was by the Welshmen
killing the French horses, and that
brought their riders to the ground. And
when you cripple this body, which is
merely the animal on which the soul
rides, YOU may sometimes defeat the soul.
Yet, how many suffer from this physi.
cal taking off, Good cheer, my brother !!
God will make it up to you somehow.
The grace, the sympathy of God will be
more to you than any thing you have lost.
II God allows part Of your resources to be
cut of in one place, He will add 1t on
somewhere else. As Augustus, the EN-.
peror, took off a day from February, max.
ing it the shortest month in the year, and
added 1t to August, the month named at
ter himself, so advantages taken from one
part Of your nature will be added on to
another. .#El . T..
~ pray and beseech you to lead me 90
far into the fight that l may strike one
good blow with this sword Of mine."
Do not 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 balk hell, and win Heaven
Arise from your discouragements, oh men
and women Of depleted or crippled physi'
cal faculties, and see what, by the special
help of God, you can accomplish!
The skilled horsemen stood around Blu.
cephalus, unable to mount or manage him
SO wild was the steed. But Alexander
ciutched him by the bride and turned hi
head away from the shadow and towards
the sun, and the horses agitation wal
gone, and Alexander mounted him ant
rode off, to the establishment Of all VIII
stood by. And what you people need i
to have your sight turned away from tn
shadow Of your early lot over which yo1
have SO long pondered, and your hea'
turned toward the sun-ths glorious SUI
of gospel consolation and Christian hop
and spiritual triumph. Es
And then remember that all the physics
Disadvantages will after awhile vanish
Let those who have been rheumatisme
out of foot, or cataracted out Of an ey'
or by the perpetual roar Of our cities thun
dered ont of an ear, look forward to th
day when this old tenement houl
Of flesh will come down and q bel
ter one shall be builded. The resurret
tion morning will provide you with bel
ter outfit. Either the unstrung, worn on
blunted and crippled organs will be SO r,
constructed that you will not know then
or an entire new set Of eyes, and ears an
feet will be given you. Just what II mesl
by corruption putting on interruption v
do not know, save that it will be glory il
effable; NO limping In Heaven, no strait
ing of the eye-sight to see things lit
way off; no putting Of the hand benin
the ear to double the capacity of the tyn
panum; hut faculties perfect, all the Ike.
of the instrument attuned for the sweep
the fingers OF ecstay. But until that da
of resurrection comes let us bear eat
others burdens and so fulfill the law
Christ. ha Nwflt
8. Another form of disadvantage und
which many labor is lack of early educ
ton. There will be no excuse for igno
ance in the next generation. Free schoo
and illimitable opportunity Of educatie
will make ignorance crime. believe
J compulsory education, and those persoi
who neglect to put their children und
educational advantages have but one rig
left, and that is the penitentiary. b
there are multitudes of men and wome
} in middle life who have had no oppo
tunity. Free schools had not yet been Q
tablished, and vast multitudes had lit
or no school at all. They reel 1t when, b,
Christian men, they come to spes
! or pray in religious assemblies
public occasions, patriotic. or p
li'ical, or educational. They a
silent, because they do not feel comp
: tent. They owe nothing to English gran
, mar. or geography or bellies letters. Th'
; would not know participle from a or
noun if they met 1t many times da
Many Of { most successful merchants
America, and men in high political place
. can not write an accurate letter on al
theme. They are completely depende
upon clerks and deputies and stenograp
ers to make things right. knew a lite
Z, airy man who, in other years, in Washin
ton, made his fortune by writing speech
J for Congressman, or fixing them up
, the Congressional Record after they we
delivered. The millionaire illiteracy
r this country is beyond measurement.
\ Now, suppose man finds himself
3 midlife without education, what is he
l do? Do the best he can. The most
Q fective layman in q former pastor
d charge that ever heard speak on reli
i ious themes could, within five minutes
. exhortation, break all the laws of Engli
n grammar, and il he left any law unfra
t tured, hewould complete the work Of Il
r quail devastation in the prayer with viii
u / ha follnwed IL Rut L would rather ha