West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-10-18
POSSIBILITIES.
THREE THINGS CAN BE DONE.
Talmage relIs of Exploits Within the
Christians Power.

CnfibtiOnS ROVER.
TExr-"TAe people tha. do kno,o their
TOD shdV te strong, and do exploits p
Daniel XII, 80.
Antiochus Epiphanes, the old SINNER, came
down three times with his army 10 desolate
tne Jews, advancing One timo with a hun.
Hred ana two trained elephants swinging
tneir trunks this way and that. and sixty.
TWO tneasand infantry, and six thousand
gaNtsry troops, and they were driven back.
linen the second time no advanced with saw.
enty thousand armed men and had been again
aeteated. But the third time he laid success.
tnl siege until the navy Of Rome came IN with
demanded that the siege be lifted And
Antiochus Epiphanes said he wanted time
70 consult with bis friends about ft. and POM.
nus one OF re Roman ambassadors, took a
AL ans made q circle on the ground around
Antlcchus ~Epiphanes, and compelled him 10
osclde before he came out Of that circle;
wherepon he lifted tho siege. Some OF the
ysWs had submitted to the invader, but some
OF them resisted vigorously, as did Eleazef,
Wnen, ne had swine's flesh forced into his
mouth, spit 1t out, although he knew he must
ule Tor IL, aud did die for it. and Others. as
my textsays. vers s-ati-i = 40 lolita.
An exploit would define TO be a heroic
act; q brave feat. a great achievement
well" YOU say, ~ admire such things but
there is no chance FOR me: mine is n sort Of
numdrum lifN IL i hadsan Antiochus Epiph.
snes 70 light also could do exploitsh You
are right 50 far as great wars are concerned.
There viii probably Be no opportunity TO dis.
unguish yourself IN battle. The most
OF the brigadier-generals OF this country
YOU'D never have been heard OF had
nov been for the war. General
Grant would hnvu remained Ain the
useful work of tanning hides at Galona. and
etJnewell jackson would nave continued the
quiet college professor In Virginia. And
Whatever military talents You have will
probably lie dormant forever. Neither will
you probably become a great inventor
Nineteen hnndfedL and ninety-nino out OF
every Two thousand inventions found in the
patent Office at Washington never Welded
their authors enough money TO paw for the
expenses OF securing the patent. So you will
probably never be a Morse or an Fdf.
son, or a Humphrey Davy or an Eli
Whitney, There is not much nrobabllItv
that you will be the ono out of the hundred
thas achieves extraordinary success in COM
p,erciai or legal or medical or literary
spheres What theni, Can you have no OPP
show you to-day that there nre three onpor.
tuntties open that are grand, thrilling, far.
reaching, ~stupendous and overwhelming.
Ihey are before you now. In one, IL not all
three OF them, you may do exploits. The
three greatest things on earth to do are TO
child. "
During the course Of his life almost every
man gets into an EFFICIENCY, is caught between
- kA1AAANA " W LllUNIUINDN.
sits on the edge OF some precipics, or in some
other way comes near demolition. It NAV be
a financial, or a moral, or a domestic, or a
sGciai' OF q political exigency. You some
times sec It in court rooms A young man
mas got into bad company and he has offended
the law, and no Is arraigned. All BLUSH
ing and confused he is In the pres
f enc o. Judge and jury and lawyers
wT5.g dir-.~on He is feeling dicgracpd,
aud he is almost desperate. Let the District
Attorney overhaul him ar though he were an
old offender; let the ablest attorneys at the
bar refuse to say a word for him because he
cannot afford a considerable fee: let the
judge give no opportunity for presenting the
mitigating circumstances. hurry up the case
ana hustle him up to Auburn or Sing Sing.
wiz be a criminal and each decade
OF his life will be blackor than
its predecessor. In the interreg.
NUNS of prison life he can get no
or blow up a safe, or play the highwayman'
SO as to get back again within the walls
where he can get something 10 eat and hide
himself from the cruel gaze OF tho world.
Why don't his father come and help him1
His father is dead. Why don't his mother
GENE and help hint She Is dead. Where
are all the amelloratlng n s%alutary in
nuenees of society," They do not touch
NM. why, did not some one long
ago in the case understand that
there was an opportunity Tor the exploit
which would bs famous in heaven n ouadrill.
ion OF years after the earth has become
scattered ashes In the last whirlwindi . Why
did not the District Attorney take that Young
man into his private office and say: "My
son, L see that you are the victim OF circum-
stances. This is your first crime. You are
sorry. viii bring the person you
wronged into your presence and Won
will apologize and mako oil the
reparat.on you can, and ] will give
you another chance" Or the young man is
presented in the court room and he has no
friends present. and the Judge saws: sVho is
your counselN And he saws: ~ have none IS
And the judge says; NWho will take this
young mans caSem And there ia n de1d
halt and no one offers, and after n while the
Judge turns TO some attorney who never had
n good case in all his life and never will. and
whose advocacy would be- enough
% secure the condemnation OF inno-
cenco itself. And the professional
Incompetent cTRwls up beside the prisoner
helnlesness TO rescue DESPAIR. when there
ought 10 be a struggle among all the best
men OF the profession rs to whOeshould have
the honor or trying TO help that unfortunate.
How much would such an attorney have re-.
reived as his fee for such an adyocaev9
Nothing IN dollars. but much overy way I'M
n happy consciousness that would make his
own lie brighter and bis own dying pillow
snoeteI anu ms own heaven happier-tho
consciousness that he had saved a mani
20 there are commercial exigencies. A
very iate spring obhterates the demand for
spring overcoats and spring hats and sprinz
apparel Of an sorts. Hundreds Of thouennds
or people say ut seems we are going to
have no spring and we shall 90 straight ont
OF winter into warm weather. and we can
get along without the usual spring attire.n
Or there is no autumn weather, the beat
piungtng into the cold, and the usual cloth
ing, which IS n compromise between sum.
mer and winter, Is not required. IL
makes a difference in the sale Of
millions and m.llions OF dollars Of goods, and
come Over-sangu.n8 young merchant Is
caught with a vast. amount Of unsuitable
goods that never viii be salabie again OK
cept at prices Tuinously reduced. That
young merchant with n somewhat limited
capital IS IN a predicamont. What shall tho
old INGREDIENTS do as they see that young man
tn this awful crisisi Rub their bands
AMI laugh aud say: GOOD for him. No
might have known better. When ne has
been in business 0s long as we have ho.
viii not loaI bis she YES in that way. Hat
Hal Ho will burst up before long. He had
no business ~ pen bis store 50 near 20 ours
anyhow" bherif's sale' Red flag In Ne
window; "How much is bid for these Out-
Of the fashion spring overcoots and spring
hats or fan clothing out Of date What do I
near IN the way n q bidp -Four dollars
Absurd, / cannot take that bid Of four dol
larA Why,thcse coats when FIRST put pon tie
market were offered at fifteen dollars each.
and now ] am offered only four doilara Is
mat ailt Five dollars do j near1 Going 40
That. Gone at five dollars, and be taxes tho
whole lot The yOunI merchant goes homs
Tint night and s1ystohis wife: "Wel. Mary,