Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12
|HERoISH and BRAVERY.
Anew Of The Daring Exploits OF An
Gent and Modern Timas Graph
ilalIy Related.
Thrilling, Far.RssehIng, sIupehdsus
and 0vsTwdeln'rg Opportunities
Ths, Are 0psn az Ihis Tims'
Che Three Greatest Things TO Dc sfs 10
Save EIau, OF Save q woman or
save q Child.

BROOKLYN, N. 7 d, OCTOBER Z although
no building has been large enough to
hold the audiences attracted by the Rev.
T. De Wit Talm,ge, D. D., in any part OF
this county or G-ea. Britsin for the last
twenty year,, the throngs in and sround
tie immense audience room Of Brooklyn
.aoernscla seem to be increasing as the
Years &c by. The Opening hymns this
morning were heartily sung BY the con.
gregstlol. D.. Talmsge chose for his
subject, "The Three Greatest Thines TO
Do" His text was Daniel K, verse 30:
"The people tast co Know sheir GOD SHAH
be strong, End Go exploits" Following
| ls the sermon:
| kntlocaus Epiphsnes, the old sinner,
came doTn three times WITH his army to
| 1esOi2te tle jaws, advancing one time
with l02 trained elephants swinging their
trunks tlls wsV ard that, and 81. 600 in
tautrg ana COCO cavalry troops, and they
we're driven back. Then the second time
NJ advanced vita 7o.G0O armed d ien snd
had been again defeated. But the third
time lie lsid successful siege Until the
navy OF Rome Came in WITT he FISH OF
.helE long benks CT oars AID demanded
tdat the siege De lifted And Altlochu5
| E )iohsnes SAID he wanted time, to cen
Sult with his friends about il, aGd PJ-
pilius, o1e Cf the Roman embasssdOrg,
TOOK et&f sod made CT &c On the
sroCnd srould Gatiochus Epiphsnes and
compelled hin to decide before he came
ou5 CT taas circle, whereupon he lifted
| Inc eiege. Some CT the Jews bad sub
INVITED to the invader, bat some Of them
resisted vigorously, as did E.et43r when
be had SWINGS flesh forced into his
mouih-2plt it GU, althr ugh he RneW
BE MUST DIE FOR IT,
and did die for II and Others, as my text
SAYS, We enabled 10 do x 2loitB.
Al exploit l would dsfle to be @
heroic &C., brave feat, 3 x2at achieve
msnt. "Tel," you ssy, u aodlire such
1hings, but there is no chance To- Gne
mine is S sort oi hum isum life. II /
mad an Antiochus E Jipnspes to fight l
also could do exploiIs." You are right
so far as great wars are concerned. There
will probably be no opportunity to dis
tingEish yourself In battle. Tue most Of
the brigsdier- generals CT this country
would never have be. heard ot had it not
oeen for the war. General Grans would
have remained IL the useful work OF tan.
hing hides at Galelc, and S.onewsll Jack-
son would hsy. continued the quiet col
lege professor il Virgins. And whatever
military talents you have will probably lie
durmsnt forever. N sisher will you prob
! ably become G great inven or. Nineteen
hundred and niae!y nine out Of every two
! thousand inventions found in the patent
cti3e st Washington never yielded their
AUTHORS enough money TO pay for tie ex
penses Of securing the patent. So you
will probably never be Morse or an E l.
isoo, or g Humphrey DAvy or an K i
Whitney. There is Eos much PROBABILITY
that you will be the one GU. Of the hun
dred that achieves extraordinary success
in commercial Or legal or madicsl or 1T
erary spheres. Whet th.L? Can you
aave no opportunity to do exploits? am
going to show you TO day thAt there are
three opportunities opsn that are grand,
| thrilling, far-reschiDg, upendous 6Dd
| overwhelming. FL y are oef)re you now
| Il one, II not all three Of them, you may
do exploits. The three greatest th!rgs on
earth to do are to save 8 msn, or gave a
| Womsp, or
| SAVE CHILD.
During the course OF mis- life almost
every NAN gets into sn e1jgercy, is caught
between two f -es, !s ground between TWO
miIlstones, sits on the edge CT some prec
ipice, or in come other way comes near
d+m olitlcn. Il msy be q ti3sncial, or g
moEz!, or domestic, OF social, or po-
liicsl eIigency. YGu sometimes see it in
cour. rooGls. A yourg man has got into
| bad company sEG ne hts OF ended tie law,
and he ie arrsigued. All blueh!ng and
confused re is in the presence OF the
judge and jlry eEd lawyers. He can be
sent night ca in the wrong direction. he
- feeling disgraced, and he is almost
desperate. LIST the aistrict+s attorney
overhaul him as though he were sn old
offender, let the sblesta ttorneys st the
oar refuse TO say s word for him because
ne csnnot snord considerable fee, let
the judge give no opportunity for pre-
sentiDg the mitigating circumstances,
hurry up tie case and hustle him up to
Auburn Or Sing Sing. II ne live seventy
years, fos seventy years he will be 8 Grim
lhsl end, each decide Of his lie will be
hIackeT thsn its predecessor, In the IL
terregnums Of prison lie he can get no
1tMors, and he is glsd to b+esk {. window
glass, or blow ~ safe, or play the high
wsSmaD, SO ss to get oack again within
the walls where he'can get something to
est aId ito hide hir1self from the cruel
ks~z, Ct ths world. Why don't his
'fssnsrcnme snd help himT HIS father
is dead. Why don't his mother
come and help him? She is dead.
Where sre all the ameliorstirg and salu-
tally Influences Of society! They do not
touch him. Why did not some one long
ago IN the case understand thst there vas
an oppor! unity tor the ex lott which
would be famous in heaven q1sdrillion
of years after The earth has become sca..
tered ashes in
| THE LAST WHIRLWINDI
Why did not the district attorney take
that young man into his private office snd
say, "My sop, see that you are the VIC
tim CT circumstances. This is your first
crime. You arc sorry. l Will bring the
person you wronged into your presence
snd you will apologize and make I'll the
fepsrs.ion you csn, and 1 will give you
IN Their caapce." O. that young man is
presented in the courtroom snd he bss
no friends present, aud the Judge says ::
"Who is your coupsei?n and ne HsTers ::
II have none" And the jl1ge saye:
"Who will take this JouIg mans case?"
Aed there is desd hat, ami no one offers
snd after c while the judge turns to some
attorney who never hs1 good cas- in ell
ais life, and never viii. snd whose advo-
c;cy would be enough 10 secure the con-
demnltIon Of innocence iteelf. And the
] 2rofes ionEi Incompetent craWls up beside
me prisoner, helpiessnesG 10 rescue de-
spsir,, when there ought to be struggle
among ell the best men OF me profession
ts to who should have the honor of trying
| IN helm thrt rnsSlrtunetp HGw mnch