Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-08
HEROISN AND BRAVERY.
AFew Of the Daring Exploits of An
cisnt and Modern Times Graph
itiIIy Related,
Thrilling, FE.Rssehing, siupsndous
and GvsTWIelmiug Opportunities
TEa. Ara Open 81 THIS Time.
che Fhres Gratsst Things To Do are to
save ni,n. or Save e woman or
save Child.
Special to the fazette.

Special to the fazette.
BRooKLYNN. Y, October 7-Althougt
no building has been large enough tc
hold the sud1nces attracted by the Rev
T. De Witt .almsge, D. D., in any part Of
this coun.ryor Great Britain for the last
twenty year, the throngs in and around
the imment audience room Of Brooklyn
tspernscls Gem to be increasing IS the
yesrs 90 i. The opening hymns thi:
morning wre heartily sung by the con.
eregstion. Dr.. Talmsge chose for his
subject, rhe Three Greatest Things tC
Do.n HitteXt was Daniel Il, verse 80;
"The peoIs tast do know their God Snail
be strong,nd do exploits" Following
is the serTn:
Antiochs Ep!ph.nes, the old sinner,
came dow three times with his army to
desolare ie Jsws, advancing one time
With I02 timed elephants swinging their
trunks Il wsY and that, and 50, 900 in
fantry an COCO cavalry tEoops, and they
were driH Dlck. Then the second time
he sdvsn ID With 10000 armed men and
~nsd DeenEain defeated. But the third
time helaid successful siege until the
navy OF lome came in with the fash OF
tneir lor banks OF OARS aud demanded
that theieee De lifted. And Antiochus
E2iphsl said he wanted time to con-
suit witt his friends about It, ard PJ-
pilius, be Of the Roman ambassadors,
took af Gad made 8 CT c.e on the
groCnG found Antiochus Epiphsnes and
Compel him to decide before he came
GU: oftdat circle, WhereupoD he lifted
the siel. Some OF the Jews had SUBJ
misted the invader, but some of them
resisteSAlorOusiy, IS did ElesZsr when
he hsdsTins's flesh forced into his
mouths spit 1t out, although he knew
HE MUST DIE FOR IT,
end di die for IL and others, as my text
says, se enabled to do EXPLOITS.
An exploit L would detiae to be @
heroidcE, brave feat, 8 great achieve
ment, "WeL," you ssy, 81 admire such
thing but there is no chance for me !;
mine IS sor. OF bumigIm life. II L
mad a AntiochuS Epiphanes to fight l
also buld do exploits" You sre right
SO fIas CREST wars are oncerned. Thers
will Probably be no opportunity to dis
tingjSh yourself In battle. The most Of
the brigsdier- generals CT this country
woR never have BEEN heard Of habit not
Deeifor the war. General Grslt would
hav|Eemsinsd IN the useful work of tsn-
ninshides at Galena, and Stolewall Jack.
onEould have continued the quiet COL
legprofessor in Virginia. And whatever
mllhrY talents you have Will probably lie
do1 Ent forever. Neither will you prob
abb become grea. inven sor. Nineteen
, hufred and ninety nine out Of every two
Il NJ IN ha
offe at Washington never yielded their
auk ors enough money 10 pay for the ex
peEes OF securing the patent. So you
wi probsbly never be Morse or an Ed
isl or Humphrey Dlvy or an Ell
Whitney. There ia not much pro liability
ut you will be the one out Of the hun
Ire b that achieves extraordinary success
IN d Commercial or legal or medical or lit
erstry spheres. What thar? Csn you
hsY e no opportunity to do exploits? am
going to show you to day thst there are
tn4ee opportunities open that are grand,
fsr-reaching, s.upendous and
Tn ere before you now.
In fne, II not all three OF them, you may
do exploits. The three grestest things on
eeFjth to do are to save man, or save Q
woman, or
| y SAVE CHILD.
DurEg the course of his life almost
every man gets into an extgency, is caught
between two freq, is ground between two
sits en- the edge Of some rrsc
ipice, or in some other wsy comes near
demolition. 1t may be financial, or 8
moral, CT & domestic, or social, CT pc.
lltical exigency. You sometimes see it in
court rooms. A young msn has got into
bad company ard he has offended the law,
end he is arrsigned. AL blushing and
confused he is in the presence OF the
judge and Jury and lawyers. lie can be
sent night OF in the wrong direction. He
is feeling disgraced,. and he Is almost
desperate. Let the district attorney
overhaul him as though ne were 81 old
offender, le: the ablesta ttorneys ct the
bar refuse 10 say Word for MIN because
he csnnot afford g considerable fee, let
the judge give no opportunity for pre-
senting tie mitigating circumstances,
hurry Up the case and hustle him up TO
Auburn or Sing Sing. II ne live seventy
yesrs, for seventy years he will be g Grim
inal and each decade Of his life win oe
blacker than its predecessor. In the in
terregnums Of prison life he csn get no
work, and he is glad to break window
glass, or blow up asafes or play the high.
Weymsp, so as toigets bscs.sgsin within.
TIE walls where be can get something to
est and to hide himself from the cruel
g,z, Of the world. Why don't his
father me and help him? His father
is dead. Why don't his mother
come and help him? She is dead.
Where are all tie smelioratirg and salu-
ts1y Influences of society! They do not
touch him. Why did not some one long
sgo in tie case understand that there WAS
an opportunity tor the ex"loit which
would be famous in heaven qasdrillion
of years sitter the earth has become scat.
tered ashes In
THE LAST wHIRLwIND?
Why did not the district attorney take
that young man into his private office and
tim of circumstances. This is your first
person you wrunged into your presence
and you will apologize and make sll the
repsrstion you can, and l will give you
IN ther chance" Or that young man is
presented in The courtroom and he has
30 friends present, and the judge says:
'Who is your counsel?" And ne answers
~ have nome" And the judge ssys:
'Who will tsks this yourg mans csse?"
Aud there is dead halt, and no one offers
and after while the Judge turns to some
attorney who never had 6 good cas- in all
his life, and never will, snd whose advo-
,acy would De enough to secure the con-
formation of innocence itself. And the
professional incompetent crawis up beside
he prisoner, helplessness to rescue de-
.psif, when there ought TO be q struggle