The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-30
Some Heroes that the World Has
Never Acknowledged.
The Martyrs of the Sick-room, TO
Toll and to Charity.
What Will be Seen in Heaven on
Coronation Day.
40 Homo to the Place Whore God Has
Put You to Play the Hero or
tho Heroine" Said the
Preacher.

'eNNiHiits Va 'uiN W NittN
an assembly of the Chautauqua type has
been held at this point. The leading pro
lessons, scholars and clergymcn Of this and
other lands have addressed the audiences.
The Rev. T. Dewitt TUlmagc, ID, Of
Brooklyn, is now here. lie lectured yes
tcrday Saturday. and preached today to
throngs nnumorable. The subject OF his
sermon today WAS "Tho Martyrs Of
Every. Day Life" lie took for his text:
Thou, therefore, endure hardness" II.
Timothy, H., 3, Dr. Talmago said:
Historians are not slow 20 acknowledge
the merits OF great military chicitains
We have the full length portraits Of the
Cromwells, the Washhgtons, the Napo.
Icons and the Wellingtons Of the world.
History is not written in black ink, but
with red ink Of human blood. The gods
Of human ambition do not drink from
bowls made out Of silver, or gold, or pre-.
cious stones, but out of the bleached skulls
OF the fallen. But l am now TO unroll
before you scroll Of heroes that the world
has never acknowledged; those who faced
no guns, blew no buglo blast, conquerc Il
no cities, chained no captivcs TO their
chariot wheels, and yet, in the great day
OF eternity, will stand higher than those
whose names startled the nations; aud
seraph, and rapt spirit, and archangcl will
tell their deeds to n listening universe |
mean the heroes Of common, everyday
life.
In this roll, in the first place. iind all
the heroes Of the sick room. When Satan
had failed TO overcome job, lac said 10
God: "Put forth thy hand and touch his
bones and his flesh, aud he will
curc thee to thy face" Satan had found
out what We have al found out, that sick
ness is the greatest test oi ones character
A man who can stand that can stand any
thing. TO be shut in room ~ fast as
though It were bastilc, 60 bc ~ nervous
you cannot endure the tap Of achild's foot:
10 have luNurant fruit, which tempts the
appetite OF the robust and healthy, excite
our loathing and diRtd when II ilrst ap
pears on the platter | have the rapior Oi
pain strike through the side, or acrOss the
temples, like a razor, or Ia put the foot into
vice, Or throw the whole body into n
blaze of fever Yet there have been men
and women, but more women than men,
who have chcciully endured this hard
ness. Through ycan Of cxhausting rhcu-
matisms and oxcruciating neuralplcs they
have gone, aud through bodily dislrcsscs
that raspcd the nerves, aud tore the mus.
clcs. aud palcd the checks aud stopped the
shoulders by the dim light Of the sick
room taper they saw on their wall the pie.
turc Of that land where she inhabitants arr
never sick. Through the dead silence Of
the night they heard the chorus Of the
angels. Tho cancer ate away hor life from
week to week and day tD day, and she be-.
came weaker and weaker and every good
night was iccblcr than the good night
before vet never sad. The children looked
mp into her face and saw suffering trans
formed into a heavenly smile. Those Who
suffered on the battlefield, amid shot and
shell, were not ~ much heroes and hero.
ines as those who in the field hospital aud
in the asylum had levers which no Ice
could cool aud no surgery cure. No shout
Of comrade 30 cheer them, hut numb.
ness, and aching, and homcsickness yet
willingtO suffer, confident In God, hopeful
of heaven. Heroes of rheumatism. lie.
rocs Of neuralgia. Herpcs Of spinal com
plant. Heroes of dck headache. Heroes
Of lifelong inyalidism. HEROES and hero.
ines. They shall reign for ever und ever.
llark I catch just one note Of the ctcf.
nal anthem: There shall bo no more
pain" Bless God for that
In this roll also find the heroes Of toll,
who do their work uncomplniningly. II N
comparatively easy 20 lead a regiment into
battle when YOU know that the whole ma.
ton will applaud The victory; Il Is com.
pafatiyely easy 10 doctor the sick when
YOU know that your skill will be apprccia.
ted by large company oi friends aud rcla.
uycs, IL IN comparatively easy 10 address
an audience when In tie cleaning eyes
and the flushed cheeks you know that
your sentiments are adopted. but to do
sewing where YOU expect that thc employ.
or will come and thrust his thumb
through the work 10 show how imperfect
ID II, or 90 have the whole garment thrown
back on YOU 10 bc dDnc over again, 10
build wall and know there will be no ono
20 say you did Il well. iiul only swearing
employer bowling aeTUa the scallold, 10
work until your eycs are dim aud your
back aches and your heart iainls, and 10
know that " You stop boiOre night your
| children will starve. Al the sword has
not slain ~ many ns the needle. The
great battloliclds OF our last war were not
Gettysburg and Shiloh and South Noun.
tain. The great batilehelds Of the last
war were In the arsenal and in tho shops
and In the attics, where women made jack.
cts for a sixpence. They toilcd on until
/ they died. They had no funeral culogi'
um, but In the name OF my God, this day,
! enroll their names among those OF whom
| the world was not WORTHY Heroes Of the
needle. Heroes OF thc sewing machine.
Heroes Of tho attic. IlefOcs Of the cellar.
Heroes aud heroine. Bless God
for them. In this roll also
find the heroes who have un.
complaningly endured domestic injus
ticcs. There are men Who for their toll
and their anxiety have no sympathy IN
their homes. Exhausiing application "a
business gets them n Livelihood, but an un.
frugal wife scatten H. lie u iretted a.
from the moment he entCn the door until
lac comes out Of II. The corporations ol
business life augmented by the eHaspera'
tions Of domestic lilc. such men arc
laughed at, but they have q heart breaking
trouble. and they would have long ago gone
into appalling dissipation bat for the grace
Of God. Society today j. sirewn win th,
wrecks Of men, who, under the northeast
| alarm al domeslic lnisllltty, have been