Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-24
GREAT EXPLOITS FOR US.
On. TALMAeE POINTS OUT WHAT
WE MAY DO.


Decd 81 Greater worth than Leading
an Army 20 victory in Battle Is the
Geaiins of Human Soul TO God.
OCEAN GROVE. N. j.. Aug. 90. This
s camp meeting Sunday at Ocean
Grove It's celebration Is always re
ganied as the great event OF the year at
this lannon's religious watering place.
This year the attractions Of It's observ-
arce have been enhanced by the pres
enee OF Dr. T'alinage who preached
this afternoon in the Auditorium. Every
seat was tllled and every inch of stand
Ing room in the aisles was occupied.
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
IT is estimated that fully fifteen thou
sand persons we're able TO hear the doe
tor and many others were deprived OF
that privilege. His text was Daniel xi,
so. '.The people that do know their
God shall be strong and do exploits" :"
Antiochus Epphanes, the old sinner,
came down three times with bis army
70 desolate the Israelites, advancing
one time with a hundred and two
trained elephants, swinging their trunks
this way and that, and sixty-two thou
sand infantry, and six thousand calvary
troops. and they were driven back
Then, the second time, he advanced
with seventy thousand armed men, and
had been again defeated But the
third time he laid successful siege until
the navy of Rome came In with the
fash Of their long banks of oars and
demanded that the siege be lifted.
And Antiochus Epiphanes said he
wanted time to consult with his friends
about ii, and Popilius, one of the Ro
man ambassadors, took staff and
made circle on the ground around
Antiochus Epiphanes, and compelled
him to decide before he came out of
chat circle, whereupon he lifted the
siege Some of the Hebrews had sub
mitted to the invader, but some of
them resisted valorously as did Eleazer
when he had swine's flesh forced into
his mouth, spit It out although he
knew he must die for II, and did die
for It. and others, as my text says, did
exploits
An exploit | would define to be an he
roic act, brave feat. great achieve
ment, fWell." you say, 81 admire
such things but there Is no chance for
me; mine is a sort of humdrum life. II
had an Antiochus Epiphanes TO flght
also could do exploits" You are
right, so far as great wars are concerned.
There win probably be no opportunity
to distinguish yourself in battle. The
most Of the brlgadier generals OF this
country would never have been heard
Of had II not been for the war.
THREE GRAND OPPORTUNITIES.
Neither viii you probably become
great inventor Nineteen hundred and
ninety-nine out of every two thousand
inventions found In the patent Office at
Washington never yielded their authors
enough money to pay for the expenses
of securing the patent. So you win
probably never be a Morse or an Edi-
son or Humphrey Davy or an ELI
Whitney. There is not much probable
ity TINT you will be the one out of the
hundred who achieves extraordinary
success In commercial or legal or medical
or literary spheres. What then9 Can
you have no opportunity 20 do exploitsG
ann going 10 show that there are three
opportunities open that are grand,
thrilling, far reaching, stupendous and
overwhelming, They are before you
now. In one. II not all three of them
you may do exploits. The three great
est things on earth 20 do are TO save
man, or save a woman or save a child.
During the course OF his life, almost
every man gets into an exigency, is
caught between two fires, is ground be-
tween two mlllstones sits on the edge
Of some preclpice. or In some other way
comes near demolition. II may be
financial or moral or domestic or a
social or a political exigency. You
sometimes SEQ Il In courtroonls. A
young man has got into bad company
and he has offended the law, and he Is
arraigned. All blushing and confused,
he Is la the presence Of Judge and Jury
and lawyers lie can be sent right on
Ia the wrong direction. He is feeling
dlsgraced. and he Is almost desperate.
let the district attorney overhaul
him as though he were an old offender,
LEI the ablest attorneys at the bar no
fuse to say word for him. because he
cannot afford considerable fee; let the
Judge give no opportunity for present
ing the mitigating circumstances, hur-
- up the ease. and hustle him up TO
Auburn or Sing Sing, II he live seven
y years, for seventy years he win be
criminal, and each decade Of his life
VIII he hlacker than lis predecessor Ia
the inteFregnums Of prison life he can
set no work, and he Is glad 10 break a
window glass, or blow up a safe or
play the highwaymAn, so a. 10 get back |
Within the walls where he can get
something to eat and hide himself from
the earo Of tho world.
HoFEiESs oUFCAsr.
Why don't his father come and help
himi His father Is dead. Why dont
his rnoiher come and help hIni She Is
dead. Where ara an the anelioratlng
and sAlotary Influences % society,"
They DO not touch him. Why did not
some one long ago Ia tho case under
stand that there was AN opportunity
for the exploit which would l'c famous
Ia heayen Qnadnlllon Of years after
the earth has hecons scattered ashes
IA fhe last whirle'idl