The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-09-03
ALL MEN MAY BE- GREAT.
THE WORLD WILL NOT KNOWIT, BUT
ALMIGHTY GOD WILL.

III Hunian soul for Heaven and the Lord
OCEAN GROVE, N j., Aug. 23.-
This is camp meeting Sunday at Ocean
Grove. It's celebration is always re-
etI'"td as tie ylcat event of the year at
: this famous religious watering place.
Tins year the attractions OF its Obscr-
vance have been enhanced by tn & pres
ence OF DIR. Tamase, who preached
This afternoon IN the Auditorium, Every
seat was filled and every inch of stand
ing room in the aisles was occupied,
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
1t is estimated that fully fifteen thous-
tor, and many others were deprived of
that privilege. His text was Daniel Ni,
32, 1.-The people that do know their God
shall Dc strong and do exploits"
Antiochus Eplphancs, tho old sinner,
came down Three tunes with his army to
deSOlate the 1sraGlitcs, advancing one
time with q hun drcd and two trained
elephants, swinging their trunks this
way and that. and siXty-two thousand
lniantry and six thousand cavalry troops,
and they were driven back. Then, the
second time. he advanced with seventy
thousand armed men, and had been
again dCict ted. But the third time he
iald successful siege until the navy Of
Rome came in with the flash OF their
long banks Of oars and demanded that
tic siege be lifted. And Antiochus
Eliphancs said he wanted time to con-
sIll with his friends about it, and Popi-
llus. one m the Roman ambassadors,
took a STAN and made a circle on the
ground around AntiOchus Epiphanes,
and compelled him to decide before he
came out o! that circle; whereupon he
lifted the siege. Some of the Hebrews
had submitted to the invader, but some
OF them resisted valorously, as did
Elcazcr when he had swne's flesh forced
into his mouth, spit it out. although he
kl!ew llc must die for it, and did die for
IT: and others, as my text says, dld cx-
ploits.
ALL HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES.
An exploit | would define to be an
heroic act, a brave feat. great achieve
mcnt. "Well," you say, II admire
such things, but there is no chance for
me; mine Is sort OF humdrum lie. If
l had an Anuochus Epiphanes' to fight.
| also could do exploits" You are
right, so Tar as great wars arc concern
ed. There will probably be no oppor-
tunity to distinguish yourself in battle.
The most of the brigalier generals OF
this country would never have been
heard Of had it not been for the war.
Neither will you probably become a
great inventor. Nineteen hundred and
nlnety-nint out OF every two thousand
inventions found in the patent office at
Washington never yielded their authors
enough money to pay for the expenses
nT CnE I'M v.,:n
badly never be Morse or an Edison or
Humphrey Davy or an Iii Whitney.
There Is not much probability that YOU
will be the one out of the hundred who
achieves extraordinary success in com
mercial or legal or. medical or, literary
spheres. What then? Can you have
no opportunity to do exploits? | am
going to show that there are three op-
portuntics open that are grand, thrill
ing, Tar, reaching, stupendous and"over-
whelming. They are before you now :.
= In one, if not all three of them, you may
do exploits. The three greatest things
on earth to do are to save a man, or
save 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 Oh the edge
OF some prccipice, or in some other way
comes near demolition. 1t may be a
financial or II moral or Il domestic or a
social or political eXigency. You
sometimes see 1t in cOurt.rOOms 4
young man has got into bad company
and he has offended the law, and he il.
arraigncd. All blushing and. confused
he is in the presence of Judge and Jury
and lawyers. lie Can be sent RIGHT on
inthc wrong. direction. lie is feeling
dissraccd and he Is almost desperate. >
Let the district attorney overhaul him
&s though he were an old offender; let
tho ablest attorneys. at the bar refuse to
say word lor him. because he cannot
afford considerable fec; let the Judge
give no opportunity for presenting, the
mitigating circumstances. hurry IN the
case and hustle him UP to Auburn or
Sing Siny. If he live seventy wears. for
seventy Years he will be a criminal, and
each decade OF his life will be blacker
than its predecessor. In the interreo.
nuns Of prison life he can get no work,
- and lie Is glad to break window glass
or.blow up a safe or play:the highway
man so as to get back within The walls
where he can get something to eat and
hide himself from the gaze Of the world.
lie NIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.
Why don't his father come and help
him? His father ls dead. Why don't
his mother come and help him? She is
dead. Where are all the amelioratipy
and salutary Influences Of society? The '
do not touch him. Why did not some
one long ago in the case understand that
thore was an opportunity for the exploit
which would be famous in heaven q
quadrillion OF years after the earth las
become scattered ashes insthc last wl.irl.
wind? Why did not the district attor.
ney take that young man into his ,pri.
vate Office and say: my son, see that
you arc the victm Of circumstances
This is our first crime. You are sorry.
l Will bring the person you wronged in.
to your presence, and you will apologize
and make all the reparation YOU can,
and l Will give You another chunce.' u
Or that young man is presented in the