The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-09-01
ALL MEN MAY BE GREAT.
THE WORLD WILL NOT kNoWlT, BUT
ALMIGHTY GOD WILL.

Dr. T. De witt TaImags Tells Of Thiogs
which Men and Women May Do--saye
sHunan soul for Heaven aud the Lord
OCEAN GROVE, y. j.. Aug. 23.-.
This Is camp meeting Sunday at Ocean
Grove. Its celebration is always re-
garded as the great event of the year at
this famous religious watering place.
This year the attractions of its Obscr-
vance have been enhanced by tn c pres
ence of DR.. Talmage, who preached
this afternoonin 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-
and persons were able to hear the doc
tor, and many Others were deprived Of
that privilege. His text was Daniel xi,
80, "The people that do know their God
shall he strong and do exploits"
Antiochus Eplphanes, the old sinner,
came down three times with his army to
desolate the Israoltes, advancing 'one
time with q hundred and two trained
elephants, swinging their trunks this
way and that. and sixty two thousand
infantry 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 defc, ted. But the third time he
laid successful siege until the navy of
Rome came in with the flash OF their
long banks of oars and demanded that
the siege be lifted. And Antiochus
Epiphanes said he wanted time to con-
Qlllt Ipit !, 10 f,in al, 4 ,,l
llus, one of the Roman ambassadors,
took staff and made circle on the
ground around Antiochus Epipbancs,
and compelled him to decide before ho
came out o! that circle; whcrcupon he
lifted the siege. Some of the Hebrews
had submitted to the invader, but some
. >nf them resisted valorously, as did
Eleazef when he had swine's flesh forced
into his mouth, spit it out, although lie
knew lie must die for it, and did die for
1t; and others, as my text says, did cx-
ploits.
ALL HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES.
An exploit l would define to be an
heroic act, brave feat, great achieve
ment. "Woll," you say, II admire
such things, but there is no chance for
me; mine Is sort OF humdrum life. If
had an Anuochus Epiphanos TO fight.
/ also could do exploits" You are
right, so lar as great wars are concern
ed. There will probably be no oppor-
tunity to distinguish Yourself in battle.
The most of the brigaLer generals OF
this country would never have been
heard Of had it not been for the war.
Neither will 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 will pro-
badly never bc Morse or an Edison or
Humphrey Davy or an Eli 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? Cau you have
no opportunity to do exploits? | am
going to show that there are thl &C op.
portunities open that are grand, thrill
ing, far 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 man, or
save woman, or save a child.
During the course of his life almost
every man gets into an cXigency, is
caught between two fires, is ground be-
tween two millstones, sits OH tho edge
OF some precipice, or in some other way
comes near demolition. IL may be
financial or a moral or domestic or a
social or political eXigency. You
sometimes see it in court.rooms. n
young man has got into bad company
and he has offended the law, and he is
arraigned. All blushing and confused
he is in the presence OF Judge and jury
end lawyers. He can be sent right OH
in the wrong direction. He is feeling
disgraced and he Is almost desperate.
Let the district attorney overhaul him
as though he were an old offender; let
+. the ablest attorneys at the bar refuse to
say word Tor him. because he canuot
afford considerable fee; let the Judge
give ho opportunity for presenting The
mitigating circumstances, hurry up the
case and hustle him up to Auburn or
Sing Sing. If lie live seventy years, for
seventy years he will be criminal, anC.
each decade of his life will be blacker
than its predecessor. In the iuterreg.
NUNS Of prison life he can get no work,
and he Is glad TO break q window glass
VI piOW up u ouic VI pay tiio illSilWaS'
man 80 as TO get back within tho walls
where he can get something to eat and
hide himself from the gaze of the world.
He MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.
Why don't his father come and help
him? His ather Is dead. Why don'i
his mother come and help him? She is
dead. Where are all the ameliUrating
and salutary influences society? They
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
quadrillion of years after the earth has
become scattered ashes in the last whirl-
wind? Why did not the distract attor-
ney take that young man into his pri-
vate Office and say: "My son, L sec that
you are the victim of circumstances.
This is your first crime. You are sorry.
j will bring the person you wronged in
to your presence, and you will apologize
and make all the reparation you can,
and will give you another chauce."
Or that young man is presented in the
courtroom, and he has no friends pres
ent, and the judge says, "Who is your
coupsel?" And he ANSWERS, II have
none.o Aud the Judge SAYS. WHO