Telegram-herald., 1891-08-24
ALL MEN NAY BE GREAT
THE WORLD WILL NOT KNOW ~,
SUIT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL

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camp as<sing Sunday .; Ocean Grove. Its
celebration is always regarded ths great
event Of tns year &r this famous religious
watering place. This year the sttractioas
OF is observance have been enhanced By
the pre,encs Of Dr TalnaAgs. who preached
this aftsFsooa In the Auditorium Every
scat was filled and eysry inch Of standing
room ia the aisies wss oecup pisd. and ths
greatest enthusiasm prevailed It IL esti-
mated that fully ffteen thousand p<rsons
we're able % hear the doctor. and many
other. we're deprived Of that privilege
Hs tsxs Was Daniel II. a. '-rhs people
that do Know thar God shall b streag and
do explotkA"
Antiochus Epiphsnes the old sinner.
came down three times with bis army TO
dssoiate the lsraeiires. advancing one time
With hundred and two trained elephants,
swinging their trunks this way and that.
and sixtytwo thousand infant.y aud six
Thousand cavalry troops. and they were
driyea back. Then. the second time. he
advanced with seventy thousand armed
men, and bad been again defeated. But tue
third time ne laid suecsssful siege until the
navy OF Rome came In with the flash OF
their long banks OF oars and demanded
shas the siess BE- lifted And Antiochus
Epiphanss said be wanted time 90 consult
with his sriends about IL. and Popiiius. one
Of the Roman ambassadors, took . ssaN
and made circle on the ground around
Antiochus EpiphAnes. and compelled him
20 decide before he came out OF that circle,
whereupon he lifted the siege. Some OF
the Hebrews had submitted 20 the inv sder.
but some Of them resisted valorously. as
did Eleazer when he mad swine's flesh
forced into bis mouth, spit it out, although
he knew he must die for it, and did die for
IL. and others. as my text nays. did exploits.
ALL HAyK THREE OPPORTUNITIES.
An exploit would define TO be an heroic
act, q brave feat, great achievement.
well" you sag, Il admire such things,
bat there Is no chance for me; mine is u
sort Of humdrum life. II had an Antio-
chns Epiphsnes TO fight, also could do
exploits" You are right, 30 far as great
warn are concerned. There will probably
be no opportunity TO distinguish yourself
IN battle. The most OF the briSadier gen.
erals 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 probably never be q
Morse or an Edison or Humphrey Davy
or an Eli Whitney. There 10 not much
probability that you will be the one out Of
the hundred who achieves extraordinary
success in commercial or legal or medical
or literary spheres. What then? Can you
have no opportunity 10 do expioits' am
going to show that there are three oppor-
tunities open that are grand, thrilling, far
reaching. stupcndous and overwhelming.
They are before you now. In one. IL not
all three of them. you may do exploits.
The three greatest things on earth TO do
are to save . man, or save q woman. or
save child
During the course Of his life almost
every man gets into an exigency. is caught
between two fires, is ground between two
millstones. sits on the edge Of some precs.
pice, or in some other way comes near dem.
olition. Ie may be a financial or a moral
. or domestic or a social or . political ext
gency. You sometimes ses it in court
rooms A young man has got into bad
company and he has offended the law, and
he Is arraigned- All blushing and con
fused he 10 in the presence of judge and
Jury and lawyers. He can be sent right on
in the wrong direction. He Is feeling dis
graced and he Is almost desperate.
Let the district attorney overhaul him
as though he were an old offender; let ths
ablest attorneys at the bar refuse to say 9
word for him. because he cannot afford q
considerable fee; let the judge give no Oh
portunity for presenting the mitigating
circumstances, hurry up the ease aud hus
tie him up 10 Auburn or Sing Sing IL h'
live seventy years. for seventy years he vii
be q criminal. and each decade OF his III
viii be blacker than its predecessor. Ii
the interregnums OF prison Life he can ge
no work, and he is glad to break window
glass or blow up = safe or play The high
wsyman so as TO get back within the Wall
where he can get something TO eat Ant
hide himself from the gaze of the world.
ur MIGHT NAVE BEzS SAVED.
WHY don't his father come and help him
His father IL dead. Why don's his mothe
come and help him, She IL dead. wher
are All the aAa o&AtsiJ ."
fusnces OF society," They do not toucl
him. Why did not some one long ago u
the case understand that there was an OF
portunity for the exploit which would b
famous in heaven a Quadrillion OF year
after the earth has become scattered ashe
in the last whirlwinds Why did not tn
district attorney take that young man int
his private Office and say: MY son, I Sc
that you are the victim Of circumstances
This is your first crime. You are sorry.
will bring the person you wronged int
your presence. and you viii apologize a.
make all the repsrstion you can. and wi
give you another chance" Or that youn
man Is presented In the courtroom. an
he has no friends present. and the juda
SAYS. "who Is your counseir' And he al
swers. II have none. And the juds
SAYS. who will take this young man
cases"
And there l. a dead halt. and no or
offers. and after swaile the Judge turns I
some attorney, who never bad = good ca'
IN all his life ard never win. and whose n
vocacy would be enough 90 secure :be cot
demnssion OF innocence itself And u
professional inconpctent crnwls up bessie
The prisoner. helplessusss 70 rescue Gespai
wher. there ought ~ 5e = struggle anon
all the best men Of the profession as TO WIZ
should havs thu honor Of trying TO bel
that unfortunate How mnch would sue
On attorney have receiv-d - his fee Il
such an sdvocscys Nothing In dollar
but much every way In a happy eonsctou
ness that woeid make bis own life b.ightc
and his own dying pillow swe-ter, and b
ewr heaven hsppier--ths CONSCIOUSNESS
that h. had saved mani
DESTRUCTION Is sEroRx Hlx.