The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-05-25

es the javeln of criticism has killed the
muse, ilvelin llung from organ loft or
rom adl1lAing pew OF the superseusitive
SUBS itvelll aimed a. Dlvid's harp.
IhonSNnd3 OF people 50 afraid thcy may
not sing scientifically IlCY will not sing
ut all Or sing with such low t)nc tat
no OnJ hearj them.
lu many ChucCa the iavelin Of crii
cism has crippled the harp 0, worship.
Ii satan coull silence ali the Sunday
school son - au the hymns Of Christ
ian wolshp Ii would gain his greatest
achcvmen9, When The miilennial SOM
shall rise (aud Il is being IN ,dc ready.
there VIII De such Il roll OF voices, such
Il cDnGVntra'cd power Of slrinss and
Wiud lNStrum MS, Sush majesty, such
uhanml:y, such cDnliucatal and hemis-
nhcrl2 AMI planetary a2clamatiOn that it
VIII be impossible to know where earth
stops aud nGa I"n bryius R)ll on, roll
Ill, roll up, thou millcnnial harmony!
Sec also in my subieci rejected op.
p1rsullty 0f revenge. why ddnot Dl-
vid pick up Saul'S ilvrlin anA hurl it
btci again? David hal y skilltul arm.
Ike demonstrated on another occasion
ne cou(! %ie!da sling, and he could have
ca8i!y clicked up that i,velin, aimed it
at > tut, the would be assassin, and left
the toAminG and lemented monster as
llioicS9 urdoc The jtveln az he had left
Goliath under sling. Oh, David now
IL your chance. No, No. Men aud wo.
men with power Of tongue or pen or
hana u reDty 10 al cmb,ttored a ,tau).
mist, better initiate David. Better im;-
tate David AMI let the ilyclin lie at
YouI tett an keep the harp in your
hand. Do not strike back. DoL not
play Tic game Of tit Tor tai.
GIp2Jl, In his history, tells Of Haia.
Zct, the great Mos!c;n general, Who was
nrou5hta captive To th3 tent of Timur,
lie hal attempted the massacre of Timur
ana hl3 men. II'nur said TO him Had
Tni NanqMsh3d IL, am not ignorant
ol the late which You reserved for N.Y.
selt anI my irnon9, but | dis,lain to re.
tlli2tc. Your lite and honor arc secure
ahd | ota,! express my gratitude TO God
Dy my ciomancY to man." Beautiful!
RavcnGc on Christians tongue Or 3en
or hrnj Is inGpI and more damage to the
one Who employs il than the )ne against
whom II IS employed. What! A lave
lln hur.Gd ii yDil and fallen at your feet
aud }0'i il'J hu"i j. back again? Yes, 7
have tr,&" t@@ piAu. | learned il from
my i&.her ard have practlccd it all nv
llte, aud II works we'll, and by the helD
0! God aud IaVc!:n5 not picked up /
nave cnnqicred al my foes and preached
uncT&l acrno1s in 'iOuor OF most Of
,hcHl.
The u~S. tan { you cAI do with o inv.
;ltn NN"ieI a. Iol IS to lei !. lie where it
DROPPED or ham: il up in your museum
AS a curiosity. The deepest wound
made hy a jAvt&n is no. by the SHARP
edge, bu' \, tic duit cnl OF the handle
TO h.rn VIII" ":"!is il. lcave 1t TO YOU
10 sTY ~H.ch -. tie best of that G,bl
in tur palace : ,ui OF David.
~" also IN my subject that the fact
(hat mhN sometimes lodges is not
against his courage. My text saws that
WhIE NAul a5jtIleN him "David avoided
OUl OF ms presence twice'-that is.
WN&n IN" llEetin was dung he stepped
OuE Oi us direction CT bent this Way or
that-in ether words, he lodged. But
All those who have read the life Of David
kho" h4t ne was not lacking in PROV
esS. David had faults, but cowardice
was not oHC Of them.
Wh"H DAvid, Who was, guess about
~ tcct high, went OUT to meet the
giant, Wiir WAS, | guess, about ten feet
llSh, IL was b!g undertaking and the
Inequalities ot the St-uggls were so
great mat 1t struck The giants idea of |
lhc IGilCrouS, and he suggested to the |
niue fellow That he would make a fine |
INNER Tor Il buZZard or Il iackal. "Come |
% me, and | Will give thy nt sh unto
ne fowls OF the air and to the beasts |
)f the field"
When David went out to meet that |
giant and conquered him. he demon
'trate1, as he did on other occasions, |
us courage. But l am so glad that
when Saul dung that javelin, David
lodged 1t, or the chief work of his life
would never have been done. What a
esson this is to those who go into use.
ess danger and expose their lives or
'helr regulations or their usefulness
When duty demands,
go ahead, though all earth and hell op-
pose. Dodge not one inch from the
rlghC position. But when nothing Is
involved, step back or step aside.
Why stand in the way Of peris that
you can avoid? Go not into QuiXotic
battles to iighJ windmills. You will
De OF more use to the world and the
church as All active Christian man
than rs a target for javellns. There
are Christians always in a fight. If
,hey go into churches they fight there.
Ii they go into preSDyteries or confer
,nces or conscientious they fight there.
My advice to you is, if anything is to be
gained for God the truth, stand out
Of the way of the javelins. l Samuel
XVIII, ii, David avoided out of his
presence twice"
Washington was as mighty in his re-
,rcats as in his advances. His army
would several times have been des-
troyed If he had not lodged. He
lodged on Long Island. he lodged Oh
New Jersey heights. Lincoln on his
way tolnauguration to at washington was
waited for by asssassins, but he took
another train and lodged the despera-
does. We have high example of the
fact that sometimes man will serve
God best by disappearing from this or
that place, this or that environment.
"A mob brought Christ to the top of
the rocks back Of Nazareth. They did
not like his preaching, and they pro-
pose to huTl him down the precipice.
But while they were getting ready for
the massacre Christ darted into the
crowd and amid the confusion escaped