The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-03-15
BIG OR LITTLE?
Some Condensed Thoughts for
Young Men.
lBy T.. II. Yatman

| i
the general make up Of good many
Christian men. so far as large ideas
and big faith is concerned. they stand
about three feet six in their stockings
| One Goliath could frighten whole
generation of them. They are pig
mics in plans. and for any aggressive
and extended work you might as well
| look to the moon for help.
If ten Of them had lived in Sodom
it's question if they could have saved
| the city. One thing is certain. King
| Og's bedstead would hold hundred Of
! them.
| wish | were an artist, I'd like to
draw their pictures.
The dwarfcd face of the fellow who
| thinks his church the only one for the
converts would make a sphynN laugh
| if it could.
The squirt. that now has become nat
ural to that man who is so in the habit
of examining the plans of the secretary
| to find flaws, would make New Jer
| sey secretary ache searching for his
eyes.
The photo Of one who saves a post
age stamp and lets dollar slip thereby
would do some folks good, | know.
Pshaw. Why not come out and be
soul, having a generous brain and
heart: Don't be Il pessimist.
/ may be you are small because
you were born that way-well, be born
again. Possibly they say you are mar
row in your views because of "bring-
ing up''-well, | would ask God to
'bring me up to the standard of Pro-
verbs tx, %. Any way, don't be a
little man there are too many Of them
named in the Xiii of Numbers, and they
have been increasing ever since. [
wish the race were extinct. One Gale b
| is worth the whole crowd. One Joshua
can do more i'll year than all Of them
in life time.
Stand up, fellows, in the strength Of
God, till your head is sun-crowned
| living above the clouds.
| a few giants nowadays would help
the cause amazingly. A score of the
| sons of Anak converted and cOnse-
Grated, would give the work lasting
impetus. A few like him, of whom
Paul writes to the church at Philippi
| Chapter liz would bless more than one
city. It's fact, that if you bring to-
| gether ninety-nine Christians, three
| fourths of them are so weak they can
| hardly stand, while two-eighths of the
the balance have little or no strength
to spare. We don't expect babes to
l 10 to f,,,
fifteen years of Christian culture, we do
expect more than q reed shaken with
the wind. Leaving out all Others Il
young man that has been member of
| the church five years, and never taken
active part, ought to be ashamed of
| himself. SO had those who will walk
ten squares to an entertainment, and
then plead being so tired on prayer
meeting night they can't go to service.
There are plenty of fellows in the GYM
nasium getting up muscle, but mighty
few in the Bible class Strengthening the
cords of their faith and heart. May
be YOU are one Of those who are glib OF
tongue in the store, but silent as death
i'll the open meeting. There is GER
talnly something the matter with the
spiritual food you eat. or possibly you
don't eat at all !; being one of those
moral suicides that feed the body and
>tarve the soul. 1t will do you good
to think of that text: NO murderer
shall inherit the kingdom of Heaven"
1t will do you no good either, to plead
weakness because Of your peculiar self.
We are not to be strong in ourselves
but in God. Try a bit of strength from
the bottomless chapter of the Bible,
Ehpesians iii, and especially mediate
on verses lG and 90