Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-02-17
OUR WEEKLY SERMONS.
PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOE
THE FAMILY FIRESlDE.
"Giantsr Is the Subject 81 the Twelfth OF
the New to~h fferald's Competitive
S~errer-s-Dr Talmace breaches on
thu STYLE OF the Christian Character.

'he Ne" or
scrs.r-s-DT. Ialinace freaches OH
Tho style OF the Christian character.
49,. s.T4o~. --ara oiaat- II these saes.3 !
$500. -
80
This text repre-. SIS the wall o. the NOR
bid mar "Ec ietu-es 70 enter into the ac-
%tivisfa5 81 life an. tlnts 10 II .eaierSalr
among the men Of to-day. lie views tl1
oen Of Yesterday. and. b. comparing them
with his own npthirehrz-, calls them
giants. Inwtt:iI1 - follow his rigI.tIul
leaders. lie f.4ss f9r the mighty L1en 81 Inc
past,
II the wall were only the expression or
dissatisfied donothings ia the world il
would BE Of little ncc0uLt; but the cry re-
rardiny the ancient giants has connected
with II az inference THAT no giants exist to-
day. because there is no opportunity for
giant life. This Iaeudo reverence Tor me
great men 81 the past carrieS WIN II tne
poisonous pc-si.nisn that says "Ihere can
be no giants heN. & j. d"l-couraSehleht
boiled do~n end -uGtr-coated with q Ii9us
woreafr u ancient WORTHLESS.
Cesar, Napoleon and Wellington We're
great generals, bat there never will he any
more: There VIII never ~ another poe1
Ike HOmer. more orators ike burke,
Pitt and Webster; NO more preachers i1ke
Wesley, Whitelield 0nd Edwards; NO
such statesmen as Madison ana Jeler7oh.
There IS no chance tor Suc. men To-Day,
and no demand for hem"
This IS a TAR specimen Of the IDLE tax 81
men who pretend to appreciate me great
ness Of the fathers, and with this plo15
plant unnerye the ambition Of youth. were
MS Simply the silly taih o. lIn3e"illtv no
protest from the pulpit WouIi be III place,
but IN behalf 81 discouraged youth pnr-
pose to enter an unqualified denial OF the
fplrit OF al TINS Wofi- Oii II not seem
like impious rejection Of sacred Wit, |
W01lIt n1tFfn flGr lfhpftt we're no ot1IIS HI
those days. inc men OF yesterday were
not 80 great a the men OF to-iaF.
PhyslcaliY men are petter IMAM ever De
1ore. The average men OF today IS 100
large TO wear the EnSlsh ifinor discarded
by giant warriors OF IL lew centuries back.
Ihe colleglan or today SlirptSSes the
ahclcnt OlythpIah. cicero ana DeinostAehes
were giants u ofttorv py comparison.
orators Were lt" anu poor az ilat tiule. 50
THESE We're easily hoten: mere are pctler
preachers to,aay IMAM "esieF. hdWaras Is
far surpassed III truthful presentation OF
the word ~ molern sermon makers. BIS
lharch, Blaine ana dladstone oVersha1oW
ahcleht men III Ntalccraft. NacauIey tells
US That men usually put the golden age o.
England at Il time when noblemen were
destitute OF comforts which would cause
riot in atnodern W0rkhou.e.'
so men are constantly placing the age OF
mental ana spiritual greatness in titaes
Wien men We're conspicuous not so much
fortlelr " individual merit as because OF
the lack 81 ordinary merit among their lei
lows. IN a very true sense we may say that
IN the llSht 81 the nineteenth century 11en
there were no giants III those days. There
Is Il proper egOtleIn which boasts Of to-day
and l1nperlously declares that no suchmel
llVed IN the past as our generation has
produced.
Turning from this, we may bow with def.
erence to the coming man. The youth o.
To-Day may rise above the best Of thell
fathers. lhero was never q greater call fol
giants than now; not Il giant here ant
there. but a race Of giants. Every profes
sion IS erowded with little men and i
seeking for giants. Professions, like SKY
scrapers, have vacant rooms on the tor
floor.
Railroads are anxious for first class men
editorial Offices will give handsome saIar
manding preachers; corporations seek il
vain for properly qualified counsel; the IA
uon calls Tor better statesmen, the colleges
ior better teachers, the merchants for bet
ter 3alesmen, the manufacturers for bette.
artisans. Top floors for rent is hung
oat Ut every corner, inviting boys who az
ElililS ana ablc to clInD the Oij-fasliOnet
stairs There il no elevator for carrying
ldle seekers to the top Of business and pro.
l~esslonal lie. Men who work at the he&t
OF a procession or business must huv,
strength, ana that strength best comes j..
aollh5 up 70 the hlSn places.
Ilahts are not horn, they are made. In
herlted adaptahiilty will have some bear
ing, but earned qualities will have more