The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-13
Spokeniof by Rev Jacob Drifting.
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lsT. LUKEss SUNDAY MORNING
THE BRAvEsT MEN NOT THOSE
WHO ARE REAptEsT ToGoINTo
DANCER = THE DIFFERENCE;
BETWEEN REcKIEssNEss AND
TRUE ouRAdE-EXAMpLEsi or
THE LATTER QUALITY GIVEN
SBY THE sPEAKGR-GoD's PRO-
II lection AND FERvoR FOR.
THE SOUL.

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Yesterday morning. at st. Luke's p,
church, Island, the rector. Rev. Ja.l
cob SBrlttlngham, delivered an earnest
tond eloquent sermon. the text OF which
was the 12lst Psalm. II will lift up
mine eyes unto the hills. from whence
cometh my strength" In the course OF
4 his discourse, the speaker referred to,
Inequality of courage and gave Oxan.i
piles OF this quality as found in the
pages otAmerican history. lie said in
part: III 4
The bravest men are not those who
are readlest to so Into danger, or ex-
pose themselves unnecessarily. 1t may,
only mean that they IRE reckless; for
.worms make prey. where eagles dare
not perch. and fools rush In.
where angels fear to tread" Wreck
klessness Is not bravery. nor Is all bra
very true courage. The latter has
amoral element In It. and always takes.
God Into consideration. Certainly no
one who Is acquainted with the history
sof the man who wrote the Psalm from
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of being either reckless or simply brave.
s He possessed something more than
Z physical bravery. He had moral ,cour-.
8age, and the secret OF 1t was in the con-
41dence he had In God and In the right
s eousuess OF His cause on earth. When
ASA youth he met In simple combat
Goliath, the. giant OF Gath, David did
{ not boast of his skill or power, nor did
heidepend upon them altogether. His
i coincidence was In Him for whom he did
battle that day. q &
Then David said unto the Phillstine.
thou CONTEST to me with d sword, and
with a spear, and with shield; but /
come to thee in the name of}the Lord
sof Hosts, the God OF the Armies OF Is
frnel. whom thou hast defied. This day
will the Lord deliver thee into mine
hand, and I will smlte thee, and take
thine head from thee, and will give
4 the Scarcasses Of the host of the PILLS.
times this day unto the fowls OF the air,
i$and to the wild beasts OF the earth, that
all the earth may know that there is o
s God In Israel. All this assembly shall
8 know that the Lord saveth not with
q sword and spear; for the battle Is the
igLord s. and He will give you into our
hand" The boy was the father of the
IMAM; for in after years, when the
beardless youth had become the battle!
+ Scared leader OF a mighty host. and
the; king OF a great nation, we find this
imam still manifesting the true spirit of
scouragesin looking away from self and
5sup to God.
In all probability David wrote this
q Psalm to be said or sung in public wor-
{ ship on the eve OF war. or Just before
4 the armies OF Israel went forth to do
s battle for the right. In the contest he
( shows who alone can help US dismiss
& our anxious cares and fears not only
where blade and ball may confront us,
but where sickness. weakness and pes
I thence may steal upon US, and laugh
\ atEour case-hasdened and plated walls
GsofS steel or far-shoottng and deadly RI
Esfles of defense. God. and God alone,
\ can dolthis, and therefore the Psalm!st
Z teaches US as he taught himself and
those who followed him. to sing -
will lift UP mine eyes unto the hills
from whence coneth my help. Nv help
( cometh from the Lord, who hath made
g heaven and earth" Here Gods. crea.
54tive2power Is represented as a 7ledge5o
i&help those. who lookup to Him and
IAubeye His Commandments, and those
VINO need this Ein1Nnctlon earnestly, nom
: estly and persistently, will have some
I thing moe than mere physical bravery
to enccurage them. They will have
ssmetning more than dash and braV-
5 erSs, They will have moral courage,
which comes from God and God alone.
Men who fought through the four ter
! ribleF, gears of war more than thirty
: years ago, admit thls-they know well
what a power religion was amid the
II care, hardships ana perils OF those days
3 Ask any of them. and they will tell you
that the best praying men were the
& men$to be counted upon, and the main
d stays in the line OF battle. Dash .and
& daring such as was exemplifed BY a
Il Stonewall Jackson and a Phil Sheridan
in the late civil war. or such as was
Il exemplIfed by Dewey and n Hobson
recently in the war now going on, are