The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-09

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nos one farthfnE u gSESls gwn & nv s 81,
else's welfare dspen1cht on whether the,
arrive ono minute befpre 10 O'Clock or on,
minute after. You ought to get permits
sion from railroad superintendent t
mount beside the engineer on locomo
tive to realize how many evils Of reckless
ness there are In tho world-funeral pro
oessions whipping up to get across before
the cowontoher- strikes tho hearse; man Of
family, with wife and children beside him
In wagon. evidently having made close
calculation a. to whether a stroke from
the locomotive would put them backward
or forward in the journey to tho village
grocery; traveller on railroad bridge hop
ing that he could got to the end Of the
bridge before the train reaches 1t. You
have no right to put your life In poril un.
Less BY such exposure something Ia to be
gained for others. What iInbeoility In
thousands of Americans during our re.
cent Anierico-Spanish war disappointed
because tho surrender came SO soon and
they could not have the advantage Of be.
ing shot at San Juan hill or brought down
with the yellow fever and carried on liz.
ter to transport steamers already 80 many
floating lazarettos, Instead Of thanking
God that they got no nearer to the slaugh.
ter than Tampa or Chattanooga or tho
encampment at their own state capital,
nnd at the government, mad at God, he.
cause they could not get to the front In
time to join the 1000 corpses that aronow
being transported from the tropics to the
national cemeteries Of the United Statesl
Exposure and daring are admirable when
duty calls, but keep out Of peril when
nothing practical and useful 10 to no gain
cd for your family or your country or
your God. admire the David of my text
as he suppresses himself and enters the
gate Of his oastle as much az admire him |
whom with his four fingers and thumb
clutched into the grisly looks Of Goliath's !
head, which he had 1ecapitated, and Saul
adlniringly asks, Whose son art thou,
young n,anf" and David, blushing with
genuine modssty, responds, II am the son
VI Wy oohNuhH Oo9o0S ouo oobHiohoIlllto.
Make Yourself David.
Now, here Ii another Important point:
As theie arc 10 many people In the world
who amount to little or nothing, you
ought to augment yourself, and n not
able, like David, TO be worth 10, 600 times
more than others, you can command God'sl
re reinforcing graoe to make yourself four
times or three times or twice as much as
some others. Pray twice as much, read
twice ms much, give twice as much, 90 to
church twice as much. Instead of spend
Ing your time finding fault with others,
substitute your superior fidelity for their
dereliction and default. In any church
there are ten members worth all the other
900. In every great business firm there
Is one man worth the other three partners.
In every legislative hall, stats or national.
here ARE five men worth all the other 30
IF 100 Take the suggestion of my text
md augment yourself. Make your one
alent do the work Of two, or your five
alents do the work Of ten, or your ten
alents do the work Of 30. Multiply your
words Of encouragement. Multiply the
number of boosts you can give to those
Who are trying to climb. Instead OF being
ne man in battalion, by YOUR faith in
iod and new conservation he a whole .
egIment. like the question of general
a small army when come one was eount. {
No the number Of officers and soldiers of l
he opposing forces and the small number I
their own army. and the general criod q
ut In Indignation. "How manv do Won 8
axe me to bep" David was ia. 600 men. "
,ou ought to be at least two man in this t
attic for God and riabteousness q
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ma ne on 80. ps :" n no~ torA IN II
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Ihat man can never dio. he a
Ill i've as long % heaven lives. he was I,
10 fasner OF Vltahzeo, vivined and arous- O
e prayer meetings.. he established the {
'onday Fulton street. prayer meeting, ia. c
Gus thfougnoaS Christe1dom ana more q
'hored OF dod than any devotional meet v
u since tne world began. he Introduce i.
inc mule Dell on the prayer meeting 4
Die whioh always tapped when prayers A.,
ere 700 pron1 or exnortations 800 long =, :.
lnaed. flnding that many business men ~
% from IL noon 10 O'CLOCK at compare ~
Ve leisure ne widely announced that at y. vs.
O'CLOCK OF s5d OF September, 1857, there vi
ould Degln prayer meeting OF one hour W