Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-17
NUMBER Z.


tirement.
oh. The word needs Gay Of iudg-
meni 10 give many Of the stay AT homes
proper recognition. In the different
wars the sons went 10 the front and on
ships deck or battlefield exposed their
lives and earned the admiration Of tho
country, Blu, how about the mothers
and fathers who through long years
taught those sons the noble sentiments
that inspired them 10 90 and then gave
them up, when perhaps few words OF
earnest protest would have kept them
on The Is IN and in the homestead? The
duy of final reward will reveal the self
sacrifice and the fidelity Of thousands
who never in all their lives received one
word Of praise. oh, ye unknown, ye
| faithful and Christian and all enduring
stay al homes! have no power now TO
do you justice, but tell you OF one who
has The power, and OF the day when He
will put il forth. II will be the day
when the thimble, and The ladle, and The
dornng needle, and the washub, and
the spinning wheel, and the scythe, and
The ,hrasbing machine. and the ham
mer, and the trowel. and the pillow, will
come to as high an appreciation as a
"a. FOUNDER, or the sword, or the batter
ing ram that pounded down the wall.
or the flag that was hoisted on the
scaled parapets.
The warrior David OF my text showed
more self-coniro and moral proves Ia
staying AT home than be could have
shown commanding in the field. He
was natural warrior. Martial airs
stirred him. The glitter of opposing
shields fired him. lie was one of those
men who feel al home in the saddle.
patting the neck of paving cavalry
horse. But he suppressed himself lie
obeyed the command Of the troops
whom he would like to have command
ed.
Some Of the greatest Sedans and Aus.
terlitzcs have been In backwoods
kitchens or in nursery with three chill
dren down with scarlet fever. soon 10
join the two already in the churchyard,
or amid domestic wrongs and outrages
enough 10 transform angels into devils,
or In commercial life thin their own
couniing-rooms in time of Black Fri
day panies, or In mechanical life in their
own carpenter shop, or on the scaiiold-
ing Of walls swept by cold or smitten by
heat. No telegraphic wires reported
the crisis OF the conflict, no banner was
ever waved to celebrate their victory
but God knows and God will remember.
and God will adjust. and by Him the
falling Of tear is as certainly noticed
ms the burning of world and the ilut-
ter of sparrow's wing as the flight of
the apocalyptic arohangel.
Oh. what God we have for smaH
things us well as big things David
no more helped Of the front than helped
al home. The four regiments mobil-
lied for the defense of the throne Of
Israel were right In protesting against
) David's exposure of his life at the trout.
Had he been pierced of an arrow, or
. cloven down with battleax. or fatally
slung from snorting war charger what
! n disaster 10 the throne of Israel! Alb
solom, his Son, was low fellow and I'M
! fiji TO reign; his two chief characteris-
, tics were his handsome face and his
long hair-so long that when he had 1t
cut that which was scissored of
weighed 200 shekels after the kings
weight" and when man has nothing
but a handsome face and an exuberance
Of hair. there is not much Of him. The
, capture and Staying David would have
r been calamity irreparable. Unneces-
{ sary exposure would have been crime
P for David, as II is crime for you.
, In nine cases out of ten the faali'
I ties every day reported are not the
fault OF engineers or brakemen or con-
ductors or cab drivers, but of the stu.
/ pidity and reckessness OF people at
street or railroad crossings. They
would like TO have the Chicago limited
r express train, with 300 passengers, adj
. veriised 10 arrive at a certain hour ic
8 a certain city. slow up 10 lei them get
. Two minutes sooner 10 their destination,
, not one farthing Of their own or any
7 one else's welfare dependent on wheth.
{ er they arrive one minute before IL
a o'clock or one minute after. You ought
10 get permission from a railroad super
intendent 10 mount beside the engineer
. on a locomotive 10 realize how many
n evils OF recklessness there are In the
9 world-funeral professions whipping
, up 10 get across before the cowoa cher
strikes the hearse; man OF family, with
. wife ard children beside him in wag-
n on. evidently having made close calcu-
lation MS 10 whether a stroke from the
;. locomotive would put them backward
r, or forward in the journey to the village
n grocery; traveller on railroad bridge
hoping that he could get TO the end OF
, the bridge before the train reaches IL
You have no right 10 put your life in
;. peril unless by such exposure some
!, thing is to be gained for others. Wha,
mbeciity in thousands OF Americans
:, during our recent America Spanish wal
disappointed because the surrender
came so soon. and they could not have
!, the advantage OF being shot at Sar
v Juan hill. or brought down with thu
e yellow fever and carried on littel
i to transport steamers. already so many
q floating lazarettos. instead Of thanking
+ God that they got no nearer 10 th'
" slaughter than Tampa or Chattanooga
o. the encampment at their own stat
d capital. mad al the government, mat
g at God, because they could not get Il
d the front in time 10 join the 1000 corpse
n that are now being transported from
II the tropics 10 the national cemeterie
D. OF the United States! Exposure an'
D. daring are admirable when duty calls
u but keep out Of peril when nothing
d practical and useful Is 10 be gained 70
g your family or your country or you
e God I admire the David OF nv tex