St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-02-11

I'VE to not want ycu. but we have set
you Tree; now stay free. while we see
that the Spanish panther never again
puts its paw on your neck" CT we may
invite the annexation OF Cuba and Porto
Rico. and say to the Philippines: Get
ready. BY education ard good morals:
for free government. and at the right
time you shall be one of our territories
on the way TO be one of our states"
And there is no power in Europe. Asia
or Africa or all combined that could
harm this nation in its worldwide en-
deavor. God is on the side or the right.
and by earnest imploration for Divine
guidance on the part Of This nation we
will be led TO do the right. We are on
the brink of nothing. There is no
frightful crisis. This train of repub-
lican ard democratic institutions is
through train. and all we want is to
have the engineer and the brakeman
and the conductor attend to their bnsi-
ness and the passengers keep their
places. We want men in this nation
with faith enough for all. We want
here and there q David worth 10000
men.
a vast majority of men have no sur
plus OF confidence for others and hardly
enough confidence for themselves.
They go through life saying depressing
things and doing depressing things.
They chill prayer meetings. discourage
charitable institutions, iujure com-
merce and Kill churches. They blow out
lights when they ought to be kindling
them. They hover around dull fire
on their own hearth and take up so
much room that no one can catch the
least ca!Oric, instead of stirring the
hearth into a blaze. the crackie of
whose backlog would invite the whole
neighborhood 10 come in 10 feel the
abounding warmth and see the trains
to guess a great deal about the fu, ure.
let us guess something good. for it will
be more encouraging and the guess will
be just as apt 10 come true. What a 10:
OF ingrates the Lord has at His table
people who have had three meals day
for 80 years and yet fear that they will
soon have 10 rattle their knife and fork
on an empty dinner plate! How mary
have had. winter and spring and sum-
mer and fall. clothing for GO years. bu;
expect an empty wardrobe shortly.
How many have lived under free insii-
tutions all their days. but fear that the
United States may be telescoped in
some foreign collision. Oh. but the
taxes have gone up! Yes. but. thank
God. it is easier. with money. 10 pay the
taxes now that they are up than it was
without money to pay The taxes when
they were down. We want few men
who have faith in God ard that mighty
future which holds several things.
among them q millennium. CoIum-
banus said 10 his friend: "Deicolus.
why are you always smiling?" The re-
ply was: 'l;ecau>e no one can take my
God from mel. We want more men to
feel tha, theyShave a mission TO cheer
people moui hs which have q long while,
been drawn dowS-more Davids who
can shepherd whole flocks CT bright
hopes and play harp Of encourage
ment aud strike down a Goliath OF de-
spair. and of whom we can say: Thou
art worth 100000 of us"
admit that this thought of my text.
fully carried ont. would change many
of the worlds statistics. Suppose VIII
Iage is said TO have l.OOo inhabitants
and that one-half OF them-namely. 500
have for years been becoming less in
body. and through niggardliness and
grumbling. less in soul. Each one OF
these is only one-half of what he once
was. or one-half of what she once was.
The original 500 have been reduced ouc-
half in moral quality. and are reall,
only $50. Suppose that the other 500
have maintained their original status
and are neither better nor worse. Then
the entire population of that village is
80. But suppose another village CT
1000. and 500 of them rs the years go
by, through mental and spiritual cnl-
ture, augment themselves until they
are really twice the meE and women
they originally were. and the other 500
remain unchanged and are neither bet
ter nor worse. then the population Of
that village is 1.50O. Meanness is sub
traction and nobility is addition. Ac
cortling as you rise in the scale of holi-
uess ard generosity and conservation.
you are worth or 10 or 80 or 100 or 1000
or 10.CO0.
Notice, my friend, that this David,
warrior. strategist, minstrel. master OF
blank verse and stone singer at the
giant. whom the soldiers Of the text es-
timated clear up into the thousandfold
of usefulness, on this particular occa-
sion staid ut home or in his place of
temporary residence. Gen. Joab. Gen.
Abishai and Gen lttai. who commanded
the boys in the right wing and left wing
and center. did their work brayely and
left $4,000 of the Lords enemies dead on
the field. and many of the survivors got
entangled in the woods of Ephraim.
and mixed up in the bushes. and Stun
bled over the stumps of trees. and fell
into bcgs, ard were devoured by wild
beasts which seized them in the thick
cts. But David did his work ut home.
We all huzza for heroes who have been
in battle, and on their return what pro-
cessions we form, and what triumph.i
arches we spring. ard what banquets
we spread, and what garlands we
wrea.he, and what oratioIs we deliver.
and what bells we ring, and what can
nonades we fire! But do we do justice
10 the stay at homes? David. who was
worth 10000 Of those who went out ,G.
meet the Lords enemies in the woods Of
Eph rain that day did his work in re-
tirement.
The warrior David of my .ext showed
more self-control and moral prowess in
staying at home than he could have
shown commanding in the field. He
was a natural warrior. Martial airs
stirred him. The glitter Of opposing
shields fred him. lie was one of those
men who feel at home in the saddle.
patting the neck of 4 paving cavalry
horse. I:ut 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