The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-25

and can play harp OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and strike down Goliath OF despair. apd:
OF whom we can say, "Thou art worth 1g.J h
600 Of u.s."
admit that this thought OF my text
fully carried out would change many oft4e
worlds statistics. Suppose v1llages1g
said to have 1000 inhabitants. and tnatl
one-half Of them-namely, 500-haye for
years been becoming less In body, 9nd
through niggardliness! and: grumbling less
In soul. Each one Of thessis only one-hsis
Of what he once was or one-halt OF WHAT
she once was.
That original 500 have been reduced onei
half IN moral quality and are really only
$50. Suppose that the other 500 have
maintained their original status and arc
neither better nor worse. Then tho
entire population, of that village Is 76osS
But suppose another village Of 1000, and
500 Of them, as the years 20 By, through
mental and spiritual culture, augment
themselves until they are really twice the:
men and women they originally were5
and the other 500. remain unchanged ana
are neither better nor worse, then the pop
ulation OF that village is 1900. Meanness
Is subtraction and nobility Is addition.
According as you rise In the scale Of holiti
ness and generosity and consecration, yon
are worth i've or ten or fifty or 100 or 1000
or 10000 others.
Notice, my friend, that this David, war
ror, strategist, minstrel. master oEblanEs
verse and stone singer at the giant, whom
the soldiers Of the text estimated clear up:
Into the thousandtold of usefulness on this
particular occasion, staid at home orin bis
place OF temporary residence. General
Joab, General Abishat and General Ittatfs
who commanded the boys In the right wing
andrleft wing and. centre, did their WORK
h..-n1-, 'lnSk mn 80 kha T ordsu ana
mics dead on the field, and many .of the
survivors got entangled in the woods OF
Ephrsim and mixed up in the bushes ana
stumbled over the stumps OF trees and feil
into bogs and were devoured OF wild beastg
which seized them IN the thickets. But
David did his work at home. We ailhuxzds
for heroes who have been IN battle and
on their return what processiocs We
form and what triumphal arches wes
spring and what banquets ne spread and
what garlands We wreathe and Whist ora
tions we deliver and what bells We ring and
what cannonades we frel But do we DO
was worth 10, 900 of those who went ont to-
meet the Lords enemies In the woods Of,
Ephraim, that day did his work in retire
.ment. gf95 "a!
Oh, the world needs day OF Judgment
to give many Of the stay at homes proper
recognition. In the different wars the Sons
went to the front and on ships deck Oh,
battlefield exposed their lives and'earned
the admiration OF thercountrysb but how
ABOUT Inc motners ana Iatners Wno a,E8 IIs9u8ns
long years taugnt tnose sons .ne noDiS oDl Scn-
timents tnat INSPIRED tnsm 20 20 oAnaays., CIV slI.s
gave tnem up Wnen per9aps . lew w.yrss
OF earnest protest Wouio naye Aeps snn. ~
on the 1atm ana IN t1s 1, nomesssae ~ Ia,
cay OF nnai tSWaa9 ,Wlp hgvoaL.,aIH = sseA ~
sacrince ana tEa nasntyoi snoussnus ~ MssSif .sfi
never IN all their i've. teceiveu ole snss wysssS
OF praise. On, ye unKnoWns 80 IRtfnlnA
and Christian and all endurlnga slsy asi,;;
homes! Ihaye no power row 20 go 9on,s
justice, but tell you OF one VINO mas 3tnef
power and OF the time when the tnlmpise,
and the iadie, ana tne Gaming nesaaS aS aaS
the Wasntup, ana tne splnntIug H,s1lN. Hnee., nlssl
the scyIne,l anu tne tnl.sninS tnauatnu sNIlsss
pow, WIZ come 20 as ny = an ~ e4 d
as seventy.iour pounaer, o.. t1e sWCEos,
OF the 1atteIing rum Luas Poantsu PI.aou .hS agMst
the WAL or lnenae tnas was aoisseo en
scaaeo Parape'6S; =, Nv ..,t .,n,..aE
Ine M Wafsiol Da'u " a.., y t'~. nrowsss Al.
more SEN conLro. anu moia psomSis - -
staying at nome tnan ne eounu ,hsyo snoMtA snas
com mmandlng ID tue neta. ne a Mas; = ss.. 10
tnral WARRIOR: MaItIat ~, Sits st'eleS a1 hsls. III.
Inc siNter ot opposing sn.S,as sai a. ,,S.,s u..
ne was ohH Oh .,Se t1,a VIZ aot =,
~ .ne sauu'S, d. he su nnressed HIN.
ins canairy aua5e.t ~ Dar ~ ptths tranrzf
sell. he obeyed tne command OF tne IleSpSs
%nom no mouiu Iae ~ aaSo,s ana 49,
some OF TUG aer Ssealess ~ eosmoodsa Sou u k;tnn-
teihtles uaso poea .,,.b th.se oh;,Ssorf
sayU Sas Of aith ~ sasris, tsavar soon - inin,
ts uom1 ~ VII aI-.oJ,, IN tbS .bnrchvard -,
ano an,d wa Jonnsstic ,rronos and nntra cea
annn,b 70 tra ane,orm- mn 1els into daxIia' ,f,t.j
N cove oerc;nl Iifa vIthin their own count
jno rooms IN time OF BIaek 'Friday unnics.
~ IN mechan nical life In their own cdrOenJ
tsr shon or On the scaf affoldine of thes wnlIsy
swent bv cold or smftten by heat. Noteie-;
eeanf1ice NJ bennsr wasever wavad TO ceIa-
800 tSa;r yictorv hnt Cod knowa ana
God viii remember. and God viii adjust
and by Him the falling OF tear Is as cer.
tsinly noticed az the burning OF world Z
and fhe flutter OF a sparrow's wing as the
fieht Of the apocaIyptIc archangel.
5h what Gbd we have for small things
no wall ma bic thfnoEi David no more
helned MT tbe front than helped at home.t,
The fonr reeiments mobilizsd for the de-
fanea NJ tho throne OF ISRAEL were right rs!
nrotestinc AGAINST Dayid's expose of hisi
@ iiie st tha front Hnd hs heen pieraed az al
iiIe I q. y. o.o oionan Inun Nth Z hattIasy or
sats,Iv 20 sjrno soZ ennrtiao war chnr0er. .whst
= dis:.tar 10 tha throne ri Israeii Sbsaiorn Il
H,a = % son wns n low Fellow and unft to-
rsion, bis two chief ,oharacteristtcs were
bja handsoma face and his long hair-so
inno that when .ha hadit eut that vhioh
,vas sc;ssorad Off weiuhed "200 shekeIs1s
after % the Kings weirht.n and when q man
bas n noth,no INT a bandsoIne face and an
e1nhe ~ rancs a. baIr there "a NOT much OF
Sin, Srhs eantnre ~ .siavIno Of David
would have hesn n colnmitv irrsparable.ss g
ITonecessarv eynosure would have been q
crime for David. as It is crime for you. IS
q Some @ m neople think It is q briss bit tiine To-
put themselves in unnecessary peril. They !
md md 1ooS ~ % ofs dsiv,no vertioo or 90 among