Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-01-14

ready In the churchyard, or amid domestic
wrongs and outrages enough To transform
angels into devils or In commercial life
within their own counting rooms in time
of Black Friday panics, or In mechanical
life In their own carpenter shop, or on the
scaifolding 81 walls swept by cold or
smitten by heat No telcgraphic wires re
ported 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 fall
ing OF tear is as certainly noticed as the
burning of world and the flutter of "a
sparrow : wing as the flight of the apoca
lyptic archangel
oh. what God we have for small things
as well as big things! David no more
helped nj the front than helped at home.
The four regiments modified for the de-
Tense of the throne of Israel were right in
protesting against David's exposure of his
life mt the front Had he been pierced of
an arrow. or cloven down with a battlcax
Or fatally slung from snorting war charger
what n disaster for the throne of Israeli
Ahsalom. his son, was low fellow and
unit tn reign; his two chief characteristics
were his handsome face and his long hair
SO long thnt when he had It cut that
which was scissorcd off weighed "200
shekcls after the kings weight" and
when "A man has nothing but handsome
face and an exuherance of hair. there is
not much of him The capture or Staying
of David would have been a calamity irrcp-
arabic. Unnecessary exposure would
have been n crime for David. as it is a
crime for you
Some people think it is n bright thing
-
They like TO walk up to the edge of a prcc-
ipice and look off. dcfyiug vertigo, or go
among contagious when they can DO of
no use but to demonstrate their own bra
vado. or with glee drive horses which are
only harnessed whirlwinds, or see how
close they can walk in front OF a trolley
ear without being crushed, or spring on a
rail train after il has started, or leap off n
rail train before it has stopped Their life
is u series of narrow escapes, careless of
what prcdicamcnt their family would suf-
fer at their sudden taking of. or OF the
misfortune that might come To their bust
ness partners. or the complete failure of
their life work il coroner's jury must he
called in 10 decide the sly IL of their exit
They do not take into consideration what
their life is worth to Others. Taken off
through such rcCklessness they go crimi
mails There was not one man among those
four full regiments of l, 900 Israelitcs that
would have - much enjoyed being in the
fight as David, but lie SAW that he could
serve his nation best by not putting on
helmet and shield and sword, and so he
took the advice Of the armed men and
said, What semcth to You best ! Will
do. | warrant that you will die soon
enough without teasing and bantering
casualty tn STE II il can launch you into
the next world
Evils of Rccklcssness.
In nine eases out of ten the fatalities
every day reported are not the fault of en-
gineers or Lraken en- or conductors or cab
drivers. hut of the stupidity and reckless
ness of people at street or railroad cross
ing They would like to have the Chicago
limited express train, with 800 passengers,
and advertised To arrive at "A certain hour
In "a certain city. slow up to let them get
two minutes sooner to their destination,
not one iarthing of their own or any one
clse's welfare dependent on whether they
arrive one minute before l. O'Clock or one
minute after Ycu ought TO get permits
sion from a railroad superintendent TO
mount beside the engineer on locomo
tive tn realize how many evils of reckless
ness there are In the world-funeral pro
cessions whipping ny to get across before
the cowcatchcr strikes the hcarse; man of
family. with wife and children beside him
In a wagon. evidently having made close
calculation as 10 whether u stroke from
the locomotive would put them backward
or forward in the journey tn the village
grocery; trnyelcron "a railroad bridge hop
ing that he could get Ia the end Of the
bridge before the train reaches IT, You
have no right 20 put your lifo In peril un
less by such exposure something is to be
gained for others What imbccility in
thousands of Americans daring our re
cent America Spanish war disappointed
because the 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 IA lit
ter 10 transport steamers already so many
floating lazarciios. instead Of thanking
Gcd that they got no nearer To the slaugh
ter than Tampa or Chattanooga or the
encampmcnt at their own state capital,
mad at the government, mad nc God, he
cause they could not get TO the front in
time 60 join the {, 900 corr Scs that are now
being trans ported from the tropics TO the
national cemeteries of the United States
Exposure and daring are admirable when
duty calls. but keep out Of peril when
nothing prac, !, al and useful Is to bc gain
ed for your family or your country or
your God ! admire the David of my text
as he siippre-ses himself and enters tho
gate oi his castle MS much as admire him
when with his four fingers and thumb
clutchod into the griSly locks of Goliath's
head, which he had decapitated, and saul
admiringly asks, Whose son art thou.
young mani" and David. blushing with
genuine iEodesty. responds, Il am the son
of thy servant. Jesse, the Bethlehemite
Make Yourself "a David.
Now, here Is another important point
As there arc 50 many people in the world
who amount to little or nothing, you
ought TO augment yourself, and if not
able like David To- bc worth 10, 600 times
more than others, you can command Gods
10 emf, rcing grace To make yourself four
tim,s or three times or ice ~ much as
some others Pray twice as much, read
vice as much. give twicc rs much go to
church twice as much Instead OF spend
ing your time finding fault with others.
substitute your superior fidelity for their
dcl,iiciion and default In any church
ti,re are ten mcmb crs worth all the other
Loo In every great business firm there
il enc man worth the other three partners
In every legislative hall. stat, or national.
III, RI are five men worth all the other 80
or 100 Take the suggestion of my text
ard augment yourself Make your one
talent do the work OF two, or your five
talents do the work of ten. or your ten
talents do the work 81 20 Multiply your
words Of encouragement Multiply the
humber of boosts you can give To those
who are trying To climb Instead of being
one man In IA battalion, by your faith in
God and new conservation he "a whole
regiment like the question Of il general
OF a small army when some os,.; Was count.
ing the number of officers and soldiers Of
tine opposing forces and the small number
of their own army, and the general cried