The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-13

Ephraim that day did his work ~ re-
iirement
Oh, the world needs a day OF udg
msDt 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 ihei
lives and earned the admiration Of the
country. But how about the mothers
and fathers who through long years
taught those sons the noble sentiments i
that inspired them TO go and then gave
them up. when perhaps few words OF
earnest protest would have kept them
on The farm and in The homestead? The
day of final reward will reveal the self
sacrifice and the fidelity of thuusauds
who never in all their lives received one
word of praise. On. We unknown. ye
faithful and Christian and all enduring
stay al homes. have no power now 10
do you justice, but tell you Of one VINO
has The power aud of the day when he
will put it forth. II will he the DAY
when The ihlmblr. and the ladle. and the
darning needle. and the washlub, ana
the spinning wheel. aud the scN the. ana
the ihrushing machine, and the ham
mer. and the iruwel. and the plOw. viii
come To a. high an appreciation a.
~ FOUNDER. or The sword. or the batter
ing ram thai pounded down The wall.
OF the nag that was hulsted on the
scaled pnrapets.
The warrior David OF my text showed
more self-conirol and moral proves ~
staying al home than he could have
shown commanding in the field. lie
was a natural warrior Martial airs
stirred him. The glitter OF opposing
shields fired him. lie was one Of those
men who feel AT home in the saddle.
paiting The neck OF a paving cavalry
! horse lIul 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.
terlitZes have been ia backw0ods
! kitchens or in nursery with three chill
dren down with scarlet fever soon to
join the TWO already in the churchyard
or amid domestic wrongs and ouir1ges
! enough TO transform angels into devils,
or in commercial lite within their own
counting-rooms in time of black Fra
day panieS. or IN mechanical life IN their
own carpenter shop OF on the scallold
ing of walls swept 10y cold or smitten ny
heat. No Geographic 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 certainty noticed
as the burning of a world and The nut
ter of n sparrow's wing "a the flight OF
the apocalyptic arohange
Oh. what God we have for smus
things as well ms big things DAVID
no more helped al the front han helped
at home. The four regiments mobil
lied for the defense Of the throne at
Israel were right in protesting against
DaVid's exposure of his life at The front.
Had he been pierced of an arrow. or
cloven down with n battleaN. or fatally
slung from snoring war charger what
II disaster to the throne OF Israel! Alb
solom. his sou. was low fellow and IN.
fit 10 reign: his TWO chief characters
tics were his handsome face and his
long hair-so long that when he bad it
cut That which was scissored OH
weighed "2OO sbekels after the kings
weight" and when a man has nothing
but handsome face and an eNuberance
of hair, there is not much of him. The
capture and slayingoi David would have
been calamity irreparable. Unneces
sary exposure would have been a crime
for David, as il Is a crime for you.
In uina Of 20 al l.
ties every day reported are not the
fault Of engineers or brakemen or con
duclors or cab drivers, but of tie stu.
pidity and recklessness Of people at
street or railroad crossings. They
would like to have the Chicago limited
express train, with 300 passengers ad.
yertised to arrive AT certain hour It,
a certain city slow up TO let them get
two minutes sooner to their destination,
not one farthing Of their own or any
one clse's welfare dependent on wheth.
er they arrive one minute before -
o'clock or one minute after. You ought
to get permission from a railroad super
intendent TO mount beside the engineer
on a locomotive 20 realize how many
evils Of recklessuess there are in the
world-funeral professions whipping
up to get across before the cowcatcher
strikes the hearse; man OF family, with
wife and children beside him in a wag
on, evidently having made close calcu-
lation as to whether a stroke from the
locomotive would put them backward
or forward in the journey to the village
grocery; traveller on a railroad bridge
hoping that he could get TO the end OF
the bridge before the train reaches IT,
You have no right TO put your life in
peril unless by such exposure some
thing is to be gained for others, What
imbecility in thousands of Americans
during our recent Americo-Spanish war
disappointed because the surrender
came so soon, and they could not have
the advantage Of being shot at San
Juan hill. or brought down with the