Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-19

&nd wha, bells we ring a~a Ntat ,aa
uouAdrS we FIRE, Suj 90 ws do mstict
"a the >'al al huwes" David who WAS
WORTH i",naO as ;no>s whn went out 10
meet the Lords enemies il DE weeds q
y.phratm that day did his work in re
tiremtnt.
Oh, The world needs 3 day OF judy
mtut 10 give many of the stay at homes
proper recognition. In tie Gtf,r rent
wars ihe sons went to the tr0r} aud on
ships deck or battlefield exposed THEN
lives and earned the admiration of thr
country Bu, how about the mothers
aud fathers who through long wears
taught those sons the noble sentiments
that inspired them to so aGi then gave
them up, when perhaps few words OF
earnest protest would have kept them
on the tHrM aud in the homestead" The
day 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, We unknown. We
faithful and Christian and all enduring
stay al homes, have no power new to
do you justice. but tel. YOU OF one who
has the power, and of the day when BE
Will put II forth, II will he the day
when the thimble, and the ladle, and the
daruing needle, and The sSaShtub, and
the spinning wheel, and the scN the. and
the thraShing machine, and the ham.
mer, and the trowei, and the piow, will
come to as high an appreciation as q
74-Pounder, 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-control and moral proves in
staying AT home than he 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 at home in the saddle.
Some of the greatest Sedans aud Aus
tcrlitzes 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 to transform angels into devils.
or in commercial life within their own
counting-rooms in time of Black Fri
day paneS, or in mechanical life in their
own carpenter shop. or on the scatfoid.
ing of walls swept by cold or smitten by
heat. No telegraphic wires reported
- , -, y.
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
as the burning of a world and the iut-
ter of sparrow's wing as the flight of
the arocaIyptic arohangel
Oh, what a God we have .or smas
things Ms well as big things! David
no more helped at the front than he,ped
ut home. The four regiments mobil
lied for the defense Of the throne OF
Israel were right in protesting against
DaNids exposure of his life al the front
Had he been pierced Of an arrow. or
cioyen down with battleaN. or fatally
slung from snorting war charger. what
a disaster TO the throne of Israel! Alb
solom, his son, was low fellow and un.
fit TO reign; his two chief rharacteris-
long hair--so long that when he had il
cut that which was sciSsorcd off
weighed 200 shCkels after the kings
weight, and when man has nothing
but a handsome face and an cXuberance
of hair, there is not much of him. The
capture and slayingof David would have
been n calamity irreparable. Unneces-
sary exposure would have been crime
for David, as il is crime for you.
In nine cases OUT of ten the fataIi
ties every day reported are not the
fault Of engineers or brakemen or con-
ductors or cab drivers, but of the stu
pidity and recklessness Of people at
street or railroad crossings. They
would like 20 have the Chicago limited
express train, with 300 pass, ngers, ad.
vertiscd 10 arrive at certain hour il
a certain city slow up TO let them get
two minutes sooner to their dest nation.
not one farthing Of heir own or any.
one csc Wtilafc utpenGent on Nhetb-
cr they arrive one minute before l2
o'clock or one minute after. Iou ought
10 get permission from a railroad super.
iutenGen; 10 mount beside the engineer
on a locomotive TO realize how many
evils Of rcckleSsueSs there are in the
world -fmucra! professions whipping
np 10 get across before the c0weatchcr
s,rEr> The hrarse; man Of family. with
wife and children beside him in wag.
on. evidently having made close cacu.
latinn rs TO whether n stroke from The
locomotive would put them backward
or forward IN the journey to the village
grocery; traveller on railroad bridge
hoping that he could get 10 The md 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 10 be gained for others What
imhecIily in thousands Of American
during our recent America Spanish war
disappointed because the surrender
came so soon, and they could rot have
the advantage Of being shot IT Sar