The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-01-14

st-Pounder. or the sword. or the natter
ing ram that pounded down the wall.
or the Gag that wss holsted on the
scaled parapets.
The warrior David ofmy taxi showed
more ~self-control and moral proves In
staying at home than he could have
shown commanding IN the Geld. BE
was 9 natural warrior. Martial airs
stirred him. The glitter Of opposing
shields fred him. He was one Of those
men who feel al home In the saddle.
psttiBg the neck Of a paving cavalry
horse. But he suppressed himself. He
obeyed the command Of the troops
whom be would like to have command
ed.
Some OF the greatest sedans and Aus
teriitzes have been In baekwoods
kitchens or In nursery with three chill.
dren down with scarlet fever. soon 10
Join the two already In the e~hurchyard.
or amid domestic wrongs and outrsges
enough 10 transform angels into deyila
or In commercial life within their own
eountingrooms IN time Of Black Fri.
day paniss. or In mechanical life In their
own carpenter shop OF on the scsifold.
ing Of walls swept BY cold or smitten BY
heat No telegraphie wires reported
the crisis Of the conflict no banner was
eve waved to celebrate their victory,
but God knows and God will remember,
and God viii adjust and by Him the
falling Of q tear Il al certainly noticed
as the burning Of q world and the out
ter Of a sparrows wing as the flight Of
the APocalyptlc ~arshangel.
Oh. what . God wa have for sman
things as well a. big thingsI David
no more helped al the front than helped
at home. The four regiment, mobIl.
iEed for the defense Of the throne Of
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 a battleax, or fatally
Gung from saorting war charger. what
q disaster TO the throne Of Israeli Alb
solom, his son, was allow fellow and IN
at 10 reign; his two chief Characters
ties were his handsome face and his
long hair-so long that when he had Il
cut that which wal scissored OF
weighed 200 shekels after the kings
weight" and when q man has nothing
but q handsome face and an exuberance
Of hair. there Is not much Of him. The
capture and slayingoi David would have
been . calamity ~irreparable. Unneces-
sary exposure would have been q crime
for David, as II Is . crime for you.
In nine cases out Of ten the fatal.
ties every day reported are not the
fault Of engineers or brakemen or con
duotors or cab drivers but Of the stu
pidity aud reckleesness OF people at
street or railroad crossings. They
would like to have the Chicago limited
express train, with 300 passengers, ad.
vertised 10 arrive al a certain hour In
. certain city. slow up to let them get
two minutes sooner to their destination,
not n farthing OF their own or any.
one else's welfare dependent on wheth-
er they arrive one minute before 70
o'clock or one minute after. You ought
to get permission from 4 railroad super.
i~ntendent to mount beside the engineer
on q locomotive 10 realize how many
evils Of recklessness there are in the
world-funeral professions whipping
up TO get across before the eowsateher
strikes the hearse; man OF family, with
wife and children beside him In a wag.
on, evidently having made close calcu-
lation as 10 whether 4 stroke from the
locomotive would put them backward
or forward In the Journey 10 the village
grocery; traveller on q railroad bridge
hoping that he could get to the ind Of
the bridge before the train reaches II
You have no right TO put your life IN
peril unless by such exposure Dme
thing IL TO be gained for otherA What
imbecIlity In thousands Of Americans
during u recent Americo-Spanish war
disappointed because the surrender
came so soon, and they could not have
the advantage OF being shot al San
juan bill. or brought down with the
yellow fever and carried on o Hitter
to transport steamer. already 20 many
floating lazarettoA, instead Of thanking
God that they got no nearer to the
slaughter than Tampa or Chattanooga
or the encampment at their " state
capital. mad Of the government, mad
at God, because they could not get 10
the frontin time to Join the 1000 corpses
that are now being transported from
the tropics to the national cemeteries
OF the United Statesl Exposure and
daring are admirable when duty calls,
but keep out Of peril when nothing
practical and useful Il 10 be gained for
your family OF your country or your
God. I admire the David Of my text
as be suppresses himself and enters the
gate Of his castle as much as ] admire
him when with his four fngeri and
thumb clutched into the grizzly lock.
Of Goliath's head. which be had decspi.
tsted, and saul admirngly ssls:
Whose Bon art ihou. young man 2" and
David. blushing with genuine modesty,
responds: lam the son Of thy ssryant
Jesse. The Bethlehemits."