Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-12
WANT MORE DAVIUS.
DR.. Talmage Says Every Commu-
nifty Should.Have One.
The People Need EnerEetIr Christina
Leaders in Their Right AGAINST
Satnn-Irsson from the
Old Prophet.

From a text probably never before
GiScoursed upon DIR. Talmagr in this
sermon shows how some people multi
ply their resources for usefulness and
in novel Way urges the putting forth
of more energy in right directions;
text, II. Samuel 1873: Thou art worth
10000 of MS"
One of the most wondrous characters
q This time was David. \ red haired hoy
he could shepherd flock on carry ten
lnaNcS aud ten slices of milk cheese To
his brothers in the regiment" or with
lcathcrn thong. Stonr-loadcd. bring
down giant whose armor weighed
two hundrrGwright of metal. or cause
It lion which roarrd at him in rage to
roar with pain a. he flung il. diving.
{" the roadside, or could marshal II host
ar rule an empire. or thumb n harp 80
successfully that il cured Saul's demon
tia "a harp from whose strings drippcd
pastoralS, elrgicS, lyrics. triumphal
marches. bcnedictions. Now, this man.
a combination OF music and hcroics Of
ihlllb~ anu tlltllttlN. bl fbllIl-
try quietudcs and craftsmanship, is to
fit out military expedition. Four
thousand troops, according 10 Jn-
sephus. were sent into the field. The
captains were put in command of the
companies and the colonies il com
mand of the regiments. which were
disposed into right wing. lett wing
and center. Gen. Joab, Gen. Abshai
and Gen. lttai are 10 lead these three
divisions. But who shall take the field
as commander in chief? David offers
his services, and proposes to go to the
front. lie will lead them in the awful
charge, for he has not a cowardly nerve
in all his body. lie did not propose to
have lis troops go into perils which he
himself would not brave, and the bat
tlehcld required MS much courage then
as now, for the opposing forces must,
come up to within positive reach of
saber and spear. But there came up
from The troops and the civilians a
mighty protest against Dayid's taking
the field. His life was too important TO
the nation. II he went down. the en-
pire went down. whereas if the whole
1000 of the ranks were slain another
army might he marshaled and the de
feat turned into victory. The army and
the nation practically cried out: mo!
No! You cannot go to the front. We
estimate you as 10000 men. Thou art
worth 10000 of u.s."
That army and that nation then and
there reminded David. and now remind
us, of the fact which we forget or never
appreciate at all that some people are
morally OF spiritually worth far more
than others and some worth far less.
The census and statistics of ncighbor-
hoods, of churches, of nations, serve
their purpose, but they can never ac-
curatcly express the real state OF
things. The practical subject that I
want TO present to-day is that those
who have especial opportunity, especial
Graces. especial wealth, especial talent,
especial eloquence, ought TO make up
by especial assiduity and conservation
for those who have less opportunities
and less gifts. You ought to do ten
times more for God and human uplift-
ing than those who have only tenth
Of your equipment. The rank and the
file of the 1000 of the text told the
truth when they said: Thou art
worth 10000 of us"
la no city of its size are there so
many men of talent as are gathered in
this capital Of the American nation.
Some OF the states are at times repre-
scented by men who have neither tai
enis nor good morals. Their political
party compensates them for partisan
services by sending them TO congress,
or by securing for them positions in
the war or navy or pension or print
ing departments. They were nobodies
before they left home, and they are no.
bodies here. But they are exceptional
All the states of the Union generally
send their most talented men and men
of exemplary lives and noble purposes.
Some of them have the gifts and quail
fications of ten men, of 100 men--yea.
of 100 mcn-and their constituents
could truthfully employ the words of
my text and say: Thou art worth 10.
600 of us"
With such opportunity are they aug
menting their usefulness in every pos
sibe direction? 1t is a stupcndous
thing TO have power-politica! power.
social power, official power. Il has
often been printed and often quoted as
one of the wise sayings of the anCients:
knowledge is power" Yet, il may as
certainly be power for evil as for good.
The lightning express rail train has
power for good if il is on the track. but
horrible power for disaster if it leaves
the track and plunges down the en-
bankment. The ocean steamer has pow
er for good sailing in right direction
and in safe waters and under good
helmsmen and wide awake watchmen
on the lookout, but indescribable power
for eyi! if under full Roadway ii strikes
The breakers. AS steam power or elec-
tricity or water forces may be stored in
boilers. in dynamos, in reservoirs, TO
be employed all over a town or city, so
God sometimes puts in one man enough
faith to supply thousands of men with
courage. IL a man happens to be thus
endowed. let him realize his opportu-
nifty and improve il. At this time mil
lions of men are a-tremble lest this ma
ton make a mistake, and enter upon
some policy of government for the ISL
ands of the sea that will founder the re-
public. God will give TO a few men on
both sides of this question faith and
courage for all the rest. There are
two false positions many are row TAX
ing. false as false can be. The one is
that if we decline to take under full
charge Cuba and Porto Rico and the
Philippines we make a declaration that
will, be disastrous to our nation, and
other nations will take control Of those
archipelagoes and rule them, and per-
haps TO our humiliation and destruc-
tion. The other theory is that If we
take possession of those once Spanish
colonies we invite foreign interference,
and enter upona career that will finally
be the demolition of this government.
Both positions are immeasurab'C mis-
takes. God has set apart this continent
for free government, and the triumphs
of Christianity, and we may take either
the first or the second course without
ruin. We may say to those islands,
I'VE do not want you, but we have set