The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-09

the Lord has d his tabls- p1onli ",
have had three meals day for 30 yer
and yet fear that they viii soon - \
rattle their knife and fork on ana
dinner PLATED How mauy bavo he'd; " ~
Tor and spring an8 summer and fall, Goth
ing for 80 Year,, but expect n u
wardrobe sherty How many have LIVED
$habr ~ Iaitutidns all their days, but
. sssps IN 4 sA SgsAsa b. b 's g.;
the taxes have gone upi Yes, but, thanh
God, IL Is easier, with money, to pay tue
taxes now that they are up than 1t wal
without money to pay the taxes when they
were down. We want . few men who
have faith In God and that mighty future
which holds several things, among them
millennium. Columbanus said to his
friend, "Deicolus, why are you always
smilingp" The reply was, because no
one can take my God from mei' We want
moro mon to feel that they have o mission
to cheer others and to draw up the CORNERS
Of peoples mouths which have q long
while been drawn down-more Davids
who can shepherd whole focks Of bright
hopes and play harp Of encouragement
and strike down b Goliath Of despair and
10000 Of us"
What Might be Done. 's.,,
admit that this thought of my text,
fully carried out, would change many Of
the worlds statistics. Suppose village
IL said to have 1000 Inhabitants and that
one-half Of thein-nar,ely, 60O-have for
years been becoming less In body, and
through niggardliness and grumbling, less
IN soul. Each one Of these is only one.
half Of whit he once was, or one-half OF
what sho once was. The original 500 have
been reduced one-half In moral quality,
and are really only ESQ. Suppose that the
other 500 have IL aintained their original
status and are neither better nor worse.
Then the entire population of that village
is $50. But suppose another village Of
1000, and 500 Of them as the years 20 by,
through mental and spiritual culture,
augment themselves until they arc really
twice the men and women they originally
were, and the other 500 remain unohang.
ed and are neither better nor worse, then
the population Of that village 10 1900.
Meanness 10 subtraction and nobility ID
addition. According as you rise In the
scale of holiness and generosity and con-
secration, you arc worth or 10 or 30 or
100 or ] 200 or 10000 others.
Notice, my friend, that this David, war
rior strutegist, minstrel, naster Of blank
verse and stone slingerat the giant, whom
tho soldiers Of the text estimated clear up
into the thousandfeld OF usefulness, on
this particular occasion staid at home or
In his place Of temporary residence. Gem
eral .Ioab, General Abishai and General
Ittai, who commanded the boys In the
right wing and left wing and center, did |
their work bravely and left 25, 600 Of the
Lords enemies dead on the Held, and |
many Of the survivors got entangled in
tho woods Of Ephrain, and mixed up In
the bushes, and stumbled over the stulnps
of trees, and fell into boys, and were de-
voured of wild beasts which seized them
in the thickets But David did his work
at home. We all huzza for heroes who
have been in battle, and on their return
what professions we form, and what tri-
umphal arches VIC spring, and what BAN
quets we spread, and what garlands We
wreathe, and what orations we deliver,
and what bells we ring, and what can.
nonades VIC fire But do we do justice to
tho stay at homes? David, who was worth
~, 600 of those who won't out to meet the
Lords enemies In the woods Of Ephraim,
that day did his work in retirement.
Stay at Home Heroes.
oh, the world needs day of Judgment
to give many Of the stay at homes proper
In tho different wars the
sons went to the front and on ships deck
Or battlefield exposed their lives and earn
ed the admiration of the country. But
how about the mothers and fathers who
through long years taught those sons the
noble sentiments that inspired them to 10
and then gave them up when perhaps a
lew words OF earnest protest would have
Kept them on the farm and In the home
'teadf The day Of final reward will reveal
he self sacrifice and the fidelity Of thou
lands who mover in all their lives received
me word Of praise. Oh, 70 unknown, ye
aithful and Christian and all enduring
'tay at homes! have no power now to do
'ou Justice, but l tell you Of one who has
he power, and of the day when he will
nut It forth. 1t will be the day when the
himble and the ladle, and the darning
needle, and the washtub, and the spinning
Wheel and the scythe, and the thrashing
Machine, and the hammer, and the trowel,
md the plow, will come to as high an ap-
l
r tho battering ram that pounded down
ho wall, or the flag that was hoisted on
he scaled parapets.
The warrior David of my text showed
moro self control and moral prowess in
laying at home than he could have shown
in the field. He was nat
raj warrior. Martial airs stirred him.
he glitter of opposing shields fired him
le WAS one of those men who feel at home
n the saddle, patting the neck of a paw.
ng cavalry hcrse. But he suppressed him.
Elf. He obeyed the command of the
f0ops whom lie would like to have COM
handed
Some Unknown Battles.
Some of the greatest Sedans and Aus
erlitzes have been in backwoods kitchens
r in nursery with three children down
18th scarlet fever, soon to join the two al
rongs and outrages enough to transform
ngels into devils, or In commercial life
thin their own counting rooms In time
Black Friday panics, or in mechanical
fe in their own carpenter shop or on the
'atfolding of walls swept by cold or
milton by heat. No telegraphic wires re-
orteu tHe CrlSlS OIL tn6 COnlllCG, no banner
as ever waved to celebrate their victory, c
ut God knows and God will remember
nd God will adjust, and by him tho fall
lg of a tear is as certainly noticed as the {
nrning of world and the flutter of 6
'arrow's wing as the fight of the apoca. t
ptic archangel I
Oh, what God we have for small things Il
well as big things! David 10 more {
,lped Mt the front thnn helped at home. =
he four regiments modified for the de- n
nse of tho throne of Israel were right in b
'otcsting against Dsvid's exposure Of his h
fe at the front Had he been pierced Of v
arrow, or cloven down with battleax, Ii
fatally slung from snortng war charger, ],
hat disaster for the throne Of Israeli
bsalom, his son, was low fellow and e
1ft to reign; his two chief characteristics g.
ere his handsome face and his long hair :
so long that when ho had it cut that .
hich was scissorod off weighed 1900
ekels after the kings weight" and i
hen man has nothing but handsome
CO and an exuberance Of hair, there is -