The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-03-17


e. proper recognition. ln the different
b wars the sons went to- the front and on
. ship, deck 3r battlefield exposed their
= lives and earned the admiration Of the
. country. BUT how about the mothers
b and fathers who through long years
taught those sons the noble sentiments
y that inspired them to go and then gave
them up. when perhaps a few words of
earnest protest would have kept them
. on the farm and IN the homcstead2 The
day of final reward viii 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 an enduring
stay at homes. have no power now 10
do you justice. but tell you of onewho
has the power and OF the day when lie
Will put it forth. 1t will be the dav
when the thimbie. and the ladle. and the
darning needle, and the washtub. and
the spinning wheel. and the scythc. and
the thrashing machine, and the ham
mer and the trowel, and the plow. will
come to as high an appreciation as
'4-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 prowess in
staying at 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 /
patting the neck Of a paving cavalry |
horse. But 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 in backwoods
kitchens or in nursery with three chill
dren down with scarlet fever. soon 10
join the two already in the churchvard.
or amid domestic wrongs and outrages
enough 10 transform angels into devils
or in commercial life within their own
counting-rooms in time of Black Fri
day panies, or in mechanical life in their
own carpenter shop, or on the scafTold-
ing Of walls swept 10y cold or smitten by
heat. No telegraphic wires reported
the crisis Of the conflict, no banncrwas
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 world and the hut-
ter Of sparrow's wing as the flight of
the aPocalyptic arohangel
Oh, what God we have for smag
things as well as big thingsl David
no more helped at the front than helped
at home The four regiments mobil-
lied 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
slung from snOrting war charger. what
b disaster to the throne of Israel! Alb
solom his son. was a low fellow and un-
III to reign; his two chief characteris-
les were his handsome face and his
ong hair-so long that when he had II
'ut that which was scissored of
Weighed 1900 shekels after the kings
weight and when a man has nothing
lut handsome face and an exuberance -,
# hair, there is not much Of him. The y
aptureand slayingof David would have -
een a calamity irreparable. Unneces- ~
airy exposure would have been a crime a. a.
or David as it is a crime for YOU ~
In nine eases out Of ten the fatal.
les every day reported are not the y"
ault of engineers or brakemen or con- 'e
uctors or cab drivers but Of tie stu ="
idity and recklessness OF people at D'
treet or railroad crossings. They III
-oud like to have the Chicago limited ia
xpress train, with 800 passengers, ad- o'
artised TO arrive at certain hour I'm
certain city. slow up to lot them get 10
yo minutes sooner to their destination. ar
Of one farthing Of their own or any 'n'
ne else's welfare dependent on whetb- an
they arrive one minute before - pu
clock or one minute after. You ought toi
get permission from a railroad super 10Y
tendent TO mount beside the engineer as
a locomotive to realize how many pee
lis Of recklessness there are in the gin
orld-funeral professions whipping clio
TO get across before the cowoatcher ert
rikes the hearse; man Of family. with inil
fe and children beside him In wap- the
, evidently having made close calcu-
ion as TO whether a stroke from the r
'omotive would put them backward off
forward in the journey to the village CIo
ocery; traveller on railroad bridge ,,o,
ping that he could get to the md Of ,,.o,
2 bridge before the train reaches II. 80,
u have no right to put your life in
-il unless by such exposure some
ng is to be gained for others. What
becility in thousands Of Americans -.
ring our recent AmericO-Spanish war
appointed because the surrender
ne so soon. and they could not have ", 49,
advantage Of being shot at San
IN hill, or brought down with the
low fever and carried on a litter r.,
transport steamers. already so many MI
ing ,'11i ''oS' 'ns'eau OF lnanKng of Il
that they got no nearer TO the r,rf
lighter than Tampa or Chattarooga taoh
The encampment at their own state air ,
ital. mad at the government. mad ,or
iod because they could not get to -
front in time to join the 1900 corpses Loi5
are now being transported from g.
tropics 10 the national cemeteries -