The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-12
KuIGK KNACKS.
BY Prof. Ambrose S. Ottey.

Rev. James Gallaher once preached
at a camp meeting. A number of
young men clustered around a large
tree and kept up low toned CONVEX.
sation. At the close Of the first
hymn, he SAID: Il have long endeav.
ored to avoid giving any public re.
buke for the improper conduct of an
individual at place Of public wor.
ship. ! believe the practice general
ly does more harm than good and
therefore l have stunned it, but now
! am about to depart for once, from
my long established practice. There
was an individual here this morning
that came for no good. He was on
the ground this afternoon. He is a
very bad character and ! learn that
he Is here tonight / am not speak,
Ing at random. have documents
in my possession to establish every
word that ! say. l will tell you his
name before ! have done.
The Individual to whom | allude
is liar, most notorious liar and
am able to prove it on him by testi.
mony that none of you will dispute.
further he is thief. ooh! oh! OH"
SAID several voices in the crowd.
eyes he Is a thief, and moro
than all this he is murderer. =" "Oh
that is too bad" said low voices in
the crowd. No it's not too bad. I
tell you he Is a murderer. ! have
the proof at hand. He is a murder.
err from the beginning. The proof to
which | refer you is contained In the
New Testament and the name OF
this dsorderly and troublesome in.
diyidua is the devil.
He said: Let the right thing DO
attempted at the right time In the
right spirit and by the right man
judgment and good taste and the re-
suits will be admirable. l had per-
feet order afterward during the camp
We should love to hear the sound
Of Scripture In a sermon. 1t will be
word in season.
Every converted man makes his
will at bis conversion. lie wiIled his
body and soul and all he had to Christ
for time and eternity. Many men OF
erudition have been so simple that a
child could govern them and that for
want Of close and thoughtful obser-
walton of ordinary events, and If it
be true that wisdom consists not in
the amount Of knowledge but in its
right application, then many a man
of genius is equally man of folly.
We should study not only nature
but men;as the wise eXamples,the III .
wise as warnings, We should defend
Christian professors and religious
life upon every occasion. This Is one
of the fair fruits of q pious cduca-
ton; it leads the young to respect
and venerate good men and good
things.
Conquer yourself and you can con-
quer with kindness where you can
in no other way. Love be-
gets love, q wish to be at peace will
keep you in peace. You car over.
come evil with good. There is no
other way.
Death has sci n mark on your body;
Christ has set amark upon your soul.
Presence Of mind is life-preserver
which although never patented is not
to be possessed by all men. Presence
Of mind IS the power Of maintaining
the operations OF reason in the midst
Of danger and against the assault Of
fear and surprise.
1t l., invaluable to the poss essCrj as
n personal safeguard and give him
the power to protect the lives OF
many Of his fellow men.
The man Of character and strict
are things that are o as
much real worth to its possessor Axs
the pecuniary saving Of his industry. X
Let such'a man lose by any misfor-
tune all his money. he is still a man
of capital, Of weight, Of Influence
and is the superior on mere business
calculations Of many man of large
means. But the beauty of
the thing is this that any man how
ever small his business and limited
his capital, has Just as good an op.
portunity OF winning confidence as a
Weeping will not savea man
There is weeping in hell but none In
heaven. Christ can pardon and save
you. Professors Of religion al d hear.
ers of the Gospel are taught to he
not only hearers but doors Of the
Word.