Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-06-07


went TO the district school In the win
ter and never had any other literary
advantages. He became a machinIst.
In 1916 be came on to a battlefield
where more women have been slain
by the needle than In tie wars spoke
OF men were slain by tie sword Elias
Howell He could not make an grafton.
He could not marshal n host. lie could
not write constitution. But he could
contrive n sewing machine. which said
to millions of beggared. copsumptive,
bent over. half blinded sewing women:
60 freel Take back your. health!
Recover your eyesightl Come down
out Of that garrett Go freer'
Make Good Use of Your Talent.
is your talent that of persuasion?
Make good use OF it We all have 1t to
some extent, yet none OF us think of It
as talent. But it is the mightiest of
talents. Do you know that this one
talent will fetch the world back to
God? Do you know 1t Is the mightiest
talent OF the high heavens? Do you
know that 1t Is the one talent chiefly
employed by al the angels of God
when they descend TO our world-the
talent OF persuasion? Do you realize
that the rough lumber lifted into a
cross on the bill back of Jerusalem was
In persuasion as well as sacrifice? That
is the only. absolutely the only, persua-
sion that will ever induce the human
race TO stop its march toward the city
or destruction aud wheel around and
start for the city Of light. Now may
the Lord this moment show each one Of
us that to greater or less extent we
have that one talent of persuasion and
impel US to the right use Of 1t. You-say
you cannot preach n sermon, but can
not you persuade some one to 60 and
hear a sermonf You say you cannot
sing, but cannot you persuade some one
TO 60 and hear the choir chant on
Christmas or Easter morning2 Send a
bunch or towers TO that invalid In the
hospital, with message about the land
where the Inhabitants never say. az am
sick" There Is a child Of the street
Invite him into the mission school
There Is man who has lost his for
tune In speculation. Instead of jeering
Mt his fall go and tell him of riches that
never take wings and fly away. Buckle
on that one talent of persuasion, o
man, o woman, and you will do a
work that heaven will celebrate 10000
years.
Among the 114,000 words of Noah
Webster's vocabulary and the thou
sands OF words since then added to our
English vocabulary there is one out
mastering word the power of which
cannot be estimated, and Il reaches SO
Tar up and SO far down, and that is the
word come" 1t has drawn more peo-
pie away from the wrong and toward
the right than any word 1 now think
OIL. IL has ut times crowded all the II
gates or heaven with fresh arrivals. II
VIII yet rob the path Of death of the
last pedestrians. IT will yet chime SO
loudly and gladly that all the tollinp
oeiis or sorrow will be drowned with
the music. 1t is piled up in 90 Bihle's
climax and peroration, "And ehe spirit
and the bride say come, and let him
tnat heareth say come, and let him that
is athirst come" Have IL on the point
or your pen. have It on the tip of your
tongue. Monosyllables are michtier
than polysyllables, and that word
come" Is the mightiest of monosvIIa-
bles. Shakespeare says OF one of his
characters, "She speaks poniards. and
every word stabs." We may saw of
others, they speak words which are of
balm and music, are light and life.
Master one of those words. harness ono
OF those words, project one of those
WORDS prove the full plenitude and
power OF one OF those words. David
Garrick, the dramatist, said he would |
give 100 guineas IL he could say 'ohD |
as George Whitefield said II. What
might we not give II we could saw
come" as Jesus said It? Some one |
has said that syliables govern the |
world. and ] think that one syllable
might save the world. But I cannot
Whatever be Your one
talent. cultivate It, Once fully realize
that you-have something with which 10
enhance heaven and take hold of tho
eternities, and IL will add n new bonlx
OF Keys TO the music OF your soul. You
're Ordained to some kind OF work by
the laying on OF the hands OF the Lord
Goa Almighty. If you cannot do any,
thing else, go around and feel sorry for
somebody. When some one asked.
What is the secret OF William WIlbcr.
force's power?" the answer was "His
power OF sympathy" And there are
lo,ooOOOO people who have the Same
luaiincation IL they only knew II.
sympathy! II you cannot restore tho
child to that bereft parent or the for.
lune TO that bankrupt financier or
health TO that confirmed invalid or nm
honorable name TO that wrecked char
,cter, you can at least feel sorry for
ne misfortune or the bereavement or
he suffering. Sympathy If YOU have
lot the means to do anything else. go
mo SIT down and cry with them. That
the way Christ did when he went ont
o the desolated home in Bethany and
he sisters told their sad story He
rieo with them Oh. cultivate that one
alent Of sympathy
Mighty Division.
After the resurrection 6av ond oil
'eaVeh is made up. resurrected bodies
oined to ransomed souls, and the
ates which were SO long open are shut
mere may be some day when all the
eoeemed may pass in review be-
ore the great white throne. II SO. /
mink the hosts passing before the
sing VIII move In different divisions.
Win the first division will pass the
aighty ones OF earth who were as
ooo ana useful as they were great.
u THIS division will pass before the
nrone all the Martin Luthers, the
Ohm Knoxes. the Wesleys, the Richard
cells, the Millions, the Cbrvsostoms |
he Herschells, the Lenoxes. the
gorge Peabodys. the Abbott Law [
snces and all the consecrated Chris. ,
an men and women who were great Z
literature. In law, In medicine. in
niosophy. in commerce. Their genius {
ever spoiled them. They were as 6
amoie as they were gifted or opulent.
hey We're great on earth, and now
icy are great in heaven. TAeSx sur 6
assing and magnificent talents were