St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-15

. right to shout the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. The King OF
Kings, the Lord of Hosts, the God OF
Joshua and Havelock, leads in the
conflict. l have no fear about the
tremendous issue. My only fear is
that we will not be found in the
ranks and fully armed to do our part
in this campaign Of the eternities.
But January, like all the other
months of the year. has had its sad
nesses and its disasters. During the
month died Lihnaeus, the botanist OF
Sweden and the world, who called the
roll of the flowers and shrubs and trees,
putting them into companies and call
ing them by their names, his beautiful
stat tue standing in park at Stockholl-4,
rose in bronze held in his right hand.
During this month expired Francis Ba-
con, and Garrick, and Galilei, and Louis
W., and William Pitt, and Francis JET
frey of the immortal pen, and Disraei
the first, and Edward Everett, and
Bruce, and Catiline. In this month died
Peter the Great, the man of whom it
was written: "He gave polish to his
people and was himself savage. He
taught them the art of warfare, OF
which he himself was ignorant. From
the sight of small boat on the river
| Moskwa he erected powerful fleet,
making himself an expert and active
shipwright, sailor, pilot and command
er. He changed the manners, customs
and laws of the Russians and lives in
their memory as the father Of his coun-
try"
But I cannot read the epitaphs of one
out of hundred illustrious graves in
this first month of the year. Many OF
| those well known gained half their re-
nown and did half their work through
the help of those OF whom we know
little or nothing. Lord Herschel IL
known all the world over and will be
known through all time, but little is
said of her who was born this first
month of the year and without whose
help he never could have been what he
was-his sister, Caroline Lucretia Au-
gusta. She helped him hunt the worlds.
She repaired and adjusted his tele-
scopes. She ciphered out his astronom-
ical problems. She was his amanuen-
SIS She planned for him his work.
She discovered seven comets and made
"A Catalogue of Nebulae and Star
Clusters" The month of January in.
troduced her to the observatories, but
she has never been properly introduced
to the world.
According TO my text, "This month
shall be unto you the beginning OF
months; it shall be the first month OF
the year to YOU" Through it make
preparation for the other II months
What you are in January you will
probably be in all the other months
of the year. Prepare for them neither
by the apprehension nor too sanguine
anticipation. Apprehension OF mis-
fortune will only deplete your body
and gloom your soul and unfit you fol
any trouble that may come. On the
other hand, if you expect too much, dis
appointment will be yours. Cultivate
faith in God and the feeling that He
will do for you that which is best, and
you will be ready for either sunshine
or shadow. The other II months OF
the year 1902 will not all be made VI
of gladness or of grief. The cup thai
1 is all made up of sweetness is insipid
| Between these just opened gates OF
the year and the closing of those gates
there will be many times when you viii
want God. You will have questions t.
decide which will need supernatura
impulse. There may be illnesses OF the
body or perplexities of mind or spir
itual exhaustions to be healed ane
comforted and strengthened. During
the remaining 26 days of this month
lay in . supply of faith and hope ene
courage for all the days of the l.
months. Start right and you will b
apt to keep right. Before the ship cap
tain gets out of the New York Narrow
he will make up his mind what SCI
route he will take. While you are il
the Narrows of this month make VI
your mind which way you will sal
and unroll your chart and set you
compass and have the ifeboats vel
placed ON the davits and be ready TO
smooth voyage all the way across o
the swoop of q Caribbean whirlwind.
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was to
some time in poor health, and to whil'
away the time he wrote preposterou
religious romance. One Joseph Smitl
somehow got hold of that book befor
it was printed and published it as rev
elation of Heaven, calling it the "Bool
of Mormon" and from that publica
, ton came Mormonism, the monste
. abomination of the earth. Rev. Solo
, mon Spauldfng might have been bette
engaged than writing that book o
, falsehoods. However much time W
: have, we have never time to do wrong
Harness January for usefulness. and
, will take the following months in It
train. Oh, how much you may do TO
, God between now and the 31st OF mex
, December! The beautiful weeping
, willow" tree was introduced by Alex
), ander Pope into England from twii
!. which the poet found in a Turkish
: basket of figs. He planted that twae
. and from it came all the weeping vii
! lows of England and America; an