Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-03

or go IN and out the fine abode that
our government has appropriately pro-
vided for them. They are not longing
for other Chapultepecs. They do not
want to undertake another South
Mountain. Their foot does not ache
to get into the stirrup of the cavalry
nan. They are not longing for the
bareback of the soldiers breakfast
. along the Chickahominy. They have
no desire for another ride in the am
bulance to the field hospital. When the
Spanish war broke out they sometimes
wondered if their rheumatic knee
would allow them to keep step in a
march,. and if their sight was good
enough to see an advancing foeman,
and if their ear was alert enough to
hear the command 'Charge!" But for
the most part they are glad that there
is no more war for them. So let all of
the aged in peace with God, through the
blessed Christ, cultivate contentment
and thank the Lord their Sedan has
been fought and the-war is over. 'Let
not him that girdeth on his harness
boast himself as he tina putteth it off,
There are old farmers who cannot
do one more days work. What har-
vests they raised in 1870! They knew
the rotation of crops as well as they
knew the rotations of the seasons. Tn
der what blistering suns they swung
the scythe and the cradle! Through
what deep SHOWS they drew the logs
or cut out their way to the foddering
of the cattle! What droughts, what
freshets, what insectile invasion, they
remember! To clothe and feed and
educate the household they went
through tolls and self-sacrifices that
the world knew but little about. Rest,
aged man! Let the boys do the shovel
ing and thrashing and cutting and
sweating. You have put the harness
off, and do not try to put it on again.
Then there are aged physicians.
What tragedies of pain and accident
they have witnessed! How much suf-
fering they have assuaged! How many
brave battles they have fought with
lancet and cataclysm! How many fe-
vers they cooled! How many broken
bones they set! How many paroxysms
they quoted! How many anxious days
they passed when they knew that hui
man lives depended upon their skill and
fidelity! They drove back death from
many a cradle. Instead of becoming
hardened at the sight of suffering their
sympa thies deepened, is with aged DIR.
Valentine Mott when, standing before
his students in clinical department and
a child was about to be OPP
Grated upon in surgery, he said:
Gentlemen, here are surgeons
who will do this work as we'll
as I can, and you will excuse me if l
leave the room, for as I get older I
90 0f ooir
once / could, especially the suffering
of little children God comfort and
bless the old doctors, allopa thic, home
opathic, hydropathic and eclectic, and
make them willing to be out of prac-
tice! Before long they will hear the
benediction of Him who said: 81 was
sick, and We visited Me-
Again, learn from Benhadad's be-
.havior the unwisdOm of boasting of
what one is going to do. Two mes
sages had he sent to the king of Is
rael, both messages full of insolence
and braggadocio. With trimming
beaker in hand he is talking with the
royal group about what he will do
with the spoils of the victory he is
going to achieve that afternoon. He
takes it for granted that Samaria
will surrender. He gives command
for the capture of some of the inhab-
itants of Samaria who are approach
ing, saying: whether they be come
out for peace take them alive, or
whether they be come out for war,
take them alive" But behold the fu-
gitive king in frightened retreat be-
fore shutdown! Better not tell boast
ingly what you are going to do. Wait
until it is done. You do well to lay
our your plans, but there are so many
mistakes and disappoin tments in life
that you may not be able to carry
out your plans, and there is no need
of invoking the worlds derision and
caricature Napoleon was so sure of
conquering England, Scotland and
Ireland that he had medal struck
celebrating the conquest, which he
never made. On that medal was rep
resented his own crowned head.
DIR. Pendleton and Mr.. Saunders
were talking in the time of persecu-
ton under Queen Mary. Saunders
was trembling and afraid, but Pen
'dleton said: WHAT Man. there is
much more cause for me to fear than
you. You are small, and 1 have large
bodily frame, but you will see the last
piece of this flesh consumed to ashes
before [ ever forsake Jesus Christ
and His truth, which I have pro-
fessed." Not long after Saunders,
the faint hearted, gave up his life
for Christ's sake, while Pendleton,
who had talked so big, played cow
ard and gave up religion when the
test came. Wilberforce did not tell
what he was going to do with the