The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-05

invaSIons, they remember! To clothe
 s .sS snd o ns s' s:, the. world knew but little. about. Rest. aged man! Let the boys do the shovel.
 rs and nra.hen. ,s and h. eqnstns nlns.. sSs o and do net try 10 put t on agsin.
 There are old mechanics that can no more shoys the plane or pound with the
 sadss or e ssr; sh: sta ass H Ma.te4 mechanics they were, or subordinates who wrought faithfully in the work of house or barn or ship building. You your task Be thankful that your work
 Faithful Service Remembered.
 Then there are aged physicians. What tragedies of pain and accident they have have assuagsd! How many brave bat. ties they have fought with lancet and cataclysmi How many levers they cooled! How many broken hone Sones o,,isf they ed! How many anxious days they pass .d when they knew that human lives depended upon their skill and fidelity! fhsy drove back death from many .
 And there are the old ministers. Once they were foremost in general assem- plies and conferences and associations, have stood by Christian deathbeds and seen Eljahs go up in flaming chariots of glory. The Gospel they preached for
 fty or sixty years tne.s
 for their breath is short. or their nerves are a-iangie. or they lose their thread of discourse or suffer from confusion or tors. The Bible says God forgets our sins when we repent of them, but lie never forgets faithful services rendered. He remembers that revival where you clouds and as doves to the windows" He has Indicated by your physical or mental condition that 1t Is time for you of many battleax; your sword is bent is dented with the thrust of many a spear. Now hang up the armor with
 Unwise Braggadocio.
 Again. I learn from Bcnh.dads beha. vior the unwisdom of boosting of what one Is going to do. Two messages nao he sent to the King Of Israel nosa ,ss mes- With brimming beaker in hand he ts talking with the royal group about what he win do with the spoils of victory he takes it for granted that Samaria will surrender. He gives command for the capture of some of the inhabitants, oi samaria who are appToachi.nsS Sor sayins: Ssass take them alive, or whether they be % Sut behold the fugitive king in fright ened retr sat before sundown; hsItsr u,n, no, so do. Walt until it is done. You do well to lay out your plans. hut there are so many mistakes and disappointments Q, our -" your plans. and there is no need Of Invoking the vol Ids dortsien and carl cature. Napoleon was so sure or con, auering England. Scotland ana ireiana ,;n . the conquest. which he never made. On that medal was represented ms o""
 ior. Pendleton and MT. samnaers were wsse talking in the tune of persecution nnaer h,s Oueen Mary Saunders was trenolinG and afraid, but Pendleton said: WhatI Man, there Is much more cause Tor me ssys so fear a4ss Snsa SSodily frame but you viii
 see the last piece of this nesh eonsnmea qaaea to ashes before ever n,dS fSriaks Save 'eso. pro. faint hearted, gave up his ire TOT Chris. is,aS l sake. while Pendleton, who had talked 50 big. played ooward and sSHy,ssn sH,sn.rpsoss. Ip re, 0n no, wssn ss tss as.s ssis S. as: going ss with the slave trade. but how muon s ns accomplished is suggested oy v,,rl horc Broushsms rsms.k concernsilns asls vsn, W,,oer; sc assssa ffss: s'ssn .stA % s Broken tssssrs in his
 Do no. boast ss yeSs ora, m.s strsassss; sf sss: nineteenth $ century, having temporarily d reformed from inseristy stood on & the York. ana ssid. Were sais sssss sc...d rlss: ss. Oos Oos,..:Ies ssyss'ts' Ut t :7 w wssld araS sa: scorn, ana I want no relinon to heiE me" But taa. arnRsn snms man nsausf r'ef Ssttes M Vs.s than Ts:Ssmsss sssEsss 'es;sssd eGs;.ssussd
 My subject is also a rssutatton of ths s famous sentiment that God is on tn, side of the hsavisst ars,,isryy: s,1sry: s%snhadad % spoke the truth when hs said. "rh; tSe dust Of ssmsria hal sis sSftcss so,,os fSs me'" He was so confident that with his superior numbers he could defeat the King of Israel and capture Samaria tna' he left the work for a short aLterno0aii hte noon | associates. The battle of Waterloo was not opened until twenty-five minutes ol i2 o'clock at noon, but that was because the ground was too wet to move the ar, tiilery. Benhadad waits until afternoon because he is overconfdent God Is nol on the side of the most swords or the most war chariots or the most cannon di U they be in the wrong but on the sioe of the right. How such 2 preposterou,ss sentiment as have mentioned drssn shoaiT asI History proclains the opposite. Describ'
 n, very next next ssstis ,asrssy s Tns'e d.fssi ss nS tha EihIs saws. '"The children of IS' rSel r '"H %itched before them like two little fiocks of kids. but the syrians niied tne country. How insignificant were the un' armed israeiites. half starved and un. organized. compared with Pharaohs hos, nos, on foot, on horseback, and chartoted! Bu' | ths waves of the Red Sea took part in tnf
 nc parting to let the Ss.soy sse suers. The Midianites and Amaleklte' were were like grasshoppers for multitudes t but 300 men under Gideon came gown, tneii only weapons pitchers and lamps ane trumpets, and as they held the pitelterI and blew the trumpets the flash Of tn. lights and the hlare of the instruments and the crash of the crockery made theil enemy fail back in wild terror. !. .o,
 Notice also that my text takes tt fo' granted that you must put on the bar ness, else how can you take ts & SnI v.r. L,.' | or sixfv vears war Helmet you mus