The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-22

this world f0r DleSSeQneSS or woe, anu, ~
the armies of God are mightier than the
armies diabolic, we know who wil
triumph, and we have right to shout the
The King of Kings, the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Joshua and Havelock, leads in
the conflict. have no fear about the tire.
mendous 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. +
Again, remark that the month Of Jan
uary has seen many of the most strpen.
dous events in the worlds history and q
rocking of cradles and the digging Of
graves. that have affected nations In this
month American independence was de-
clared, followed by Lexington and Bunker
Hill and Monmouth and Valley Forge and
Yorktown. January saw the proclamation
that abolished American slavery. Though
at the time there were two mighty opin.
ions and they were exactly opposed-those
who liked the document and those who dis.
liked it-there is but one opinion now, and
if it were put to vote in all the States Of
there would be an overwhelming vote OF
"Now The pen with which the document
was signed and the inkstand that con-
tanned the ink are relics as sacred and val
liable as the original Declaration of 1nde-
pendence, with all its erasures and inter
lineations. The institution which for sew
enty or eighty years kept the nation in
angry controversy has disappeared, and
nothing is left to fight about. The North
and the South; to-day are in as complete
accord as ever were flute and eornet In the
same orchestra.
The North has built its factories on the
banks of the Chattahoochee and the Roa-
noke, and the South has sent many Of its
ables attorneys into our northern court
houses, its most skilful physicians into our
sick rooms. its wisest bankers into our
exchanges, its most consecrated ministers
into our pulpits-all this the result of the
proclamation of January /, 1883.
Furthermore, I notice that January has
been honored with the nativity of some
of the greatest among the nations. Ed
mund Burke was born this month, the
marvel and glory of the legal world; Fene-
lon of the religious world, Benjamin Frank.
lin of the philosophic world, William II.
Prescott of the historic world, Sir John
Moore of the military world, Robert Burns
of the poetic world, Polycarp of the mar
tyr world, Peter the Great Of the kingly
world, Chrysostom of the sacred rhetoric
world, Daniel Webster of the statesman
world. 15s;S
In this month, at Hampton Court, 1904,
a new, translation of the Holy Bible was
ordered. There were Bibles of. all kinds
abroad, some of them translations from
Hebrew and Greek by incompetent men,
and the church and the world cried out for
a Bible translated by a. group Of the good
and the learned. King James disliked the
Bibles abroad and appointed a commission
of nd n
forty.seven. Those men presented the
world with Bible that held mighty sway
among the nations for more than $50 years,
the revision of the Bible thirty years ago
being founded on that revision, which be.
gan under King James of 1904. The old
translation, made more than two and q
half centuries ago, sustained the martyrs
in the fire, illumined the homesteads of
many generations, was the book that was
read aloud at the embarkation Of the fore-
fathers from Delft Haven, cheered the
weary voyagers on the Mayfower, COM
forted them in the wilds of America, was
the book on which the first American
Congress, as well as the last, took the oath
and with which all the Presidents OF the
United States have solemnized their en-
trance into office, is the book that, has ad-
yanced the worlds civilization as no other
influence ever could, and which now, lies
on the table of more homes than any book
that was ever printed since Johann GU
tenberg borrowed money OF Martin Breth:
er and John Faust to complete the art OF
printing. What q January in the worlds
history-the January that gave the ages .
book like that!
But I cannot read the epitaphs of one out
of hundred illustrious graves In this tlrst
month of the year. Many of those well
known gained half their renown and did
half their work through the help of,those
of whom we know little or nothing: Lord
Herschel is known all the world over and
will be known: through all time, but little
is said of her who was born thus frst
month of the year, and without whose
help he never could have been what ne
was-his sister, Caroline Lucretia Angus
ia. She helped him hunt the Wonds.
She repaired, and adjusted his telescopes.
She ciphered out his astronomical prob
lens. She was his amanuensis. She
planned for him his work. She discovered
seven comets and made "a Catalogue Of
Nebulae and Star Clusters" The month
of January introduced her to the observa-
tories, but she has never been properly In
troduced to the world:
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 eleven months OF
the year 1902 will not all be made up Of
gladness or of grief The cup that 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 will want
God. You will have questions to decide
which will need supernatural impulse.
There may be illnesses Of the body or per.
plexities of mind or spiritual exhaustlo1s
to be healed and comforted and strength
ened. During the remaining twenty-si1
days of this month lay in supply of faith
and hope and courage for all the days or
the eleven months. Start right, and you
will be apt to keep right.
Before the ship captain gets out OF the
New York Narrows he makes up his mind
what sea route he will take. While you
are in the narrows of this month make up
your mind which way you will sail and
unroll your chart and set your compass
and have the ifeboats well placed ON the
davits and be ready for: smooth voyage al
the way across or the swoop OF Carlb-
bean whirlwind.
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for some
time in Door health, and to while esaway the
time he wrote preposterous religious fo-
nance. One Joseph Smith somehow got
hold of that book before it was printed
and published it as revelation of heaven,
calling it the "Book of Mormon" and
from that publication came Mormonism,
the monster abomination of the earth.
Rev. Solomon Spaulding might have been
better engaged than writing that book OF
falsehoods However much time we have,
we never have time to do wrong. Harness
January for usefulness, and it will take the
following months in its train. Oh, how
much you may do for God between now
and the 3lst of next December! ;,
was introduced by Alexander Pope into
England from twvig which the poet found
in, Fnrkish basket of fgs. He planted