The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-03

GnliSted, this sermon conveys prac
tical lesson. The text is Exodus xiv
10, stand still and see the salvation o.
the Lord"
To fall back In order to go forward
to retreat, In order to advance; t.
cvncuate In order to conquer; aye, thai
is the course most great military chief
tains have had to take, at least once ii
life, before they won their ultimate
triumphs. Such line Of tactics woI
for our nation that independence the
anniversary festival Of which we arc
soon to celebrate. George Washington
mt Yorktown would never have been
possible had there not first been q
Washington's retreat from Long Is
land. When General Miiliin, with Il
small detachment of troops acting as
scntlneis over wooden guns, deceived
the British army while the American
troops, In a dense fog quietly padded
past Lord Howe's fleet and slipped
through the fingers of Sir Henry Gin
ton, Americas liberties were rescued
from almost certain strangulation. Had
Washington stayed to obstinately hold
his ground after the bloody battle OF
Long Island. the American army would
have been nnnhilated or captured. 1t
Is not always Il good plan for general
to cut his bridges behind him Had
there been no retreat from Bohemia
after the battle Of kolin, and no evacti-
alton of Berlin after the slaughter of
Kunersdorf, there would have been no
Frederick the Great, whose name has
been the marvel not only Of Prussia.
but of all Europe and the civilized
world. Nathaniel Greene, the mighty
military leader Of the Revolutionary
war, second only in power to George
Washington, was aptly called The
Great Retreater" He never won
decisive battle in his life SO it has
been with other military chieftains.
There Is strategy in Guiding a foe
whose strength is superior Many a
general has kept the field and worn out
the patience Of an enemy by avoiding
a decisive battle and in the end has
proved victorious.
Can DO Nothing but Wait.
There may come times in the battle |
of life when man is 10 fight and |
times when man is TO run. There |
also come other times when man is |
TO be like Il Moses "encamped before |
Pf-hahiroth, between AIigdol and the |
sea. over against Baal-zephon" On the |
one side of him was the Red sea, on the |
other side OF him were the pursuing
hosts of the philistnes. He could not |
rum There was no place 10 run to.
lie could not fight Pharaoh. lie knew
he would have been annihilatcd in the
He could do nothing but wait
lie had to stand still and see the sal
walton Of the Lord" Moses was like
Sir Henry Lawrence. entrapped in the
'caidency of Lucknow during the sepoy
'ebellion of 1857. For three long months
he little English garrison. surrounded
~ q hundred thousand murderous de-
mons, had TO do nothing but wait
rhey Just kept on waiting for the
escuers, who fought their way up from
,alcutta under the leadership of that
zero of heroes Sir Henry IIavclock.
Hoses was like General Charles George
iordon, who for ten long months just
lad 10 wait and continue TO wait in
lie besieged city of Khartum. and
hen gave up his life only n few days
cforc the English rescuers hove in
light. Moses was like the foreigners,
raging and hoping and hoping and |
raging in the missionary compounds
f Picking, waiting for the allied troops
D deliver them from their impending
ate during the Boxer uprising Of Chi
n in 1900. They were too strong as
body TO have TO surrender. They /.
ere not strong enough as a body TO
ght their way to the English ships :
nd so. hemmed In and driven in on !
II sides, they just stood their ground f.,
ghting for their existence by dag and
coping on their guns by night Thcy !
ere waiting simply waiting They y,
ere standing stlll, to see the salvation (,
the Lord.
Very easy 1t Is for most of us to go
'rward in the battle of life when the
vine command is given clearly and
stinctly: Charge. Let the whole line
large" Easy it is for most OF us to
treat when the command IS given
early and distinctly: "fall back Let
e whole line fan back" But it is
iother matter for Us TO stand STILL II :
another matter 10 patiently wait q
4 waiting Is a very great element in "
ritual success. rs it Is IN temporal h
ccess. How much q factor Is the y
hitting crisis in the successes Of life y
n be well learned I'm the words which II
7. Cuyler taught a few years ago. =
ben he said. Il have been conversant :
my time with thousands Of failures
talented men. both in New Iorl; and d
'ooklyn. and | can bear testimony
NJ ninety-nine luuircdihs Of all
ose failures were. without doubt. due Ii
the lack OF patience. both in a spirit i
] sense as well rs in temporal" n
is to teach the important lessons Of y
Notified patience that ! am preach Of
, this sermon. nj
TIE waiting crisis comes to thou y
IDS upon thousands Of faithful men !.
i women in the struggle for a finan- "
] existence II comes not to the q
y. good for nothing human bangs. IN