Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-08

u
IS asked the cracked ben ia the Old leg
81 "a fWi. "Y9sirptter nothins but discords.
kk 9ou are 40 good TO any body Yes
81 s& nnswerea the bell ''thatA maybe true
y asn.ss But what are YOU complaining about?
Was not my metal all right until you
.,..ww poppdel. q crack, ia my sideg And, fur
theff1ofe. would not the world think
vasoaii right noyrif you did not con-
n .FtRueto pound me and4atlve rtise nay
weaknesses" So Il often happens that
Vfthe people who are most active In de-
.anouAcng the weaknesses, OF, others are
really denouncing the evil results OF
49, which they themselves are the direct or
-sndirece~caHses.-- Hike~a boomerang
theirfcomplaints fly in circle They
striSe back at the very lips which start
cd bpSe complaints ON their evil fight
The world has but little use for the
common scoldf7 1t has also little use
for those who do not heed the danger
signals OF ltsc which are lifted all about
them. 1t has unutterable contempt for
the pilot who will not steer away from
the buoys marking the dangerous reefs.
or for the engineer who will not stop
his locomotive when the warning tor
pedo Is exploded under his wheel. or
for the sen captain who will not keep
in his eye upon the falling barometer
sfsAir when the ship is drawing near the ice
tsbon berg regions. or for the physician who
patients fever. or for the Statesmen
swho does not ferret out and check the
evils skulking behind the pillars of the
legislative halls, There is no sense in
declaring that the sun is shining when
tornado Is Gathering down TIE har-
vests and knocking the unripc fruit of
a~the swaying Sranches.A1t iSno sign OF
.r.so great virtue to be always looking upon
~ a. the bright side OF things when condi-
si1ss tons about US are all askew and could
-cEna De made right IL we would only 20
,nzoe forth to graphic with the wrongs and
BAD - scattersthe causes which are bringing
81 Doc forth evil results. Boa ssn H0oN
General Joab was not n common
scolds sneither Dwasghe one of those
81 sa 'll 5Sat
their SOUS are Their own lie could
.tpeW QUE 6s,dlyssnd braSely when it
behooved him so to speak. When the
King DID right JOab was ready to say,
ga the King aid %ronE. Jd5b 's Mas also also
readsep sAy9 rHbGSdrt wrong. o my
king" And Because he was ready TO
eindenounee the kings follics 1ust as en-
phaucaily as he was to praise the
nEs yRfpes Ne vas e1le to exercise
the far reaching Influence on David's
an hlife thatDis described IN the chapter OF
et4 lnsv tesh[ .tAgih unomhlF| ke
In the first place. the iseoonnoociast OMEN
.Gsf ealthA eyes OF the King to the many
blessings YEth which he was surround
ed win ono herctiean blow Joab|
sinreredfee f3olk itpe kings grief
md made HIM Stop worsE:p::.- az the
w shrine OF his hayward sons grave.
no = WITH the keen, sharp words of friend
.hts heswent into The royal bedroom and
'ssasD cut and slashed, that weeping parent
fssiai with his verbal stiletto until ct last the
king realizedttat erenn father has no
hssissb right 10 spend a lifetime bemoanng
-osis hidead Absaloln ifuby such a course he is
doing an Injustice to his living friends.
- Andsys4 ny byphers shoNT many men.
and Yomen there gre just like David!
.fse,ss,a,nassy nsYss seem to be 9D!e to turn
ia aeusl OF al tombstone. They never seem
.Ut be atlste,seeI Laughing eyes and
the smiling Ups or TO hear the loving
words or those who arc living for them
in the nurseries and sitting rooms OF
- their osn Aohies. lghWn9
Davfd's Greatest Battle. tblf
an ,&a77,s greatest battle OF Davld's career
waseyer. rtsYas aRawful fight. Dm-
.-re,, Ing the hours Of that day, the kings
se'~" throne had been tottering upon Its foun-
.'dations. isAs Alfred the Great had to
fee his capital when he was defeated
by the Danes at Athclney, and as Rob
ert Bruce rwas AN exile in Ireland for
'~six long years before ne came back to
-s:.ss sshis Scottish throne. and as Charles II.
was a wanderer sunop the face OF the |
earth when CROMWELL WAS dictator at
Westminster, 50 King David, ON ac-
count OF the uprising OF his son Absa-
ion, was fugitive from his Jerusalem
tt palace IL was not mere playful squall |
Sssi4 which had struck his ship of state |
1t was tornado. which was ripping !
the sails and making the gunwales sink |
under the foaming, raging pillows |
King Dayid's head was in danger and |
the whole royal family were rnenaced
by the instruction OF which this dis
solute prince the, leader The !
young princes in the London Tower
met the same kind OF fate which |
Prince AbsaloEn had planned out for
Ibis royal sire,-but- no soonep-did thesl
kings friends rally to his standard ana
atlfhes risk of their fortunes and their
lives fight the kings battles ana win
hack fer hIn his throne and Kill the |
young prince than the king closed, his !
eyes to all his fricn.:s sacrifices. d All
he did was to SIT in his room ana weep
and moan and wrinsil;s lands and cry:
Oh, Absalom, my son, lay son. niypoor
dead boyl Oh, Absa lonl,ny SOD my son,
my poor boy" SHciieptthis crying and |
S.i< yYailipg up for hours and days AT last !
g. sJoab heard OF the Kings ingrattlide. 7
az WotAcu lhlO TOyHl CilJnfDcf . ! !
MOI said: any lslhs. have you any hearl
Can you not rcaiIze -the sacrifices
have made for You? Can you not come !
WFh AID pMpk Jssfes shedding our /
blood, instead OF weeping over that Ii |
searltonsE snaahali cInd who tried to !
murder you? And today, o man, /
81 akk. eaaaeG on kdp Sseipg Over the i
LIKES OF some people who have been I'M
true 70, yon and open your eyes to the
sacffhces OF those who have been de- /
MOI Fptips;l fhe'pStf Alto Selr comfort ana
e"S~ happiiess for ese last ten or perhaps !
ss YJS 1ssaSSly.ernd. He died =,
the result Of his sins, aud you know ii.
Yet You weep and cry for that child as
-as tshough he. hid beeh to you a saint.
whAe abotit t1ieo otAst ehfldren? What
about those lovely daughters and that
80 i'Ane young som who are growing up by
your side? Are You just to them? DO
a. A4rnu trv "a nloIs0 lCsllo faI,r,O for. t,a,u