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

work all the time.
But there il another fact I want YOU
To notice about Joab's upbraidment and
denurciaion. He did not waste any
words about other peoples shortcom.
ings. He did not 20 TO the king aud
say: "Now. David. Absalom was an
ungrateful dog. You ought to have
banged him long ago. And those PEG
pie who mutinied against you and
made YOU flee from your capital ought
to be sought out and punished" Oh.
no. Joab did not bother himself about
crying over the departed past. lie
practically said to David: Here. the
Instruction has taken place An aw-
full lot OF damage has been done. There
is no use of talking about who caused
the difficulty. The one great fact we
want TO solve Is how can we get the
Kingdom back upon its old. stable foun-
dalton, 1t Is not now question who
set fire 90 Your palace. but how we can
put the confiagration out. Now, you
had better get out OF this room as soon
rs possible and get back TO your capital
and pick up the reins of government
without one moments delay" And
David returned and cnmc to the Jor-
dan and went back TO Jerusalem. Are
you and I ready to do as did David?
Are YOU trying to jump In and over.
come the evu deeds of others instead
OF sitting down and crying about them
and nngnifying them? .eF
The world will never be saved by Our
proTing that other people are Mars aud
ingrates. I read aA article some years
ago, which cut out Of a paper and
pasted in my ,scrapbook. with the pur-
pose OF quoting II. but 1 lost the article
and lost the book. The article. how
ever. went something like this: 'Nhut
Is the use OF men in business complain
ing that their employees are slothful
and ignorant? What is the use OF say
ing that your help is lazy and untrue
and SelfshE Men have always been
lazy and untrue and selfish ever since
the world was started. it is the strong
leader and the successful man who
takes his employees as they are and
does not sit down and complain about
them. The successful man I'm spite OF
drawbacks nses all men for the best
purposes 70: which they can he used.
"Ah, yes" l said when | read that ar
tiCle, how true, how true. The sue
ScSStrl merchant is not the merchant
who has perfect clerks but he takes
his clerks Us they are and drills them
and Keeps on drilling them until I'm
spite of themselves they are compelled
10 90 ms bidding. che sIIcces<ful cam
tain Is Il man who. like Pau zones, can
inspire mixed crew. made up of all
different nationalities, TO fight his bat
ties rs though they were made out of
the stun of heroes And the strong
man for God Is not the man who sits
Iiown and repiues over the Weaknesses
of his fellow meu. He is like Joab,
ready to shut his eyes to other mems
faults and out OF mems weaknesses
build up his own towers OF strength
Even Il lion can he strangled to death
with spider webs IL you can weave
enough OF tllom together into one rope.
The sunbeams can change ships hull
into Goals of fire if YOU can only focus
the suns rays upon II 10y n powerful
burning glass Gl
.IrfD What Gladstone said. rr-|
But must not close without drawing
II.
awakcne'iking was not young man.
lie WIS moi even middle aged man.
/ think his hair was white and his step
was becoming slower with age. and he
knew ii. William l.. Gladstone said
just before lie gave up his English pre-
mierslip. Il feel that the sands of my
life are running out" King David
must nave felt his sands OF life running
away Also. His grown children proyed
Ii. Ahsalon must have been n grown
man. No mere boy could have had the
Drains or the power TO raise the insur~
rection which he did. Absalom was
evidently "A fully developed man. This
meant that David, as the father, was
probably past the hftieth milestone II
not nearing his threescore years OF age.
Now. methinks, when this Instruction
started. David lost all his moral back
bone. cnn almost hear him soliloquiz-
ing something like this q. NIr,.
What Is the use OF my fighting? I
am AN old man. II were young. as
IN the days when I fought Goliath.
/ could fight now; but. old ana worn
out, there Is not much use / think I
had better abdicate. IL will only be n
Few years at the most, and then / must
die" But Joab had none of this nom
sense In him. He came to the king and
said: 'Your majesty. your
best days are ahead. Get up out OF this
room and 80 to work. Your last wears
81 fsgning over Israel pre 70 be yopr,
best years My friends. my middie
aged or white haired friends. / bring to
You Joab's sRlutntlon, ''Your best DAVIS
are ahead; up and out" That is what
your motto should be. Yea, up and out
aow.1 U.H tlIUI N|f evii
You are discouraged, like David.
Things have not been going right in
business, have they?J The younger men
m the partnership want to push you TO
The wall: Don't YOU let them do II. |
Things have not been going right I'm the
home and in the church.. People say
you are an old fogy and that you look
II things through Anticipated spectacles.
Don't You let them push you aside. |
Who ought ID be so We'll fitted TO lead |
ma mold the world rs the mature mid |
lie aged and white haired teachers or |
OF merchants or church mem |
Ders? lt-is Al sad cry which the world |
3 calling today: Give us young men, |
Let us have only young menr' The |
foice of the church and the voice OF
he world should be the voice of Joab: !
Give us older men for our leaders |
Give us older men in the pulpit and in
he pew and In legislative hall The
'est days OF King David were his last |
lays The best days of your earthly
ife. o aging man. are ahead. all
hough at the present time US with |
David just after Absaiom's death, con- |
itions may seem TO be black and al
most hopeless And say this with
he greatest confidence because I be- I
ieve that the blackness and hopeless
less OF your present troubles Will drive
'ou closer and closer to Jesus Christ,
Who alone Is able to fft you for service
or your fellow men,, 80 - - i
How black'the world seems at times.
wen under the brightest OF conditionsl
short time before Henry Irving, the
greatest actor OF his day, passed aNyav