The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1906-10-04


nearly always underestimate the diff
ficulties of the work which he has to
do. He is like a commander of an In
yading army who seems to despise the
strength Of his enemies. He pretends
to think that the opposing forces can
not shoot as well as his soldiers can
shoot and that the very sight of his
standards will make his enemi.
craven hearted and run fog their lives
When Edward Braddock, the com
mander of the British and colonia
forces, led his troops against Fort Du
quesne in 1855, the young colonel
George Washington, warned hin
against the dangers into which he was
running. He said, my general, yor
are dealing with one of the braves
and most treacherous foes" Pooh
poohv' answered General Braddock
'We are merely fighting lot of rec
skinned sayages. You may be afraid
been trained In one of the great Brit
ish military schools. have some OF
the best soldiers of his majesty's army
They can defeat any body of soldiers
ever gathered together in these west
ern wilds." SO he went ahead in his
blind folly On he marched with his
banners flying and his drums beating
And what was the result? At Great
Meadows. the present site of the city
of Pittsburg, suddenly the woods be.
came a perfect hailstorm of bullets
Fall in, fall inp' cried Braddock
"Aiml Firei Charger were his orders
But where were his troops to aim? AT
what body of men were they to charged
The enemy's fire seemed to come from
everywhere, and yet not an enemy
was in sight Edward Braddock, with
scores and hundreds of his bravest Of
ficers and men, fell MORALLY wounded
OF were instantly killed. They were
ruthlessly slain because their COM
mander, with egotistic folly, deliberate.
ly shut his eyes to the strength of his
foes.
Chief Cause of the War.
What was the chief cause of the
civil WARP" 1 asked an aged southern
RtAllCl1dA SOLlC llluC dSO-
any doubt" said he, at was due to the
ignorance Of the two sections in re
spect to the strength of each otAer.
This fact was never better demonstrate
ed than In the life of Senator William
Yancey. He used to be neighbor of
mine, and / knew him well. He was
born and brought up In the south. He
knew practically no other region than
the south He was one of the most
eloquent men l have known. He was
a bitter partisan and went up and
down the southern states delivering his
inflammatory speeches until the whole
south was In q turmoil But after he
had ignited the fires of rebellion and
famed those living embers into con-
fiagration, about year before the war
broke out, he took Journey north. He
Travelled through New York and the
middle states and on tovferd the west.
He saw then with his own eyes the I'M
limited resources of the northern peo-
pie, and he knew that the effort to gain
southern independence was doomed to
failure He came back home from that
trip disillusioned and chagrined and
never opened his mouth as a public
speaker again Like an incendiary who
had fgnited the fuse Of powder mag
azine and could not put it out, all that
he could do was to sit and watch the
awful carnage approach as the civil
war came nearer and nearer, conscious
that the appalling sacrifices of human
life and property that the south was
making would be useless" This court
ly southern gentleman said to me with
a quaint smile, mo matter how strong
a man may be, it is always we'll for
him to find out beforehand if his enc
my is not as strong or even little
stronger before be takes off his coat
and begins to fight" There is infinite
wisdom in that remark. 1t is always
we'll for every man to realize the diff
culties which are ahead of him before
he enters the struggle of life.
Don't he Egotistic.
oh" says the egotistic lawyer, there
is no need of my making much prepare
ton for my case. am one of the most
brilliant and ready speakers at the
BAR All that he says may be true, but
a Goliath may be slain by little David
if he leaves even the fraction of an
inch exposed between the joints OF his
armor. Maay an ordinary. lawyer has
won his case from q brilliant attorney
because he had carefully and thorough
ly prepared his case and the other had
not. '4Oh," says the brilliant preacher,
what is the use of my working SO
hard upon my sermon? have the gift
of speech, and I can always talk" Yes,
some ministers can always talk, but 1t
is only the minister who realizes the
enormous difficulties which confront
the pulpit In the preparation of his ser
mons who Is the man able to deliver
each Lords day true message for
God. Young man, you may be smart
people may say you are very brilliant,
but 1 want to tell you there are hosts
of people just as smart as you. Fur
thermore. | care not how smart you
may be, remember this-it Is only the
plodder. the hard worker, the man who,
day by day and week by week, reabzes
the difficulties which are ahead and the
struggles which must be made, who III
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