The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-16

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the Bible, it says, ''He that doubteth
is damned.
vi. Be men and women of cour-
age.
Perhaps there was never a time
when we had so many examples OF
courage as we have to-day.
When the ports of Europe closed
against the Asiatic Squadron there
was nothing left but to go to Manila.
Many of our people feared the re-
suits, But Ensign Dewey was man
of courage. By the forts, over the
mines and into the harbor he sailed.
| The Spanish fleet was DESTROYED,
many of the forts captured aud finally
| Manila taken.
Hobson was no less courageous
when he sunk the Merrimac in the
very centre of the enemies fire.
The Plattsb urgh boys while storm
! ing the hills of Santiago sung in the
very hottest of the battle:
IT'S the star spangled banner,
Oh! long may it wave,
Ger the land of the free
And the home of the brave!"
We need more young people to-day
who are not afarid of the fiery fur
mace, or the den of lions; young peo-
pie who shall go out and meet Go
| Hath in the name of the God of Is
rael.
VII The last quality / shall name
| is Perseverance.
Perseverance is the long pull,
strong pull, and pull altogether" on
1.-The home stretch
| President Lincoln said of General
Grant, HE is not easily excited, and
he has the grip of bull dog. When
he once gets his teeth in, nothing can
shake him off,
Jacob said to the angel, IT will not
let thee go unless thou dost bless
| me-
The unjust judge said, Though
| fear not God, nor regard man, yet be-
! cause this widow troubleth me, will
| avenge her, lest by her continual
| coming she weary me- The King
| dom of God suffereth violence, and
| the violent take it by force.
Robert Bruce made several unsuc-
cessful attempts to possess his king
dom and crown. While seeking con-
cealment from his foes in a shattered
| barn:
"Be flung himself down in low despair,
As grieved as man could be;
And after while as he pondered there,
I'll give it all up said he.
Nov just at that moment a spider
dropped
With its silken cobweb clew,
And the king in the midst OF his thinking
Stopped to see what the spider would do.
Twas long way up to the ceiling dome,
And it hung by rope so fine,
| That how it would get to its cobweb home,
King Bruce could not divine.
| at soon began to cling and crawl
But ' down It it came, with a slipping sprawl.
As near to the ground as ever"
Nine times the spider tried to reach
its cobweb home, but every time 1t
seemed to fall still lower.
Sure, cried the king, that foolish thing
Will strive no more to climb,
When it tolls so hard to reach and cling,
! And tumbles every time.
"But up the insect went once more,
All me, it's an anxious minute,
He's only foot from his cobweb door,
Oh, say, will he lose or win it!
STEADILY, steadily, inch by inch,
Higher and higher he got,
| And bold little run at Cne very laS'
pinch,
Put him into his native spot
Bravo, bravo!' the king cried out,
All honor to those who try;
! The spider up there defed despair,
He conquered, and why shouldn't II
"And Bruce of Scotland braced his mind.
| And gossips tell the tale.
/ That he tried once more as he tried neIore,
| And that time he did not fail.
"Pay goodly heed, all you who read,
And beware of saying, i can t;
It's a cowardy word and apt to lead
| To idlness, folly and want"
| am now going to make a state
ment that 1 do not want anyone to
| misunderstood I would not havi
| you think for moment that | dom:
| believe that Christ is our example
| in all things, but Paul said follow ma
/ even as | follow Christ. | am nov
! going to hold up before the youn |.
| people two persons who accepted
| Christ as their Saviour, His Word a9
! their guide, and on the qualities
named made a success OF life.
Let me first speak to the young
men.
England has given to the world
some of the greatest men in all
branches of learning. To-day we
place in the front ranks William
Ewart Gladstone He was born OF
wealthy parents and with royal blood
in his veins. Instead of becoming
| dissipated as many young man in
such circumstances would have done
or instead of depending upon his So
cial standing, he took the course that
| have already laid out in this sermon
and by so doing ''he being dead yet
speaketh."
AS Christian he said, "Christ is
the hope of my poor hayward life. .
He never missed service on Sunday
when we'll enough to attend.
AS a student he was graduated
with high honors from Oxford, at the
age of twenty His library contained
twenty-four thousand volumes. He
is the author of number of very i'm
portant works; several of them are
on the Bible.
He was one of the greatest orators
and statesmen of his time. To be
familiar with his life is to know Eng
lands history for a period of sixty
years.
Before the young women l would
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principles l have referred to in this
address, one Of the greatest reform
ers that has ever blessed our coun-
try. When her funeral car drew
slowly into the city of Chicago, as
many as 10000 people turned out
midst falling snow and sleet to take
the last look at one of their greatest
| benefactors, Frances Elizabeth Viii.
lard They came from the North,
South, East and West to pay their
last tribute of respect A wreath OF
flowers was sent by young lady who
had met Miss Willard but once. She
WIS then on the correspondence staff
of a city paper, and had been sent to
interview Miss Willard, who was sick
at the hotel and unable to fill her
appointments. Miss Willard was
seated in an easy chair, but when she
saw the young lady's pale and ema-
ciated face she said, 'Dearie, you have