The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-07-14


Lo"2 H7"o +"r"n, but the greatest of
tns Low" The subject last
NJ CIV ''" .1".." Mr.. Adams said:
q, '". .a wrote these words
pr a." preached. 1t was
ne -.- Brethren, be We fol-
ioN 80" .".'. of me-" Whenever
ne ls ' 'n the steep slopes of
du dy to jump into the
leS .H r lie way. He was the
Nv self upon the altar
W.. ed upon others the
uu e. He never slum-
DC .'. hers were on the
or 'H-- '- er stopped to rest
W. -""'' ere on the march
l.. ly the enlightenment
OIL 49, they had the energy
OF his conduct: not only the illum-
lnation of exegesis, but the inspira-
uon or example. Great as was his
preaching, the practical illustration
in his own life of the things he urges
upon Others is still greater. Unlike
the modern general who. from the
distance of miles, perhaps upon some
emlnence. from which he surveys the
entire field OF battle, mobiliZes and
moves his men by semaphore. aide or
telephone; himself far removed from
danger of shrapnel or Mauscr. Paul
never sounded the charge that he did
not plunge into the thickest of the
tight. Did he preach Christ as the
ultimate ideal and goal for which
men should strive? OF himself he
says: Not as though | had already
attained But one thing l
do press toward the mark for the
prize"
We arc not surprised, then. to
hnd in him the apostle of hope.
when he places it among the graces,
he does so because it had graced his
own life. He can urge upon others
the duty and privilege of optimism
because he knows what it is to glory
In his own infrmities. and count all
"oridy losses as gains He ever
walks with buoyant and springy
step. With him the shadows never
lengthen and the night never deep
ems, it is always day. He walks in
the light: he is a child OF light; he
re1oices in tribulation, and through
Its leaden skies the star of hope ever
shiEes
Hope is defined as the desire of
some good. accompanied with IN en-
nectation of attaining it. or a belief
that 1T is obtainable. 1t is more than
an emotion, therefore. or a wish, or a
desire; it is confidence. an eXpecta-
ton; 1T almost reaches the stage of
WI 'iN'ioh. IL is the pnllOSODny OF
optimism, and as such it abides and
deserves to abide We are told that
travellers in the Alps, standing upon
the middle ground" see, beneath
them. the shadows and valleys and
darkly flowing river and above them
the snow-clad heights on which the
sun rests long after the valley be-
meath is in the grip of the night. At
one time, then, it is possible to look
down into the shadows or up into the
sunshine. Pessimism is the philoso-
ply of the downward look; hope lifts
its eyes unto the hills from whence
cometh mans help: and believes that
the best and not the worst is yet to
come.
David was an optimist. In the
Forty-second Psalm he is facing a
Crisis. He cannot stand upon middle
ground. He must either descend or
ascend; 1t is the abyss or the noun
tain top. And so. he lays hold upon
the one refuge from pessimism and
despair, and calls upon his soul to
hope. why art thou cast down. O
my soul? And why art thou dis
quieted within me? Hope thou in
God. lor shall yet praise Him for
the health OF His countenance.
Hope abides because it is the sur
fits. humbles. dethrones. It saps the
very strength from manhood. Fran
ces II. Burnett in "The Shuttle. :"
gives us the picture of the English
lord, sitting hour after hour. hold
ing the wasted hand of one of his
common laborers, who is stricken
with typhoid fever. and calling back
through the power of hope the life
1hat @ had almost gone out in despair
The great specialist. who has been
called In In the hour of crisis. when
the races of the watchers are pale,
and fear has frozen the very foun-
tains of life and energy, gives the
verdict of Hope" and instantly the
BODY straightens, the back stiffens.
the blood courses through the veins.
Hope Is energy. The provisions
have failed the boat leaks, the seas
rise, strength Is gone, and intolerable
thirst alone remains. But, upon the
horizon there rise the masts and then
the hull of the liner. Hope at once
tn the vestige Of re-
tn, the distress signal
J. aa. seen; it is answered
L" 1'i curse is changed, and
500. nd. Hope is the gran
j nature. OF Samuel
; - .'. oft says: Difficulties
'.- urge his decision. nor
& .N.. Fi his fortitude. or des-
},..'. knew nothing; trials
'"'L -'... m for superior strug-
Us ia )lime and unfaltering
ho.,P i'' ast of solemnity, and
49, "a. ...'N part of his nature as
= a. r;'"'c &c sprung from insi ght
'NI" .. DEGREES. and was as
".l' ,ere Calvinist's assur-
an ction.''
t.... s song. Once Elijah
r.. 20. was paralyzed Hav-
49, .,..A,. - 10 Slin pWaN frnm him h.,