The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
DEATH AT A FRO[|C".
Lecture by DR.. Wharton at the YIN. G. A.
Charleston, VIVA.


mad made raid on Jerusalem, hau
destroyed the Temple and had taken
ouc Of the Temple the golden got
lets, the silver bowls and other YES
sells that the Hebrew people hao
spont their millions for, and carried
them to Babylon. He said, Bring
lhem IN to my lords and ladies that
they may drink from these bowls
ana goDlets which were used in the
worship OF the king of Heaven; they
snail drink to the king of Babylon.
Ihey commenced to drink, and con
tlnued to drink until they were
drunk. A fair bejeweled woman
would take one Of the gold
en- goblets, look at it and pass it
on to some other lady or lord, until
they drank the wine from the YES.
sells which had been stolen from
Jerusalem. Belshazzar arose ana
drank to the entire crowd. Just
then the fingers Of mans hand ap-
peared writing slowly on the wan.
He couldn't make it out, he couldn't
read it. And yet, if you Will read
the account Of it in the 9Th Chaptor
OF the book of Daniel, you will
notice that Belshazzar was badlv
scared. Ho became pale in the face.
weak in the back. and his knees
smote together, one against the
other. That is the way it attacks a
man.
was born in Culpeper County.
Vlrginia--it was the scene Of one
or two of the hardest fought battles
OF the civil War, it was the camping
place of the great armies.
was attending school at Salem,
Virginia, at the age Of fifteen years.
The oldest boy there was not over
sixteen. We formed company Of
eighty students. | was sergeant or
the company, which was made un.
or boys not one Of us over sixteen
years of age. We marched up and
down the campus, and around about
with c. guns, and said that if The
Yankees ever showed ur at Salem
we would clean them up. BY and
~ they did approach Salem. Our
little company was called out. I
was put on picket on the road upon
which General Averill was expected
along at the head of ten thousand
men. | could hot only not keep
my knees from shaking, but |
couldn't keep my teeth from chat
tering. Every stick that broke,
every leaf that lustled L imagined
was one of the yankees crawl
ing up to take my head off. I was
pale in the face, weak in the back
and my knees smote together.
l don't think man deserves any
credit Whatever for standing his
ground if he is not scared. 1t is the
fellow who is afraid-badly scared
and yet holds his ground. At
Waterloo Napoleon noticed one of
his generals knees shaking, and he
said to him, what are your knees
shaking about. The man said if
they knew where | was going to
take them they would be shaking
more tEan that. 1t is, the man who
is frightened and still holds his
ground that is courageous.
No DOUBT many Of you have heard
that wonderful address Of my old
commander Cen. John B. Gordon, of
Georgia, entitled "The Last DAYS of
the COnfederacy". If you have eve,
heard 1t you will never forget it. In
that lecture he tells Of a man who
was running in q battle The man
broke ranks and ran. The genera
saw him and said, Stop there, stop
there, what are you running about?
He said, General l am running be-.
cause | can't fly
l. was out in Rockford, Illinois
not long ago holding meetings, ana
somehow | stated that | was in the
Confederate ARMY was at-Ap--
pomattoX with General Lee. General
LaWton the commander Of the G. A.
=. was there. He sent an invitation
to me to come to his camp fire. He
says we will be delighted to
nave you come, if you will let us
know when you will come. | ap-
pointed night and went around,
"''u |i'ClS was d great nail 1llSQ
with men. Gen. Lawton said, in In
Producing me: Comrades, we have
curiosity here tonight. He is the
only Ex-Confederat e soldier who has
ever been in this hall, and I want
to introduce him to you. I looked
around that hall and saw the i'm
PIGMENTS Of war stacked up,--guns,
homb-shells, muskets, bayonets, and
said well, l surrender, there is
nothing else to do" And during my
speech | related what | have said
to you about this man who was run
ming. General Lawton said, I have
companion story which will tell
YOU If you like. ! said 7 will be glad
to nave it, indeed. He said, You
suppose our fellows could run too,
DEATH AT A FROLIC three
during the war | said yes, | have