The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-07

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Prepared ffun . sermon by Henry ward Beccher
You that are beginning life are laying til,
foundations ri yonr gcharactss. You are Ne
Letting thernssss II tfHfl5 IL tst9 bsbsaIt
sleu iaag notbe aware ufkk 49, fhsstss,
part Of your most effrctnal life is unconscious.
The things which they do not know they are
doing, are sof:e,itiiaes the m1sIs efficient in
shaping their disposition and. lives. You are
marking out plan of lite. You never sit
for you. How much OF # Is animal, ehsw
macb51 1t Is given 10 bsnifcence, how much
OF it Is pure and spiritual, do rot know, and
you do notaknow. Bur lyon are building
foundations either for Christ or for the world.
Beware Whist foundation you are laying on
WHICH IN build the whole snperstrncture of
tonffife. One builds oh health; on the vigor
of his body; on his physical powers; on the
skill of his hands. 1t is on these he bases
bis expectations OF success in life. Another
builds on his personal a piishmeHts; an-
ether ON his taste; another on his genius; an-
other on his graceful and witching ways.
One builds nm one thing and another on an
other But after all, the true Foundation of
life is dispositional. What sort OF character
doiyou propose to build on that fourldations
Are you attempting to build such an ideal of
character as that which is represented by the
Lord Jesus Christi Have you taken life as it
came and nodded it according to the pattern
which has been furnished by the life Of
Christ ?or, have you allowed yourself to be
swept down the stream Of time p-lazard?
Do you know what the silent work is whica
IL going on in you? 0 builderl do you ever
think OF the structures that are going up in
these great cities There are none that are
building so fast. and with so many hands, as
that structure, Of which you are the subject.
There not thought that is not striking a
blow; there is not an impulse tEat 10 nottdoj ng
mapntwprk;s there isrof n passion tiIr,lsr. this
way that il not worknan's thrust The
Imagination III all directiens is building.
There are a. many aIasterl~o,krpe en- III YOU
as there are separate acts OF eiir ,tion and yo
li;ion. Every single day thes,. MYRIAD forces
are building. building. bni'.,ling. Here is 4
great STRUCTURE going W. joint BIZ point.story
10y story. although you are not conscious Of
it. 1t is q buitiins. of character. 1t is a
sailding .pat + tpsstald "A d The word OF
aiispifSaoa warm, you how to take heed how
yeu baiiid it; tr, see to it thar you have foun-
siaiier that shall endure; to make sure that
,goIase.hililtlfig M III, nor fer the hour in
s.hich you live. bur for that hour of reyeIa-
aiou. that hour OF testing when that whish
hath cen done shall be brought i. and you
shall be seen Just as ssou are Men are but
partially known iii this life. You do not
know, What 4 man il AZ. lopg as ,he il prosper
stiis.f iO,i 40 not know what lie is Us long sxy
he interrupted. Yor do not know what he
is until he is broughtvintD emergencies. But
when the day OF trial comes. mans true
character is DISCLOSED Thousands OF men
present 4 fair exterior as long ss it Is fair
weather; but when the storm comes you
know the difference between 4 man OF ca
paeify and i imam devoid Of capacity. st'g''sN
Young man aud maiden take heed how you
build. That which you are doing you do not
leave behind yon. because you forget it.
Every stroke. every single element. abides.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fhsta 9rows SO tsst1as
character. There il nothing that men think
20 little Of as character. although there is
nothing that so belongs to their immortality.
ANOTHER ESocH ARDEN.-An English
paper records little Encch Arden case
which turnsSont more ito ~everybuly's salts
faction than The one Tennyson originated.
Thirty years ago a couple were married in
Liverpool, and. after the birth OF their first
child, the husband went to Australia. Not
hearing anything from Ahimfor seven years,
and snpposing him dead, the woman married
widower. with three children. She bore
him five more. and some time ago he died
leaving her with nine, most of whom could
help themselves. Recently her first husband
turned up ins liverpool. anowa man over sen.
enty years old, who acknowledged the mis-
take toYbe his, and invited her to help him
spend large fortune which he had accnmu-
lated in his absence. ss t %
DRIILISG TRIANGULAR, HONS FOR BLAST
ISG.--A correspondent Of the English bic
chanic states that in Cleveland district it is
now usual when horinge for blasting pnrpo-
scs TO make The holes Of = triangular section
instead Of round, as in the conventional
style. and to effect this the boring bar or
jumper is partly turned on each side OF its
cutting alternately. No difficulty 4siexpeIi-
enced in boring the holes to this shape, and
they are found more effective than round
holes, tile eorAtrs forming points at Which
the fracture Of the material operated on APP
pears to commence. the lime of fracture usu-
ailysforming a prolongation of the triang lie.
The holes average three feet ssix inches in
depth. and arcs generally made in thirty ors
fortys minutes. Tie powder charges vary
frenlnneate two pennls, according toi Cir
cunstanceg.
WE read too mich and think about what
We read too little the consequences is that
mcstlof ihppebple we meet kiiow 80 aething.
in superficial way, about almost everything.
Not y tenth part s4f--iiat We read isremeIn-
bred Tor month after the book Or ilew.spa-
per is laid aside. Daniel Webster, VIII hal
a rich store Of formation on almost every
subject OF general interest, said that it had
been. His habit tor syears to reflect for short
time 4 wlateseH he read, md III fl the
Thoughts ana ideas worth remembering II sa|
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