The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-11-13

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or he was sure he was right. God grant
hat as citizens we may act such an un-
elfish and high-minded part that we
nav be unbenched in the day when
ballot boxes and Congressional halls
md Capitols and Presidential chairs
hall be consumed in the conhagration
lnder which the world melts.
Learn also from this that in the eyes
IF many the greatest offence you can
commit ia success. OF what crime had
his young man been guilty that he
should come under the hatred of the
demagogues Why, he has got to be
Prime Minister of Babylon; that they
could not forgive. Behold in the sketch
a touch of unsanctied human nature.
As long as poverty pinChes you, an5 you
run the gauntlet between the tax gain,
erer and landlord, and you have hard
work to educate your children, there
will be multitudes of men to say, Poor
fellow He ought to succeed. How sor-
nv am for him p But after awhile you
begin to emerge from the darkness
That was capital Investment. You
purchased at just the right time. For
tune became good natured and smiled
You built your own house. You are one
of the first men on the street. NOW, as
you pass, number of those old sympa'
thizers stand on the corner of the street.
They scowl at you from under the rim OF
their hats You have more money new
than they have, and you ought to be
sCowled at from under the rim OF their
hats. Before you get fully past, you hear
word or two, Stuck up" says one
Didn't get it honestly" says another.
"Will burst sOon," says a third. Every
stone in your house was lain on their
heart; your horses hoofs went over their
nerves; your carriage tire cut their neck
What have you done, outrageous cul-
prit2 You ought to be cast to the lions
You have dared to achieve success. De-
pend upon it that if any one respect you
rise from above your fellows, if you are
more wise, more influential, the shadow
of your success " ill chill somebody. The
road to honor and virtue is within reach
of the enemy's guys, Jealousy says,
"Stay down or will knock you down !"
In mid.air a snow fake said to a snow
bird, II don't like you" why don't
you like me2" said the bird, Because" ,"
replied the fake, "you are going up and
| am coming down." Success is often
the synonym for abuse. The first thing
q man wants is religion; the second is
grit. II you don't want to face wild
beasts, you must never get to be Prime
Minister. If you are now young man,
rising in any one respect, bless God for
your advancement. Yet | can but say
before quit this thought-look out for
lionsl Young merchants, young law
yers, young physicians, young ministers
have much sympathy and kind advice
given them at first. But as you become
your own masters, and begin to succeed
in your different occupations and pro-
fessiOns, how is it then, young mer-
chants, young physicians, young minis
ters2
Again, behold in our subject an exhi'
bitiOn of true decision OF character. Be
fore Daniel were condemnation and
death if he continued faithful to his re-
ligion. Yet, just as. before, three times
day, he prayed with his face toward
Jerusalem. There is nothing more fatal
either to religious or worldly advance
ment than spirit of indeCision. How
often youth is almost gone before the in
diyidual has determined on his profess
sion. There are those who for thirty or
forty years have accomplished nothing
anywhere because they have not felt
themselves settled. They have thought
of the law, of medicine, of merchandise,
of mechanics. They have some idea of
going West, perhaps they will go East,
perhaps they wont. They may go North
or South. Perhaps they will invest their
money in railroads or in real estate, per
hsps they won't. Like vessel that is
starting from New York harbor which
should one day decide on going to Liv.
erpool, the next on New Orleans, the
next on Havre de Grace. How many
have for long while been out on the
great sea of life and they do not yet
know to what port they are destined 1t
is an everlasting tacking of ship but no
headway. The man who begins to build
house in the Cornthian style and,
when half way up, concludes to make it
Donc and then completes it after the
Ionic will have an uDseemly pile and
cursed of every school of architecture
Those men that try everything, get to be
nothing. God wrote for your brain, and
engraved on your bones what you ought
to be- Then be that, nothing more and
nothing less Having @justed your com.
pass, go ahead. Set your teeth together.
Small difficulties do not notice. Great
difficulties, by Gods grace, strike them
down. Onward Let towards skulk !!
Act ye like saints of God ! IT. you want
to reach the land of god you must
double the Cape. To usefulness and
strong character there is no overland
route. 1t is either head. wind or temp.
est. Character, like the gold6nch of
TouQuin, is magnificent when standing
firm, but loses all it's spIendor in fight,
There is no such thing as failure to
those who trust in God. Paul got to be
an Apostle by falling off his horse. Ste
phen was stoned into heaven. When
the young man resolves on religious
life he does not always find it smooth
sailing. His old companions are sarcas.
tic. They 90 on excursions, but do not
ask him. They prophesy that his relig
ion will not hold out They call him
long-faced. They wonder if he is not
getting wings. They say sharp things
about hin for themselves to laugh att
When he passes they grimsce and wink
and chuckle and say, loud enough TO be
heard, There goes a saint" If you
have never seen life as it is you know
not what strength of resolution it often
requires for a young man to be a Girls
tian. But Daniel did not stop praying
because demagogues listened What
care you for the sneer of those who are
offended because you won't go to hell
with them Will you let their filthy
palm strike off your crown Of gloryP p
Let them laugh When the grave
cracks open under their feet, and the
grim messenger pushes them into the
chasm, and the cheering Of goddess com
panions can no more encourage them,
yea, when the judgment is set and eter-
nifty comes down hard upon them and
nonacianca atinUa and hnnplARa ruin