New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-18

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the Young wife and husband set sail in an old snlp
called tho Roscius and IN the strerage to seek ou
fortune and to find il in this new world.
You have heard about the preaching l went NJ
il again. but with the old Yorkshire burr IN my
tongue, and my his as II might happen but usnaiy
wrong, One good brother told me years a'ler hr
could not understand one word in Ten that ] sad,
but IN ade him feel irst-rate. had to learn VIVA.
was really new tongue, and. worse than tna, 70 20
unearn an old one. old almost as CHANGER, anu W
make my living still at the anvil. You KNOW sup
pose that there are two sorts of preachers III .nc
Methodist body. One sort finds itself and tne oIne r
is found. had to find myself There was no roo'n
for me in the upper rank, so for ten years ~ wa
hard ana steady hammering week DAYS ana preach-
ing Sundays, one year on the other SIDE ana minc
years this SIDE Now and then some poor leii1 Nv
comes along and tells me how little ne gers ioi
preaching have to pity him from my near an nn
then to tell him that my salary divided up ahoI's
the first ten years comes to just rs cents year anu
got that for three sermons preached for tne pap
lists. Yet was very happy man. ana s sn pc
forever grateful to nv old mother church ivi eN,
pg me the chance But the time came when Iounu
vas no longer "A Methodist How 1t was tnat NY
old faith was lost out of me does not come Wla ea
the scope of my discourse. All | can say Is that
began to think about rs do now. IL icli OUT aiso
that | was wanted III the West to work among .ho
poor in my dear old home for twenty years onc.
Then hid goodbye to the anvil forever, anu 50 ~
last struck the supreme JOY OF my life as a preacnci
and pastor, and was fanly landed for good ana all
III the work am dol ng to-day.
GUIDED BY AN INWARD LIGHT
". said the fourth thing in a mans life is that
good providence of God. 1t would be fatal
bunder TO draw to MY conclusion and leave this
out and my side of the question can be stated IN
very simple terms. Friends follow what they call
the inward light" SO far am Friend. In That
first great wrench of leaving my mother country
and my mother. who was widow, thus inward
light pointed to Pennsylvania. | went there with
out A question. l see now it was the one thing to
do. 1t shone for me again when was invited Wet
| went without questioning 1t Was tho one thing
to do. When the smoke began 40 ce1f away III
the great tire II shOne again. / was 10 Stay HEht
there and bear NV share of the burden. There was
no way open but TO STAY, nor was there any so
welcome Why do tell You thisl Because It is
the most pregnant truth yOu can take TO lOnr heart
That inward light Will be sure to slime for YOU IN
the supreme crisis OF your l'ie. Don't ouu2e one
step until you see It. Hang on until then 10 the
thing YOU are doing. ANA DO your best, blt whcn IL
shines. DONE argue. or doubt or fear. Follow me
light And cont call this mere myst cism. 1t Is
the most solid block of common sense nave 10 give
CONCLUDING SUGGESTIONS.
Now LET me give you in conclusion what you
would call 1.-TWO or three wrinkles" the pathetic
cry Of one III his afternoon to youth in Its fresh
morning.
First If YOU want TO do well keep well, if ycu
possibly can Do not let even Your educ1dou rob
YOU OF your health. u is about the worst tnDg you
can do under the whip and spur OF n0nie pgr-
pose and 1t Is what vast numbers 90 10 tnei ne
TO see one OF his pictures, he sad Aye, Master Hay
don, lis grand picture, but douco whether yon
cond have done it if You had not eaten my beef"
And think there was grain Of truth III the re-
mark. They say baseball! is getting into the
hands of the gamblers, and that young men are shy
of II o. a good breeding | should be very sorry TO
think go 1t Is the handsomest game that was ever
played. and of the healthIcst. Play baseball.
and pull boat. and gel your chance III vacation at
long tramps and hard beds and rough, wholesome
fare; cat well and sleep well; be- as clean all
through and all over as Won are ia drawlng-roon,
and tnen you will not only be able to 90 your days
bring heir inevitable burden you Will be able TO
say with Adam III the play:
although look old, yet strong and lusy.
For in MY youth never did apply
Hot and rebcllous liquors 10 my blood;
Nor did not with unbasufu forehead WOO
The means OF weakness and debility;
Therefore my age is as lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly"
Remember this too, that with health and strength
to back you. life means hard work, and hard work
on long lines with native ability and good conduct
means success. will venture to say that this, as
rule we can trust is always the story Of the young
man who begins life with no advantage OF position
or patronage and makes his way to good place.
He gives his heart TO what he has TO do not half the
time but all the time not grudeLngS %, but gladly.
and not merely for the sake of salary but because
measure its own reward. 1t shall come to pass, If
you take hold like this, that men Will say you have
a genius for what Won take In hand. But you VIII
know that one of the fine qualities III a genius tor
ANYTHING il an absorbing love for it, and the power
of intense application by which every otner power
is set to its finest edge and directed TO the one great
purpose the man holds III his heart and brain. You
may set this truth in whatever light you VIII, OF
business, work on the common levels or Work on
the Oftest heights to give your heart to 1t is Que OF
the grandest secrets of success Ii might Scein To
YOU that a great many from the bottom 10
the top of the ladder at one jump IL is not true Ii
is never true. All the men know who have made
real success of their life are hard climbers. The
other way Is like the monkey toy OF the children.
You 90 up swiftly over the top and come down head
first to begin again.
This story OF mine is no to You if you forget
that from the dav left the little cottage 10 the day
| came To NewYork my life divides itself into two
sections of steady striking on long Ines twenty
one years at the anvil and twenty-one years in the
West, and in these there IS no break except that
made to get from the Old World to the New. And
now see tina. these forty-two years all belong to-
gc.hcr and in every year something was done for
those that were still waiting. In some OF the later
wears IN the shop could not but feel that was the
equal rs a preacher of good many men who did
nothing else and would wonder whether | shoud
die Us my father did at the anvil. But then we had
hOuSeful of children. and my hammer was CAPT.
tai weapon to keep the wolf from the door ~ d keep
things fa;r and true, not one step would 90 un-
til that light shonc clear anu knew was on sure
adventure.
'Thc,e is one more word. When you get through
with the college acd take hold of your lIfe's work
90 not think OF making fortune 10 the one grand
aim Of your lie, but OF carving out Il bone, hndng
a good, true woman for your wife, and IalsIng
please God q good family. L do not cry down
money. think it is good servant ana good
friend but II l. about as crdcl master as ever used
a whip. a sl!rewd farmer sad 10 me once, Never
marry for money, my lad, marry for love but If
thou finds a NICE girl that has money, try to love
her." would not say That to you, put tnis: II
Won find the nice girl some such match for you a
INV mother was for my father and If You love her,
marry her, If she Will bave you though she has not
dollar TO her name his Is % sore evil under our
American SUM- that there should he such mishap and
dsas ter in the welded life. IL lies III tins, that in
the most momentous thing we can 90, we so OFTEN
the least judgment. Hear Storys description Oh
the Girl Of the PERIOD
"Snc Is perfect whirl in waltz. And her shoulders
show well a soft dlyan, she lounges AT night and
spreads her silks. and plays with her bracelets and
6rts her fan But TINS the thing foT n nCthcr ana
wife Can grow on such barren rocks Is
TINS companion 10 take Tor life You might as well
marry a music-DOXW
We who have had our turn want the young men
Of yOnr birth aud breeding 10 raise generation OF
nObler and better type. bows and girls strong Of
arm and sure of foot, deep-chcstcd sunny Hearted.