, 1880-01-22


age of corporations are tumultuous
to-day; they are leaguing; they are
forming all sorts of organizations;
and against that | have not Il word
TO say; that the way out from a low
er condition to a higher one is in
mems own dispositions. The trans
formation must go deeper than ex
ternal organization. You cannot
keep greatness small, nor can you
keep goodness obscured. But shift
less work, fewer hours, eye service,
and all forms of aggression, are ma
lign and evil. They tend to make
the mischief worse. The only medi,
cine for the injustice which comes
from inequalities of condition is the
medicine of glorious nature.
There are two ways by which men
can escape from hardship, and from
a lower life. One is the worlds way
and the other is Gods way. The
worlds way of seeking deliverance
from an unfortunate situation is to
sulk, to defraud in return for defraud-
ing, to choat the cheater, to fight fire
with fire, to give little Of the devil
to him that is possessed Of the devil,
to do the least that is possible, aud
to cover it with the best possible
face; in short, to be ugly; but Gods
way is: Behave with such nobility
that each one shall see how hateful is
the wrong that is done upon you.
have noticed, in travelling, that
when one with face wrinked and
worn walks into the car there is not
a seat to spare for her; and | have
noticed that if one comes in who is
young and blooming, Of radiant eye
and most comely face, there is not
one in the car that has not seat for
her. Beauty wins the way. And if
it be so in the outward life, which is
but mere shadow of the inward,
how much more is it so in the in.
ward! And nothing is more beauti-
full than duty performed under ad-
verse circumstances. In the long
run evil shall not hold its own
against goodness. In The end right
sousness shall triumph, and selfish
ness and pride and ignominy shall
go under. In the long run magnani'
nous conduct and manliness are vim
dicated; that, too, in every part Of
society.
So do not be in haste. Look not
for final results to day nor to morrow. +.
Y oung men sometimes try for a year
or two to be honest and true in the
employment of those who are hateful
and unjust, and then say, "l have
given them two or three years of
faithful service, and what good has it
done me ? The pulpit be hanged |!
1t tells me that honesty wins, and it
does not win" Two or three years!
AS if man, planting acorns to raise
timber to sell for ship-building,
should, after waiting two or three
years, say, "This raising timber for
the navy is humbug. | nave tried
it two or three years, and it has not
yielded me cent" You are a
child Of eternity; you are child of
God; about you are all the majestic
elements of the Divine, and here you
are pulling and crying because you
have not received ducats in two or
three years! You must take your
whole life into account: Seek Wis
dom, which is the sum of all good.
ness. Having found it, hold fast to
it, and lot it not go. In the end it
shall be more to you than any prom
ised pleasure.
would not say that a man should
not read the Bible except when he
felt inclined to; | would not say that
stated worship is not desirable; but
it is shame to men to have to do
things in the school Of life that they
do not like to do. You should sub
due them to your liking, or let them
alone. Perlunctory performances
are not only dishonoring toward
God, but they are damaging toward
yourself. | would as lief have a
machine set in motion by which,
with certain appliances, the prayers
of other men should be ground out
by turning a crank, as to have the
perfunctory prayers of men who
have almost to be scourged to go to
meeting and turn the crank Of petit
tion as they have turned ta hundred
thousand times before. What we
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