The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-12-31
THE ZEN WHO WIN SUCCESS.

The following advise to parents and
| young men Wa, given by jeremiah II.
| Post. of Newark. in a lecture on Strug-
giles, recently given before branch of
the Iounc Mems Christian Association
in New ok city. He said:
Success depends a great deal in learn
ing early to rely upon ones own resour-
| ces. The expectation OF obtaining prop
erty or money by Inheritance has ruined
| more men than the want of it ever made.
Teach yonn~ men to he Industrious and
capital no man can wrest from them. A
Young man set atloat in the world with
| money left him by his relatives and
friends is like wing bladders under the
| arms of one who cannot swim, and pla-
cling him ont upon the ocean. Ten
chances to one he will brake the bladders
and 90 to the bottom. Teach him first
to swim, and he will have no need of
| the bladdera. Give young people a sound
Christian knowledge for bark, useful
education for sails and integrity for bal
| last. set them ahoat upon the sea of life,
| and their voyag, Will be prosperous, and
their destiny safe. Curran used to say
that the most successful lawyer had not
been worth 4 shilling at the start; his
| own career WIS a proof of the truthful
ness of the assertion. Take earnestly
| hold of life, and never work by fits and
starts. Yea i:avc heard, no doubt, of
| the fable oi he tortoise out iiourneying
| the hare. They started out together:
the hare stopped on the way: there was
no need OF pressing forward. The tor
| tose pursued its course steadily and won.
| 1t went slow but sure. Many a man of
| ordinary capacity has accomplished more
than another of superior abilities. SIM
ply by perseverance. Nobody cares for
| what we mean to do in the world, but
everybody is willing to hear of what we
have done, and what we are doing now.
Adopt trade or profession early: pur-
| sue it steadily: never look backward but
forward After you have started in the
| course to which the mind seems bent. do
not allow friends to persuade You to
| change to another. No matter how bad
it might he at the beginning, no matter
how unpromising, i'll a few years at
most You will prosper. The most OF
men who have been successful have
it hard in the first part of their career
to keep their heads above water. Go
out in the spring, when the sun is yet
| distant. and Won can scarcely feel the in
| luence Of his beams, scattered as IT,
are over wide face Of creation, bnb- :
| lect those beams t. focus and the rs
lie flame. SO the man who sqmanv u
his talcnts and his strength them Il
things will fail; but let him .nole oh Il
to point. let him strike atbut come :
| iect and success cannot loo much.
out of it. Don't attepa limit
| Mind and strength lzen blades, a u
knife that contains Screwdriver. a u
corkscrew. a gimbtjack, is seldom ~
too;hpick, and they have greater ~
strong. If sepschild is learning to u
strength. Weep its eyes fixed on Is
walk if youivance. it will generally ''
single poin that stop without any Ut
navigV distract its attention by I'd
miShap. from the object before it. ell
word it goes. The rule applied to se
and of a larger growth. The man pn
charts in life determined to reach a an
an point, and adheres unwaveriprlv
ms purpose, rarely fails if he lives oe
enough to reach the goal for which 'h'
.ot ont tirl