The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-12
LEGITIMATE SUCCESS.


ley in His Last Sundays Discourse.
The following is a synopsis of SER
mon delivered by Rev. DIR. Cordley at
the Congregational church last Sunday,
from the text; Trust in tie Lord and
do Good" The discourse has been SO
frequently spoken of in our hearing
that we do not regard it too late to give
the main points to our readers:
/ We have here series of exhortatlons
to trust in the Lord under different cir
cumstances and for different things.
Trust in the Lord and do good; trust IN
the Lord and He shall give thee the de-
sires of thine heart; trust in the Lord
and He shall vindicate thee and bring
forth thy righteousness as the light;
rest in the Lord, and wait patiently.
Let US glance oyer these propositions.
!. Trust IN the Lord and do good"
Not merely good deed now and then
or kindness here and there; but follow
the truth werever it may lead you and
trust the Lord to bring you out; do what
is right, however hard, and trust the
Lord TO help you through; let justice be
done though the heavens fall, and trust
the Lord TO hold them up. TO do good
may seem easy enough do the thing that
face, and you will find you need all your
courage and all your trust to carry you
through.
~. delight myself in the Lord and he
shall give thee the desires of thine heart"
That Is, you 60 on where the truth leads
you and do what right requires of you,
and delight yourselves in Gods way and
not your own, and you may trust God for
success and tor whatever is best for you.
We are always in haste. The move
ments of providence are slow; legiti-
mate business is slow natural promotion
is slow. Men are all in hurry to be-
come rich or famous or strong. 1t is
brave man in these days who can trust
honest labor to bring him honest bread ;
or legitimate business to build him up
competence; or the regular pursuit of
his profession to bring him practice and
profit. Buying and selling grain is q
proper and profitable business; but it
does not coin a fortune in an hour, as
| men sometimes do who deal In margins
and futures. Sinking shaft down into
| a vein of silver ore is proper and prot
| liable business. But the millions are
| made by selling stock in mining compa-
| MES, and often companies whose mines
never produced dollar. A good me-
chanic, who could earn large wages,
| said 1t was too slow working at ones
| trade; so he sent his family back to his
wIie's folks, while he roamed the west
ern mountains in search of "big thing"
He may find it, hut the chances are that
lie will waste ten or fifteen years in u
vain search, and then 60 back and add
one more to the family his wife has TO
support. The multitude who fail and
| are broken are never reported, while
the occasional prize hndS q thou
sand tongues to tell its tale
The Lords way is the way of honor and
integrity; the way of honest work and
legitimate business; the way of equiva-
lent service, and mutual regard. There
is no lack of enterprise in this way. It
is trust the Lord and do" But do the
thing that is right and trust the Lord
for the result. 1t may not come as
quickly as in some other way, but IL
| will bring peace and satisfaction, which
are better than large results or quick re-
turns.
| 3. Trust in the Lord for vIndication.
"He shall bring forth thy righteousness
as the light, aud thy judgment as the
MONDAY" We are forever being mis-
judged and are forever misjudglng
others. So we are forever vindicatinR
ourselves, denying, explaining and jus
tifying. The common political speech
concerns itself mainly with the speak
er's record. An ordinary newspaper is
largely employed in self justification
and the time of society Is taken up in
hearing denials and explanations,
But we all know how that politician
rises above his fellows in public conf
dence who can afford to leave
his own record to take care OF
itself; and how that paper
gains in public influence which gives
itself to the things which pertains to
the public good.
The psalmist announced the true rule
Trust Ia the Lord and do good. Follow
the truth and do right. Be sure your
hands are clean. Then if you are mis-
understood, and your good deeds art
evil spoken of, 60 right on doing good
as before, and trust your vIndicatIon to
Him you serve. You may walk under
cloud of suspicion for time, but God
"shall bring forth thy righteousness as
the light, and thy judgment as the noon
day.
Results may come slowly. The best
things all come slowly. The harvest
must have its time. the fruit must wait
its season. Gods gifts must ripen be
fore they can bless. The thing we
crave might be given quickly. but God
would satisfy the craving itself. It Il
one thing TO give man what he longs
for and quite another 70 satisfy thai
longing. Gods best gifts are not ont
ward accumulatIons or outward honoTs
but inward graces and inward peace.