Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-09

spi,e nomens for he future Of man
kind
But although he escaped the chances
zh;eh seeue1 likely to drift him into sec
ulsr calling. JET, before going away 70 pre-
pare for tie sacred profession. ne Was 70 ges
some insight into business life; for It was
rule among the Jews, thai every boy, what
ever might be the profession he was to TOR
Low. should learn . trade - Q resource IN
time Of need -. :.
This IL rule NTH wisdom In it; Tor 1t
gave the young employment Al an age
when too much labor IS DANGER
Gus. ard acquainted tie wealthy
and the ltarDed in some degree with the
feelings of those Who have 10 earn their
bread With the sweat OF their brow. The
trade to which be was put, was the common
est ore in Tarsus-the makingf OF tents
from the goats hair for which the
district WAS celebrated Little did ne or
his father think, when he began 70 handle
the disagreeable material, OF what import
snce this handicrsff twas TO be 10 himin
subseouent years; II became the means OF
his support during his missionary journeys,
AID AZ a time when it Vas .esseit al that
tie propaeaiors Of christianity should be
above the suspicion Of selfish motives, en-
sbled him TO maintain himself IN position
of noble independence There Is
AN UNCONSCIOUS PREPARATION
in youth which nearly all men have had.
ubo have made their mark in the world
history. There is a passage in Hugh Mil
Ier's autobiography. my Schools and Ny
Schoolmasters," where be says: Il found
myself standing face to face with life OF
labor ard restraint The prospect appeared
dreary in the extreme. The necessity OF
ever toiling from morning to night,
and from one weeks end to the
Other, and all for little conrse
food and homely raiment seemed to
be a dire one, and fsin would / have
avoided ii. But there was no escape and
so determined on being 9 Mason And
vet Hugh Miller could afterwards look back
on this dire necessity as great boon and
give his benediction to honest. homely labor
With her horny hands and hard conditions,
for in her school he had learned some ofthe
most useful lessons of bis life.
twas the same With David Livingstone.
There came q Monday morning land ne
was but child Of ten) when he must turn
out at six O'Clock to the spinning mill and
toll there TIL eight at night, amid deafening
noise and monotonous sights, with but short
intervals for breakfast and dinner. Bat,
however hard il was felt at the time, this
necessity was welcomed and blessed BY
Livingstone, too. in future life. Speaking
TO the people of Blantyre, his own native
place. after he had become famous, he told
them that If he had the choice Of a way OF
beginning life, he would choose the same
hard lot through which he had actually
passed. 1t had furnished a most valuable
training, both for mind and body, and had
prepared him for the work in Africa
for he would not have shown the
same power OF enduring hardship,
the same patience and perseverance
in copouering the irksome, If he had not
gene through that long, hard apprenticeship
| in the mill at Blantyre. These are not sol
itary cases, but they are valuable as show
ing how molly the battle with what is irk-
some may b. fought in youth, and what
precious fruits come Of the victory. Unfor-
tunately, instances of the contrary are too
common. OF all the causes that give rise
20 useless, trling, and even pernicious lives,
the most common is impotence Of irksome
labor in youthful days. No greater curse
can well fall on q young person than the
disposition to shirk all regular protracted
labor. as if the only good thing in life were
selfindulgence. What q fatal defect in
! many a young persons education lies here
PAUL's COLLEGE EDCCArIOS.
The college for the education Of Jewish
rabbis was in Jerusalem, and thither Paul
was sent about the age of thirteen. His ar
rival in the Holy City may have happened
in the same year in which Jesus, at the age
OF twelve, frst visited il, and the oyerpower,
ing emotions Of the boy from Nazareth at the
FIRST sight Of the capital OF his race, may be
tsken as index Of the unrecorded
experience of the boy from Tarsus.
| To every Jewish child of a religious
disposition Jerusalem was the centrs Of ali
;hings; the footsteps Of prophets and kings
echoed in its streets; memories sacred and
sublime cling to its walls asd buildings; and
it shone in the glamour ofillimitable hopes.
1t Glanced that at this time the College
of Jerusalem was presided over by one Of
The most noted teachers the Jews have ever
possessed. This was Gamaliel, al whose
feet Paul tells US he was brought up. This
great teacher was called BY contemporaries,
the Beauty Of the Law, and is still remem-
bered among the Jews as the Great Rabbi.
| He was man Of lofty character and en-
ightened mind, Pharisee strongly attached
! 10 the traditions of the fathers, yet not 10.
tolerant or hostile to Greek culture, as some
| of the narrower Pharisees were. The infiu-
Esnce of such man on an open mind like
Paurs must have been very great; and, al
though for a time the pupil became an In
tolerant zealot, yet the masters example
may have had something to do with the
conquest he finally won over prejudice
The course OF instruction which a rabbi
had to undergo was heightened and peca
liar. 1t consisted entirely OF the study
Of the Scriptures, aud the com
ments Of the sages and masters
upon them. The words of Scripture and
rbe sayings Of the wise were committed to
uemcry; discussions were carried on about
disputed points, and BY rapid FIRE Of ques
lions, which the scholars we're allowed to
put as well as the masters, the Wits Of the
students were sharpened and their views en-.
Iarged. The outstanding qualities ofPAufs
intellect, which were conspicuous in bis
subsequent life, his marvellous memory, the
keenness Of his logic, the saperabuEdance
OF his ideas, and bis original way Of taking
up every subject first displayed themselves
in this school, we may well believe, the
warm interest Of his teacher He himself
learned much here which was Of great mo.
ment in his subsequent career. His knowl.
edge OF the Scriptures enabled him to ad
duce proofs from an authority which his
hearers acknowledged to be supreme, for
be was often called on to address Jewish
audiences. Besides, he was destined to be
the great theologian of Christianity, and the
principal writer Of the New Testament.
Now the New grew out Of the Old; the one
is in all its parts the prophecy and the other
the ful6llment But il required mind sat
Il =.