The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-09
TWO PATHS.
Living for the Qualification of Self, and
Living for the Good of Others.

Living for the Qualification of Self and
Living for the Good of Others.
A biography of the son of small
farmer who lived in the stormy times
of Charles the First has just been pub
lished in England. John, on coming
to mans estate, met woman whom
he heartily loved.
"We were not afraid to marry" he
wrote, "though we had not so much
property as dish or spoon between
u.s."
John was soon converted to his
wife's religious belief, and was not
afraid to preach it, though he was sent
to prison for doing it.
'If l am set free to-day, l will
preach the Gospel to morrow" he told
the Judge. He kept his word, and was
twice sent back to Jail, where he re-
manned for nearly thirteen years.
There he worked day and night max
ing shoe-aces to support his family,
and writing the Gospel which he could
not preach. The book which he
wrote, "The Pilgrims Progress" has
been read all over the English-speak-
ing world, and has been translated into
eighty languages.
About the same time German lad
of seventeen in a Moravian settlement
in the wilderness of Pennsylvania felt
scaled of Cod to preach to the say
ages. A nobleman who was visiting
the settlement was pleased by the boy,
and offered to take him to Europe, give
him training as asSilled artiiicer, and
establish him at Utrecht. An assured
career and fortune opened before
him; the whole colony looked upon him
as the luckiest of men. He consented,
and sailed in the suite of Baron S..
As the ship passed down the Delaware
they saw the boy, pale and haggard,
gazing at the shore.
David" he was asked, edo you
wish to returnp"
"Yes."
"For what purposeP'
ITO tell the Indians of God. Ihat
is my true work"
''Then, in His name, 60 back ever
now"
He was sent ashore in q bateau, re-
turned home, entered into the lodge o.
an Indian chief for two years to learn
their language and customs, and then
gave up his life to preaching to them
No missionary has ever exercised s
more powerful influence on the Indian;
than David Zeisberger. He founded
forty Christian villages, and brough
thousands of savages to Christianity
and civilization.
A hundred years later, a small com
pany of men, old and young, wa
gathered in large room in Philadel
phia. Before them lay paper, pro
test againsttyranny. If they signed it
it was at the risk of their lives, and o
the property which would keep thei
children from beggary. Not mar
drew back. The result is the Republi,
of the United States.
Young men of the present day il
choosing career ask themselves: "Cal
] grow rich by these meansp How
much will it be worth year to me?'
John Bunyan and David Zeisberge
would seem fools in the eyes of the wis
men of this generation. Yet it is onl,
the men who struck out higher pur
pose in life than money, and who oh
tnately followed it, that are reckone'
among the worlds leaders.
Only spiritual things last, and sacri
flee is one law of spiritual happiness
growth and attainment. There are tw
classes of men; those who live for til
qualification of self and those who liv
for the good of others, and the two pun
sue different ways, leading whittier
ending where9-Youth's Companion