Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-31

mountain side, mere | am lett TO feste
e and die, accursed OF God, because bav
II nothing TO do" Sin is an old pirate this
e bears down on vessels whose sails ar
II tapping idly In the wind. The arrow Q
d sin has hard work to puncture tn
e leather Of an old working apron. Be en-
e couraged by the fact that your shops
e your rising walls, your anvlls ar
J. fortresses in which you may hide, an
|. from which you may light against III
5 temptations OF your life Morning, nool
= aud night, Sundays and week days, than
= God for plenty 10 do.
! Another encouragement Is the fact tina
e their families are going TO have the yer,
. best opportunity for development ant
s usefulness. That may sound strange {,
= you, but the children OF fortune are YER
I apt TO turn out poorly. In nine cases ou
{, of ten the lad finds out II a fortune II
! coming, by twelve years OF sge--he fndl
! out tsere Is no necessity of toll, aud he
IL makes no struggle, and life withou
struggle goes into dissipation or into stu
( pidity. There are thousands and tens o.
] thousands of men In our great cities who
: are toiling on, denying themselves all
Injuries, year after year toiling and
/ grasping, What for? TO get enough to
} spoil their children.
J The father was fifty years getting the
property How long wi 1t take the boys
TO get rid OF that property, not having
been brought up In prudent habits? Less
than fye yeas TO undo the work of fifty.
You see the IONS of wealthy
parents going out into the world,
inane, neryeless, dyspeptlc, or they are
incOrrigi0le and reckless; while the son
OF the porter that kept the gate learns his
trade, gets a robust, physical constitution,
achieves high moral culture, and stands
In the front rank of church and state. Who
are the men mightiest in our legislatures.
congress and cabinets? Did they walk
up the steep Of life in silver slippers?
Oh, no. The mother put him down un-
der the tree In the shade, while she
spread the hay, Many of these mighty
men ate out Of an iron spoon and drank
out Of the toughest earthenware-their
whole life forced march. They never
had any luxuries until, after while, God
gave them afiluence and usefulness and
renown as reward for their persistence
Remember, then, that though you NAV
have poor surroundings and small means
Tor the education of your children.
they are actually starting under better
advantages than though You had a for
tune to give them. Hardship and priva-
ton are not damage to them, but an
advantage. A clipper likes a stiff breeze.
Inc sledge-hammer does not hurt the
iron that 1t knocks into shape. Trouble
Is hone for sharpening very keen razors
Akenside rose to his eminent sphere from
MS father's butcher-shop. Robert Burns
started as shepherd. Prideau used to
sweep Exeter college. Clifford was
shoemaker, and the son Of every man of
toll may rise to heights of intellectual
and moral power If he will only trust God
and keep busy.
Again offer an encouragement that
you have so many opportunities of gain
ing Information. Plato gave $1,000 for
TWO DOCKS The Countess of Aniou gave
2Oo sheep for one volume. Jerome
ruined himself financially by buying one |
copy OF "Orlgen." Ofthe contrast. Now |
there are tens of thousands of mems
gathering up Information. Type.setters
are GAZING Tor copy" SAll our cities
quake with the rolling cylinders Of the
llarpers and the Appletons and the Lin.
pincots and the Petersons and the Tick
nors, and you now buy more than Benia-
min Franklin ever knew for flfiy centsl
A Woodworking man comes along toward
MS home, and he looks into the show
window Of the bookstore and sees an
elegantly bound volume. He saws: al
wish had that book; there must he a
great deal OF Information la it.n few /
months pass along, and though that book II
Whlch ne looked at cost 50, IL comes now II
IN pamphlet shape and costs him fifty
cents. The high wall sround about the 4
wen OF knowledge is being broken down,
ina people come, some with porcelain
oltcners and some with pewter mugs, to
up up the llving water for their thirsty
Fps Ihere are people who toll
rom O'Clock in the morning until
o'clock at night, who know more abont
Ina,omY than the old psychologists, and
Who know more about astronomy than
ne old philosophers. If you should fake
he learned men of 200 years ago and nnt
hem on one bench, and take twenty
hlldren from the common schools in
irooklyn and put them on the other
ench, the children could examine the
and the philosophers couId
lot examine the children "Ahln saws
saac Newton, coming up and talking 10
ONE intelligent lau of seven wears. 4
w nat Is that?" ooh, that Is n rail.
rain" What is that?" tThat il =
siegraph. "What is that2, SIT is a
siSPnOhe' dear me! think | shall =
o oack to my bed in the dust, for am
ewlldered and my head turns" O! re,
llce that you have all these opportunities
Information spread out before YOU, and ]
lat seated in your chair at home. by The :
'ening light, you can look over All ma. 4
ons and see the descending morn of
niversal day
one more encouragement: Your tolls
TINS world are only intended to be i
scipline by which you shall be prepared =
r heaven. Behold | bring YOU eled
ulngs OF great joy,n and tell yoti Thar Il
lrist, the carpenter, of Nazareth. is the
orking mans Christ. You yet HE Iove -
ice In your heart, o, working mani anG
"a can sing on the wal! in the midst ~
G storm, aud in the shop amidst me
owing OF the plane, and down in the
me amid theplunge of the crowbar. and
snlpooard while climbing ratlines I, n
~ belong to the Lord Jesus Chris, Ha u
VI count the drCps OF sweat on voi,r
oW lie knows every acne and eyerv
ln you have ever suffered in your world
occupation. Are you weary? He viii "
We you rest. Are you sick? He viii
We you health. Are Won coid2 s
VIII wrap around Won tSe DO
lrm mantle of Tis ata,I