The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-24
SUCCESS IN LIFE
Rev. SIr. Barr's Closing sernon-"YOung
Men OF wheeling"

ing" and his text, Rev, 3:ll; Hold
that part which thou hast, that no man
take thy crown"
Let every young man pause, said he,
and consider not only what success is,
but with his powers to succeed what the
future offers.
Lies success to all depends largely on
what they make it.
There are, it is true, many young men
about whom circumstances have fixed
themselves with almost unpenetrable
barriers-they virtually are tied down
under burdens which they cannot move.
But while this is true in the lives of
some, the great majority Of young men
can surmount every obstacle ii they put
forth the right effort. You, young man,
can make life grand in its achievements
by proper exertion and care. Avenues
will open for you to pass along and
gather the golden fruits Of years we'll
spent, provided you will walk in them.
II is no disparagement to you that your
eyes first saw the light from these
MOUNTAINS AND HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA,
or that in the home Of your childhood
you have looked out upon smoking fur
naces and smelling ores. Others may
point with inQuisitive mein at the rugid
surface OF your State, at the smoke and
SCOT that hOvers over our centres Of in
dustry, beholding not the broad acreage
of fertile soil which yields her golden
haryests or the natural resources OF for
est wealth and mineral products which
may say. are inexhaustible. These
yield their sweetness to the hand Of hon
est toll; and us Jehovah, IsraeI's God,
led his people TO the land OF Canaan,
which "llOwed with milk and honey"
for them, SO he has blessed you with
birth and young manhood in the midst
OF these abundant natural resources.
Many young men with perhaps equal
abilities with you have far inferior adj
vantages. Look eastward TO the contl-
Rent Of Europe and witness the stream
OF French, German, English, Scotch and
Irish emigrants leaving their iatherland
to linda heritage and eat the fruit Of
American soil. Many OF these have
found homes by your side. They have
titled the soil, mined the minerals,
smeIted the ores, moulded the mettIes,
fnishedthe fabrics produced from our
States wealth, and to-day they enjoy the
sweetness OF their industry.
Are these from aiar naturally more
able to succeed than you? Are they su-
perior? Are they inferior? In general,
answer, nay Your surroundings are
superior to theirs by reason OF your
homes being in the midst Of these OPP
portnnities. They travel thousands OF
| IuilnG ~ lunI aud Soo IN mr.; o,, ,vbot go,
have ut your doors. God has highly
favored you by giving young manhood
with its abilities i'll the midst OF
THESE GREAT RESOURCES
wh;cb ar. or,,, ho,;rn;ra % ho do
' VIZ "i' 0"'' ''s'N"i"s " pe ue
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,;t Use ,.o y" , 'm ~ a.. ee9S W nOuoF III
A life Of business activity il consist.
ent and appropriate to the highest rank,
the fullest pleasures and the noblest
purity in life. Wheeling is not un-
mindful OF tho success Of her sons, and
consequently holds before them great
opportunities.
Have you an intellect to train? Her
system OF public and high schools will
help you train that intellect that it may
be OF the highest service to you.
Let me drop word OF warning here
to young men. Some OF you are grow
ing up ignorant OF the best powers OF
your life. He who can and will not
train his intellectual powers is commit
ting great crime against his own life.
He is ohstructing his way to success by
burylng his talents.
Parents, beware! 1t will be harder
for your son to succeed without an ele-
mentary education in the years to come
than 1t has been in the past, and is now,
for you. You who compel your boy TO
work for Il few pennies day, when he
ought 70 be IN school preparing himself
for LIES battles, may be compelled to
see him make life failure
THROUGH YOUR MEASUREMENT.
Rows under iorrtosr yoors ~ ona ,,ho
coGnot rend ora wnrGin ",s =; VI , VII, WIZ
iactories dom" sometimrs mon, ,,'S yo ".I0
"r;nI;ng tb";s yor, Tfo ~ 1870, ~,
their MANHOOD hefGro tTov ha,o UraT ,nnp
TbeSe %nvs i,rornnt ~ Oion1 iiie III
in sHirit nro Sromatvroi III III Uissu ,'o
rise above T6mtine emnIov, Hi nt'N T Thev
have never beheId the hcsmtias of hi9S
achievements, which makes life grand.
IN. Inc schools OF Wheeling, established in
the interests oil all classes Of humanity,
WIN pless any boys lie, by remaining
unaer their tutorage through the full
course: -,
hiaVlns iaId me foundation OF fair
inteiIeCtual knowledge, you have open
before you avenues Oh enterprise suited
10 your special tastes.
9ec |ns great vaFletles OF occupations
t that S 1OnlrohS YOU any one OF which OF
vo ,u nbrnJant intvs business VIII afford
you abundant material to make grand
success SIi IN NE, and lies Joys sweet.
observe, moreover, that in any bust
ness ness, success ~ qualified by true anbi-
ion, when VIII cause you to put to work
III ~, your powers. me man who takes
VOTE as a iinedlclne,wiIl never stand high
IN M MS O gaming. a.