Telegram-herald., 1890-03-31

u rLs aea1 isQIs - celnSuSfr<s t@e Ave2 At-'A-
ol a. l1s DEAD iaoas of E0easc.ne tts cess
Ions q seclzl laaaeaeef y ast e@I4el1y aea
tAsy ans nlEsty raaEe, sna oS-er niNA ~
Gns.r pFessaes ~sEs Pss~as less - tis s-lss
lous ~ be1fsr og glrars wesn frosa ths 54nsis
a AunliZlsn 1on spfsngs apoo - prey DNA
tasv gel garough ~iI1 lfs. Ihey lsy down
IA rheu magnificent lair aasy have H.Aas
tas.r last s12rg oarg4ia. Iury nsys spoken
tsss.f lAsg lana aord They h4se committed
tseir last sneAl aCt " asa = uzNny ina2olt
any of me csserg rolls over heipleSS. the ton-
ess and Na.slpe Al ghe ar ~lta shrieks ana
ho.!s ana iAsb themselves into lSIasEl&tiona
ana Il i 8 geEulas grief for nc poor tnlnIs
Rut when thls Ge&d Aoa az nonstroas ussless-
uess expires. there = notaing b0t afasn@i1sea
woe for better = . nslas as shAA . ao1l
Aon
NJ text also means that an opportunity of
tle hvng present Is better than a great oir
portunity passed We spend much Of oar
time ~ saying; II Ouly had. We can a. .
iook back and se- sou4s Ooczsson where 10
might have doas reSt osed or mlgGt have
effected al important reScae. or ~s might
have dealt slroke thai would nave accom-
plishel a vast result Through stUpidity or
iack Of appreciation Of TIE crisis OF Through
procrasunaIloa, We let the chance 90 by.
How much tlns We have wasted ~ tei0Alag
Of waAt we might have s2la or might have
done! We spend hours and Gays aud years
in walking around that dead hon We can
not resuscltAte II II viii never open ia
ewes again There viii never he another
spring IN It's paw. Dead as any feline terror
OF South Africa. through whose heart tnirty
years ago Goraon Cumming sent the slug.
Don't let US give any moro time 70 TIE oe-
ploring o, TIE dead past There are other
opportunities remaining. They may mol he
a. great. but they are worth our attention.
Small opportunities al around, opportunities
for Tie SAYING of kind words aud doing u
kind deeds. Hslplessness 20 be helped DIS
hearteuea ones 10 be encouraged. Lost ones
10 bs found. Though the present may be IN
significant a. compared with the past, Bet
Ter Is living dog than dead hon"
USELESS EEGRET
The most useless and painful feeling Is tho
one o. regret Repent Of LOST opportunities
We must, aud get pardon we may, but regrets
weaken. Gisheaften, and cripple Tor future
WORK la sea captain who once bal charge
Of a " bite Star steamer across The Atlantic
ocean one foggy night runs on rock OF
4 Newfoundland, and passengers ana snip per
ish. shall ne refuse 70 take command OF a
never viii 20 on the water again unless can
run one OF the White Star hnef' Shall The
engineer Of q lightning express, who al a
station misreed the telegram OF train dis
patcher and went into collision, aud for that
has been put down 10 the work Of engineer
ing freight train, say: Il never viii again
mount an engine unless ] can run vestlouie
expressY Take what you have OF oppor-
tunity left Do your best with what remains
Your shortest winter day Is worth more 10
YOU than can 10 the longest day OF u previ-
Gus summer Your opportunity now, as
compared with previous opportunities, may
be small as rat terrier compared with the
Lon which AZ Matabosa, fatally wounded by
the gun Of David Livingstone, in It's death
aronv leaped upon the missionary explorer,
and with its jaws crushed the bone OF his
arm % splinters, and then rolled over and
exDired. but Better is living dog than q
dead lion"
Nv text also means that the condition Of the
. most wretched man alive is better than that
Of the most favored sinners departed. Th'
chance Of these last is gone. Where they ar
they cannot make any earthly assets availa
BILE After Charlemagne was dead be wa
set in an ornamented sepulcbre on goldei
throne, and a crown was put on bis cold bro"
and a sceptre in his stiff hand, but that gav'
him no dominica in the next world One
the most intensely interesting things saw
4 last winter in Egypt was Pharaoh OF oidel
times. the very Pharaoh who oppressed Tn
:, Israelites. The inscription on his sarcophagu'
and the writing on mis- mummy oandage'
: proye beyond controversy that he was th
= Pharaoh Of Bible times All the Egyptologisi
: and the explorations agree that II IS the Of
!. scoundrel himself. Visible are the very teet
!, with which he gnashed against the israelitis
= brickrnakers There are the sockets OF th
> marches ewes with which he looked upon u
:, overburdened people Of God. There IS II
: hair that hoatod in the breeze of the Re
- Sea There are the very lips with which
a commanded them TO make bricks wtho'
= straw. Thousands Of years afterward, whe
N the wrappings of the mummy were unrolie
= old Pharaoh lifted up has arm "a II IN implor
- ton, but his skinny bones cannot again ciut'
- his shattered sceptre. Heis dead lion. Al
!, is not any man now living, IN the fact that
\, has opportunity Of repentance and salvatio
~ better off than any - those departed ones VIII
i. hy authority or possessions or influence, we
n positively leonine. and yet wickedf
: CHANCE TO BE sAvKD.
- What thing 70 congratulate you on
,a your lifei Why, II is worth more than all {
of gems of the universe kiudled into one precio
"a stone. lam alive! What does that meA
Wbv. il means that still have ell opportu
itv Of being saved myself and helping othe
bo 10 be saved To be alivel Why. IL mes
= that have vet another chance 70 correct n
ar mast mistakes and make sure work for heavs
,i- Alive are wei Come, let Us celebrate Il
"A new resolutions. new self examination, n
or conservation and a new career. The small
~ and most insignificant today Is worth %
liz more than Eve hundred yesterdays Taxi
90 advantage OF the present let US get psTd
Cd for ell tire past and security for al the iutu
od Where are our forgiven snsi don't kuo
II God don't know. either. lie says; 81 l.
,h s.ns and iniquities viii remember no nor
nd What encouragement IN the text Tor
. Christian workers. Despair Of DO ones s
mt vation While there Is life there H ho
nm When in England young lady asked -
.va class in n Sunday school the SUPER ~ ie'''
he. saiI tsetter 20 out on the street snd !
- vour s-n cinssn She brought IN o RAGS
o- and filthy boy The superintendent gave
rood npparel In few Sundays be sh'ssn
,of himself Inquiry discovered that IN = ctr
-, fight be had his decent apparel torn Of.
- wos brought in and a second tine resQer
,u blv clad After few Sundays be again
- suresred and u was found that be was az
en- ragged and wreicbei Then said
net teacher. I'VE can do nothing With him
Bl5 toe superintendent fitted him up again
ue stared bin again After a While the "a
ro- took hold 4 him and his heart changed
en- s-arfe5 for the ministry sud became = fors
missionary and on heather gr0unds lived.