Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-16
PRACTICAL SERMON
PREACHED TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF
THE LINSLY INSTITUTE
Al the First Presbyterian Church Last Evening
By Rev. D. A. Cunningham on
the Subject Making Haste
Slowly"


80 of the Linsly Institute was preached
last evening by Rev. DIR. ID. A. Cunning
ham. at the First Presbyterian church.
The attendance was quite large considering
the Indictment weather, and the class, along
with the faculty and other pupils, occupied
seats close to the pulpit. The sermon was
splendid one, full of good thoughts and
excellent advice TO young men.
THE SERMON.
The subject of the Doctors sermon was
Making Haste Slowly He took his text
from James il, Let patience have her per
feet work" He said:
There is an old Latin prover0 much
quoted. to the effect that haste should be
made slowly 1t is the line Of this counsel
and in the hope of inspiring somewhat IN
the spirit in which a man is faithful In
last degree to duty, and is persevering In
his efforts TO accomplish worthy ENDS, ana
at the same time is willing TO wait for a
recognition and reward, that am TO speak
tonight on making haste slowly
This has respect to patience III its secon-
darv meaning. The primary idea of patti
ence is mcompromising suffering. 1t is To
feel pain. and vet not lose self control and
become fretful. II is to face trials, meet
cares. and endure reproaches, and bear up
under troubles with Il calm and brave sub
missiveness In its highest form patience
is suffering with resignation.
Patience is the moral mood IN which a
man does his work. a man may have any
amount of grit in him, the more the better,
and still be patient man. a man may De
plucky to the last degree, Selling and hold
ing his object with a tenacity OF grasp
loot "a IN
be all the nearer to the realization OF pa
thence. Hardly better definition OF
patience can be given than to call
/ it sanctificd pluck There cannot be
GREAT PATIENCE
without great ends and views to arouse the
soul, which can be brought about only
after much work and many buffetings and
possibly tedious delays.
! If there be any Young man here, there
fore. who does not mean to make some
thing of himself and his opportunities in
the future: who has no good purpose TO
fulfill, no manly plan TO realize, no worthy
desire to crafty, no bright hopes which he
chershes as the apple of his eye, who does
not see in the coming years avenues along
which he may walk into growths ana
masteries commensurate with the dignity
of his rational faculties, then this enforce
ment of patience has no application TO nm.
He has other lessons to learn. Until there
is purpose, patience cannot come into play
in man.
Two reasons unite TO render the plea for
patience especially pertinent TO young
men. One grows out Of the nature oil
Young men. Too great haste. too much
| eagerness to win in Il moment, is short
coming incident to the impetuosity of
youth. He does not want to be creeping
along at a snail's gait, but wants to clutch
the point at once. He is confident and
eager. and this is the song that his heart
sings:
Rich j. the present. though poor is the past;
Ncarn FOR the future vague ana vast.
| And 10. what treasure of glorious things
| Giant Futurity sheds from his wings.
The Young man wants to be famous,
wants to be rich. wants TO be lifted into
! high places. wants to be able TO WELD
great influence, to 60 and come, TO live AT
ease and all that II is an instinct of youth
that must be regulated by judgment and
sObered by wise thoughtfnlness.
ANOTHER REASON
for patience is found in the spirit of our
country and times. The whole drift of
! instruction and effort seems TO be merely
to stir men out of their lcthargy; and only
! little is said and that not always in the
most influential quarters, looking to the
proper aim and control of energy. For
what are the cOunsels which are dinged all
the time in the ears of those on the thresh-
hold of life. Substantially these: Wake
| up. Go ahead Push your way Take
risks Lay hold with daring hand Rush
| in and be somebody.
That is the sort of talk whose notes are
all the time ringing in theear from schools,
and parlors, and offices, and exchanges, and
through the press, and sometimes, though
! Just not in that gross form, from pulpits.
! All good enough, in so far as its intent is to
stimulate men to activity, and to arouse
dormant natures, and to make thoughtless,
easy-going men feel that they have pulse
/ in them. and that life seems more than sim
pie existence; but very bad for those who
/ do not need this kind OF sharp propulsion.
1t is hurry all the time We cat IN a
hurry, we live in a hurry, we write and
visit, and travel and talk in a hurry; it is
hurry In legislative halls, hurry in courts
of Justice We learn and alas forget in a
hurry, and in hurry, too, are forgotten.
Now to what is the outcome of all this:
Why a spirit of universal impotence,
through which peace, and happiness and
character. through which genuine success
and everything in the way of lasting
prosperity, both as respects individuals
and the State, is