The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05


know they will be farmers And Others ar
ALWAYS swapping lack knives or balls @
bats and making something by the bargain
ard they are going to be merchants. VINE
Able de Rance had so advanced lE study
ing Greek that he could translate AuaSreoi
at twelve years Of age, there was no oo1o
left that he was intended for scholAF. Du
in almost every lad there comes tltne
when he does not know what ne was inadt
for and his parents do not know, and 1t is G
grisis that God only can decide. 1hen tlere
are those horn for some especial WORK, ana
4heir fit. ess does not develop until quite
LATE When Philip Doddridge, whose ser.
mons and books have harvested ulconnteo
souls for glory, begun TO study ior the minis
try. DR.. Calsmy, one OF the wlsest ara pest
rnan advised him TO turn bis thoughts TO
some other WORK isaac 5000 80 ~.
uent clergyman and Christian sclenclst-hls
hooks standard now, though he has been
49, over two hundred yearS-was the dis
hesr.enment of his father, who used to say
that IF il nleased God to take any OF his
chiIdran away be hoped 1t might
be his son Isaac. 80 some OF
those who have been characterized
for their stupidity in boyhood OF
s,irlhood have turned out the mlghtieSt
Sanafacrors o- benefactress es OF the human
race. These things being So am not right
in saving that In many cases God only
knows what is the m st appropriate thing
for you to do, and he is the one TO ask: Ano
let all parents, and all schools, anu all uni
yersities. and all colleges recognize this, and
a large number Of those VINO spent ther
best wears in stumbling about among ousi-
nesses ID occupations, now trying TINS ana
now irving that, and failing in all, would
be able t. go ahead with definite, decided
and tremendous purpose, saying, ito this
end was | born"
But my subject now mounts into the
momentous. Let me say that you are made
for usefulnessness and heaven. l judge this
from the way you are built. You go into a
shop where there is only one wheel turning
and that by worknIan's foot on a treadle.
and you say to yoursef "Here is something
good being done, yet on a small scele;" but
If you go into a factory covering many
acres and you find thousands of bands pull
ing on thousands of wheels, and shuttles
flying, and the whole scene bewildering
with activities, driven by water, or steam.
or electric power, you conclude that the
factory was put up to do great work
and on a vast scale. Now, look
at you, and if l should find that
you had only one faculty of body, only one
muscle, only one nerve, il you could see but
could not hear. or could hear and not see, il
you had the use of only one foot or one
hand, and, as to your higher nature, il you
had only one mental faculty, and you had
memory but no judgment. or Judgment but
no will, and if you had soul with on y one
capacity, would say not much is ex.
pected of you. But stand up, o, man, and
let me look you squarely 10 the face. Eyes
capable Of seeing everything. Ears capa-
BILE of hearing everything. Hands capable
of grasping everything. Mind with more
wheels than any factory ever turned,
more power than Corliss engine ever
moved. A soul that will outllve all the
universe except heaven, and would outlive
all heaven il the life of other immortsls
were moment short of the eternal. Now,
what has the world a right TO expect Of
yuul What has God a right to demand of
yous God is the greatest or economists in
the universe, and he makes nothing USE
lessly, and for what purpose did he build
your body, mind and soul as they are
built! There are only two beings in
the universe who can answer that
question. The angels do not know. The
schools do not know. Your kindred cannot
ought TO know. A factory running at an
expense of 100000 year, and turning out
goods worth seventy cents a year would not
be such an incongruity as you, . man, with
such seni-infinite equipment doing nothing,
or next to nothing, in the way of useful
ness. "What shall ! dor you ask. My
brethren, my sisters, do not ask me. ASK
God. There's some path Of Christian USE
fulness open. 1t may be a rough path, or
it may be smooth path, a long path or a
short path. 1t may be on mount of con-
spicuity, or in valley unobserved. but it is a
path on which you can start with such faith
and such satisfaction and such certainty
that you can cry out in the face of earth
and hell and heaven: ITO this end was l
born Do not wait for extraordinary
qualifications. Philip the Conqueror gained
his greatest victories seated on mule, and
If you wait for some csparisoned Bucepha-
lus to ride into the conflict you will never
get into the world-wid fight at all. Sam
som slew the Lords enemies with the jaw
bone Of the stupidest beast created.
Shamgar slew six hundred of the Lords
enemies with an ox-goad. Under God,
spittle cured the blind mans eyes in the
New Testament story. Take all the facul-
ty you have and say: 20 Lordl Here il
what have, show me the field and back
me up by omnipolent power. Any
where. anyhow. any time for
God" Two men riding on horse.
back came to a trough 10 water the horses.
While the horses were drinking, one of the
men said to the other few words about
the value of the soul, and then they rode
away, and in opposite directions. But the
words uttered were the salvation of the one
TO whom they were altered and he became
the Rev. Mr.. Champion. one of the most
distinguished missionaries in heather lands;
for years wondering who did for him the
Christian kindness, and not finding out I'M
til in bundle Of books sent him to Africa
he found the biography of Braiuerd Taylor
and picture of him. and the missionary
recognized the face III that book as the man
who, at the watering trough for horses, had
said the thing that saved bis
soul. What opportunities you nave had
in the past What opportunities you have
nowl What opportunities you will
have in the days to come! Put on your
nat, 0 woman, this afternoon, and 90 in
and comfort that young mother who lost
her babe last summer. Put on your hat
o man, and 60 over and see that mer-
. chant who was compelled yesterday "a
make an assignment, and. tell HIM of the
everlasting riches remaining for all those
who serve the Lord. Can you sing? &c
and sing for that man who cannot gel
well, and you will help him into heaven
Let it be your brain, your tongue, your
eyes, your ears, your heart, your lungs
your hands, your feet, your body, youI
mind, your soul, your life, your death
your time, your eternity for God. feeling
in your soul: ITO this end was | born.
It may be helpful to some if recite my
own experience in this regard. | started
for the law without asking any divine di
rection. l consulted my own tastes.
liked lawyers and court rooms and Judge
and juries. and l reveled in hearing tn
Frelnghuysens and the Bradleys of tn,
New Jersey bar, aud as assistant of tn,
county clerk, at sixteen years of age,
searched titles, Datu alZed foreigners, re
corded deeds, received the confession o
l,IdVmanfc SFOra witnesses and n,