The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-10-09

thing for you to do, and he IS the one
/ 70 ask And let all parents, and all
schools. and all universities. and all
| colleges recognize this and a large
/ number OF those who spent their best
years in stumbling about among BUSH
nesses and occupations, now trying
/ this and now trying that, and falling In
/ ALL would be able TO go ahead with a
/ definite, decided and tremendous pur-
pose, saying: TO this end was 1
/ born"
/ But my subject now mounts into the
/ momeEtOus- Let me say that you are
/ made for usefulness and Heaven /
/ judge this from the way you are built
/ You 60 into . shop where there Is only
one wheel turning and that by work
| mans foot on a tTeadle, and you say to
| yourself: Here is something good be-
/ ing done, yet on a small scale;" bat il
/ you go into a factory covering many
of bands pulling on thousands
of wheels, and shuttles flying,
/ and the whole scene bewildering with
activities, driven by water Of steam, or
| electric power you conclude that the
factory was put up to do great work
| and on a vast scale. Now, 1 look at
/ you, and il 1 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, If you had the use Of only
one foot or one hand, and as to your
| higher nature, If you only had one
mental faculty and you had memory
but no judgment, or judgment but no
| viii, and if you had a soul with only
one capacity, would say not much is
expected of you But stand up, o,
man, and let me look you squerely in
the face. Eyes capable OF seeing every
| thing. Ears capable of hearing every
! aa
| every thing Mind with more wheels
than any factory ever turned, more
power than C0Eiiss engine ever moved.
A soul that will Outiive all the universe
except Heaven, and would outlive all
Heaven if the life of other immortals
were moment short of the eternal
| Now, what has the world a right to
| expect of you2 What has God a right
to demand of you? God is the greatest
| of economists in the universe and he
| makes nothing uselessiy, 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 can not certainly know.
God knows, aud you ought to know a
factory running at an expense of $780,
600 a year. aud turning out goods worth
| seventy cents a year would not be such
an incongruity as you, o, man with such
semi-inhnite equipment doing nothing,
or next TO nothing in the way of useful
ness what shall dO?' you ask. My
brethren, my sisters, do not ask me.
Ask God. There's some path of Christ
ian usefulness open. It may be a rough
path, or it may be a smooth path, a
long path or a short path. It may be
on mount of conspicuity. or in a val
ley unobserved, but it is a path on
/ vhiph start with anph faith
and such satisfaction and such certainty
that you can cry ont in the face of
earth and hell and Heaven: ITO this
end was I born" Do not wait for ez-
traordinary qualifications
Two men riding on horse back came
to a trough to water the horses. While
the horses were drinking, one of the
men said to the other a few words
| about the value OF the soul, and then
they rode away, and in opposite direc-
| tons. But the words uttered were the
salvation of the one to whom they
were uttered. aud he became the Rev.
| Mr.. Champion, one of the most distin-
guished missionaries in heather lands,
for years wondering who did for him
the Christian kindness, and not finding
out until in a bundle of books sent him
to Africa he found the biography of
Brainerd Taylor and a picture of him,
| and the missionary recognized the face
} watering trough for horses, had said
! the thing that had saved his soul What
opportunities you have had in the
? pRstl WHAT opportunities you have
/ nOwi What opportunities you will
1 have in the days to come! Put on your
hat o woman, this afternoon. and &c
l in and comfort that young mother who
lost her babe last summer. Put on
E your hat, o man, and go over and see
that merchant who was compelled yes
3 terday to make an assignment, and
2 tell him of the everlasting riches re
s naming for all those who serve the
, Lord. Can you sing? Go and sing fOI
? that man who cannot get we'll, and you
= will help him into Heaven Let it be
I your brain, your tongue, your eyes
| your ears, your heart, your lungs, you
D hands, your feet. your body, youl
: mind, your soul, your life, your death,
Y your time, your eternity for God, feel
S ing in your soul: ITO this end was
3 | born"
E It may be helpful to some If I recite
j. my own experience in this regard.
t started for the law without asking any
- divine direction I consulted my owl
e tastes liked lawyers and court room,
9 and judges and juries, and 1 reveled il
3 hearing the FrslinghuYssns and the
3 Bradleys, of the New Jersey bar, anC
t as assistant of the county clerk, at six
9 | teen years of age. / searched titles
4 naturslized foreigners, recorded deeds
r | received the confession of Judgments
, swore witnesses aud juries and grand
r / juries. But after awhile felt call t.
r the gospel ministry and entered it. and
= I felt some satisfaction in the work
But one summer when was resting al
p Sharon Springs. aud while seated in ths
( park of that village, I said to myself
= III have an especial work to do in tbs
p 1 world ought to fiud it out now" anC
e | with that determination prayed as
g had never before prayed. and got the
/ divine direction and wrote it down in
] my memorandum book, aud saw KY
l life work then as plainly as I see il
. / now,
. o. do not be satisfied with genera
r | directions Get specific directions DC
a not shoot at random Take aim and
p FIRE. Concentrate. EaPoleOn's success
, | in battle came from his theory o.
= breaking through the eusmy's ranks a.
s one point. not trying to meet the who'll
' line OF the enemy's force by a similal
| force One reason why he lost Water