Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-08

especial work, and their fitness does
not develop until quite late. When
Phillip Doddridge, whose sern ons
and books have harvested uncouuted
souls for glory, began to study the
ministry, Dr. Calamy, one of the wisest
and best men, advised him to turn his
thoughts to some Other work. Isaac
Barrow, the eminent clergyman and
Christian scentist--his books standard
nov though he has been dead over two
hundred years-was the dishearten-
ment of his father who used to say that
if it pleased God TO take any of his
children away he hoped it might be
his son Isaac. So some of those who
have been characterized for their
stupidity in boyhcod or gIrlhood, have
turned out the mightieso benefactors
or benefactIesses of the human race.
These things being 50, am not right
in saying that IN many cases God only
| knows what is the most appro-
| pirate thing for you to do, and he is
| the one to 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
/ businesses ard occupations, now trying
this and now trying that, and falling
in all, would be able to go ahead with
u definite, decided and tremendous
purpose, saying, TO this end was !
| born
But my subject now mounts into the
momentous. Let me say that you are
made for usefulness and heaven. |
| judge this from the way you are built.
You go into shop where there is
only one wheel turning and that by Il
workman's foot on n treadle, and you
say to yourself: Here is something
| good being done, yet on small
SCALE but if you go into Il factory
covering many acres, and you find thou
sands of bands pulling on thousands of
wheels and sh lttlcs flying, and the
| whole scene bcwildering with activi-
ties, driven by water, or steam. or
electric power, you conclude that the
factory was put up to do great work
and Oh n vast scale. Now, | look at
YOU and if l should find that you had
only one faculty of body, on y muscle,
only one nerve. If 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 had only one mental aculty
and you had memory but II , Judgment,
or Judgment J ut no will, ami If yoI
had a soul with only one capacity, |
woulC say not much is expected OF you.
But stand up, OH m IN, and let me look
you sluarely in the face. Eyes Capablc
of cling everything. Ears capable 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 outlivc all the
universe except heaven, and wouiC
outlive all heaven if the life of other
immortals were II moment short of the
eternal. Now, what mas the world Il
rig t to expect of you? What has GoI
right to demand of YOU? Goa is the
greatest of economists in the universe,
and he makes nothing uselessly, and
for what purpose id 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 kin
dred cannot certainly know. God
5 knows, and you ought to know. a
I factory running at an expense of $780,
900 year, and turning out goods
> worth seventy cents year would not
be such an incongruity us you, oh
S man, with such semi-ininite equip
t ment doing nothing, or next to moth
1 ing, in the way OF usefulness. "What
t shall do?" you ask. My brethren, my
: sisters, do not ask me. Ask God.
a There's some path of Christian useful
ness open. 1t may be u rough path or
: it may be a smooth Path, long path
or short path. 1t may be on mount
of cOnspicu.ty, or in a valley unob-
. served, but it is path on which you
can start with such faith and such sat
! isfaction and such certainty that You
| can cry out in the face of earth aud
e hell and h aven; To this end was
I born" Do not wait for extra
. ordinary qualifications. Philip
{ the Conqueror gained his great
I est victories seated on a
!, mule, and if you wait for some caplr-
ison,d Bucephalus to ride into the con-
T fiict you will never get into the world
e wide fight at all. Samson slcw the
n Lord 5 enemies with the iawbonc OF
c the stupidest beast created. shalngaI
# slew six hundred of the Lord enemies
II with an OK goad. Under God, Spite
IL cured tn ; blind mans eyes in the New
;. Testament story. Take all the fac
II ulty you have and say: 90 ! ord
IL Here is what | have. show me the
: field and back me up by ON ipotcnt
: power. Anywhere, anyhow, tny time
e for God" Two men riding on horse
l back came to a trough to water the
y horses. " hi the horses were drink
< ing one of the men said to the other &
u few words about the value of the soul
u and then they rode away, and il
y opposite directions. But the words
IL | M thn Gnlyati,Y NJ
u one to whom they were uttere,
y and H. became the CIV. Ne
Champion, one of the most distin
e guished missionaries IN heather
II lands; for years wondering who die
II for him the CHRISTIAN kindness, ant
. not finding out until in bundle o
= books sent him TO Africa he found tn,
~ biography of Brainerd Taylor and ;
70 picture of him. and the missionary
" recognized the face in that book as tn,
:, man who, at the watering trough 70
, horses, had said the thing that saved hi
: soul. What opportunities you have hat
:, in the past What opportunities yo,
10 have nov. What opportunities yo,
: will have in the days to come. Put OF
. your hat, oh woman, this afternoon
y and go in and comfort that youn;
~ mother who lost her ba be last summer
-, Put on your hat, oh man. and go owe
y and see that merchant who was CON
i; PEELED yesterday to make an assign
=, ment, and tell him of the everlasting
80 riches remaining for all those VIII
AZ serve the Lord. Can YOU SING g
- and sing for that man who cannot &c
w well, and you W II help him int
- heaven. Let it be your brain, you
he tongue, your eyes. your ears, you
- heart, your lungs your hands, you
- feet, your body, Your mind, your sou
So your life, your death, your time, you
81 eternity for God feeling in your sou
l. "To this end was ] born II may b
N, helpful to some if ! relate my own C,
he perience in this regard. started for tn
,s ne law without ask ng any divine dire,
=. lions. consulted my Own tastes. | like
90 lawyers and court rooms and judge
80 and juries, and | raveled in hearin
~ ~ the frclinghuysens and the Bradley
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