The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-08

certainly know. God knows and you
ought 10 know. A factory running at I
an expeEse of aJ30. 100 a yser and
turning out goGdS worth seventy cents
q year would DOT he snch On moon
gruity rs ron, = man, With such semi |
haDite equtps3ent deing soothing or
next to nothing in tire way OF usefui-
ness. What sha!l DOR you ask.
My brethren. l.'y sisters, 10 40: ask rus.
Ask God There's some path cl Chris
dan usefulness open. II may be a rough
path or it may be q smooth path, "A long
path o. q s!lDrt path. IL may be on a
mount OF conspicuity or In a valley un-
observed, but X is path on which you
can start With such faith and such sat
hfaction and such certainty hat you
cen cry out IN the face OF Garth and
hell and heaven, TO this end was
born"
Do not wait for extraordinary quail
fcattons Philip the Conqueror gained
bis greatest victories seated on q mule,
and II you wait for some caparisoned
bucephalus 20 ride into the conflict you
wul never get into the world wide fight
az all. Samson slew the Lords enemies
with the 1avbone Of the stupidest beast
created. Shangar slew six hundred Of
the Lords enemies with ar OK eoad.
Under God, spittie cured tho blind
mans eyes In the Now Testament story
Take all the faculty you have and say ::
20 Lord Here Is what have, show
-ne the field and back me up by ON
nipotent power. Anywhere, anyhow,
any time for God"
WORDS OF SALVATION.
Two men riding on horseback came
to a trough to water the horses While
the horsee were drinking, one of the
Inen said TO the other O. few words
about the value Of the soul, aud then
they rode away, and in opposite direc-
tons. But the words uttered were the
salvation OF the one to whom they
were uttered, and he became the Rev.
Mr Champion, one OF the most distin-
gulshed missionaries in heather lands,
for years wondering who did for him
the Christian kindness, and not finding
out until, in Il bundle of books sent
him to Africa, ho found the biography OF
Brainerd Taylor and u picture OF him,
and the missionary recognized the face
In that book as the man who, at the
watering trough for horses, had said
the thing that saved his soul. What
opportunities you have had In the past
What opportunities you have now.
What opportunities ycu viii have in
the days TO come.
- Put on your hat, 0 woman, THU
afternoon, and go N sana comfort that
Young mother who lost her babe las,
summer. Put On your hat 0 man
and 20 over and see that merchant
who was compelled yesterday to make
an assignment and tell him of the ever
lasting riches remaining for all those
who serve the Lord Can you sing
Go and sing for that man who cannot
get well, and you will help him into
heaven. Let It be your brain, your
tongue, your eyes, your ears, YOU
heart, your lungs, your hands, youl
feet, your body, your mind, yoar soul,
your Life, your death, yous time, your
eternity for God, feeling in your SOU
ITO thia eud was born"
1t may be helpful 10 Some if ! rccite
my own axperience-in this regard.
started for the law without asking any
divine direction. ! consulted my own
tastes. liked lawyers and courtroom:
and judges and iuries and 1 reveled IL
hearing the Frelinghuysens and the
Bradleys Of the New Jersey bar, and al
assistant of the county clerk, Ut sixteen
years OF age, searched titles, natural
ized foreigners, recorded deeds, re
ceived the confession OF judgments
swore witnesses and juries aud grand
t,aries. But after awhile l felt a cal
to the Gospel ministry and entered it
and felt come satisfaction In the work
But one summer, when I was resting
st Sharon Springs, and while seated II
the park OF that village, said to my
self, "If have IN especial work to DC
In the world I ought to find it ou
now" and with that determination
prayed as had never before prayed
and got the divine direction and wrote
IL down In my memorandum book, ant
saw my lHework then as plainly as
see it now. Oh, DO not be satisfied
with general directions Get specif,
directions. Do not shoot at random
Take aim and fire. Concentrate. Ma
poleon's success In battle came from
his theory Of breaking through tn,
ene,ny's ranks at one point, not trying
to meet the whole line of the enemy
force by similar force
One reason why he lost Waterloo
was because he did not work his usua
theory and spread his force out over
wide range. Oh, Christian man, oh
Christian woman, break through some
where. Not a general engagement to
God, but particular engagement, an
made In answer to prayer. II there al
sixteen hundred million people in tn
world, then there are sixteen huudre
million different missions to fulfil, dt
ferent styles OF work 70 do, diferer
orbits In which to. revolve, and If 20
do not get the divine direction thel
are at least fifteen hundred and ninet,
nine million possibilities that you WI
make mistake. On your knees b
fore God get the matter settled, 30 tn,
you can firmly sag, TO this end was
Born
\ PIKE cLIMACrEREC CONSIDERATION.
And now come to the efimacteY
consideration. AS near as I can te,
you were built Tor happy eternity, 8
tbs Disasters which have happssed I
1 xoxIr Fak1y.a 70 ho ox.n,><oyva 49, 81
blood Of the Lamb Il you Will hearti
accept that Christly arrangement. "
are all reJoiced at the increase in b
man longevity. People live, as ne
rs can observe, about ten years long
an they used to. The modern dc
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