The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-11-06

nothing, or next to nothing, in the way
Of usefulness "What shall do?' You
ask. My brethren, my sisters do not
ask me. Ask God. There's some path
of Christian usefulness open. II may
be rough path. or II may be smooth
path, "A lolg path, o: short path. IL
may be on a mount OF conspicuity, or
in valley unobserved, but IL Is n path
on which you can start with such faith
and such satisfaction aud such certainty
that you can cry out in the face of earth
and hell and Heaven: ITO this end was
born"
DO not wait for extraordinary quail
fications Philip the Conqueror gained
his greatest victories seated on mule,
and IL you wait for scmc caparisoned
Buccphalus TO ride into the conflict you
will never get into tho Worldwide
fight at ALL Samson slew tho Lords
enemies with the jawbone of the
stupidest beast created. Shafagar slew
six hundred OF the Lords enemies with
an OK goad. Under God, spittle cured
the blind mans eyes in the New Tesla
ment story. Take all the faculty you
have and say: 20 Lord. here is what l
have, show me the field and back me
up by omnipotent power. Any
where, anyhow, any time for
God" Two men riding on horse.
back came to trough TO water the
horses. While the horses were drink
ing, one OF the men said to the other
few words about the value of the
soul, and then they rode away, aud in
opposite directions. But the words ut
tered were the salvation of the one to
whom they were uttered, and he be-
came 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 until in bundle of
books sent him to Africa he found the
biography of Brainerd Taylor and n
picture OF him, and the missionary
recognized the face in that book rs the
man who, ut the watering trough for
horses, had said the thing that saved
his soul. What opportunities you have
had in the pastl What opportunities you
have now! What opportunities you
will have in the days to come! Put on
your hat oh woman, this afternoon,
and go in and comfort that young
mother who lost her babe last summer
Put on your hat oh man, and go over
and see that merchant who was COM
PEELED yesterday to make an assign
ment, and tell him of the everlasting
riches remaining for all those who serve
the Lord Can You sing? Go and sing
for that man who can not get 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, your
mind, your soul, your life, your
death, your time, your eternity for
God, feeling in your soul: ITO this end
WAS born" II may be helpful to some
il recitc my own experience in this
regard. Istarted for the law without
asking any divine direction. 1 consult
ed my own tastes. liked lawyers and
court rooms and judges and juries, and
! revcled in hearing the Frelinghuy-
sens and the Bradleys of the New DER
sey bar and as assistant of the county
clerk. at 10 years of age, searched
titles, naturalizcd foreigners, recorded
mcnts, sworc witnesses and juries and
grand juries But after n while l felt
n call to the Gospel ministry and enter
ed it. and felt some satisfaction in the
work. But one summer. when j was
resting at Sharon Springs, and
while seated in the park of that
village, | said to myself: 'lf | have
an especial work To do In the world
ought to find IL out now" and with that
determination prayed rs had never
before prayed, and got the divine direc-
ton, and wrote it down in my memo
randum boole, and ] saw my life-worls
then as plainly as see II now oh, do
not be satisfied with general direc-
tons Get specific directions. Do not
shoot at random. Take aim and fire.
Concentrate. Napoleon's success in
battle came from his theory OF
breaking through the enemy's ranks
at one point, not trying to meet the
whole line of the enemy's force by
a similar force. One reason why he
lost Waterloo was because he did not
work his usual theory, and spread
his force out over a wider range. Oh
Christian man, oh Christian woman,
break through somewhere Not gem
eral engagement for God, but partic-
ular engagement, and made in answer
TO prayer If there are sixteen hun
dred million people in the world, then
there are sixteen hundred million diff
ferent missions to fulfill, different
STYLES OF work to do. different orbits In
which to reyolve, and II you 90 not get
the divine direction there are at least
fifteen hundred and ninety-nine possi-
bilities that you will make mistake.
On your knees before God get the mat
ter settled SO that you can firmly say: