Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-10-16

| 10 do, and He is the One TO ask. And let all
| parents and all schools and all universities
| and all colleges recognize this, and large
| number of those who spent their best years
in stumbling about among businesses and
occupations, now trying this and now trying
| that and failing in all, would be able 70 go
ahead with definite, decided and tremend-
Gus purpose, saying "ro this end was
| born"
! But nv 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 90 into a shop d
where there Is only one wheel turning AMI
that by workman's foot on treade,
and say to yourself, "Here is some
J thing good being DONE yet on small
| scale;- but il you go into factory covering
many acres, and you find thousands of bands
pulling on thousands Of wheels and shut
ties flying. and the whole scene bewildering
with activities, driven by water, or steam,
or electric power you conclude that the fac
tory was put up to do great work and on
vast scale Now, look at you, AMI IL
should find that you had only one faculty of
body, only one muscle, only one nerve, II
you could see but could not hear, or could
hear and not see, il you hal 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 II you had soul
with only one capacity, l would say not
much is expected of you.
But stand up, man, let me look you
squarey in the facet Eyes capable of sec
ing everything. Ears capable Of hearing
every thing. Hands capable OF grasping
everything. Mind with more wheels than
any factory ever turned, moro power than
Corliss engine ever moved. soul that viii
outlive all the universe except heaven. AMI
would outlive all heaven il the life Of other
immortals were a moment short OF the
eternal Now, what has the world right
to expect from your What has Col right
to demand OF your God is the greatest of
economists In the universe, and he makes
nothing uselessly, and for what purpose did
he build your body, mind and soul as they
are builtf
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 certainly know God
} knows, and you ought to know. A factory
, running at an expense OF 800 ,OOO year,
and turning out goods worth seventy cents
year would not be such an incongruity
as you, o man, with such semiinhnite
equipment doing nothing, or next to moth
ing in the way OF usefulness. What shall
doF you ask My brethren, my sisters, do
not ask me. Ask God.
There's some path OF Christian usefulness
open. 1t may be a rough path. or it may be
1t may be on mount OF conspicuity or In
S valley unobserved, but 1t is a path on
a which you can start with such faith and
! such satisfaction and such certainty that
: you can cry out in the face OF
t earth and hell and heaven, ITO this end was
t | born" Do not wait for extraordinary
r qualifications. Philip the Conqueror gained
G his greatest victories seated on a mule, and
4 il you wait for some caparisone1 Bucephalus
l to ride into the conflict you will never get
into the world wide Fl yht at all Sampson
J. slew the Lords enemies with tho jawbons OF
Il the stupidest beast created. Shamgar slew
SIX hundred OF the Lords enemies with an
. OK goad Under God spittle cured the blind
d mans eyes in the New Testament story. Take
d nil the faculty you have and soy: ~ Lord,
/ here is what have. Show me the field and
= back me up by omnipotent power. Any
t whore, anyhow, any time for God"
l. Two men riding ON horseback came to a
). trough TO water the horses. While the
II horses were drinking one Of the men said TO
II the other few words about the value OF the
If soul. and then they rode away, aud in oppo-
,r site directions. But the words uttered were
2. the salvation OF the one TO whom they were
IN uttered, aud he became the Rev. Mr.. Cham
E. pion, one Of the most distinguished mission
1t aries in heather lands for years wondering
IS who did for him the Christian kindness, and
not finding out until, in a bundle OF books
10 sent him to Africa, he found the biography
10 Of Brainerd Taylor and a picture OF him, anc
III the missionary recognized the face in thai
le book as the man who, at the watering trough
1t TOR horses, had said the thing that saved hi
III soul. What opportunities you have had II
10 the past What opportunities you hav
e- now. What opportunities you will have IL
il the days to come!
es Put on your hat oh, woman, this after
at noon, and 90 in and comfort that youn'
II. mother who lost her baba last summer. Pu
haN Nt,
I'd that merchant who was compelled yesterjaI
al to make an assignment and tell him OF tn
w everlasting riches remaining for all thos
N who serve the Lord Can you singf 70 an
IS sing for that man who cannot get we'll, an
Ill you will help him into heaven. Let 1t b
on your brain, your tongue, your eyes, you
lie eaI-, your heart your lungs your hands
Mt -our feet, your body, your mind, your soul
your life, your death, your time, your etei
'es nifty for God, ceiling in your soul, TO thl
ey end was born
on 1t may bs helpful to some il | recite m
m. own experiencein this regard. started 10
ne the law without asking any divine direction
ZEN [ consulted my own tastes. liket lawyer
tx. and courtrooms and judges and jurieS, an
We reyeed in hearing the Frelinghuysens an
,he the Bradeys Of the New Jersey bar, AMI {
nc assistant of the county clerk, Mt slxtee
rst Years of age, searched titles, naturaliz'
ca, foreigners, recorded deeds, received the col
mo teSSIO0 OF judgments, S"OTS "lbhoSSos au
,es iuries aud grand jurieS. But after awhile
Tho felt call TO the Gospel ministry and entert
or L. and felt some satisfaction in the wor
M But one summer, when l was resting
tlly Sharon Springs, and while seated In the pal
are of that village. said to myself, III ha
our an especial work to do In tho world oug
en. to find it out now" and with that determi
EN- alton prayed as haa never ocioie p,at .
our and got the divine direction. and wrote
ne. down in my memorandum book, and L 50
nv life work then rs plainly as see 1t no
lat. oh. do not be satisfied with general dire
,rk. tious. Get specific directions. Do not sho
bes at random Take aim and fire. Conce
ren trate. Napoleon's success in battle car
of from his theory OF breaking through t
'on. enemy's ranks at one point, not trying
,em meet the whole line OF the enemy's force
all a similar force. One reason why he Il
r on Waterloo was because he did not work
low usual theory, and spread his force out ovei
ome wide range. Oh Christian man, oh, Chr
out tian woman, break through somewhe
sue Not general engagement for God, but
ma particular engagement, and made In ans"
and to prayer IL there are sixteen hundT
they million people in the world, then there
are sixteen hundred million different missions
AMI fulfill, different styles of work to do, diif
lers. ent orbits in which to revolve, auih you
lives not get the divine direction there are at lie
by fifteen hundred and ninety-nne million
mer' stbilities that you VIII make misEaAe'
your knees before God get the matter sett
ID in so that you can firmly say, "ro this end
slate | born"
was And now / come to the clim2cteric c
or a sideration. As near as / can toll, you W
here built for a happy eternity, all the disas
what which have happened to your mature tc
not overcome by the blood of tle Lamb II
can will heartily accept that Christly arrar
some ment. We are all rejoiced at the fncrt
It de- Of human longevity People live, as nea
Dod can observe, about ten years longer {
har- - ...oJ o., The ,,ndarn dnNtpra do