The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-10-21

ing, one of the men said to the other
4 few words about the value of the
soul, and then they rode away, and 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 a bundle of
books sent him to Africa he found the
biography of Brainerd Taylor and
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 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 cam
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 il
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 l born" 1t may be helpful to some
If l recite my own experience in this
regard. started for the law without
asking any divine direction. consult
FED my own tastes. l liked lawyers and
court rooms and judges and juries, and
reveled in hearing the Frelinghuy-
sens and the Bradleys of the New Jer-
sey bar, and as assistant of the county
clerk, at l6 years of age, searched
titles, naturalized foreigners recorded
deeds, received the confession of judg-
ments, swore witnesses and juries and
grand juries. But after while I felt
q call to the Gospel ministry and enter.
ed it, and felt some satisfaction in the
work. But one summer when ! was
resting at Sharon Springs, and
while seated in the park of that
village, | said to myself: eff l have
an especial work to do in the world l
ought to find it out now" and with that
determination prayed as l had never
before prayed, and got the divine direc
ton, and wrote it down in my memo.
randum book, and l saw my life-worls
then as plainly as see it now. Oh, do
not be satisfied with general direc.
tions. Get specific directions. Do not
shoot at random. Take aim and fire.
Concentrate. Napoleons 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 spreat
This force out over wider range Oh
4 Christian man, oh Christian woman,
HAak through somewhere. Not gen.
. engagement for God, but partic'
n ulsf Engagement, and made in answer
to- prayer If there are sixteen hun
died million people in the world, Their
there are sixteen hundred million diff
ferent missions to fulfill, different
styles of work to do, different orbits il
which to revolve, and if you do not ge
the divine direction there are at leas
fifteen hundred and ninety7nine posi-
bilities that you will make a mistake
On your knees before God get the mat
ter settled SO that you can firmly say
ITO this end was born"
! And now 7 come to the climacteri'
consideration. AS near as I can tell
you were built for happy eternity, al
The disasters which have happened i
your nature to be overcome by thu
blood of the Lamb if you will hearth.
I. accept that Christly arrangement w,
are all rejoiced at the increase in hu
man longevity. People live, as near a
I can observe, about ten years longs
than they used to- The modern doc
tors do not bleed their patients on al
occasions as did the former doctors. Il
those times if man had fever, the.
bled him, if he had consumption the,
bled him, is he had the rheumatism the,
bled him, and if they could not max
out exactly what was the matter the,
bled him. Olden time phlebotomy wa
deaths coadjutor. All this has changed
From the way l see people skippin
about at so years of age conclude tina
life insurance companies will have t
change their table of risks aud charg
| man no more premium at 10 than the
, used to do at co. and no more premium
at so than when he was 40 BY the at
vancement of medical science and tn
: wider acquaintance with the laws {
health, and the fact that people kno,
better how to take care of themselve.
} human life is prolonged. But do 20
, realize what, after all, is the brevity {
, our earthly state? In the times whe
4 people lived seven and eight hundre
, years, the patriarch Jacob said that h
' years were few. Looking at the life {
i the youngest person in this assem0i
t and supposing he lived to be non;
b genarian, how short the time and 500
Y gone, while banked up in front c
h us is an eternity so vast that aritl
t metic has not figures enough to expire:
r its length, or breadth, or depth @
b height For happy eternity yo
h were born unless you run yorse
' against the divine intentions If stan'
h ing in your presence, my eye shout
s fall upon the feeblest soul here as thu
soul will appear when the world lets