Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-05

4 What has God a right 10 demand OF
youf God is the greatest Of economists
| In the universe. aud he makes nothing
uselessly. and for what purpose did he
build your body. mind and soul as they
are builti
There are only two beings in the uni
verse 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 $500. 900 a year and
turning out goods worth seventy cents
a wear would not be such an incon-
grnity as you. o man, with such semi
infinite equipment doing nothing or
next to nothing in the way Of useful
ness. what shall dor you ask.
Ny brethren. my sisters, do not ask me.
Ask God. There's some path of Chris
tian usefulness open 1t may be rough
path or it may be smooth path, long
path or a short path. 1t may be on a
mount of conspicuity or in valley un-
observed. but it il 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 and
hell and heaven. ITO this end was !
born.
Do not wait for extraordinary quail
flcations. Philip the Conqueror gained
his greatest victories seated on a mule,
and If you wait for some caparisoned
Bucephalus to ride into the conflict you
will never get into the world wide fight
at all. Samson slew the Lords enemies
with the jawbone Of the stupidest beast
created. Shamgar slew six hundred OF
the Lords enemies with an OK goad.
Under God, splttle cured the blind
mans eyes in the New Testament story.
Take all the faculty you have and say:
30 Lord Here is what have, show
me 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 horses were drinking, one of the
men said 10 the other a few words
: about the value of the soul, and then
they rode away, and in opposite direc
tions. But the words uttered were the
salvation of the one to whom they
4 were uttered, and he became the Rev
Mr.. Champion. one of the most distin
0uished missionaries in heathen lands
for years wondering who did for hin
/ Tst-- l. nf Ind M
out until, In a bundle of books sen
" him to Africa, he found the biography o
= Brainerd Taylor and IA picture OF him
= and the missionary recognized the fac
'' In that book as the man who, at tn
d watering trough for horses, had sal,
70 the thing that saved his soul. Wha
u opportunities you have had In the past
y What opportunities you have now
What opportunities you will have /
- the days TO come.
Put on your hat, o woman, TIN
= afternoon, AID go in and comfort tina
- young mother who lost her babe las
= summer. Put on your hat, o mar
!, and no over and see that merchan
~ who was compelled yesterday to max
% an assignment and tell him of the evel
y lasting riches remaining for all thos
!" who serve the Lord. Can you sing
Go and sing for that man who canno
= :, get well. and you will help him int
!, - heaven. Let it be your brain, you
= tongne, your eyes, your ears, you
= heart, your lungs, your hands, you
= feet, your body, your mind, your SOU
- your life, your death, your time, you
y eternity for God, feeling in your sou
= ITO this end was born"
1t may be helpful to some If recit
/. my own experience In this regard.
=, ~ started for the law without asking an
y divine direction. | consulted my ow
y tastes liked lawyers and courtroom
10 and Judges and juries, and ! reveled
~ hearing the Frelinghuysens and tn
" Bradleys of the New Jersey bar, and q
80 assistant of the county clerk, ut sixtee
q !, years OF age, searched titles, natura
lied foreigners, recorded deeds, n
. ceived the confession of Judgment
y swore witnesses and jurles and gran
~ juries But after awhile ! felt ca
: 10 the Gospel ministry and entered /
and felt some satisfaction in the wori
But one summer, when | was restin
at Sharon Springs, and while seated
~ the park OF that village, | said to IN.
~ self, III have an especial work to
!. in the world ought TO find IL OF
~ now" and with that determination
~ prayed as had never before praye'
and got the divine direction and wro
~ Il down In my memorandum book, an
- saw my lifework then as plainly As
~ see 1t now Oh, do not be satisiie
~ with general directions. Get specit
:. directions. Do not shoot at random
- Take aim and Gre, Concentrate. n
- poleon's success In battle came fro
~ his theory OF breaking through Il
~ enemy's ranks at one point, not tryir
~ 10 meet the whole line OF the enemy
+, force by a similar force.
' One reason why he lost Waterl'
" was because he did not work his usu
- Theory and spread his force out over
~ wide range. Oh, Christian man, o
~ Christian woman. break through SON
~ where. Not general engagement
'' s GOd, but particular engagement, al
~ made In answer 20 prayer II there a
~ ~ sixteen hundred million people In I
~ y, world, then there arc sixteen hundr