The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-17

foor fellow, he ought To succeed
HOW sorry am for him" But nf,er n
whllc you begin To emerge from tho
uarkhcSs' That was n capital invest
mcnt.
You purchased at just the right time.
fortune became good-naturcd and
smiled. You builded your own house.
iou got To be one of the first men on
inc street Now, rs you pass, n number
Oh those late sympathizers stand on the
corner OF the street They scowl at YOU
from under the rim of their hats. You
nave more money now than they have.
ana you ought To be Scowlcd at from
under the rim OF their hats.
Before You get fully past you hear n
word or two; stuck up" says one.
Didn't get 1t honestly" says another.
VIII burst soon," says third. Every
stone in your new house was laid on
their heart. Your horses hoofs went
over their nerves Your carriage tire
cuts their neck. What have YOU done.
outrageous culprit? You ought TO b.
cast to the lions. You have dared 10
achieve success. Depend upon il that
u IN any one respect you rise far above
your fcllows--if you are more truthful
more wise, more eloquent, more intlucn-
tial-the shadow of your success will
chill somebody.
The road of honor and virtue is with
in reach of the encmys guns jealousy
says: stay down, or will knock YOU
down" In mid-air n snow flake said To
a snow-bird: "ldon't like you" "Why
don't you like me?" said the snow-bird.
because" replied the snowflake.
you are going up and am coming
down" Success is often synonym for
scorn. The first thing man wants is
religion. The second is grit. If You do
not want to face wild beasts Won must
never get To be prime minister. If You
are now, as a young man, rising in any
one, respect, bless God for your adj
vanccment, but wish to say before
quit this thought, look out for the lions
Young merchants, young lawyers,
young physicians, young ministers have
much sympathy, and kind adv 90 is
given them at first, but, rs you become
your own masters and begin To succeed |
in your different occupations and pro-
fessions, how Is it then, young mer-
chants, young lawyers, young physi- !
clans, young ministers. How is il then? |
. Again, behold in our subject an exhi-
bition of true decision Of character. Be- |
fore Daniel were condemnation and |
death, il he continued faithful to his re-
ligion. Yet. just rs before, three times
n day he prayed with his face toward
Jerusalem. There is nothing more fatal
for religious or worldly advancement
than a spirit Of INDIGESTION. How often
vidual has determined upon his profess
sion. There are those who for thirty
or forty years have accomplished moth
ing anywhere because they have not
felt themselves settled. They have
thought of the law, of medicine, of mcr-
of mechanism. They have some
idea of going West Perhaps they will go
East. Perhaps they won't. They may go
north nor south. Perhaps they will in
vest their money in railroads or in real
'Statc. Perhaps they won't. They are
ike IA vessel starting from New York
harbor, which should one day decide on
going TO Liverpool, and the next on
New Orleans, and the next on Mar
,cillcS. How many men have for long
while been out on the great sea of life,
md they do not know to what port they
ire destined? 1t is an everlasting taclt-
ng of ship, but no Roadway. The man
Who begins To build house in the
style. and when half way up I
. hn, | ,
concludes 10 make it Ionic, will have an
Inscemly pile and be cursed of every
chool of architecture. These men that
ry everything get To he nothing.
God wrote in your brain and cngrav-
ID on your bones what You ought To he.
Then he that, nothing more or nothing
css In that direction is your success.
every other road is ruin. Having adj
listed your compass, go ahead. Set
-our teeth together, small difficulties,
la not notice. Great difficulties, 10y Gods
race strike them down. Onward, Let {
owar,ls sliulI. Act you like sons of {
iod. If YOU want TO sail Ia the land of
-old, YOU must double the cape. To
lscfulncss and strong character there is {
10 overland route. Over the great dccps
ON must fly. Most OF the way II Is
thcr head wind or tempest Charac- I
or, like the goldfnch of Tonquin, is
magnificent when standing firm. but '
oses all it's splendor in flight There I
$ no such thing as failure to those who {
rust in God. Paul got To bc an apos-
la by falling off his horse. stephen ]
vas stoned into Heaven. When young Q
nan resolves on n religious life, he does 2
lot always find it smooth sailing Old c
laugh and say with sarcas- G
10 tone: "He has got To be piouS." $
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