The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-05-11

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Out of the dark, deep mines of wantand
suffering has been dug the marble for
the worlds greatest temples of wisdom
and palaces of power. Vanderlyn,
the artist, must first content him
self with charcoal sketch. Frank
lin, before becoming the renowned
philosopher, must be journeyman
printer. Columbus must weave
carpets before he can weave hemis-
pheres. David must take care OF his IA
ther's sheep before he rules Israel
Amos must be herdsman before he be-
comes prophet. Daniel must be the
humblest student before he rises to be
the prime minister of Babylon. If a
young man starts in life with large no
tlons of what he must Immediately have,
willing to consider no economy, but eX-
pecting with small shi ip to unfurl as
much sail as an ocean frigate, he will
find himself capsized by the first north
easter. 1t is the small sprig that you
can carry in one hand wh ich will thrive
best when planted. But If, by levers
and huge lumber wagon, you bring
down from the mountain century oak,
though you may plant it, you can not
make it live. So he who begins life
on such n grand scale and W ith such
exorbitant notions, will never succeed,
while some young man who went 10
town without means, but havinga right
spirit, through his self-denial. planted
tree which has reached above Wall street
and flung its shadow in one direction
over the granite palaces on the avenues
and in the other far out over the mer-
chant vessels anchored in the bay. Men
say success in life is all matter OF
good luck, but industry and economy and
self-denial put together make good luck.
There are young men who failed twice
and are getting n otes shaved the third
time before they are as old as their IA
ther when he first began business for
himself. They started with the idea
that tn cir wit would do as well as capi-
| tai. For a while it did, but when cred
/ itors sent their duns and banks their
protests, they found that mere shrewd'
/ ness was greatly below par. You can
not cross the ocean in yawl
Ayoung eaglet, far up in the mountain
eyric, says to its winged mother. u
will fly no longer from tree to tree as
You tell me, but like you, mother, l will
swing from this Chimborazo peak to
yonder Chimborazo peak" Like an
arrow 1t shot into the heavens, but
when over the awful chasms its head
was dizzy and it's wing weak, and it
began TO whirl down ward, and with
wild scream, until 1t struck on the
rocks. A traveller passing through the
gorge saw the mangled remains Of the
eaglet. "How can you have this fallY'
said the traveller. "Ah, me-" says the
eaglet, "it was because ! would not ny
from tree to tree until was old
enough, but headstrong, started from
Chimborazo peak toward Chimborazo
peak" II young men would seize
the advantage Of intelligence, II
will be by great economy Of time and
the refusing Of many forms OF gratiti-
cation. Show me a man who, refusing
many OF the frivolities Of gossiping
youths, can see more to attract his at
tention in the pages of a treatise or 2
history, than in the flash Of bright eyes,
or the airy step Of those who find more
skill in their heels than in their heads,
and will show you q man who will YET
master languages and sway very
scepter over his fellows. Many an edu
cation which is now considered complete
: is made up Of smattering Of newspa'
pers and the last page of q fashion mag
azine. The parlor and the drawing
! room cannot educate us. They may give
! us outward adornments of manner, but
| getting valuable knowledge is like
{ sweltering at forge, bellows In on'
/ hand and hammer In the other-bke
digging in mines with crowbars, pryinG
: under the ledge and the constant bans
l of blasted rocks. Especially Is II true tha'
no growth In grace is possible unless
2 like Daniel, we are willing to take VI
t the cross. however heavy is may be and
S rough with nails. Moses chose afilic
l ton with the people Of God rather thar
, the pleasures Of sin, and II w
= would be anything like him, we mus
1 be willing sometimes TO choose the hare
= bread of self-denial rather than the i'm
I perial clusters from royal vineyards. II
: yet strength and depth enough in river
c for turning mill wheels and manufac
Y tories, dams are built across them, ant
. then through the mill race the quicl
1 floods leap on the water-wheel 10 tnrl
" IL with tremendous power. So nature
!. that would otherwise have been power
r less and insufficient by self-restraint
s have been damned back and deep
}. ened until. with concentrated power
/: they rush into the world, turning II
c ponderous machinery Of important in
It terests. Unrestrained men may hav
: much good in them, but II Is so scat
; tered that you see no positive effect
Electricity In the air does not strike, bu
h gathered in the red cloud with its bar
IL red arm IL cleaves the mountain. Pa:
sions harnessed and yoked make exec
+ lent beasts OF burden. However al
II tractive may be the sinful offers Of tn
d world, though rich and luxurious as tn
d provisions OF the kings table, we mus
d be willing TO refuse them, II nothing b
left us but plain pulse. o, how W
l. want the faith and courage Of DaniC
& and Paul, but how we dread the he
re atmosphere Of trial in which their grace
Ie ripened. The richest fruits Of religio
II grow in the sultry tropics of trial.
1t you want tpearls, youmust dive for then
r II you want gold you must dig for /
D. The richest part of California and Aui