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more money now than they have, and
you ought TO be scowled at from under
the rim OF their hats.
Before you get fully past, you hear
word or two. "Stuck up" says one.
Didn't get it honestly" says another.
"Will burst soon,n says third. Every
stone in your new house was laid on
their heart. Your horses hoofs went
over their nerves. Your carriage tire
cut their neck. What have you done,
outrageous culprit? You ought to be
cast to the liens You have dared to
achieve success. Depend upon it that
if in anyone respect you rise far above
your fellows-if you are more truthful,
more wise, more eloquent, more influ-
chill somebody. The road of honor and
virtue is within reach of the enemies
guns. jealousy says: "Stay down, or
will knock you down. In mid-air a
snowflake said to snowbird: 81
don't like you." "Why don't you
like me?'' said the snowbird
Because" replied the snowflake,
''you are going up and 1 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, you
must never get to be prime minister.
If you are now, as young man, rising
in any one respect, bless God for your
advancement, but wish to say before l
quit this thought, look out for the
lions. Young merchants, young law
yers, young physicians, young minis
ters have much sympathy, any kind of
advice is given them at first, but, as you
become your own masters and begin to
succeed in your different occupations
and professions, how is it then, young
merchants, young lawyers, young
physicians, young ministers? How is
it then?
Again, let this story of Daniel teach
US that the way to future success is
through present self-denial. Not only
did Daniel show his willingness for self
restraint by refusing the luxuries of the
kings table, but must have denied him
self much social enjoyment and sight
seeing in order to have attained most
wonderful proficiency in study. The
rush of the chariots under his window
and the sound of mirth that rung out
on the air of Babylon would have at
tracted most young men into the streets
and to expensive places of amusement.
But Daniel knew that it was only
through severity Of application he could
attain the honorable position for which
he was intended. Indeed, you may
carry this truth into universal applica-
ton. The most of those who have sue
ceeded in an profession or occupation
have come up from the very bottom OF
the ladder. The brightest day began
with the twilight. The admirals who
commanded the navies of the world
started as cabin boys. The merchant
princes whose messengers are ships and
whose servants are the nations custom
houses once swept the store and kindled
the fires. The orator who lifts up the
gate of the soul, as Samson carried off
the gates of GAIA, once stammered and
blushed on the stage of country
sehool-house. The young painter, under
whose pencil skies blossom and waters
CLEAN, understands his subject so well
because he has but little to shelter him
from the one and is obliged to find his
only beverage in the other. Out of the
| dark, deep mines of want and suffering
has been dug the marble for the worlds
greatest temples of wisdom and pal.
aces of power. Vanderlyn, the artist,
must first content himself with a
charcoal sketch. Franklin, before be-
coming the renowned philosopher, must
be a journeyman printer. Columbus
must weave carpets before he can weave
hemispheres. David must take care OF
his fathers sheep before he rules Israel.
Amos must be herdsman before he
becomes prophet. Danjel must be the
humble student before he rises to be
the prime minister of Babylon. If a
young man start in life with large no
tions of what he must immediately
have, willing to consider no economy
but expecting with a small ship to un.
furl as much sail as an ocean frigate
he will find himself capsized by the first
northeaster 1t is the small sprig that
can carry in ore hand which will thrive
best when planted. But If, by levers
and huge lumber wagons, you bring
dow, from the mountain a century oak
though you may plant it, you can not
make it live. So he who begins life OF
such grand scale and with such exorbi.
tant notions, will never succeed, while
some young man who having right
spirit, through his self-denial, planted a
tree which has reached above Wall
street and flung it's shadow in one di.
rection over the granite palaces on the
avenues and in the other far out over
merchant vessels anchored in the bav.
Men say success in life is all a matter
of good luck, but industry and econ.
omy and self-denial put together al.
ways make good luck. There are young
men who failed twice. and are getting
notes shaved the third time before thev
arc as old as their father when he first
began business for himself. They
started with the idea that their wit
would do as well as capital For a
while it did, but when creditors sent
their duns and banks their protest, they
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