Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-05-09


How sorry | an for him." But after
awhile you begin to emerge from the
darkness. That WAS ii capital invest
ment. You purchased Ut Just the right
time. Fortune became good natured and
smiled You b1ilded your own house.
You got to be one Of the first men on
the street. Now, as you pass, Il number
of those late synpathiz6rs stand on the
corner of the street. They scosl ct you
from under the rim of their hats. You
have more money now than they have.
and you ought to be scowled at + Oh III
der the rim of their hats.
Before you get fully pss. yoa hear
word or two. .sStuck up" says one.
didn't get it honestly says another
ssWill burst soon" says y third. Every
stone in your new house YVES 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 lions. You have dared to
achieve success. Depend upon it, that
if in any one respect you rise far above
your fellows-if you are more truthful,
more wise, more eloquent, more lnfiu-
ential-the shadow of your success will
chill somebody The road of honor and
virtue is within reach of the enemies
guns. Jealousy says, ''Stay down, or i
will knock you down In midair a
snowflake said TO snowbird, Il don't
like you why don't you like me:
said the snowbird. Because, replied
the snowflake. You are going up and |
am coming down.
Success is often synonym for scorn.
/ The first thing II 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 a young man, rising in any one re-
spect bless God for your advancement,
but | wish to say before ! quit this
] thought, look out for the lions. Young
merchants, young lawyers, young physi-
clans, young ministers have much SYM
rathy. and kind advice is given them at
first, but as you become your own
masters and begin to succeed III your
different occupations and professions,
how is it then, young merchants. young
lawyers, young physicians. young min
listers? How is it then?
THE FIRM FOUNDATION OF FAITH.
Again, behold in our subject an exhi-
bition Of true decision of character.
Before Daniel were condemnation and
death if be continued faithful to his re-
Hgion Yet, Just as before, three times
day he prayed with his face toward
Jerusalem There is nothing more fatal
for the religious or worldly advance
ment than spirit of indecision. How
often youth is almost gone before the
individual has determined upon his pro-
feSsion.
There are those who for thirty or forty
years have accomplished nothing any
where because they have not felt them
selves settled They have thought OF
the law, of medicine, of merchandise, Oh
mechanism. They have some idea OF
going west. Perhaps they will go east
Perhaps they won't. They may go NORTH
or south Perhaps they will invest theil
money il railroads or in real estate
Perhaps they won't. They are like {
vessel starting from New York harbor
which should one day decide on go
ing to Liverpool, and the next on New
Orleans, and the next on Marseilles
How many men have for long while
been out on the great sea of life and the.
do not know to what port they are des
/ tlnOQ! IL Is ill cNclIdSbIHSo CetChiI1S3 "
ship, but no Roadway.
The man who begins to build hous
in the Corinthian style and when hal
way I'D concludes to make it Doric, ant
then completes it in lore will have al
unseenly pile and be s rsed of ever,
school of architecture. These men tina
try everything get to be nothing. Co
wrote in your brain and engraved 81
your bones what you ought to be. Ihe1
be that, nothing more OF nothing less
!, In that direction is your success. Ever
: other road is ruin. Having adJuste
;. YOUR compass go ahead. Set your teet
, together. Small difficulties donot notice
Great difficulties, by Gods grace strik
! them down Onward! Let coward
! skulk Act you like sons OF God.
If you want to sail to the land of gol
YOU must double the Cape. To useful
ness and strong character there is n
overland route Over the great deep
YOU must fly Most of the way it
o either head wind or tempest. Chal
acter, like the goldfinch Of Tonquin,
: magnificent when standing firm, bU
;. loses all it's splendor in flight. Their
: is no such thing as failure to those VIII
q trust in God. Paul got to be an apostl
by falling off his horse. Stephen Wa
y stoned into heaven.
When a young man resolves on II
h ligious life he does not always find
q smooth sailing. Old companions laug
6 and say, with sarcastic tone, HE hs
got to be pious." They go on excursion
h but do not ask him. They prophes
that his religion will not hold out. The
4 call him 'slo1g faced" They wonder
n he is not getting wings. They say sha1
- things about him for themselves
: laugh at When he passes they grimat
I, and wink and chuckle and say lou