Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-05-12

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| ''Nhy doat son like mey" said the snow
bird "Bec;lise." replied the snowflake,
you are going III and am coming down.
SIceess IS often synonym for scorn.
! 1tr first thing q man wants is religion.
TIE second is grit. Ii yoa 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 respect,
bless God for your advancement. but
wish TO say before quit this thought, look
ont for the lions. Voting merchants, young
lawyers, young physicians. young minis
tiers have mach sympathy, and kind ad-
vice is iiyen hem al first. bit as you be
come your own masters and begin TO sue
coed in your Different occupations and
professions, Low is it then. young ner-
chants, Young lawyers. young physicians,
young ministerss How is it thenY
THE SPIRIT OF INDIGESTION.
Again behold in our subject an exhibit
ton of true decision of character Before
Daniel were condemnation and death, if he
continued faithful to his religion Yet,
/ just as before, three times day he prayed
with his face toward Jerusalem. There is
nothing more fatal for the religious or
worldly advancement than a spirit of in
decision. How often youth is almost gone
before the individual has determined upon
HI profession.
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, of mech
anism. They have some idea of going
west. Perhaps they will 90 east. Perhaps
they won't. They may so north or south.
| Perhaps they will invest their money in
railroads or in real estate. Perhaps they
won't. They are like a 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
settles How many men have for long
while been ont on the great sea of life and
they do not know to what port they are
destinedi II is an everlasting lacking Of
ship, but no Roadway.
The man WHO begins to build house in
the Cornthian style and when half way up
concludes TO make 1t Doric. and then com
pietes il in Ionic, will have an unseemly
pile and be cursed OF every school of archi-
lecture These men that try everything
get to he nothing God wrote in your brain
and engraved or your bones what you
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or nothing less. In that direction is your
success Every other road is ruin. Hav-
/ ing adjusted Your compass. 90 ahead Set
your teeth together Small difficulties do
not notice Great difficulties, by Gods
grace strike them down. Onward Let
towards skulk
Act you like sons Of God. II you want
to sail To the land of gold yon must double
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acter there is no overland route. Over the
great deeps you must fly. Most of the
way il is either head wind or tempest.
Character like the godfinch Of Tonquin,
| is magnificent when standing firm, but
loses all its splendor in fight. There is no
such thing as failure TO those who trust in
God Paul got 10 be an apostle by falling
off his horse. Stephen was stoned into
heaven.
When a young man resolves ON re-
ligious life, he does not always find it
smooth sailing. Old companions laugh
and say with sarcastic tone, He has got
TO be piousn They 20 on excursions, out
do not ask him. They prophesy that his
religion will not hold out. Theycall him
"long faced. They wonder If he is not
getting wings They say sharp things
When he passes they grimace and wink
and chuckle, and say loud enough TO be
heard '"rhere goes saint" If you have
never seen life as it is, you know not what
strength of resolution it often requires for
young man 10 be a Christian.
VALUE OF SELF DENIAL
Again, let this story of Daniel teach MS
that the way TO future success is through
present self denial. Not only did Daniel
show his willingness for self restraint by
refusing the lnxurics OF the kings table,
but must have denied himself much social
enjoyment and sightseeing in order TO have
attained most wonderful proficiency in
study. The rush Of the chariots under his
window and the sound Of mirth that rang
out on the air of Babylon would have at
tractcd 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 in
tended. Indeed, you may carry this truth
into universal application.
The NEST of those who have succeeded
in any 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 the nations Gus
tom houses, once sweeps the store and kin
died 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 school
house. The young painter. under whose
pencil skies blossom and waters CLEAN. I'M
derstands 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
palaces of power Vanderlyn, the artist
must first content himself with charcoal
sketch. Franklin, before becoming the
renowned philosopher. must be journey
man printer Columbus must weave car
pets before he can weave hemispheres
David must t. Ike care Of his fathers sheep
before he rules Israel Amos must be