The Forrest City times., 1892-05-13
Befo-. Vo0 get fully past, you hear

riage tire cut thir neck What have you done, outrageous eulPritf You ought to be cast to the lions You have dared to achieve success- Depend upon il that If in any one respect you rise far above your Tel lows-if you are more truthful more wise. more eloquent. more infiuentlal- the shadow of your success will enilI 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-alr 2 snowflake said 10 a snow-bird; Il don'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, 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 I wish to say before I quit this thought, look out for the lions Young mercn- ants. young lawyers. young physicians, young ministers have much sympathy, and kind 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 law yers, young whysieians, young minis ters2 How is it then?
 Again, behold in our subject an ex- hibition 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 to- ward Jerusalem. There is nothing more fatal for the religious or worldly sd- vaneement than spirit of indecisiOn- How often youth is almost gone before the individual has determined upon his profession There are those who for thirty or forty years have accomplished nothing anywhere because they have not felt themselves settled They have thought of the law. of med diciue. of merchandise. of mechan- ism. 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 in- vest their money in railroads or in real estate. Perhaps they won't They are like 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 Marseilles- How many men have for a long while been out on the great sea ! of life and they do not know to what | port they are destined? It is an everlasting tacking of ship, but no 1 beadway The man who begins to | build house in the Corinthian style
 and when half way up concludes to make it Doric, and then completes 1t in Ionic, will have an unseemly pile | and be cursed of every school of archi- ! lecture. These men that try every thing get to be nothing. God wrote in
 your brain and engraved on your bones what you ought to be Then be
 that. nothing more or nothing less In I AAAeAA hti CEEAOA ID FO1A SuA[tSo-
 other road is ruin. Having adjusted
 your compass, go 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 If you want to
 sail to the land of gold, ! 11
 usefulness and strong character there
 is no overland route. Over the great | deeps you must fly. Most of the way
 it is either head wind or tempest 1 Character. like the goldfnch of ToD- quin, is magnificent when standing
 firm. but loses all it's splendor in flight. l There is no such thing as failure to
 those who trust in God Paul got to
 be an Apostle by railing of his horse. | Stephen was stoned into heaven. 1 When a young man resolves on a
 religious life. he does not always find
 it smooth sailing. Old companions
 laugh and say with sarcastic tone:
 He has got to be pious." They go on ! excursions. but do not ask him They | prophecy that his religion will not hold
 out They call him ''long-faced. !" l They wonder if he is not getting wings
 They say sharp things about him for
 themselves to laugh at. When he passes they grimace and wink and chuckle,
 and say loud enough to be heardi
 "There goes a saint" If you have
 never seen life as it is, you know not
 what strength of resolution it often
 requires for a young man to be . | Christian
 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
 seif-restraint by refusing the luxuries
 of the Kings table, but must have | denied himself much social enjoyment and sig ht-seeing, in order to have at
 tained most wonderful proficiency in study.
 1 The Brfdegroomf- ne~olye.
 They sat on a rain-sodden bench ip