Connecticut western news., 1892-05-12

rules Israel Amos must be herdsman before he becomes n prophet. Daniel must be the humble student before he rises to be the prime minister of Baby lon.
 If young man starts in life with large notions of what he must imme- diately have, willing to consider no economy, but expecting with small ship to unfurl as much sail as an ocean frig;lte. he will find himself capsized by the first northeaster. It is the small sprig that you can carry in one hand which will thrive best when planted. But if. by levers and huge lumber wag- ons, you bring down from the mountain a century oak, though you may plant it. ] you cannot make it live. So he who be- l gins life on such grand scale and with such exorbitant notions. will never succeed. while some young man who went to town without means. but hay ing right spirit, through his self de- nial, planted tree which has reached above Wall street and flung its shadow in one direction over the granite palaces l on the avenues and in the other far out over merchant vessels anchored in the bay.
 Men say success in life is all a matter of good luck. but industry and economy and self denial put together always make good luck. There are young men who failed twice and are getting notes shaved the third time before they are us old as their father when he first began business for himself. They started al .l well as capital. For awhile it did. but when creditors sent their duns and banks their protests. they found that mere shrewhness was greatly below par | You cannot cross the ocean in yawl.
 THE FOLLY OF AMBITIOUS IGNORANCE A young eaglet. far up in the moun- tain eyrie, says to its winged mother "l will fly no longer from tree to tree as you tell me. but like you, mother. l will swing from this Chimborazo peak to wonder Chimborazo peak" Like an arrow it shot into the heavens. but when over the awful chasms its head was dizzy and its wing weak, and it began to whirl downward, and with wild | scream, until it struck on the rocks. A traveller passing through the gorge saw the mangled remains of the eaglet "How came you to have this fally' said the traveller. An. me" says the eaglet ''it was because 1 would not fly from tree to tree until 1 was old enough. but headstrong l started from Chimborazo peak toward Chimborazo peak"
 If young men would seize the advan- tages of intelligence it will be by great ,F .l. many forms of qualification. Show me a man who. refusing many of the frivol- ities of goSsiping youths, can see more to attract his attention in the pages of a | treatise or history than in the flash ol bright eyes or the airy step of those who find more skill in their heels than their heads, and will show you man who will yet master languages and sway n very scepter over his fellows. Many an edu- cation which is now considered com plete is made up of smattering of news papers and the last page of fashion magazine.
 The parlor and the drawing room cannot educate us. They may give us outward adornments of manner, but get ting valuable knowledge is like swelter- ing at forge, bellows in one hand and hammer in the other-like digging in mines with crowbars, prying under the ledge and the constant bang of blasted rocks. Especially is it true that no growth in grace is possible unless, like Daniel, we are willing to take up the cross, however heavy it may be and rough with nails. Moses chose afllic- ton with the people of God rather than the pleasures of sin, and if we would be anything like him we must be willing sometimes to choose the hard bread of self denial rather than the imperial clus- ters from royal vineyards.
 To get strength and depth enough in rivers for turning mill wheels and man. ufactories, dams are built across them, and then through the mill race the quick floods leap on the water wheel to turn it with tremendous power. So natures that would otherwise have been power less and insufficient by self restraints have been damned back and deepened until, with concentrated power, they rush into the world. turning its ponder ous machinery of important interests. Unrestrained men may have much rood in them. but it is so scattered that you see no positive effects. Electricity In the air does not strike. but gathered | in the cloud with its bare red arm it cleaves the mountain. Passions har- messed and yoked make excellent beasts of burden. However attractive may be the sinful offers of the world. though rich and luxurious as the provision of the kings table. we must be willing to refuse them. if nothing be left us but plain pulse.
 Oh, how We want the faith and cour- age of Daniel and Paul, but how we dread the hot atmosphere of trial, 10 which their graces ripened. Tho richest ] fruits of religion grow in the sultry tropics of trial. If you want pearls yor must dive for them. If you want gold you must dig for it. The richest part of California and Australia are under ground. Depend upon. it if no pruning, no fruit: no climbing, no elevation; no battle, no victory; no cross, no crown. Had there been no Nebuchadnezzar there would have been no Daniel. Even So it has beer in all ages. The flames that have flashed up from the stake have been so many illuminations of Christian triumphs. When God would make a great light of truth and holiness in the world he often takes great prosecutions and with them strikes fire.
 The devils hate is Gods glory. Had it not been for the prosecutions of Elm. porer Valerian, the world would not have known of the courage ofa Cyprian, and if the tyranny of Diocletian had never been known, the triumphant grace would not have been seen which made Msximilian, when sentenced to death, exclaim, God be praisedT Had not the bandits of Piedmont pursued the Wal denses through the valleys of the Alps, and the infuIiate decree put to massa-