Milford chronicle., 1892-05-13

Nceed IN your different occupations an
professions, how is it then, young mel
chants, young lawyers. young physicians
Young Hlinistersi How is it theng
TIKI SPIRIT OF INDIGESTION
Agnp behold in our subject an exhibi
tion OF t&Qe decision Of character. Befor
Daniel wee condemnation and death, IL h
continued Nithful to his religion. Yet
just as before, three times n day he Praye,
with his face toward Jerusalem There /.
nothing more fatal for the religious O
worldly advancement than spirit Of in
decision. How often youths almost gon,
before the individual has determined upoI
bis profession.
There are those who for thirty or fortl
years have accomplished nothing any
where because they have not felt them
selves settled. They have thought Of tn,
Jaw, Of medicine, Of merchandise, of mech
anism. They have some idea Of going
west. Perhaps they will go east. Perhap:
they won't. They may go north or south
Perhaps they will invest 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 Mar
settles. How many men have for a long
while been out on the great sen Of life and
they do not know to what port they are
dcstinedS It is an everlasting lacking OF
ship, but no Roadway.
The man who begins to build a house in
the COrinthian style and when half way up
concludes to make il Doric. and then com
pletes it in Ionic, viii have an unseemly
pile and be cursed Of every school Of archi-
Ill. a1.s
get to be nothing. God wrote in your brain
and engraved OH your bones what you
ought to be, Then be that, nothing more
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 Greet 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 you must double
the Cape. To usefulness and strong char
acter there is no overland route. Over the
great deeps you must fly Most of the
way it is either head wind or tempest
Character, like the gOldfinch Of Tonquin,
Is magnificent when standing firm, but
loses all its splendOr in flight There is no
such thing as failure to those who trust in
God. Paul got to be an apostle by falling
off his horse Stephen was stoned into
heaven.
When young man resolves on re.
ligiOus life, be does not always find it
smooth sailing. Old companions laugh
and say with sarcastic tone, "Ile has got
to be pions.r They go on excursions, out
do not ask him. They prophesy that his
religion will not hold ont. They call him
'long faced" 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 ehuckle, and say loud enough to be
heard, There goes 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.
YALUE 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 luxuries 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
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 in
tended Indeed, you may carry this truth
into universal application.
The most of those who have succeeded
In any profession OF occupation have come
up from the very bottom Of the ladder
The brightest day began with the twilight.
The adinirals who commanded the navies
Of the world siarted rs cabin boys. The
merchant princes, whnse plessengers are
ships and whose servants the nations Gus
tom houses, once swept the store and kin
died the fires. The orator who lifts zap the |
gate Of the soul, rs Samson carried of the /
gates Of GAIA, once stammered and /
blushesl on the stage Of country school /
house. The young painter, under whose |
pencil skles blossom and waters gleam, an |
derstnnds bis subject SO well because he /
has but little to shelter him from the one 4
and is obliged to find his. only beverage in /
The other,
Out Of the dark deep mines Of want and /
has been dug the marble for the I
worlds greatest temples OF wisdom aud /
must first content himself with charcoal
sketch. Franklin, before becoming the
philosopher, must be journey
man printer. Columbus must weave car
pets before he can weave hemispheres
David must take care Of his fathers sheep
before be rules Israel Amos must be a
lerdsman before he becomes a prophet.
Daniel must be the humble student before
he rises to be the prime minister Of Bahg
on
II young man starts IN life with large
notions Of what he must Immediately have,
willing to consider no economy, but ex-
lecting with small ship to unfurl as
much sail as an ocean frigate, he will find
himself capsizedr by the first nOrtheaster.
L is the small sprig that sou can carry in
lne hana which viii thrive best when
planted. But ID by levers and huge lum
ser wagons you bring down from the
century oak, though you may
llant il, you cannot make it live. So be
who begins life on such a grand scale and
With such exorbitant notions, will never
ucceed. while some young man who went
o town without means but having a right
pirit. through bis self denial planted a
rec which has reached above Wall street
nd flung It's shadow Ia one direction over
he granite palaces On the avenues and in
he other far out over merchant vessels an
hored in the bay
Men say success in life is all matter Of
TODD luck, bet industry and economy and
eli denial pat together always maka good
uck, There are young men who failed
vice aud are getting notes shaved the
bird time before they are ~ old az their
atncr when he first began business for
imself They started with the idea that
heir wit would 90 as well as capital. For
while il did. but when creditors sent their
uns and banks their protests they found
hat mere slrewdncss WAS greatly below
ar. You cannot cross The ocean IN a yavfl.
MIST FEAR TIE CROSS
"A young paglet. far up in the mountain
yrie. says to its winged mother 4 win
3 no lenger from tree TO tree as you tell !
re, but like sou. mother, win swing
rom this Chimhortzo pe;ik to yondcr /
'himborazo peak Like an arrow it
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