Connecticut western news., 1892-05-12
and you ought to be scowled at from un- der the rim of their hats.

Before you get tully paSt you near word or two. Stuck up." says one. Didn't get it honestly" says another. Twill burst soon," says third. Every stone in your new house was 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 influ- 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 l | will knock you down" In midair a snowflake said to snowbird, "l don't like you" Why don't you like mey | said the snowbird. Because" replied the snowflake, you are going up and l am coming down"
 Success is often a 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 a young man. rising in any one re- spect bless God for your advancement. | but wish to say before 1 quit this | thought. look out for the lions. Young merchants, young lawyers. young physi- cians. young ministers have much sym Tathy. 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 lawyers. young physicians, young min isters? How is it then?
 THE FIRM ForNDATIoN OF FAITH. Again. behold in our subject an exhi- bition of true decision of character. | Before Daniel were condemnation and death if he continued faithful to his re- | ligion. 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 lnent than a 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, of 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 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 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 they do not know to what port they are des- tined2 1t is an everlasting tacking of ship, but no headway.
 The man who begins to build house in the Corinthian style and when half way up concludes to make it Doric, and then completes it in Ionic will have an ! unseemly pile and be cursed of every school of architecture. These men that try everything 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. | III that uilSSllou 0oui ohSNSsos lSNSlg other road is ruin. Having adjusted your compass go ahead. Set your teeth together. Small difficulties dono 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 you must double the Cape. To useful ness 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. Char acter. like the goldfnch of Tonquin, is magnificent when standing firm, but loses all it's splendor in flight. There is no such thing as failure to those who trust in God. Paul got to be an apostle i by falling off his horse. Stephen was stoned into heaven.
 When d young man resolves on a re- ligious 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" 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 heard. There goes saint" !" If you have never seen life as it is you know not what strength of resolution it often requires for young man to be a Christian.
 1 SELF DENIAL NECESSARY TO SUCCESS. I.A nf sol |, us 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 him. self much social enjoyment and sight seeing 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 attracted 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 hewas intended. Indeed you may carry this truth into universal application. 1Ds llOSt Ol lAOSe WHO nave SACIeSdSd 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 com manded the navies of the world started as cabin boys.
 The merchant princes whose messen- gers are ships and whose servants the nations custom houses once swept the store and kindled the fires. The orator who lifts up the gate of the soul, as Samson carried off the gates of Gaza, once stammered and blushed on the stage of country school house. The