The Dickinson press., 1892-05-21

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Gus? Why, lie had got to be prime
could not forgive. Behold i'm this
sketch II touch OF human nature.
AS long us poverty pinches you and
you run che Gam.tlet between tax
Satherer and landlord, and you have
hard work to educate your children,
there will he multitudes OF men tosay:
Poor fellow. lie ought to succeed.
How sorry ] ann Tor him. But, after
awhile, you begin to emerge from the
darkness. That was u capital invest
men; You purchased ut lust the
right time. Fortune became good
natured and smiled. You builded
yoi.S own mouse. Tou got 70 oe one
OF the llrst men on the street. Now,
as you pass, Il number OF those late
sympathizers stand on the corner OF
the street They scowl ut you from
under the rim OF their hats. You
have more money now than they
have, and you ought to be scowled at
IRON under the rim OF their hats.
Again, behold i'll our subject M
exhibition OF
TRUE DECISION OF CHARACTER.
Before Daniel were condemnation and
death, ii he continued faithful to his
religion. Yet, Just as before, three
times n day he prayed with his face
toward Jerusalem. There is nothing
more fatal for the religious or worldly
advancement than Il spirit OF lndecls-
ion. How Often youth is almost gone
before the individual has determined
upon his profession. How many men
have for II long willie been out on the
great sea- OF life and they do not know
to what port they are destined? 1t is
an everlasting lacking OF ship, but no
Roadway. The man who begins to
build u 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 me- that try
everything get to be nothing. God
wrote in your brain and engraved on
your bones what YOU ought to be.
Then he that, nothing mor or moth
ing less. I'm that direction is your
success. Every other road is ruin.
Having adjusted your compass, 90
ahead. Set your teeth together.
Small difficulties do not notice.
Great difficulties, 10y Gods grace
strike them down. Onward, Let
God.
Again let this story of Daniel teach
us that the way to future success is
through
PRESENT S~El.F-DENIAL.
Not only did Daniel show his willing
ness for self-restraint by refusing the
luXuries OF the kings table, but must
have denied himself much social enjoy
ment and sightseeing, in order to
have attained most wonderful profile
iency in study. The rush OF the char
lots under his window and the sound
OF mirth that rung out on the air OF
Babylon would have attracted most
young men into the streets and to ex-
pensive places OF amusement. But
Daniel knew that it was only through
severity OF application he could at
tain the honorable position for which
he Il intended. Indeed you may
carry this truth into universal appli-
cation. The most of those who have
succeeded in any profession or occu-
patton have come up from the very
bottom OF the ladder The brightest
day began with the twilight. Tie ad-
mlrals who commanded the navies OF
the world started as cabin boys. The
merchant princes whose messengers are
ships and whose servants thenation's
custom houses, once swept the
store and kindled the fires. The
orator who lifts up the gates OF the
soul, as Samson carried off the
gates OF GAIA, once stammered and
blushed on the stage OF n country
school house. The young painter,
under whose pencil skies blossom and
gleam, understands his subject
so we'll because lie has but little to
him from cne 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
the worlds greatest temples of
and palaces OF power VAN
.erlyn, the artist, must first content
wish u charcoal sketch.
Franklin, before becoming the re-
nowned philosopher, mist be a
lourneyman printer Columbus must
weave carpets before he can weave
hemispheres. David must take care
his fathers sheep before he rules
Israel: Amos must be aherdsman be-
lore he becomes q prophet. Daniel
must be the humble student before he
to be the prime minister of
Babylon.
Men say success in life is al! q matter
good luck, but industry and econ
omy and self-denial put together
MAKE GOOD LUCK.
There are young men who have failed
twice aud are getting notes shaved the
third time before they are as old as
their father when he first began
business for himself. They started
with the idea that their wit would do
well as capital. For q while it did,
but when creditors sen their duns
and banks their protests, they found
thae mere shrewdness a greatly
below par
Ii young men would seize the adyan-
tages OF intelligence, it will he by great
economy OF time and the refusing of
many forms OF qualification. Show
me a man, who, refusing many of the
of gossiping youths, can see
more to attract his attention in the
pages Of a treatise or history, than in
the flesh OF bright eyes, or the airy
step OF those who find more skill in
their heels than their heads, and I
will show you a man who will vet
master languages and sway q very
sceptre over his fellows. Especially is
1t true that no growth in grace is pos
sible unless, like Daniel, we are willing
to take up the cross, however heavy
it may be and rough with nails. IN
restrained men may have much good
In them, but it is SO scattering that
you see no positive effects. Electric
lty IN II air does not strike, but
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