Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-19

| Ihey nave some IDEA OF going vast. Per-
laps they viii 90 east. Perhaps they won'r.
They may 20 north OF south. Perhaps they
| VIII invest their money in railroads on il,
! keal estate. Perhaps they won't They are
| Ike vessel starting FROM New York har.
boz, " hlch should one day decide on goino,
to Liverpool, and the next on New Orleans,
and tho next on Marseiles. 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 destinedP 1t 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 it Doric, and then com
pletes it IN Ionic, will have an unseeuily pile
and be cursed of every school OF architect
ure These men that try everything get 10
be nothing. God wrote in your brain ana
engraved on your bones what YOU ought 10
be- Iten be that, nothing more or nothing
less In that direction is your success Every
other road is ruin Having adjusted your
compass, go ahead. Set your teeth together
Small difficulties do not notice. Great diff
lcultles, by Gods grace strike them down.
inward. Let towards skulk.
Act you like sons of God. If Won want to
sail to the land Of gold you must double tue
Cape, To usefulness ana strong character
there Is no overland route Over the gf sat
deeps you must ly' Most OF the way IL Is
either head wind or tempest. Chsracter,
like the golddncd OF Tonquiu, Is magnificent
when standing firm. but loses al its sniendor
IN fight. There is 10 such thpz as failure
TO those who trust IN God Paul got 10 bs
an apostle by falling of bis horse. stephen
was stoned into heavrsi
When young psu resolve on a religious
life, he does not always find 10 smooth sail.
ing Old companions laugh and say with
sarcastic tone, He has got to be piousn
They go on excursions, but do not ask him.
Thpy nat
out. They call him "iong-faced. They
wonder il he is not getting wings. They say
sharp things about him FOR themselves to
laugh at. When he passes they grimaea and
wink and chuckle, and say loud euou Oh to be
heard, There goes saint IL you have
never seen life as 1t is, you know not what
strength of resolution it often requires for a
young man 10 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 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 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 he was intended. Indeed YOU may
carry this truth into universal application.
The most OF those who have succeeded in
any profession or occupation have come no
from the very bottom of the ladder The
brightest day began with the twilight The
admirals who commanded the navies of the
world started as cabin boys. The merchant
princes. whose messengers are ships and
WlOSa servants the nations
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 GAIA
once stammered and blushed on the stage of
country school house. The young painter,
under whose pencil skies blossom and waters
gleam, understands his subject 50 we'll be-
cause he has but little to shelter him from
the one and is obliged to find his only bev-
erage in the other.
Out of the dark, deep mines OF want and
suffering has been dug the marble for the
worlds greatest temples of wisdom and
palaces OF power. Vanderlyn, the artist,
must first content himself with a charcoal
sketch. Franklin, before becoming the re-
nowned philosopher, must be journeyman
printer. Columbus must weave carpets be-
lore he can weave hemispheres David must
take care of his fathe1's sheep before he rules
Israel. Amos must be a herdsman before
he becomes prophet. Daniel must be the
SCuueuU DGlOTS ne IlS2S TO he LnG
prime MINISTER of Babylon
Ii a young man starts in life with large
notions OF what he must immediately have
willing to consider no economy, bu6 ex pect-
ing with small ship to unfurl as much sail
as an ocean frigate, he will find himself cap
sized by the first northeaster 1t is the small
sprig that you can carry in one hand which
Will thrive best when planted But II, by
levers and huge lumber wagons, you bring
from the mountain century oak, though
you may plant it, you cannot make it live
so he who begins life on such grand scale
and with such exorbtant notions, will never
succeed, while some young man who went
to town without means, but having right
spirit, through his self-denial planted tree
which has reached above Wall street and
flung its shadow in one direction over the
granite palaces on the avenues and in the
other far out over merchant vessels an
chored in the bay.
Men say success in life is all 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 as old as their father when
he first began business for himself, Thew
started with the idea that their wit would
do as well as capital. For awhile it did, but
when creditors sent their duns and banks
their protests they found that mere shrewd-
nNSa was -tt-fAN -ltA00 par lou cdDQOU
cross the 0csan IN a yawi.
A young eaglet. far up in the mountain
eyre, says to It's winged mother II will fly
no longer from tree TO tree as you tell me,
but like you, mother. l will swing from this
Chimborazo peak to youder Chimborazo
peak Like an arrow it shot into the heav-
ems but when over the awful chasm its head
was dizzy and it's wing weak, aud 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 fall9' said the traveller. "Ah,
me-" said the eaglet, ''it was because /
would not fly from tree to tree until | was
old enough, but headstrong l started from
Oh mborazo peak to Chimborazo peak"
If young men would se.zs the advantage
of intelligence it will be by great economy
of time and the refusing OF many forms of
qualification Show me man VINO refusing
many of the frivoiities OF gossiping youths,
can see more TO attract his attention in the
pages of a treatise or history than in the
flash of 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 IA very
scepter over his fellows. Many an education
which is now considered complete is made up
of smattering of newspapers and the last
page of fashion magazine.
The parlor and the drawing room cannot
educate us. They may give us outward
adornments OF man-but getting valuable
| knowledge isiike sweltering at forge, bel