The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-05-13

will knock you down" In midair a
snowflake said to a snowbird, "a don't
like YOU" "Why don't you like me?
said the snowbird, Because" replied
the snowflake, "you are going up and ]
am coming down."
Success is often synonym for scorn
The first thing a 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,
rs a young man, rising in any one re-
spect bless God for your advancement,
but | wish to say before | quit this
thought, look ont for the lions. Young
merchants, young lawyers, young physi-
clans, young ministers have much sym
patty, and kind advice is given them at
first, but rs 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.
listers? How is it then?
THE FIRM FOUNDATION OF FAITH.
Again, behold in our subject an exhi-
bition of true decision of character.
Before Daniel were condemnation and
death II he continued faithful to his re-
ligion. Yet, just as before, three times
a day he prayed with his face toward
Jerusalem. There is nothing more fatal
for the religious or worldly advance
ment than 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 a long while
been out on the great sea of life and they
do not know to what port they are des-
tined? 1t is an everlasting lacking of
ship, but no Roadway.
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.
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 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 its splendor in fight, 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-
igious 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 prophesy
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
| Christian.
SELF DENIAL NECESSARY TO SUCCESS.
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 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
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 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 GAIA,
once stammered and blushed on the
stage of country school house. The
young painter, under whose pencil skies
blossom and waters CLEAN, understands
his subject so well because he has but
little to shelter him from the one 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
for the worlds greatest temples of wis
dom and palaces of power. Vanderlyn,
the artist, must first content himself
with charcoal sketch. Franklin, be-
fore becoming the renowned philoso-
pher, must be a journeyman printer
Columbus must weave carpets before he
can weave hemispheres. David must
take care of his fathers sheep before he
rules Israel. Amos must be a herdsman
before he becomes a prophet. Daniel
must be the humble student before he
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