The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-05-11

under the rim of their hats. You have
more money now than they have and
you ought to be scowled at from under
the rim of their hats.
Before you get fully past you hear
word or two: "Stuck up" says one.
Didn't get it honestly" says another.
"Will 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 infiu-
ential-the shadow of your success will
chill somebody. The road of honor and
virtue is within reach of the enemys
guns. Jealousy says: "Stay down, or
l will knock you down." In midair
snowflake said to snow bird: II don't
like you" "Why don't you like me?
said the snowbird. Because" said the
snowflake, ''you are going up and am
coming down" Success is often a syn
onym 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 minis
ter. II you are now, as q young man,
rising in any one respect, l bless God
for your advancement, but l wish to
say before quit this thought, look out
for the lions Young merchants, young
lawyers, young physicians, young min
isters have much sympathy, 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, youreg
merchants, young lawyers, young ply
sicians, young ministers? Howisit then?
Again, behold in our subject an exhi-
bition of true decision of character. Be
fore Daniel were condemnation and
death, if 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 q spirit of indecision. How
often youth has almost gone before the
individual has determined upon his pro-
fession. There are those who for thirty
or forty years have accomplished moth
ing anywhere because they have not felt
themselves settled. They have thought
of law, of medicine, of merchandise, Of
mechanism. They have some idea Ego
ing west. Perhaps they will go
east Perhaps they won't. They
may 90 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 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 destined? II is an
everlasting taclsing of ship, but nc
headway. The man who begins tc
build house in the Corinthian STYLE
and when half way up concludes tC
make It Doric, and then completes 1t IL
Ionic, will have an unseemly pile ant
be cursed of every school of archi
lecture. These men that try everything
get TO b. nothing. God wrote in YOU
brain and engraved on your bone'
: what you ought TO be. Then be that
nothing more or nothing less. In tina
| direction is your success. Every othe
! road ruin Having adjusted your com
pass, go ahead. Set your teeth together
? Small difficulties do not notice. Grea
difiicu lties, by Gods grace strike then
down. Onward! Let towards skullS
= act you like sons Of God. II you wan
= 10 sail TO the land of gold you mus
l. double the cape. To usefulness ant
: strong character there is no over
! land route. Over the great dceps yo'
2 must fly. Most OF the way it is eithe
= head wind or tempest. Character, lilt
: the goldfinch of Tonquin, is magnificcn
Il when standing firm, but loses all 1t
9 splendor in flight. There is no sucI
u thing as failure to those who trust il
c God. Paul got to be an Apostle by fall
: ing off his horse. Stephen was stone
IS into Heaven. When young man RI
i solves on religious life. he does no
h always find itsmooth sailing. Old CON
e panions laugh and say with sarcasti
l. tone: "He has got TO be pious." The
n 90 on excursions, but do not ask HIN
81 They prophesy that his religion will nc
e hold out. They call him "long-faced.
IS They wonder II he is not getting wing
It They say sharp things about him fc
L. themselves to laugh at. When he passC
IS they grimace and wink and chuckl'
e and say loud enough to be heart
g "There goes saint" II you hav
ts never seen life.as 1t is, you know nj
is what strength of resolution IL often r.
y auires for young man TO be Il Chri
n tan.
p Az ain. let this story of Daniel teac
y us that the way TO future success
1t through present self-denial. Not onl
1t did Daniel show his willingness for sci
1T restraint by refusing the luxuries (
lie the kings table, but must have denie
ly himself much social enjoyment an
ir sightseeing in order TO have attainc
Id most wonderful proficiency in stud.
S, The rush of the chariots under his vii
ie dow, and the sound Of mirth that run
c. out on the air of Babylon. would hay
ID attracted most young men into Il
he streets and to expensive places {
amusement But Daniel knew that
ne was only through severity of apple
~ ton he could attain the honorable p