The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-05-20

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
/ viii knock you down" In mid-air a
snowflake said to a snowbird: 81
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 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, az young man, rising
in any one respect, bless God for your
advancement, but wish to say before /
quit this thought, look out for the
lions Young merchants, young law
yers, young physicians, young minis
ters have much sympathy, any kind of
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 ministers? How is
it then?
Again, behold in our subject an ex-
hibition of true decision of character.
Before Daniel were condemnation and
death if he continued faithful to his
religion. 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
advancement than spirit of INDIGESTION.
How often youth is almost gone before
the individual has determined upon his
profession. There are those who for
thirty or forty years have accomplished
nothing anywhere because they have
not felt themselves settled. They have
thought of the law, of medicine, of
merchandise, of mechanism. They
have some idea of going west. Per-
haps 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 going to Liv-
erpool, 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? 1t is an everlasting lacking
of ship, but no Roadway. The man
who begins to build house on the
Corinthian style and when half way up
concludes to make it Doric, and then
completes it in Ionic, will have an un-
seemly 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 w hat 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 sl1ulk. Act you like sons
of God. If you want to sail to the land
of gold, you must double the cape. To
usefulness and strong character there
is no overland route. Over the great
deeps you must fly. Most of the way
pest. Character, like the gold
finch 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 a young
man resolves on a religious life, he does
not always find it smooth sailing. Old
companions laugh and say with sar-
castle tone: "He has got to be pious."
They go on excursions, but do not ask
him. They prophesy that ibis religion
will not hold out. They call him long
faced" They wonder if he is not get
ting 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 ever seen life as it is, you know
not what strength of resolution it often
requires for a young man to be Chris
tan.
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 n1irth that rung out
on the air of Babylon would have at
tracted 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 applica-
ton. The most of those who have sue
ceeded in an profession or occupation
have come up 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
whose servants are 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
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 world's
greatest temples of wisdom and pal
.... - .-o-rn, VnndorIrrrn the artist