Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-05-20

Dor, which should ons day decide on going
10 Liverpool, and the next on New Orleans
and the next on Marseilles. How many men
have for u long while been out on the great
sea Of life and they do not know t. what
port they are destinedf IL is an everlasting
tackng Of ship, but no headway.
The man who begins to build a house in
the Corinthian sty 10 and when half way up
concludes to make 1t DoYic, AMI then com
pletes it in Ionic. will have an unseemly pile
and be cursed OF every school OF architect.
ure These men that try everything get n
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 diff
ticulties, by Gods grace strike them down.
Onward Let cowar Is skulk.
! Act you like sous of God. II 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 1t is
either head wind or tempest Character
/ like the goldtiuch of Tonquin, is magnificent
when standing firm, but loses all its splendor
/ in flight There Is no such thing as failure
to those who trust in Go1. Paul got 10 b.
an apostle by falling Off his horse Stephen
was stoned into heaven.
When young man resolves on n religious
life he does not always find it smooth sail.
ing. Old companions laugh and say with
sarcastic tone, He has got to be pious.n
They so on excursions. but do not SIX him.
! They propheSy that his religion will no: hold
out They call him 'long-faced." They
wonder IL he is not getting wings. They say
sharp things about him for themselves TO
laugh at. When lie passes they grimaco and
wink and chuckle, and say loud enough to be
heard, "Ghere goes Il saint IL You have
never seOn life 1t is, you know not whit
strength of resolution IL often requires for q
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 lururies Of the kings table, but must
have denied himself much so cial On joymcnt
and sightseeing in order 10 have attained
most wonderful proficiency in study. The
rush Ot thu chariots under his window and
the sound Of mirth that rang out OH 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 pro. esSlon or occupation have come up
from the very bottom OF the ladder. Tho
brightest day began with the twilight. Tho
admirals who commanlei the navies OF the
world started as cabin boys. Tue merchant
princes, whose messengers are ships aud
whose servants the nations custom houses,
once swept the store and kindlei the fires
The orator who Tits uD tho < lte OF tho soul,
as Samson carried OF the gates OF GaZl
once Stanmered and blusAe on the stage OF
a country scuool house. Th1 young painter
under whose pencil skies blossom an / waters
geam, understands his subject So we'll be-
cause he has but little TO shelter him from
the one au1 is Obliged To find his only bev.
erage in the other
Out of the dark, deop mines OF want and
suffering has been dug the marble for the
worlds greatest TEMPLES OF vision and
palaces OF power. Nanierlyn the artist,
must first content himself vita . charcoal
sketch. Franklin, before becoming the ro.
uowned philosopher, must be journey yman
printer. Columbus must weave carpets be-
lore he can weave hemspheres. David must
take care OF h 5 father sheep before he rules
Israel. Amos must be herdsman before
he becomes u prophet. Daniel must be the
humble student before he rises to be the
prime minister OF Babylon.
lf n young man starts IN life with large
notions OF what he must Immediately have,
ing with a small SHIP to unturl as much sail
as an ocean frIgate, he will find himself cap
sized by tho first northeGster. 1t is the small
sprig that you can c!rry in one hand which
will thrive best when p.antcd. But II, by
levers and huge lumber wagons you bring
from the mountain a century olE, though
you may plant il, you cannot make 1t live
80 he WHO begins life on such grand scale
and with such eIorbitant notions, will never
x,b,ln WIN
to town without means, but having right
spirit, through his se!f-deninl planted a tree
which has reached above Wall street and
flung It's 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 q 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. They
started with the idea that their wit would
do AS we'll as capital. For awhile it did, but
when creditors sent thsir duns and banks
their protests they found that mere shrewd-
ness was greatly below par You cannot
cross the OCEAN in yawI.
A young eaget, far uD in the mountain
eyrie, says to its winged mother, II will fly
no longer from tree to tree as you tell me,
but like you, mother, | will swing from this
Chimborazo peak to yonder ChimboraZo
peak" Like an arrow 1t shot into the heav.
ems but when over the awful chasm its head
was dizzy and It's wing weak, and 1t began
to whirl downward aud with wild scream
until it struck on the rocks. traveller
passing through the gorge saw the manglel
remains OF the eaglet. How came you K
have this falll' said the traveller. "Ah
, me-" said the eaglet, "it was because
would not fy from tree to tree until | wa
old enough but headstrong ! started from
Ch mborazo peak TO ChimboraSo peak"
If young men would ssiz, the advantag,
of intelligence, it will be by great economy
of time and the refusing OF many forms o
qualification. Show me man who refusing
: many of the frivolities OF gossiping youths
can see more TO attract his attention in thu
pages OF treatise or history than in thu
! flash OF bright eyes, or the airy step of thos'
who find more skill in their heels than thei
heads, and will show you man who will
yet master languages aud sway very
! scepter over his fellows. Many an education
: which is now considered complete is made nj
OF smattering of newspapers and the las
page OF fashion magazine.
The parlor and the drawing room canno
educate us. They may give us outwar,
adornments of man-but getting valuabl
knowledge is like sweltering at a forge, bel
lows In one hand and hammer In tho othe
, like digging in mines with crowbars pry
! ing under the ledge and the constant bang o
! blasted rocks. Especially Is 1t truo that n
; growth in grace is possible unless, lik
: Daniel, we are willing TO take up the eros
=, however heavy it may be and rough wit
. nails Moses chose affection with the peopl
n of God rather than tho pleasures of sin, an
u IL we would be anything like him we mus
be willing sometimes to choose the har
s. bread of self denial rather than the imperit
clusters from royal vineyards.
n TO get strength and depth enough
g rivers for turning mill wheels and manufn
e tories, dams are built across them, and the
y through the mill race the quick floods lea