The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-24
DREAMING ABOUT SUCCESS
Plenty Of People Squander Thus Time
That Might Be Spent in Gaining Ii.
DR.. Cleveland breaches on Very Common
Phase of Human Nsture-"camp-M Meet
ing Johns" Style of Evangelism.
FATE OF THE DREAMER.

FATE OF HE DhEA MEN,
DIR. Cleveland Touches Very. Common
Weakness of Human Nature.
The Rev. Fl. A. Cleveland preached yes
terday morning from Daniel xii, s-13.
1 beard. bat 1 understood not. Then said I.
o ms Lord what shall be the end of these things,
And He said. Go thy way till the end and thou
shalt rest and stand IN thy lot at the end or the
days.
THE spirit of prophecy" he said. HAD
swept the mind or Daniel as the wind
sweeps the aolisn harp. He had seen the
procession of events marching down
the centuries and bad proclaimed
the decay of empires and the
birth of new civilizations Amazed at
what he had seen. he became anxious
about what the ultimate end of it all
would be. In his curiosity as to the fu-
ture. he was in danger of neglectinR the
present. he was, therefore, instructed
that it was not the province of mon to
know all the end from the beginning; but
that he best fulills his vocation and real
ICES his destiny who devotes HIM
self to the duties of his pres
emit lot aud leaves the final out
come of the great worlds complicated
movements TO f1tm WHO uOfuo thAHS IS
together and carries all forward In the
wise purpose of Ills good will.
1T Is q lesson we all have need TO learn.
We, too, are in danger of living dreamily In
the future and negligently IN the present.
and expectation. We build more
S find tenants the to q" occupy H them. It
is possi bic TO so oyerdo the future Is To de-
stroy the conditions upon which alone
sr ha The hoy n g0hOOl mn8t
accomplish to-day's tasks II he would NOS
be disappointed Of any worthy future. He
best provides for the future who MANAGES
best the interests of to-day. To permit orr
to-morrows to neutraliZe our to-days Is the
most fatal of follies. God Is in our present
time and place. We are always in the
neigh Dorhood of Him. The kingdom OF
heaven is near to u.s. Daniel must find hls
work and delight in the here and the now;
his future will grow out OF his present as
the fruit out of the blossoms; the eternal re-
suit will be made known hereafter.
1T is lesson we learn only with diffi-
Guilty. We are inpatient with delays. and
provoked by meanings and results that are
concealed. We are eager for the future.
and busy with fancy worlds and far-oh
problems. We cry. Lord! Lord. and do
not to-day the things be commands. We
neglect the duty the living hour presses
upon us. and permit the weeds TO grow
rank in to-dsy's gardens. Under the bane-
full influence of this sophistry opportunities
come and the years glide by and leave rs
undlstIngulshed. He who does not plant
nor SOW In spring Will have In autumn no
harvest.
And yet il is important that we have
ideas. We will do our best work under the
inspiration of the highest visions. Sorry
glory above that which he finds in his act
ual doinga Besides, dwelling betimes In
the ideal rests our tired faculties and rein
forces our energies. There IS always some
thing better 10 be achieved. 1t Is In 10y
atty to our highest Visions that We accom-
plsh our largest work, and weave the gar
ments of gladness we shall wear hereafter
Bot We mnst not neglect or atheIze the
present. The primmer must precece the
classic. The natural conditions the
spiritual and the heavenly. To-day's neg
lect will corrode to-morrow's virtue. II
you rob the nest OF It's youngling you SPOIL
the future of its song: If in springtime
only the decay ing spleDdor of fading leaves
ami the poverty of empty granaries.
God has wisely spread his cloud upon
the future. He shows rs clearly what
show us what the end will be.
Premature disclosures are harmful. There
are many things which you cannot reveal
To your child until II has grown In expert
ence and capacity. Wise teachers never
hurry their pupils into knowledGes or pro-
motions for which they are not by previ-
Gus training and development prepared.
Had Daniel been told that Mcsalsm would
come TO an end. that tho Jewish nation
would be broken up aud her people scat
tered like autumn leaves on trou pled wa
tiers, it Is likely that his faith In God and the
courage of his vocation would have failed
him utterly. Short-sighted as we are We
often become powerless before the difficult
ties that we see In the path ahead of us. 1t
10 great mercy that the trials In the day =
TO come do not press upon our vision and
weigh upon our hearts IN the days that are
now. IL they did fear that the most of
us would be utterly appalled, and turned
quite back from all venture and from all
action.
"Au great success in this world is a cost
~ thing aud seems an easier thing before it
10 won than after. have seen the success
full man, but his armor was bruised, the
stains and scars of battle were upon him
and In his eyes was q look of WEAKNESS. If
he had known beforehand all the cOstli-
ness Of his achieving would he have been
equal to 1T Ask Garfield. ask Lincoln, ask
Luther, ask Columbus.
"Our life is given US here. not that we
may solve the universal riddle, but that
our dong may make US better and nobler
for each tomorrow. Those no try to sic
and sing themselves away to everlasting
bliss are IN great danger OF being some day
sadly disappointed. Our present time is
school time. Our supreme business Is with
department. does not have to bother
himself about the university. but
only about the lessons day bv day
In the department.. and then by and by the
university will come as q consequence.
This Is Gods world. He knows the rela-
tion Of our daily duties TO the ongoing and
consummation of the whole. He Will take
mp our little doing and link 1t to His uni
yersals plans and eternal iosues If we trust
Him. and love Him. and do HIS will. we shall
always have In Us the poten cies OF living
virtue and of an everlasting welfare. Let
us open our hearts TO his present sunshine.
The unseemly bulb shuts the summer in
its breast. which by and by appears q hya.
cinth."
MIR. NAUGLE'S EVANGELISM