The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18

1T is written on paradise gate,
Woe TO the man who yields to fate"
Martin Luther. the leader in the great
religious reform, was but the son of
a poor wood-cutte.. and while at school
earned his bread by singing in the
streets.
As he became older. he believed more
and more in the protestant religion. and
finally drew up ninty-fivs propositions
against the catholic religion. and though
he met opposition on all sides he kept
bravely on and accomplished his mis-
Sion.
Abraham Lincoln when a boy. lived
i'm log cabin and split rails for a liv-
ing.
As kites rise. not with the wind. but
against IL. SO Abraham Lincoln through
rugged experience and storm. rose. and
like a meteor shooting through the black
est night. pouring its glaring light Ger
wild torrents and rocky cliffs. became
president of the United States. and the
miEhtiest factor III the overthrow of
American slavery.
There are many boys today who might
become Lincolns. and fill the world with
their fame. if they only had the ambi-
ton to try. The MESA ges from foreign
nations that are flashed across the At
lantic. speak Of gigantic difficulties that
Atlantic cable was accomplished only
after years of patient toll
Again and again the cable parted, but
Cyrus W. Field was not man TO he
daunted by failure; crossing and re-
crossing the stormy Atlantic thirty
eight times. he persevered until after
twelve years of incessent labor. the news
of peace between Prussia and Austria
flashed from Britain 10 America beneath
the sea. Mr.. Field has been called the
Columbus of modern times. who by his
cable has moored the new world along
side the old
When We remember the slow caravan
moving across the land and compare it
with the lightning train as. with a
Shrek a roar. and a rattle IL daShes
through deserts. dry and bare up noun
tainS. and spans the Yawning gulf,
behold the work Of George Stevenson.
Obstacles which seemed almost I'M
sUrmountable rose higher than noun
tains
Mon laughed at him when he sug-
gested the idea Of running his train at
the speed Of ten miles an hour but
Stevenson spoke in the spirit of the
great COrsicau leader. who said: There
shall be no Alps" pressed on. till his
line from Liverpool To Manchester was
successful.
All over the world we find people who
are seeking power, influence, wealth and
fame.
Too many expect to do something
great and noble at first that their fame
truly great we must use our oppor-
tunities Alright
We must use every opportunity, how
ever small, for great oaks from little
acorns grow and if we let little OPP
portunites pass by unnoticed we may
never have chance to accomplish any
thing great II We would climb the
ladder of fame" we must begin at the
very bottom round and move patiently
upward, passing over the difficulties
v4shf " .
topmost round. and then. as a reward
for our labor. we shall wear the crown
of laurels.
True merit always wins; and if we
use all our opportunities Alright there
shall be no Alps" How many. many
lives might have been great and noble
if they had only used the little oppor-
tunities.
So many when they find themselves
surrounded by mountains of difficulties
are ready to give up without even try
ing to surmOunt them.
We must remember that each one of
our greatest men has begun empty
handed, and armed with pick. shovel
and strong will power, has started from
his childhood home. from the roof that
has sheltered him in infancy. and the
scenes that clustered round him there
has gone forth to grapple with the stern
realities Of life. Some think, as they
look back upon wasted opportunities
that ii is too late to begin, but lit is
never too late to be what you might
have been"
Life is a season of anticipations. hopes
and desires There is no one who is
free from all speculations for the future.
Young folks will often spend leisure
hour in roaming in fancy over the
future they are TO experience, and thus
they go on anticipating as If there
could be nothing too great TO be met in
this romatic world. or too difficult to be
achieved. Yet how very different it is
when we put our thoughts into action;
how disappointed We feel when at al
most every step great Alps" rise to
view But yet, If we have the courage
to preserve We are sure to reach the
stars.
In whatever sphere of life we may be.
or in whatever occupation We may be
engaged. if We set our mark high and
ton 10 90 gradually onward step by
step. we will sometime attain it.
He who resolves upon any great end. by
that very resolution, has scaled great
barriers to il. In order to surmount the
Alps in life we must use time well. for
time is the material of which life is
made
As every thread of gold is valuable so
Is every minute OF time, and minutes
like cents are often thrown away, be
cause people do not know what TO do
with them
Some are always planning for Domor-
row, while the minutes Of today are al
lowed 10 flow by unemployed.
one poet has said
Do not tell me OF tomorrow,
There is much to do today
That can never be accomplished
II we throw our hours away
few minutes well applied each day
will make hours in the course Of a week
and days in the course of a year.
These. in the course of life. If we'll
euplOvad will make enough time in
which one may be useful TO his fellow
men and bonora bic 10 himself
lord Nelson once said. II owe all my
success in life 10 having been always a
quarter Of an hour 7Sefore my time"
one hour each day devoted to i'm
provement is enough. to make the ignor-
ant man wise and re poor man reasona-
bly, rich in the course of ten years
To be ready TO overcome the difficult
ties before us we must learn to be econo-
mists Of time.
Alas how may have squandered this
precious gift. gard when they come to the