The Baptist headlight., 1894-08-08

thnra b,. DpiHooS 10 come and live
'nGre, put happiness will not come
They send footmanned ano mo- rol4i1I;o. IotiE.
ed eo1npage to bring her: She viii ~
rloe to their door. They send nrinca1I,
escort; she will not ride under tham
1ney set 4 golden throne before a
golden plate; she turns awav from tho
banquet They call to her from m
nolsGefed balcony: she will not listen
Nafk you. this is the failure of those
"no ndve had large accumulation.
Anu then you must take into consid-
eIdClOn that the vast ma jority of those
"ho lndKe the dominant idea of life
money getting fall far short Of aff4n1
ence. 1t is estimated that onlv ahont
IWo out Of hundred BUSINESS man
nave anything worthy the name of
SUCCESS. "A man who spends his life
Wlth the one dominant idea of financial
accumulation spends a life not worth
living. --0O "or 'H
VI, oo the idea Of worldly approval IF
tnat pc dominant in mans life. he is
\ miserable. The two most unfortunate
| men III this country for the six months
l "a heXt presidential campaign will be
/ Ihe tWO men nominated Tor the presi-
| uency. Inc reservoirs of abuse and
\ olatrlbe and malediction will gradually
| nll up, gallon above gallon. hogshead
| above hogshead, and about autumn
tnese Two reservoirs will be brimminr
luIl, ana q hose Will be attached to
each one, and it will play away on
these nominees, and they will have. tn
stand 1t and take the abuse. and the
talsehoO and the caricature. and the
anathema, and the caterwauling. and
the Nth. and they Will be rolled in il
in a.
they are chOked and submerged and
strangulated, and at every sign of re-
turning consciousness they will be
parked at by all the hounds of political
parties from ocean to ocean.
And vet there are hundred men to-
day struggling for that privilege, and
there ere thousands Of men who are
helping them i'll the struggle. Now,
that Is not life worth living You can
get slandered ana abused cheaper than
that. lake it on smaller scale. Do
nOt pc SO ambitious to have a whole
reservoir rolled OverOn you. But what
YOU see III the matter of high political
preterment YOU see in every com
munlty in the struggle for what is
called social position
Social Ambitions.
Tens Of thousands of people trying
to get into that realm, and they are
under terrific tension. What is social
position? Lit is difficult thing to de- |
line. but we all know what it is. Good
morals ana intelligence are not neces-
sary. but wealth on the show of wealth |
IS absolutely Indispensable. There !
are men to-day as notorious for their |
llbertlnlsm as the night is famous for |
ITS darkness who move in what is
called high social position. There are |
hundreds Of out and out rakes in Amer
lean society whose names are men
toned among the distinguished guests
at the great leyees. They have an
nexed all the known vices and are long
ing for other worlds of diabolism to
conquer. Good morals are not neces-
sary in many Of the exalted circles of
society.
Living That Is Worth Something.
But | shall show YOU a life that is
worth living. a young man SAYS: Il
am here. 1 am not resp JnSible for nv
Others decided that. | am
not responsible for my temperament:
God gave me that. But here [ am, in
the afternoon Of the nineteenth cen
tury. at 70 years Of age. | am here,
and | must take an account of stock.
Here | have body which is divinely
engine. | must put it to
the very best uses. and [ must allow
nothing to damage this rarest of ma
chlnery. Two feet, and they mean
OcOmOtiOn Two eyes, and they mean
capacity to pick out my own way. Two
ears. and they are telephones OF com
with all the outside world,
and they mean capacity to catch sweet
Gf hn 80 frir AL |
the very best music A tongue,
With almost intinity of articulation.
es, hands with which 60 welcome or
'esist or lift on smite or wave or bless
hands to help myself and help
,thers.
Here is world which after 5000 ,
ears of battling with tempest and ac-
.ident is Still grander than any archi-
ect, human or angelic. could have
ratted. | have two lamps to light me
IA golden lamp and silver Iamp-a
-Olden lamp set on the sapphire m;.n- y
ell of the day, silver lamp set on the 1
ct mantcl Of night. Nea, | have that a
/ 20 years of age which deties all in [
Q entory Of valuables soul with ca !
acity to choose or reject. to rejoice Q
/ to suffer. to love OF TO hate Plato 4
avs it is immortal. Seneca says it is "
COnfucius says it is i'm b
lortal An Old book among the fam :
v relics, book with leathern cover ;
lmost worn out and pages almost OBJ o
terated BY oft perusal. .oins the other q
ooks in saying | immortal. | have n
ighty years for lifetime. sixty years 4
et To live | may not live an hour. Il
lit then | must lay out my plans in s.
and for a long life. 81
lxty wears added to the twenty have b
ready lived-that viii bring me TO Il
ghty. | must remember that these. Sc
ghty years are only 4 brief preface SC
the five hundred thousand mil ions h
nF ,r1 ior :