The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-05-11

portrait" The lighter tasks of today
are the preparatory for the heavier
tasks of tomorrow. Playing at manu-
featuring, commerce and riches here,
which sooner or later we die and
leave, is only fitting us to use the true
and permanent riches on the other
side. All education, whether of books
or business, is fitting us for larger
profit, education, enjoyment and leis-
ure in the time to come. Tomorrow's
ability is conditioned on our work
today. This years work is the found
alton of next years. Thus the bust
ness man grows weather.. He pays
the price; he is entitled to it, The
industrious man becomes buster still.
He has gained momentum that
carries him on. Rev. Mr.. Willis, who
preached here few times fifty years
ago, continued for some time to write
a sermon each week, after he was
compelled to give up preaching. 1t
was habit, good habit, that still kept
his mind at work Not only does the
busy man grow buster, but the lazy
man grows lazier, and the foolish man
foolisher. This is not only the para
BILE, but it is the law. In the parable,
the man who will not use the pound
entrusted to him loses it. It is taken
away from him. Even a pound can
not remain idle. In actual life, this
is equally true. The man who will
not work from choice is incapable of
work in a short time. When man
falls out of the line, he has to go to
the foot and begin again when he
wishes to buy his ticket at the sta
ton. The talent hid in a napkin or
in the ground soon becomes rusty.
1t takes a good deal of circulation to
make the coin bright again. Nature
is prodigal of her opportunities. She
offers them freely to all. But when
we pass them by, they are gone for
ever. We can never recover them.
These laws hold true in mind and
morals as we'll as in matter and bust.
ness. If man can have what money
or what business he wants by paying
the price for it, he can also be a
scholar and true upright man if he
is willing to pay the price for that.
We never escape the law which fixes
the price. We are at fault sometimes
as to what the grandest attainment is
and we misjudge the cost. There is
a glitter and fascination about
some work which makes it easier to
pay the price. There is glory and
an enthusiasm about the politician
| do not mean the statesman-which
attracts great many men. But my
judgment about it is that he pays a
big price for very little satisfaction
and solid worth. Nero paid ire
mendous price for his throne and the
sensual qualification that he derived
from it, Napoleon paid an exorbit-
ant price to rise like brilliant mete-
or and shine for season over Europe
and to fall at last and be broken to
pieces on the rocks of st. Helena.
1t is astonishing what tremendous
prices we sometimes pay for things
that add no permanent value to us.
We pay for our follies, our careless
ness, our ignorance, our tempers and
our wrongs. We do great many
things in our social life that cost us
ten times what they are worth. If a
business man should make similar
transactions, he would be called an
idiot. True values increase in just
proportion. You can have just what
you pay for. But you cannot have
woolens when you only pay for cot
tons. You Cannot have health when
you simply pay for indulgence. And
there is no short cut to become a
thorough gentleman nor an accomp-
lisbed and true-hearted woman.
The measure of a mans deep
rooted desire is an index of his ambi-
ton and his ability. The IDEAL is
some measure of the actual and real.
The higher the aspirations of men,
the larger the accomplishments. The
broader their thought is, the wider
and more varied are the riches of
mems minds. From the loftiest
mountain SUBMITS, up which we toll
slowly and painfully, we behold the
largest landscapes and the widest
horizon.
1t pays. it pays, it pays to buy the
best, and it does not cost any more
in proportion. The proudest stations
have their price, and they are worth
it all when once attained. The per.
manent, the abiding riches of intel
lect and of feeling are above all and
greater than all. There is no one ex-
clusive channel thrnuoh which thev