The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-08

reason why | am an enthusiastic friend
of all Young Mems Christian associa.
tons. They get hold of so many young
men just arriving in the city, and while
! they are very impressionable, and it is
the best opportunity. Start that limo.
cent young man in the right direction.
Six weeks after will be too late. Tell
me what such young man does with
| his first six weeks in the great city.
and l will tell you what he will be
throughout his life on earth, and where
he will spend the ages of eternity.
Opportunity.
Veal recognize that commercial and
literary and political successes depend
upon taking advantage of opportunity.
The great surgeons of England feared
to touch the tumor of King George ".
Sir Ashley Cooper looked at it and said
to the king: II will cut your majesty
as though You were plowman." That
was Sir Astley's opportunity. Lord
Olive was his fathers dismay. climbing
church steeples and doing reckless
things. His father sent him to Madras,
India. as clerk in the service of an
English officer. Olive watched his time,
and when war broke out came to be the
chief of the host that saved India for
England. That was Lord olives OPP
pOrtunity. Pauline Lucca. the almost
matchless singer, was but little recog-
niZed until in the absence of the solo
ist in the German choir she took her
place and began the enchantment of
the world. That day was Lucca's op-
portunity. John Scott, who afterward
became Lord Eldon, had stumbled his
way along the practice of law until the
case of Ackroyd vs.. Smithson was to
be tried. and his speech that day opened
all avenues of success. That was Lord
EldOn's opportunity. William II. Sew
ard was given by his father a thousand
dollars to get a collegiate education.
That money soon gone, his father
said: Now, you must fight your
own way" and he did. until guberna-
torial chair and United States sena-
torial chair were his. with right to
the presidential chair. if the meanness
of American politics had not swindled
him out of it The day when his father
William H. Stewards opportunity. John
Henry Newman. becalmed a whole
week in an orange boat in the strait of
Bonifacio. wrote his immortal hymn,
Lead Kindly Light" That was John
Henry Newman's opportunity. You
know Kirk Whites immortal hymn.
when Marshalled on the Nightly
Plain He wrote it in a boat by
lantern on a stormy night as he was
sailing about rocky coast. That was
Kirk Whites opportunity.
The Importance of making the most
of opportunities when they present
themselves is acknowledged in all
other directions; why not in the mat
ter of usefulness? The difference of
usefulness of good men and women is
not so much the difference in brain, or
social position, or wealth, but in equip
ment of Christian common sense; to
know Just the time to say the right
word or do the right thing. There are
good people who can always be de-
pended on to say the right thing at the
wrong time. Do not rush up to a man
in the busiest part of the day, and
when a half dozen people are waiting
for him. and ask. How is your soul?"
But there are plenty of fit occasions.
1t is interesting to see the sportsman,
gun in hand and pouch at side, and ac-
companied by the hounds yelping down
the road, off on a hunting expedition,
but the best hunters in this world are
those who hunt for opportunities to do
good. and the game is something to
gladden. earth and heaven. l will
point out some of the opportunities.
When a soul is in bereavement is the
best time to talk of Gospel consolation
and heavenly reunion. When a man
has lost his property is the best time
to talk to him of heavenly inherit
ances that can never be levied on.
When a man is sick is the best time
to talk to him about the supernatural
in which unhealth is an inn
When the Holy Spirit is
moving on a community is the best
time to tell a man he ought to be saved.
BY a word: by a smile; by look; by a
prayer; the work must be so thorough
" done that all eternity cannot undo
it. BE on the watch. 1t may be a
yladness; it may be a horror; but it
will be an opportunity.
4 city missionary in the lower parts
Of the city found young woman in
and sin. He said: why
10 YOU not 90 home?" She said: They
would not receive me at home" He
said: What Is your fathers name, and
where does he live?' Having obtained
the address and written to her father,
the city missionary got reply. on the
outside of the letter the word i'm
mediate" underscored. 1t was the
heartiest possible invitation for the
vanderer to come home. That was
the city missionary's opportunity.
And there are opportunities all about
you. and on them written by the hand !
Of God. who will bless you. and bless
those whom You help. in capitals of
light. the word ''Imemdiate."
Many years ago clergyman was on |
/ sloop on our Hudson river. and hear !
ng a man utter a blasphemy, the 1
clergyman said: You have spoken |
against my best friend. Jesus Christ"
seven years after. this same clergyman 4
vas on his way to the general assembly |
If the Presbyterian church at Philadel- /
ohia, when young minister addressed /
lin and asked if he was not on a sloop |
IN the Hudson river seven years be- |
o-e? The reply was in the affirma-
i've. Well said the young minister, |
i was the man whom you corrected 1
ior uttering that oath. 1t led me to |
.hink and repent, and l am trying to |
atone somewhat for my early behavior. |
am preacher of the Gospel and a
delegate to the general assembly," |