The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-04

have got there yourself. Negleced oppor-
tunity!
after myself. we rode across the country
end my father was driving. of course
said nothing that implied how L felt. But
there are hundreds of men here who, from
their own experience know how i felt. AT
such time young man may be hopeful,
and even impatient, to get into the battle OF
life for himself. but to leave the homestead
where everything has been done Tor you;
your father or older brothers taking your
part when you were imposed on by larger
bows and your mother always around when
YOU got the cold. with mustard applications
for the chest. or herb tea TO make you
sweat off the fever and sweet mixtures IN
the cup by the bed to stop the cough, tax
ing sometimes too much of 1t because IL
was pleasant to take, and then to go oui
With no one to stand between you and the
world. gives one "a choking sensation at
the throat, ana a hJmeslckneSS before you
have got three miles away from the on
folks. There was. on the day ! spoke OF.
silence for a long while and then my father
began to tell how good the Lord had been
to him. in sickness and in health, anc
when times of hardship came now Prov
dence had always provided the means Of
livelihood for the large household, and he
wound up by saying: De witt, L nave al,
ways found il safe to trust the LORD.
NV father has been dead thirty years, but
in all the crises of my life-and there have
been many of them-l have felt the mighty
boost of that lesson in the farm wagon
DE Witt / have always found it safe 10
trust the Lord" The fact was my father
saw that was his opportunity. and he I'M
DroVcd il. This is one reason WY l am
an enthusiastic friend of all Young Men
Christian Associations. They get hold OF
so many Young men Just arriving IN the
city and while they are very IMPRESSIONS
BILE and il is the best opportunity. Why,
how big the houses looked to us as we hrst
entered the great city, ANA so many people.
IL seemed some meeting must nave just
closed 10 fill the streets In that way, ana
then the big placards ann uncinS all styles
Of amusoments and so many OF Them on
l,t nd Mi
boyhood had been spent in regions where
only once or twice in a whole year there
had been an entertainment IN schooinous4
" church. That is the opportunity start
that innocent young man in the rlShl Iii
rcction Six weeks after viii be too lait.
Tell me what such young man does WIN
his FIRST six weeks in the great city and
viii tell you what he viii bo thrOuShout
his life or earth, and whore he VIII spend
the ages OF eternity: Opportunity a,,d
We all recognize that comnefcial ato
literary and political success depend up h
taking advantage of opportunity me
great surgeons of England feared to touch
the tumOr of King George ~. Slr NStlcH
Cooper looked at II and said 70 me hlhS.
4 will cut your majesty as Iho'5h YOU ,
were a plOwman. That was sir AStiey.s
opportunity. Lord cave was his tathef
Iismay. climbing church stceples anu uoi!s'
reckless things. His father sent h.m 70
Madras India az a clerk in the service OF
an English officer Give watched his time
and when war broke out came 70 be the
chief of the host that saved India tor f!i--
land. That was LORD tilNe $ OPP I1bili'S-
Pauline Lucca, the almost matGhleSS SIN
er. was but little recognized until in the al
scncc of the soost in the German cholT
she took her place and began the tncn3ut-
uent of the world That day was Lucca's
opportunity. John Scott. VINO @Iter"dtu
became Lord Eldon. had stumbled his way
along in the practice of law until the case
of Ackroyd VS. Smithson was to be trlt'.
and has speech that daE opened an avenues
Of success. That waa Lord tlGoh : 'p'yi-
tunity. William II. Seward was gwen ~
nix Ia T.. %
ZION That money soon gone as iatht.
said: "Sow you must fight your own way
aua he ana. until subcrudtural chdtE ANA
United States senatorial cnatr were ti'5
With q right O. The presidential chalr II
the mcauncSs of American politics ntd liol
swudlcd him out OF il. The day when hi'
father told him 10 fight his own way WAS
William ". Stewards opportunity. Johh
Henry Newman becalmed a. whole week IN
an orange boat IN the strait or 5ohlla> =,
wrote his immortal nymu lteaG' lN.p..<
Light" That was John Henry Newman
opportunity. You know F>lrk M, IN, N
mortal hymn, When MarShalei on tIc
Nightly Plain" He wrote il in a boat ny a
lantern on a stormy night 2s he was Sai
ing along rocky coast. That was Min
Whites opportunity.
The Impotence OF making The most Of
opuOrtllri. ice as they present themselves ia
acknowledged in all other cir'clo1n5' WY
rot in the matter II usefulness Inc uiL-
ference OF usefulness Of good men ana Wo-
men is not 50 much the difference lh pr-in
or social position, or wealth. buu IN tlu't
lust the time when to say the riGht Wotu
or do the right thing. There are EoUa pto-
pie who can always be JepehIcu ON 70 9oS
The right thing at the wrong time. n Ilet-
chant Seliir. 20 Is over the counter 10 4
willy customer who would like 70 get theii
at less than cost; a railroad conductor
while taking mp the tickets l"m l.tasth-
gers who want 10 work of a la~' wear .Ig5
pass or geo through a. h&iL id1e 4 DiLi
tuily grown; housekeeper lrElh% ="
tin. table ready in time for guests; @lJh"ush
inc oven has failed to do us work ana 'te
grocer has neglected 40 iulhh Inc ot,t'L
gfven him. Those are not OPP ftuuitl@S loi
rait.ious ADDRESS. Do not rush w 10 q man
in the busiest part OF the day, ami Whch y
laf dozen people are Wai,h4S l"' i'l'i e."'
'S ttnt here are plenty OF tit occasions. 1t
IS interesting to see he sport slnau' gun IL
hand and pouch at side. ana accoHlP''Ii'ttt
by the hounds yelping down Inc road' 'l-
~ huptince exhibition. but the best ENul'fs
peace with the past; peace with the ldluIS5 -
q peace that all the assaults OF inc "cr'u'
ana all OF the commandments satanic can
not interfere with. -,
the pastor called in. The dying ShcpA'tU
said to his wife Mary, please go lhlO lile
nnxt room for + want to see the minister
alone" When me two We're alone the Gy-
ing shepherd said: i have known the 81
bile all my life, but / am going, ana am
'afeedcd to dee -" Then the pastor quoted
the psalm "The I.rod is Ny shepherd; 1
Shall Not Want" Yes, mon, Sai R.et Iae
shepherd II was familiar with that before
YOU were born, but [ am Soin, ana an
afeered TO dee" Then" said the pastor
You know what the psalm says, 'thou2l
walk through the valley of the SHADOW or
death / viii fear no evil. NS, S't-i
the dying shepherd, Il knew that before
Won were born, but II does not heip me.
Then said the pastor: Don't you hHo"
that sometimes when you were driving the
sheen down through the valleys and ra-
vines there would be shadows all ABOUT
Won while there was plenty OF sunshine
on the hills above? You are in The sh@i-
ovys now but il is sunshine higher up.
'rhcn said the dying shepherd. An! that IS
GOOD I never saw it that way before. All
i we'll Though ] pass through the NaHey
IF the shadow of death, Thou art with me
shadows here, but sunshine above 80
the diving shepherd got peace. Living and
diving may we have the same peace! CIpoI-
tInifvl Under the arch or that splendid
word let this multitude of my hearers pass
into pardon and hope, and triumph or the
gospel Go by companies OF a hundred
each. Go by regiments of q thousand each'
The aged leaning on the staff; the InldQie-
aged throwing of their burdens as they
mass. and the young to have their present
lows augmented by more glorious SatlsIac-
lions Forward into the kingdom! AS soon
as Won pass the dividing line there VIII be
shouting. all up and down the heavens. The
croYned immortals viii look down and
cheer Jesus Of the many sears viii rejoice
al tho result Of His earthly sacrifices. De-
rarted saints viii be sladdened that their
ravers are answered. An order VIII be
given for the spreading OF a banquet At