The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-13
SO near /, grandeur to our dust,
So near is God 10 man,
When duty whispered low. Thou must"
The youth replies, "tCaul"

when duty whispered low. Thou must
The youth replies, 'lcau|'
The moralists tell us that no duties
conflict; it isa law OF Christianity that
no duty too heavy to bs borne is laid
upon the weakest disciple. The very
idea Of duty carries with 1t the possible.
ity OF accomplishment, aud sad day 1t
is for one OF Gods chosen when he
knows his duty and does it not. ltisa
fact, lhmontable aNit Is true, that many
= will has made unconditional surreu.
der to passion, to appetite and to self.
1t 10 equally true that the largest 70.
turns come from the happy commune.
ton and coordination OF an uuimpair.
oil will and well.ordered sensorium.
"a sound mind aud a sound body" will
never grow old becou.o 1t is true. The
moral backbone OF our youth needs mot
to be broken, but, twIg.like, II be- in.
clined aud thus be enabled TO mako
character. not driven by tho wind and
tossed, but that which may DO trusted,
as a pilot, amid tho roughOst sOaa and
the most adverse winds.
Again, Christian End0avor has recog.
nized tue principle, 10 long unrccog.
nizsd In the church, OF division oil labor.
II Ia important That we be at the work
aud that wO be at II all tho time; It Is
Of vastly moro consequences that all DO
at il all the time. We are not sound0r
preachers than the fathers but we build
better and larger than they because We
,say, ought. They said, you ought. The
burden CannOt-must not be shifted.
What a world OF responsibility the ago
has thrust into your lives and mine
And to US az a people this IL great gain.
Learning carly tho lesson Of soii.Tn!tanCo
and Of independent effort, when the
time comes which tries mons souls, u
line Of Woll.disCiplinBl regulars and not
raw recruits. face the enemy. We fancy
We hear a vOiCe-Bu laiO Il has been
Blillod-saying: Trust thyself; every
heart yibEales to thRt iron string, Ac-
cept tho place tho Divine providence
has found for you; the society OF your
contemporaries, tho connection Of
events. Great mon have always donC
10 aud confdOd thOmselyOa ChildlikO 10
the genius OF ihoir ago. bolraying their
perception that tho Eternal was stir.
Ing II their heart, working through
thor hands, predomiuating In all their
being. And w6 arc now men aud must
accept In tho highest mind tho BalnO
tranScondont destiny"
How impressive our obligation to our
society becomes when wo consider IT,
quality and ils COmprchsnsiy0no,s 81
promise tho Lord Jesus Christ that |
will strive to do WhRtoyotho would like
10 hnyo INC do" ~ promise the Lord
Jesus Christ"
Hero 10 inspiration. A plOdgo not to
tho world nor to tue llo'h nor to an
oaflhiy pOl0nlatu, but to tho King Of
kings and tho Lord Of lord'. What
woIghty Interests arc committed TO our
charge, inLorOILB TO whose caro- No stand
pledged with iallhluln0ss that cllngs
not moro TO father and mother, 10
brolhars and sisters than 10 those.
And certainly mono afo wofshie' 70
lako this Obligation than tho youth oil
Tho land. Rejoicing NJ strong men TO
run race, luIl Of tho hory energy oi DO
ginning life, how III thoy atO to carry rs
thalf standard tho motto OF tho western
metropolis, ~ will" converting tho
synonym tar tho surprising triumph Of
a worlds fair into whrcty Tor on
dOayora valiant hoalH.
May suggest iow possible specific
spheres Of inlluOnco2 We ought thofo'