The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-04


provided the means off livelihood for the
L large household. and he wound up b. say
ms "De Wiz I have always found it
safe o. trust the Lord 1ly father has
been dead thirty wears but In an the
I crises Of mv Mfe-and there have been
many q them-I have felt the mighty
I boost Of that lesson In the farm wagon:
de Witt. 7 have always found IL safe 10
/ trust the Lord The fact was, my
7 father saw that was his opportunity.
and he improved H. This Is one reason
why I am an enthusiastic friend OF all
Young Mems Christian Associations.
/ They get hold Of so many young men just
arriving in the city and while they are
I very inpTessionable. and Il is the best
/ opportunity. Why how big the houses
/ looked TO US as we first entered the great
city; and so many pople! II seemed some
meeting must have Just been closed 10
FIN the streets in that way. and then the
big placards announcing all styles OF
amusements. and so many Of them on the
same night. and every night, after our
boyhood had been spent in regions where
only once or twice in a whole year there
had been an entertainment IN schoOlhOuse
. or church That Is the opportunity start
that innocent young man IN the right d.
rection. Six weeks after viii be too late
Tell me what such young man does with
his frst six weeks IN the great city. and
viii tell you what he VIII be throughout
hts life on earth, and where he win spend
the ages Of eternity Opportunity.
We all 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 10 and said TO the
king. 'I win cut your majesty as though
YOU were plowman." That was Sir Asst
loy's opportunity. Lord Give was his ia
TIERS dismay, climbing church steeples
and doing reckless things. His father
sent him TO Madras, India, as a clerk i'm
the service of an English officer. Give
watched his time. and when war broke
out came to Doe the chief Of the host that
saved India for England. That was Lord
Gives opportunity. Pauline Lucca. the
almost matchless singer. was but little
recognized until la the absence Of the So
loist i'm the German choir she took her
place and began the enchantment Of the
world. That day was Lucca's opportunity.
John Scott. who afterWard became Lord
Eldon. had stumbled his way along in
the practice of law until the case of Acll-
royd VS. Smithson was 20 be tried, and his
speech that day opened all avenues of
success. That was Lord Eldon's opportu-
nifty. William II. Seward was given by
his father a thousand dollars to get a coll
legiate education. That money soon gone
his father said. NOW, you must fight
your own way, ana ne ulQs until BuDer-
Material chair. and United States senator
ial chair were his. with "a right to the pres
idential chair, If the meanness Of Amer
lean politics had not swindled him out of
IL. The day when his father told him to
night his own way was William II. Sew
ards opportunity. John Henry Newman,
becalmed whole week in an orange boat
in the strait of Bonifacio, wrote his i'm
mortal 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 Il
stormy night as he was sailing along a
rocky coast. That was Kirk Whites
opportunity.
The importance of making the most of
opportunities as they present themselves
Is acknowledged in all other directions;
why not IN the matter of usefuness2
The difference of usefulness Of good men
and women is not SO much the difference
in brain, or social position, or wealth, but
In equipment OF Christian common sense;
to know just the time when 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. A merchant selling goods
over the counter to a willy customer who
would like TO get them at less than cost;
a railroad conductor while taking IN
work off a last years free pass, or get
through at half rate child fully grown
housekeeper trying to get the table
ready IN time for guests. al
though the oven has failed to do
its work, and the grocer has
/ neglected to fulfill the order given him
those are not opportunities for religious
address. 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 dt 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 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. 1 will point out some
4 of the opportunities. When soul is in
/ bereavement is the best time to talk
4 of Gospel consolation and heavenly reun-
/ ion. When a man has lost his property
/ is the best time to talk to him of heavenly
! inheritances that can never be levied on
] When one is sick is the best time to talk
] to him about the supernatural latitude
! in which unhealth is an impossibility
/ When the Holy Spirit is moving on a com
munity is the best time to tell a man he
ought to be saved. BY a word by a smile
by look, by d prayer the work may be
so thoroughly done that all eternity can.
not undo it. AS the harp was invented
from hearing the twang of bowstring
as the law OF gravitation was suggested
by the falling of an apple; as the order il
India for the use of a creased cartridge
started the mutiny of 1857. which appall
ed the nations; so something insignificant
may open the door for great results. B,
on the watch. It may be a gladness; i
may be a horror. but it will be an oppor
| tunity.
A city missionary in the lower part O
the city found young woman in wretch
edness and sin. He said: why do VOL
not go homer" She said: "They wout
not receive me at home" He said. ''yvha
is your fathers name, and where doe
/ he live?" Having obtained the address
and written to the father. the city mis-
s.onary got a reply, on the outside of tn
letter the word immediate undersigned
It was the heartiest possible Invitation
for the wanderer to come home Tha
was the city missionary's opportunity
And there are opportunities all about you
and on them written by the hand of Cod
who win bless you, and bless thos
whom YOU help, in capitals of light III