The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27

tiCn, but that same ship afteIward sent
the ball hat killed him, and the world
OH which yCu smile may aim at you its
deadlicSt weapon Pc Il Gods woman.
THIS moment make as mighty change
as did Il college student Ct England. He
had neglected his studies, r!OtimS az
night with GiSsipatcd companions and
slccpirgin ti,c classroom when he ought
10 Lave been listening. AfcllOw student
came into his room enc morning before
the young nan l an speaking Ct had
aris en from his pillow and said to him:
"Palcy, you are a fool! You arc wasting
your opportunities. Do not throw away
ycur life. Paley said: Il was so
struck with what he said that lay IL
ted until had formed my plan for life.
l ordered my fire to be always laid over
night. | arose at and read steadi Y all
day, allotted to each portion Of the day
its proper branch Of study and became
tho senior wranglcr." What an hour
that was when resolution definitely
placed changed Il young man from
reckless ard time wasting student to q
ccnsccra:cd man who stopped not until
all timo and al eternity shall be debtor
to his pen ard influence!
Clasp Hands With the Almighty.
Young woman, draw out and decide
what you will be and do, God helping.
Writc it out in a plain hand, not like
tho letters which Josephine received
from Napoleon III Italy, tho writing so
scrawlinS and scattered that it was
sometimes taken as 4 map Of the seat Of
war. Put the plan cn the wall Of your
room, or write it in the opening Of a
blank book, CT put it where you will be
compelled often to sec it. A thousand
questions CT your coming life you cannot
settle now, but there is che question you
can settle independent Of man, woman,
angel ard devil, and that is that you
will be q God Is woman now, henccforth
and forever. Clasp hands with the AL
mighty. Pythagoras represented life by
the letter Y, because it early divides
into two ways. Lock out for oppo-tuni-
ties cf cheering, inspiring, rescuing and
saving all the people you can. Mako a
league with the eternities. seek your
present and everlasting safety. David
Brewster said that comet belonging to
our system called Lexell's comet is lost,
as it ought to have appeared 13 times
and has not appeared at all. Alas, it is
rot only the lost comets, but the lost
Stars, and what were considered fixed
stars. Some of the mcst brilliant and
steady souls hayo disappeared. The
world wonders at the charge Of the
Light brigade, immortalized by Tenny-
SOD. Only 4 few of the 600 got back
from the charge, under Lord Cardigan, Of
the Muscovite guns, and all the havoc
was done in 25 minutes, the charge be-
ginning at 10 minutes past II o'clock,
and closing at 35 minutes Sast II, and
yet nothing left on the field but dying
ard dead men, dying and dead horses.
But smaller proportion Of the men
and women who so into the battle OF
life come cut unwounded. The slau9h
ter las been and will be terrific, and
We all need God and we need him now
and we need him all the time. And let
ne say there is new woman, Is there
is q new man, and that is tho regeuer
ated woman made such by the ransack-
ing, transforming, upbuilding, triumph
ant power OF the spirit who is so supe-
rior to all other spirits that he has been
called fer ages tie Holy Spirit. Quicker
than wheel ever turned on its axis;
quicker than 1eetest hoof ever struck
the pavement; quicker than zigzag
lightning ever dropped down the sky,
the ransoming power I speak Of will
revolutiorize your entire nature. Then
you can start ont Oh voyage Of life,
defying beth calm and cyclone, saying
with Dean Afford:
One who has known in storms to sail
have on board;
Above the roaring Of the gale
hear my Lord.
Ec holds me when the billcwS smile;
shall not fall
If short It's sharp, if long it's light;
He tcmpcrs all.