The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-02-09

From the time they heard you say that, |
they accelerated their steps on the
downward road. In ten years they
will be through with their designations,
and pass into the Great Beyond. That
little talk of yours decided their des-
for this world aud the next. You
had an opportunity thai You misim-
proved, and how will you feel when
Won confront those two immortals in
the last Judgment AMI they tell you of
that unfortunate talk Of yours that
lgny them Over the precipice?
The day | left oar country homo to
look after myself, we rode across the
country, and my father was driving.
OF course ] said nothiAg that implied
how | felt. but there are hundreds OF
men here, who from their own expert
ence know how | felt.) At such a time
q young man may be hopeful and even
inpatient, but to leave the homestead
where everything has been done for
Won; your father or older brother TAX.
ing your part when you were imposed
on by larger boys; and your mother al
ways around, when you got cold, with
mustard applications for the chest, or
herb tea to make you sweat of the
fever, and sweet mixtures in the cup
by the bed to stop the cough, taking
sometimes too much of 1t because
il was pleasant to take; and then
10 go ont with no one to stand between
you and the world, gives one q choking
sensation at the throat, aud a homo
sickness before you have got three
miles away from the old folks There
was on the day I spoke of q 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, and
when times of hardship came how Prov.
idence had always provided the Q
of livelihood for the large household;
and he wound up by saying: Dewitt,
l rave always found it safe to trust
the Lord" My father has been dead
thirty years, but in all the crises OF
my life-and there have been many
of them-I have felt the mighty boost
of that lesson in the farm wagon:
Dewitt. l have always found II
safe to trust the Lord" The fact
was. my father saw that was his oppor-
tunity, and he improved 1t. This is q
reason why / am an enthusiastic friend
of all Young Mems Christian associa.
tions. They get hold of so many young
men just arriving In the city, and while
they are very impressionable, and 1t Is
the best opportunity. Start that inuo-
cent younr man in the right direction.
Six weeks after will be too late. Tell
me what such a young man docs with
his first six weeks in the great city,
aud l will tell you what he will be
throughout his life on earth, and where
he will spend the ages Of eternity.
Opportunity.
W. all recognize that commercial and
literary and political successes depend
upon taking advantage Of opportunity.
The great surgeons Of England feared
to touch the IN of King George Nv.
Sir Ashley Cooper looked at it and said
to the king: II will cut your majesty
as though you were q p~low:uan." That
was Sir Astley's opportunity. Lord
Olive was his fathers dismay, climbing
church stceples and doing reckless
things. His father sent him to Madras,
India, rs a 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 hat saved Iudia for
England. That was Lord Olives OPP
portupity. Pauline Lucca. the almost
matchlcss singer, was but little recog-
nized until in the absence Of the solo.
list in the German choir she took her
place and began the cnchautnent Of
the world. That day was Lucca's OPP
portunity. John Scott, who afterward
became Lord Eldon, had stumbled his
way along the practice Of law until the
case Of Ackroyd Us. Smith ,on was 70
be tried, and his speech that day opened
| all of success. That was Lord
Eldon's opportunity. William Il. 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 q right to
the presidential chair, II the meanness
Of American politics had not swindled
him put of 1t. The day when his father
told him to fight his own way vas
William II. Stewards opportunity. John
Henry Newman, beoalmed q whole
week In an orange boat in the strait of
Bonifacio, wrote his immortal hymn,
Lead Kindly Light" That wa John
Henry Newman's opportunity. You
know Kirk Whites Immortal hymn,
when Marshallcd on the Nightly
Plain" He wrote it in q boat by q
lantern on a stormy night as he was
sailing about o 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
tor Of usefuinessp The difference of
usefulness of good men and women is
not so much the difference in brain, or
social position, or weilth. but in equip
ment Of Christian common ens to
know just the time to say the right
word or do the right thing. There are
good people who Gun always be do
pended on to say the right thing at the
wrong time. Do not rush up to o man
in the busiest part Of the day. and
when u half dozen people IN waiting
for him. aud ask, show 10 your soul?"
But there are plenty of ct occasions
1t is interesting o SOC tho sportsman.
gun in hand and pouch ut side, ind &C
compan;ed by the hounds yelping down
the road, OF on q hunting expedition.
but the bost hunters In this world are
those who hunt for opportunities to do
good, and the game Is something to
gladden. earth and heaven. will
point out some Of the opportunities,
When q soul is In bereavement il 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 u a is sick Is the best time
to talk TO him about the supernatural
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