Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-02-09

Of so many young men inst arriving
IN the city and while they are very i'm.
questionable, and il is the best opror.
tunity. Why. hcw big the houses looked
10 us as we first entered the great city,
and so many peoplel II seemed some
meeting mus. have inst closed 10 fill the
streets in that way. ard then the big
plaoards announcing all styles Of amuse.
mepts and so many Of them on the same
night and every night, after our hoy.
hood had been spent in regions whers
only once or twice in a whole year there
had been an entertainment in school
house or church. That is the opportuni
". Start that innocent young 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. and | will tell you what hC
will be throughout his life ON earth and
where he will spend the ages of eterni
ty. Opportunity
Great Opportunities.
We all recognize that commercial ant
literary and political successes depend
npon taking advantage Of opportunity.
The great surgeons Of England feared
TO touch the tumor Of King George ".
Sir Ashley Cooper looked ut il and said
10 tho king, II will cnt your majesty
rs though you We're n plowman. Thai
was Sir Astley's opportunity. Lord
Give was his fathers dismay. climbing
church steeples and doing reckless
things His father sent him to Madras.
India, rs a clerk in the service OF or
English officer. Give watched his time.
and when war broke out came to he the
chief Of the host that saved India for
England. That was Lord Gives oppor.
tunity. Pauline Lucca. the almost
matchlcss singer. was but little recog.
nized until in the absence II the SOLOS,
in the German choir she took her place
and began the enchantment OF the
world. That day was Lucca's opportuni.
". John Scott. who afterward became
Lord Eldon. had stumbled his way
along in the practice Of law until the
case Of Ackroyd versus Smithson was
TO be tried. and his speech that day
opened all avenues Of success. That was
Lord Eldon's opportunity
William II. Seward was given by his
father 81. 900 to get collegiate educa-
ton. That money soon gone, his father
said. Now you must fight your own
way. and he did. until gubernatorial
chair and United States senatorial chair
were his. with a right to the presiden-
tial chair if the meanness Of American
politics had not swindled him out OF IL
The day when his father told him to
fight his own way was William II.
Stewards opportunity. John Henry
Newman. becalmed whole week in an
orange boat in the strait Of Bonifacio.
wrote his immortal hymn, Lead. Kind
ly Light" That was John Henry New.
mans opportunity. You know Kirk
Whites immortal hymn. when Mar.
shaded on the Nightly Plain" He wrote
il in a boat by a lantern on stormy
night ms he was sailing along a rocky
coast That was Kirk Whites oppor.
tunitv.
The importance Of making the most
Of opportunities rs they present them.
selves is acknowledged in all other di.
rections Why not in the matter Of use.
fulness? Tho difference Of usefulness 81
good men and women is not so much
tho difference in brain or social position
or wealth. but in equipment Of Chris.
tian common sense-to know Just the
time when to say the right word or dc
the right thing. There are good people
who can always be depended on to say
the right thing at the wrong time. A
merchant selling goods over the counter
60 willy customer who would like TO
get them nc less than cost. the railroad
conductor while taking mp the tickets
from passengers who want TO work of
last years free pass or get through nj
half rate child fully grown. kouse.
keeper trying TO get the table ready in
time for guests. although the oven has
failed TO do its work and the grocer has
neglected 20 fulfll the order given him
those are not opportunities for reli.
gious address Do not rush up TO r.an
IN the busiest part Of the day and when
n half dozen people are waiting for him
and ask. How is your soul?'
Re on the Watch.
But there are plenty Of fit occasions
II is interesting TO SEQ the sportsman.
gun in hand and pouch ut side and &C.
companied by the hounds yelping down
tho road. off on hunting expedition. bu,
the best hunters in this world are those
who hunt for opportunities 10 do good.
and the game is something to gladden.
earth and heaven. Twill point ont some
OF the opportunities. When a soul is in
bereavement is tho best time 10 talk OF
gospel consolation and heavenly reunion.
When man has lost his property Is
the best time TO talk 70 him of heavenly
inheritances that can never be levied on.
When one is sick is the best time "a
talk to him about the supernatural lati.
tude in which unhealth Is an impossi.
bility. When the Holy Spirit is moving
on n community is the best time TO tell
a man no ought to be saved. BY word.
by smile, by look, by a prayer, the
work may DO so thoroughly done tina,
all eternity cannot undo it, As the harr
was invented from hearing the twang
of bowstring. as the law OF gravita.
ton was suggested by the fall OF an ap.
pie. as tho order in India for the use Of
a creased cartridge started the mutiny
Of 1857. which appalled, the nations. SC
something insignificant may open the
door for great results Be on the watch.
ha ulaArnoc h. -
ror, hut il will be an opportunity.
4 city missionary in tho lower parts
Of the city found a young woman in
wretchedness and sin. He said. why
do you not go homer" She said. They
would not receive me at home He
said. What is your fathers name. and
where does he live?" Having obtained
the address and written 10 the father,
the city missionary got reply. on the
outside OF the letter the word ''imme.
diate" UNDERSIGNED. II was the heart.
lest possible invitation for the wandereI
TO come home That was the city mis-.
sionary's opportunity. And there are
opportunities all about you. and on
them, written by the hand Of tho God
who will bless you and bless those
whom yon help, in capitals of light the
word Immediate.
Behind Time.
\ military officer very profano in his
habits was going down into mine al
Cornwall, England, with a Christian
miner. for many Of those miners are
Christians The officer used profanc Ian
guage while in the cage going down.
As they We're coming mp out Of the mine
tin nrnfane officer snid. III il he so fnr