The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-02-07

courcn sseeplee and doing reckless thinRs
HIS fashes sent him 10 Madras, India, as
fciers In the service OF IN English Officer
Give watched bis tine, and when war brnk,
out came 70 be the chief OF the host tina,
ssved India for England. That vas lord
C1vet opportunity. Pauline Lncca. The
amos mssohless singer, was but little reoog
nized until In the absence Of the soloist n
tne 0errnun choir she took her place and be-
gan the enchantment Of the world. rhat da,
was Luccas opportunity. John Scott. who
aiterward became Lord Eldon. had stumbled
hfs way along In the practice OF law until tbe
case OF Ackroyd versus Smithson was 10 be
tried, and his speech that day opened ali ave.
| portunity
William II. Seward was given by his father
$1,000 TO got collegiate education. That
money soon gone. his father said, Now you
must tight your own way," and he did. un-
tu guoernatorial chair and United States
Senrorial chair we're his, with q right 20 the
Presidential chair II the mennness of Ameri-
can politics had not swindled him out OF II.
Inc DAY when hla father told him 20 nrht HIS
own way was William II. Stewards oDpor-
tunity. John Henry Newman. hecalmed a
whole week In an orange boat IN the Strait Of
Boniiacio. wrote his immortal hymn. IL cad.
Kindly Light" That was John Henry New,
mans opportunity. You know Kirk Whites
Immortal bymp, "when Marshaled ON tbe
Nightly Plain" He wrote IL In a boat by n
lantern on u stormy night as ho was sailing
along rocky coast. That was Kirk Whites
| opportunity.
The importance Of making the mos, i. on
portuniues as they present themselves Is a,,-
knowledged I'm all .other directions. WHY
not in the matter Of usefuless? The differ
ence OF usefulness OF good men aud women
| Is not so much the difference IN brain or So
cial position or wealth. but In equipment of
lnrlsuan common sense--tO know lust the
time when 10 say the right word or DO the
right thing. There are good people who can
always be- depended on 20 say tho RIGHT
thlny nt the wrong time. merchant selling
goSus over the couner TO willy customer
who would like 20 get them ut less than cost,
tne railroad conductor while taking nm tho
tickets from passengers who want to work of
ihst year Tree pass or get through az half
rate child fully grown, a housekeepcr try
ing to get the table ready In time for guests.
aithough the oven has neglected 30 fullll the
., ytuer gwen h'm-those are not opporuni-
aes Tor religious address. Do not rush M 10
man IN the busiest part Of the day and when
nali dozen people are waiting for him and
ask, How is your soul2"
But there are plenty Of ilt occasions II is
interesting TO see the sportsman, rnn In
hand and pouch at side and accompanied by
the hounds yelping down the road. off on
hunting expedition, but the best hunters An
this world ara those who hunt for oppor-
tunities TO do good. and the gnme is some
thing 70 gladden. earth and heaven. | will
point out some Of the opportunities. When
soul IL IN bereavement IA the best time 10
t1lk OF gospel consolation and heavenly ~
union. When man has lost his proparty "a
the best time TO talk 10 him Of heavenly in
heritance that can never be levied on. When
one II sick Is the best time to tnlk to him
about the supernatural latitude In which un-
health " an lmpossbility. when the Holy
spirit IL moving on community Is the best
fine To tpll n Ia ,u.,i, &, l..
& word. by smile by look, By a prnvsr.
the work may be thoroughly done that ali
eternity cannot undo IL As the harp was
invented from hearing the twanc Of a bow
string, "a the law OF gravtation was suc-
Sested by the fall Of AN apple ne the order
IN India Tor the use Of creased cartridge
started the mutiny Of 1857. which appalled,
the Nations, 80 something insignificant may
open the door for great results. Bo on the
watch. IL may be gladness, Il may be q
horror, but it will be an opportunity.
A city missionary In the lower parts of the
city found young woman In wretchedness
and sin. he said, "Why DO you not 20
homeI' She said. They would not receive
me at home" lie said, what Is your
lathers name, and where does he liye?"
Having obtained the address and written TO
the father, the city missionary got a reply.
on the outside OF the letter the word 'imme-
diate underscored. II was the hearriest
possible invitation for the wanderer 20 come
home. That was the city missionary's op-
portunity. And there are opportunities all
about you, and on them. written by the hand
OF the God who will bless you and bless
those whom you help, In capitals of light the
word Immediate.
military officer very profane in his hab-
It's was going down into a mine at Cornwall.
England, with a Christian miner for many
OF those miners are Christians. The ofic.r
used proiane language while in the cage go
ing down. As they were coming up out Of
the mine the profane officer said. III Il be so !
lar down 70 your work, how much farther
would 1t be 10 the bottomlass pitt" The !
Christian miner responded, IL do not know !
how far II Is down 10 that place. but II this |
rope should break you would be there In n |
minute 1t was the Christian miners op- !
po1unity. Many years ago clergyman was |
on sloop on our Hudson River. and hearing |
a man utter blasphemy the clergyman said, |
You have spoken against my best friend. !
Jesus Christ. Sgven years after this same
clergyman was on his way TO the general as |
sembly of the Presbyterian Church at Phila- |
delphia, when young minister addressed |
him pnd asked him II he was not on a sloop |
on the Hudson River seven years baforey /
The reply was in the affirmative. We'll" |
said the young minister, Il was the man |
whom you corrected for uttering that oath.
II led me 70 think and repent and | am try
lug 20 atone somewhat for my early behavior. !
am preacher OF the gospel and delegate
TO the general assembly, Seven years be- |
fore on that Hudson River sloop was the |
clergyman's opportunity.
stand this minute in the presence OF many
heads OF families. | wonder II they all real |
ize that the opportunity for influencing the
for Christ and heaven Is very brief
ana viii soon be gomez Forawhile the house
IS full OF the voices and footsteps of children.
You sometimes feel that you can hardly staad |
the racket. You say DO be quiet Ii seems
as II my head would split with all this noise.
And things get broken and ruined. and il is.
Where's my hat" "Who took my books"
who has been busy with my playthingsY
And II is a-rushing this way, and a-rushine
that, until father and mother aro well nigh
beside themselves.
IL IL astonishing how much noise Ave or six
children can make and not half try But the
years glide swiftly away. Alter awhile the
voices are not so many, and those which stay
are more scdate. First this room gets quiet
and then that room, Death takes some.
and marriage take other-, until after awhile
the house is awfully still That man wonder I