The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-09-22


the Curtain" says:
The busy world shoves angrily aside.
The man who stands with arms akimbo set
Until occasion tell him what 20 do:
And he who waits To have his task marked
out
Shall die. and leave his errand unfulnIled
IL f. the man Who can seize opportunity By
the poc ket end
Thatcan forge his way 20 the front"
NapOleOn's great success lay in his
ability To grasp his opportunity. lie
valued the opportunity. There are
turning points in every life, and the
secret OF living successfully j. in
knowing and valuing these occasions.
There Is motto on Dne of the walls
Of the temple AT DelphuS which reads
Know Thy Opportunity" shake
speare says:
There l. a tide In the Auairs 81 man.
which taken AZ the Hood. leafs on TO fortune
Omitted all the voyage of their life
l. bound In shadows and missrfes.
There j. an hour In each mans life
appointed 10 make his happiness. II
he sieze IL. Opportunities are sacred
things, and God holds VI accountable
for the use we make Of them. They
are holy trusts, given uS for improve
ment.
j know OF no better illuSt ration of
wasted opportunity than H. the case
Of Saul, the first King of Israel. He
came To the throne by the unanimous
consent and request Uf the people: he
had no prejudiceS to1vercome. mo- mis-
government TO undo: he was the ad-
miratiOn of the land for his beauty.
and his lofty bearing. towering head
and shoulders above his fellows. lie
was young and well prepared for his
work, but he failed to realize the true
end Of life, and did not value his op-
/ perfumes, therefore his life was a
failure. The same truth holds good
in the spiritual life a. well n in the
temporal.
our moral decisions deuend upon
the value We place upon our OppOr-
tunitie>. There are those before me
who are just start ing cut la real active
life: let me say tu you that you are
living in an are uf wonderful uppnr-
tunitieS. There i spread out ia front
OF YOU a field of usefulness. which our
forefas hers might have envied. There
Is broad ocean 81 truth lying ia
broad expanse before you, ships are
sailing that ocean, ports are crowded
with vessels inviting YOU to make the |
sail, golden opportunities are present |
ing themselves, how are you going To |
Use themy
This j. the age of young people. |
There i grand work To he done by /
the young man and he Young woman. /
Fields Of usefulness are opening up
all the time calling for the young /
men. Young people, now while you /
are young i your chance to make I
something uf life. II YOU have not /
yet settled the first and most import ]
ant subject. that OF your relation 10 I
your God. now is your opportunity. IL l
Is five hundred times easier for YOU 10 4
accept Christ AT the age uf twenty =
than at the age OF forty. The figures 4
Of the church show that over live hun 4
dred out Of every thousand are con-
verted between the age of ten and 4
twenty years Of age. and only one out 1
Of a Thousand are converted between
sixty and seventy. Know Thy Op-
purtunity.' Some of YOU are getting
along in years. the frost uf many
winters has whitened your head. and
you have let opportunities pass from
you like the playful little child lets
the sand slip through its fingers, and
still you are not saved.
On the wild coasts OF Britain there
are tall and craggy cliffs oyerhanging
the ocean. The people living near by
make their living by gathering the
eggs Of the rock birds. An iron is
fastened to the rock above and "A ropl
is attached by which the adventurer
lowers himself To the ledge of the 4,
rock. \ story is told of a man who on
one occasion found the rock Oyerhang- |
ing 80 much that he had To swing /
10 and fro - as to reach a
fOOthOld. lie succeeded in reaching {
the rock. but in doing - he lost his Z
rope. The rope swung To and fro. its
vibrations becoming less aud less. and
each time more and more distant.
The man reasoned thus with himself:
in little while that rope will be for
ever out Of my reach; il Is nearer now |
than il will be again: / must lay hold ]
of IL or die. 80 saying hc sprang I
Rom the cliff. and a. the rope ap- I
he seized il aud was safe.
Friend out Of Christ you are stand {
ing tonight upon rock Overhanging [