The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-05

gain the day II he would, sent word
mo, I will not come. Let the boz
win his spurs. for, II God will, I desire
that this day be his with all Ito hon
ora" Young man, Sight your own bat
tic, all through, and you shall have
the victory. Oh, IL IL a battle worth
fighting! Two monarchs Of old fought
q duel, Charles v. and Francis, and
the stakes were Kingdoms. Milan and
Burgundy. You light with sin, and
the stake Is Heaven or hell.
Do NOT get the fatal idea that you
are u genius, and that, therefore,
there is no need Of close application,
1t Is here whore multitudes fail. The
curse of the age Is the geniuses; men
with enormous sclf-conceit and ego
tism, and nothing else. had rather
be an OK than an eagle; plain and
plodding and useful, rather than high
flying and good for nothing bat to
pick out the eyes Of csrcssses. Extra
ordinary capacity without work Is OK
traordinary failure. There is no hope
for that person who begins life re-
solved TO live by his wits, for the proba-
bility is that he has not any. 1t was
not safe for Adam, oven In his unfall-
en- state, to have nothing to do. aud,
therefore, God commanded him to be
fnrmer and horticulturist. He was
to dross tho garden and keep 1t, and
had he and his wife obeysd the divine
injunction and been at work, they
would not have been sauntering under
the trees and hanisering after that
fruit which destroyed them and their
postority; a proof positive for all
nges to come that those who do not 1T
tend to their business are sure to get
into mischief.
do not know that the prodigal in
Scripture would ever have been re-
claimed had he not given up his idle
habits and gone to feeding swine FOR u
living. The devil does not SO often at
tack the man who is busy with the
pen, and the book. and tho trowel, and
the saw and the hammer. He is afraid
of those weapons. But woe to the
man whom this roaring lion meets
with his hands in his pockets.
Do not demand that your toll always
be elegant and clearly and refined.
There is certain amount Of drudgery
through which we must all pass, W hat
ever be our occupation. You know
how men are sentenced to certain
number of years to prison, and after
they have suffered and worked out the
time, then they are allowed to go
free. So it is with all of us. God
passed on us the sentences "By the
of IL a.
bread" We must endure our time of
and then, after awhile, we
will be allowed to go into comparative
liberty. We must be willing to en-
dure the sentence. We all know what
drudgery is connected with the begin
ming OF any trade or professions; but
this does not continue all our lives, IL
it be the students, or the merchants,
or the mechanics life. know you
have Mt the beginning many hard
time, but after awhile these things
will become easy. You will be your
own master. Gods sentence will be
satisticd. You will be discharged from
prison.
Bless God that you have brain to
think, and hands to work, and feet to
walk with, for in your constant activ-
ity, o, young man, is one of your
strongest dcfcnscs. Put your trust in
God and do your best. That child had
1t right when the horses ran away
with the load of wood and he sat on it.
When asked if lie was frightened, he
said: mo, prayed to God and hung
OH like beaver"
Respect for the Sabbath will be to
the young man another preservative
against evil. God has thrust into the
toll and fatigue of life recreative
day, when the soul is especially to be
fed. 1t is no newfangled notion of a
reformer, but an institu-
ton established at the beginning. God
has made natural and moral laws so
harmonious that the body as well as
the soul demands this institution.
Our bodies arc seven-day clocks, that
must be wound up as often as that or
they will run down. Failure must
come sooner or later TO the man who
breaks the Sabbath. Inspiration has
called it the Lords day, and he who
ievotes it to the world is guilty Of rob-
pClys 'oi " III HOJ lcJ Tic Sill 20 un-
punished either in this world or the
world to come.
This is the statement Of a man who
has broken hisDivinc enactment: II
was engaged i'll manufacturing on the
Lehi2h river. On the Sabbath used
to rest, but never regarded God in it.
One beautiful Sabbath when the noise
was all flushed, and the day was all
that lovelincss could make it, sat
down on my piazza, and went to work
nventing new shuttle. l neither
stopped to eat nor drink till the sun
went down. by that time had the in
vention completed. The next morning
| exhibited it, and boosted of my days
work, and was applauded. The shut
tie was tried, and worked we'll, but
that Sabbath days work cost Inc Sso,-
O00 We branched out and enlarged,
and the curse of Heaven was upon me
from that day onward"
While the Divine frown must rest
upon him who tramp!es upon this
statue, Gods special favor will be up
on that young man who scrupulously
observes it. This, day, properly ob.
served. with throw m hallo,y.d ipAu.