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

marble before he takes up the crayor
or the ohisel. The architect plane ou
the entire structure before he ORDER
the workmen TO begin, and though
there may for long while soon to b,
nothing but laundering and rudeness,
he has in his mind every Corinthiau
wreath and Gothic arch and BY san tine
capital. The poet arrsngcs the entire
plot before he begins to chime the frs,
canto of tingling rhythms. And yet
strange to say, there arc men who ~
tempt 10 build their character without
knowing whether in tho end 1t shall
be rude Tartar's tent or st. Marks
of Vince mon who begin to write
tho intricate poem of their lives
without knowing whether IL shall Be
q Homers Odyssey" or q rhymsxsrd
botch. Nine hundred and ninsty-nine
men out of 1000 are living without any
great life-plot. Booted and spurrsd
and plumed, and urging their swifs
courser In the hottest haste, I ask.
Halo! man, whistler away" Rush
into the busy shop or store Of many .
one, and, taking the plane out OF this
mans hand, or laying down the yard
stick, say: What, man, is all this
about, SO much stir and sweat?" The
reply will stumble and break down be-
tween teeth and lips. Every days
duty ought only to DO the filing up Of
the main plan of existence. Let
men be consistent II they pre-
fer misdeeds to correct courses
of action then let them draw
out the design of knavery
and cruelty and plumber. Let every
days falsehood and wrong-doing DO
added As coloring to the picture. Let
bloody deeds red-stripe the picture,
and the clouds of a wrathful God hang
down heavily over the canvas, ready
to break out in clamorous tempest.
Let the waters be chafed and froth-
tangled, and green with immeasurable
depths. Then take torch of burn
ing pitch and scorch into the frame the
right name for 1.-THE souls suicide.
If one entering upon sinfnl directions
would only, in his mind or on paper,
draw out In awful realty this dreadful
future, he would recoil from it and
say: 'Am l a Dante, that by my own
life should write anotherInfernal?'"
Many years ago word came to me
that two imposters, as temperance
lecturers, had been speaking in Ohio,
in various places, and giving their ex-
perience, and they told their audience
that they had long been intimate with
me, and had become drunkards by
dining at my table, where always had
liquors of all sorts. Indignant to the
last degree, | went down to the chief
of Brooklyn police, saying that was
going to start that night for Ohio to
have the villains arrested, and l want
ed him to tell me how to make the ar
rest. He smiled and said: do not
waste your time by chasing these men.
GO home and do your work and they
can do you no harm" l took his coun-
sci, and all was well. Long ago made
up my mind that if one will put his
trust in God and be faithful to duty,
he need not fear any evil. Have God
on your side, young man, and all the
forces of earth and hell can
do you no damage.
You may now have enough strength
of character TO rcpel the various
to gross wickedness which
assail you, but l do not know in what
strait you may be thrust at some
future time. Nothing short of the
grace of the cross may then be able &c
deliver you from the lions. You are
not meeker than Moses, not holier
than David, nor moie patient than
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slider yourself invulnerable. You may
have some weak point of character
that you have never discovered, and in
some hour when you are unsuspecting
The Philistines will be upon thee, Sam
son. Trust not in your good habits, or
your early training, or your pride of
character; nothing short of the arm Of
Almighty God will be sufficient to up
hold you. You look forward TO the
Cheer uP will
tell you how you may mako
! fortune. Seek first the King
iom of God and His righteous
ness, and all other things shall 10
added unto you" / know you do not
want to be mean in this matter. Give
God the freshness of your life. You
will not have the heart to drink down
The trimming cup Of life and then pour
The dregs on Gods altlr. To Saviour
10 infinitely generous you have not
he heart to act like that. That Ia
lot brave, that is not honorn-
BILE, that is not manly. Your
greatest want in all the world is
/ new heart. In Gods name. / tell
you. And the blessed spirit presses
the solemnities and privileges
If this holy hour. Put the cup of life
eternal to your thirsty lips. Thrust it
,ot back. Mercy offers it; bleeding
mercy, long-suffering mercy. Reject
LII other friendships, be ungrateful
Tor all other kindness, prove recreant
10 all other bargains, but to despise
Gods love for your immortal soul-do
not do that.
/ would like TO see some of you this
hour press out the ranks of the world
and lay your conquered spirit at the
feet Of Jesus. This hour is no wan
iering vagabond staggering over the
earth; it is n winged messenger of the
skies whispering mercy to thy soul