The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-11
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
ENTHUSIASM.

y. Y. Herald Prize Sermou-No. 4.
Whatsoever thy hand fndeth To do. do
II with thy might. -Eccles., ix., 10.
Solomon In this text gives us one very
essential plank in the platform of success
1t Ia not enough that we should nnd
work but to this must be added the
quality Of Intense enthusiasm In Its per-
formancs.
Enthusiasm Ia at once the proof OF
sincerity and the advance Ruard OF VIC
tory. There are two ways OF workinR-as
u hireling and as an enthusiast. The
hireling gets through with his work and
Is glad no is done. So Is his employer.
The enthusiast does his work, finds hap
pness aud profit and further and more
remunerative employment. L sat at NV
window watching boy shovelins coal
into the cellar. His steps we're toilsome
and slow, his oouptenanoe dejectad In the
extreme, he appeared TO be almost sick. i
left the window to escape painful sight.
An hour later / crossed a nearby lot and
found the street Ramin engaged In game
of baseball. "Jones at the bat" shouted
lordlv mien aud seized tho bat eager for
the fray. How he did bang the ball |!
How he did run the bases / was quite
hstounded 10 discover In Jones. the hero OF
tie ball field. my erstwhile martyr OF the
coal pile. At putting away coal he was
a NJ
was first choice on u scrub nine. At the
one he was the hireling. at the other the
enthusiast. The c6nqueror the discoyerer,
tue inventor, the great leader OF men
have all teen enthusiast. They have
blazed the pathway OF triumph along the
march OF ages and msdiocrity has CLEANED
after them.
Enthusiasm is not permitted to work
In isolation. but begets enthusiasm,
compels a hearing, secures oonstitu-
ency. A one-armed rewsboy In Bal
tiInore is an enthusiastic paper seller.
lie has the first morning edition and
the last evening extra" workmeu
hurryins to their WORK buy papers As
they return his CHEEKY, businesslike greet
ing, while the tired merchant on his
hvmsward way at evening 10 willing
investor In the wares of this enthusiastic
little news agent. The spirit of that boy
Is, the pledge of mis- future success.
Men do not need opportunity so much
Ms opportunity needs mon. An enthusi
astio quest will discover countless oppor
.unities. This continent waited through
unknown centuries for Columbus. A
material world with resources little moro
than dreame OF awaits the coming of
countless enthusiastic searchers. who will
pre-empt their rich claims. The spiritual
world awaits the coming of the enthusi-
astic church. The Divine teacher has
shown the way. A life of righteousness,
faith and sacrifice will win victories and
receive crUwb.
There is one point at which we must
watch. Enthusiasm must not be con
founded with the mere effervescence of
spirit aroused by passing novelty. Some
really brilliant men waste all their Gu
ergies in running after some new thing
only TO lose interest when the newness Is
gone.
True enthusiasm Is great purpose
consistently. earnestly ana intellieently
adhered TO, and as such has been and
will continue to be a oonQuerinR force in
whatever held its activities may be en-
ploytd.
WILLIAM @. CASSARD,
Chaplain U. S. Navy, Fortress Monroe,
Va