Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-17
WORK WITH 4 HEART.
AN ESSENTIAL PLANK" EETHUSl.
Assn BREEDS ENTHUSIASM.

The Fourth Of the New York HeraId'.
Competitive Sermons l. on -Enthus-
iasm." and the Author T. william q.
Cassard, Chaplain al Fortress Monroe.
TIKI: Whatsoever thy hand flndeth to
do, do It with thy might. "-Eecles., tx, 10.
solomon in this text gives Us one very
essential plank In the platform Of success.
IL is not enough that We should ind work.
but TO this must be added the quality Of
intense enthusiasm la it, performance.
Enthusiasm is al once the proof OF sin
certify and the advance guard Of victory.
There are two ways Of wOrking-As a hire
ling and as ar enthusiast. The hireling
gets through with his work and Is glad
he Is done. SO Is his employer. The en-
thusiast does his work, finds happiness and
profit and further and morn remuneratiye
employment. | sat at my window watch
ing boy shOyeling coal into the cellar.
His steps were toilsome and slow, his coun-
tenance detected in the extreme; he APP
peared to be almost sick. left the win
dow TO escape painful sight.
An hour later / crossed a nearby vacant
lot and found the street gamiu engaged in
game of baseball. Jones at the, bati'
shouted the umpire" Jones stepped out
with lordly mien and seized the hat, eager
for the fray. How he did hang the ball!
How he did run the Eases, / was quite as
founded To discover in Jones, the hero Of
the ball field, my erstwhie martyr Of the
coal pile! At putting away coal he was q
dismal failure; at playing baseball he was
first choice on a scrub nine. At the one he
was the hireling, at the other the enthusi-
asst. The cOnquerOr, the discoverer, the
inventor, the great leader OF men have all
been enthusiasts. They have blazed the
pathway of triumph along the march of
ages and mediocrity has CLEANED after
them.
Enthusiasm Is not permitted to work in
isolation, but begeis enthusiasm, cOmpels
a hearing, secures a constituency. 4 one
armed newsbOy in Baltimore is an ten
thusiastic paper seller. He has the first
morning edition and the last evening
extra" Workmen hurrying to their
work buy papers as they return bis CHEEKY,
business-like greeting while the tired mer-
chant on his homewHrd way ut evening is a
willing investor in the wares of this en-
thuSidstic little news agent. The spirit OF
that boy is the pledge Of hi future success.
Men do not need opportunity so much as
opportunity needs men. An enthusiastic
quest will discover countless oppOrtuni-
ties. This continent waited through un-
known centuries for Columbus. \ mate
rial world with resources little more than
dreamed of awaits the coming of countless
enthusiastic Senrchers, who will pre-empt
their rich claims. The spiritual world
awaits the coming of the enthusiastic
church. The Divine teacher has shown the
way. life OF righteousness, faith and sac
rHce will win Victories and receive a crown.
There is one point ut which we must
watch. Enthusiasm must not be con-
founded with the mere effervescence Of
spirit aroused by Il passing novelty. Some
really brilliant men waste all their energies
in running after some new thing only to
lose interest when the newness is gone.
True enthusiasm is II great purpose per
sistently, earnestly and intelligently ad-
hered to. and AS such has been and will
continue to be conquering force in what
ever field its activities may be employed.
WILLIAM q. CAssARp.
Chaplain L. s. Navy. Fortress Monroe, Va.