The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-25

ala He build your body mina p
~ tlev are built? There are only
100 beings In the universe VINO can
answer that question. The angels 90
know. The schools do not know
kindred cannot certainly kno"
God knows, and you ought to kno"
4 factory running at an expense =
s.00.800 a wear and turning out GOODS
worth 10 cents a year would not pe
sucb an incongruity as you, y man
,yitb such semi-inhnite equipment 90
rotbing. or next to nothing in the
49, ~ usefulness. what shall doY
yo1 AL. Nv brethren, my sisters do
not ask me. Ask God. There some
na1b Of Christian usefulness open. II
NAV be a rough path or i may pc 2
smooth path, a long path or a SNORT
uatb. il may be on the mount OF con
spiciity or in The valley unoDserKed
hut It IS a path on which you can start
with such faith and such ~saustaenon
and such certainty that you can cry
out in the face of earth and nell ana
heaven; "To this end was ] born.
Do not wait for extraordinary quail
fcations. Philip, the conqueror, gained
his greatest victories seated on a mule
and IL YOU wait for some caparisoned
-BucephaIus to ride into the conflict you
win never get into the worldwide fight
at ALL Samson slew the Lord en-
smies with the iawbone OF the stupid
EST beast created. Shamgar slew $50
Of the Lords enemies with an OK goad.
Under God spittle cured the bind
mans eyes in the New Testament story,
Take an the faculty you have and say:
20 Lord. here is what / hayel Show
me the field. and back me up by omaipo-
tent power. Anywhere, anyhow, any
time for Cod
It may be helpful if / recite my own
experience in this regard, started
fc1 the law without asking any divine
direction. ] consulted my tastes.
I liked lawyers and courtrooms and
mdoes and iuries, andreveled in hearing
The Frelinghuysens and the Bradley'
Of The New Jersey bar, and as assistant
oi the county clerk, at 16 years OF age
[ searched titles, n|atura1ized foreign
ers, recorded aeeds' Eeoe'.eu sno ~
fession OF judgments s"ore $3.50"
and jurles n grand @uIles' w
awhile 1 felt a call to the gospel minis
try and entered it, and felt some salts
faction IN the work; but one summei
when was resting al oharon 2Piins
ard while stated IN pa4ko sla
aga said myselt; Al nave ah n
/. peeial wofA to 90 IN the W9Ilo'
! II ind y ont ApW' z WIN SNo1 y
termination prayed as'l hao heFs! rs
] fore prayed and got the divine olIes
! ton, and wrote i downth my menloLal
! dunn book, and saw my NE worn 'He
as plainly as 4 u.s. y hV" ~ ~ u
tie satisfied With3general aiFecllohs
! Get specific directions DO nor snoS
/ at random Fake alm ana Col
centrate. NaPoleon,s success Y NY
+ came from bis theory OF ofeahii'
through the enemys ranks at OF
, point, not trying to meet me Whoie III
. Of the enemy's force Ply q similar orc
One reason why he lost waterloo W.
because he did not work ms usuol III
DRY and spread his force over
wide range, o Christian man . Chri
\ tiau woman, break through som
7 where! Not a general engagement i
n God, but a particular engagement al
made in answer to prayer IT there a
y .6OO,0O0000 people in the world, tn
there are 1900, 100000 different missio
~ t, fulfill, different styles Of work to
different orbits in which to revolve. a
= IL you do not get the divine dtrecti
Us there are at least 1899, 100000 possth
lS tiles that you viii make a mistake.
your knees before God get the matt
lu settled so that you can firmly say: -
VI this end was I born"
m And now l came to the climate
Sc, consideration. AS near as can t.