The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12

Rev. w. a. Major Declares That
Room II Not All at the Top.

AT TIE second Presbyterian church last
night Rev. W A. Major preached the doc
;rine that while there Is always room AZ
the top. there Is also room a, the bottom,
ana that success may be gained there as
Wei as IN loftier positions. The subject
OF the sermon was. In the Nick Of Time. -
and the text: And all men OF Israe, when
they saw the man fled from him and were
sore afraid" /. Samuel, Xvii. "a In speak
ing OF neglected opportunities Mr. Major
said
There are many In the world who are
afraid that their talents will never be APP
lre Pre-. Tha, time spent In preparation
VIII be- lost. That the trials OF discipline
are too severe for what is offered. But
/ am a believer In the truth that no good
discipline is ever thrown away. That at
some time the dewaTds Of diligence VIII
be given. and that IN the nick OF time We
will fit In. and become q part of God 3
work OF progress
Christ was always interested In youth
The formative period caught his keen in
terest. He knew that manhood becomes
set, and Ike seasoned wood cannot BE- bent.
without breaking Buoyans youth was to
him as clay In the hands OF the potter. TO
be fashioned at Will
Il believe In a liberal education for every
one, in having every youth think and act
for himself. but above all. that he should
get ready for service God Will surely
give him 10 DO II he Is worthy. Most OF
us have mistaken life's object. when We
Top There Is wide room at the bottom.
Since most men must of necessity stay at
the bottom. men and women should be pre-
pared TO succeed there.
Most men are content TO he led They
trust III others. They COVER In the pres
ence Of their supposed superiors. God
wanted you here. or you would not have
been born. Then III yourselves FOR some Of
the important positions which await you
Solomon has told us the result of< negii-
gence which often comes. because We do
"A % N n vs..
mission. If the iron be blunt and he do
not whet the edge. then mus, he put TO
mere strength Multitudes are cutting
away without edge. and their strength IS
exhausted. Mutitudes DO not know how.
These become the instruments in the hands
OF the skilled against themselves.
There Is no such discipline as that which
comes through Z religious experience. Re
ltgion Will guide the instrument of the
nina. There is 10 TING for sowing wild
OATS. An oat crop sown in profiieocy. never
spirits. heyday. castles. dreams are part
% youth and not In themselves sins
But IL your aim Is lofty there Is room
az the top. No man has mortgage on
choice. today. Is second class. ordinary to-
morrow The wheel OF progress goes
round. Il turns something new continually
10 the diligent. Superior merit VIII I'm time
dispiace any man PAU has said pgohpe-
Giles shall fall. tongues saall cease knowl-
edge shall vanish away. II today's genera
ton Is aspiring It viii find AN absolutely
new field OF action
providence wants you skilled Cor the
future, and II YOU throw yourself intensely
into hfe's responsibilities you VIII liz into
a cause. a plan. victory as truly az Lin
coin, with the emancipation procla ton +.
as Dewey al Manila who knew not In his
preparation that he would ever fire 4 gun:
as David before Goliath who had NOT
thought of giants when he grew skilled
IN the Use Of the sling: as Saul chosen
from the quiet pace 10 Ice king Of Israel"