The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-14

IN Nno9Y ana al universities ana all COL
laGSa ToCfGniEs this and . large number Of
thoD who spent their best ysars In STUN
bling about among businesses and oOoupa-
tinnA now trying this and now trying
that and failing IN all, would b able to
20 ahead with definite, decided and ire
mendous purpose. saying, ITO this end
was born"
What Shall Dot
But my subject now mounts into the
momentoua Let me say that you are
made for usefulness and heaven Judge
this from the way you are built. You 60
into shop where there Is only one wheel
turning and that by workman's foot on
treadle, and You say to yourself, Here
Is something good being done, yet on p
small SCALE" but II you go into factory
covering many acres and you find thou
sands Of bands pulling on thousands OF
wheels and shuttios flying and the whole
scene bewildering with activities, driven
by water or steam or electric power, you
conclude that the factory was put up to
do great work and on vast scale. Now,
look at you, and II should find that
you had only one faculty of body, only one
muscle, only one nerve, II you could sec
but not hear, or could hear and not see, II
you had the use of only one foot or one
hand, and, a. to our higher nature, II you
had only one mental faculty and you had
memory but no Judgment, or Judgment
but no will, and If you had a soul with
only one capacity, would say not much
is expected Of you. But stand up, oh,
man anil at 1ork ur,1u u11v In, tho
face. Eyes capable Of seeing everything
Ears capable Of hearing everything. Hands
capable Of grasping everything. Minds
with more wheels than any factory ever
turned, more power than any Corliss On
CINE ever moved. A soul that will outlive
all the universe except heaven, and would
Outlive all heaven II the life Of the other
immortals were moment short Of the
eternal Now, what has the world right
to expect Of youi What has God right
to demand Of your God is the greatest OF
economists In the universe, and he makes
nothing uselessiy, and for what purpose
did he build your body. mind and soul Is
they are builti There are only two beings
In the universe who can answer that ques-
ton. The angels do not know. The schools
do not know. Your kindred cannot GER
tainly know. God knows, and you ought
to know. A factory running at an ex.
pense Of $500, 900 year and turning out
goods worth 70 cents year would not be
such an inoongruity as you, o man, with
such selni-inflnits equipment doing moth
ing, or next to nothing, in the way Of use
fulness "What shall dor" you ask My
brethren, my sisters, do not ask me. Ask
God There's some path Of Christian use.
fulness open. It may DO rough path OF
1t may be smooth path, . long path or q
short path. 1t may be on mount Of con-
spicuity or In valley unobserved, but II
is path on which you can start with such
faith and such satisfaction and such Ger.
tainty that you can cry out In the face Of
earth and hell and heaven. ITO this end
was born.
Act at Once.
Do not wait for extraordinary qualifloa-
tions. Philip, the conqueror, gained his
greatest victories seated on mule, and II |
you wait for some caparisoned Buceph. |
alus to ride into the conflict you will |
never get into the worldwide fight at all |
. Samson slew the Lords enemies with the |
jawbone Of the stupidest beast created |
Shamgar slew 900 Of the Lords enemies |
with an OK goad. Under God spittle cured
the blind mans eyes In the New Testament
story. Take all the faculty you have and
say: 20 Lord, here is what have Show
NO the field and back mo up by omnipo.
tent power Anywhere, anyhow, any time
for God" Two men riding on horseback
came to q trough to water the horses
While tho horses were drinking one Of the
men said to the other few words about
~ 90 - 4 H. |
and In opposite directions But the words
uttered were the salvation Of the one to
whom they were uttered, and he became
the Rev. Mr.. Champion, one Of the most
distinguished missionaries In heather
lands, for years wondering who did for
him the Christian kindness, and not find
ing out until In bundle of books sent
him to Africa he found the biography Of
Brainerd Taylor and picture Of him, and
the missionary recognized the face in that
book as the man who at the watering
trough for horses had said the thing that
saved his soul. What opportunities you
have had In the past What opportuni-
ties you have nowl What opportunities
you will have IN the days to oomei Put
on your hat, o woman, this afternoon
and go and comfort that young mother
who lost her babe last summer Put on
your hat D man, and go over and see that
merchant who was compelled yesterday to
make an assignment and tell him of the
everlasting riches remaining for all those
who serve the Lord. Can you sing2 Go
and sing for that man who cannot got
we'll, and you will help him into heaven
Let it be your brain, your tongue, your
eyes. your ears, your heart, your lungs
your hand, your feet, your body, your
mind. your soul, your life your time
your eternity for God, feeling in your
soul, ITO this end was born
1t may be helpful If recite my own ex
perience In this regard. started for the
law without asking any divine direction
I consulted my own tastes. liked law
yers and courtrooms and judges and juries
and reveled In hearing the Frelinghuysens
and the Bradleys Of the New Jersey bar.
and as assistant of the county clerk, at 1f
years Of age. searched titles, naturalized
foreigners. recorded deeds, received the
confession Of judgments, swore witnesses
and juries and grand juries, but after
awhile felt call to the gospel ministry
and entered 1t, and felt some satisfaction
In the work; but one summer, when
WAS restln8 Nv onArOH springs anu WHO
seated In the park of that village, said to
myself, III ! have an especial work to do
in the world, ought to find 1t out now"
and with that determination prayed as
I had never before prayed, and got the d.
vine direction, and wrote 1t down in my
book, and saw my life
work then as plainly as see 1t now. Oh,
do not be satisfied with general direotionsl
Get specific direcAons. Do not shoot at
random. Take aim and fire. Concentrate.
'ssuccess In battle came from his
theory Of breaking through the enemy's
ranks at one point, not trying to meet tho
whole line of the enemy's force by sim
liar force. One reason why he lost Water {
loo was because he did not work his usual
theory and spread his force out over
wide range. o Christian man, D Chris.
Ian woman, break through somewhere !
Not general engagement for God but
particular engagement, and made In an
'wer to prayer If there arc sixteen hun. e
!red million people in the world, then !,
here are sixteen hundred million different
to fulfill, different styles Of work
% do, different orbits In which to revolve, Q
md II you do not get the divine direction !
here are at least fifteen hundred and !
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