The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-11-18

dictionary, or your DR.. Dicks Didactic
Theology, saying: For this end was l
born" There are children who early
develop natural afIinities for certain
styles Of work. When the father OF
the astronomer Forbes was going to
London, he asked his children what
present he should bring each one OIL
them. The boy who was to be an as
tronomer cried out, Bring me tele-
scope" y
DO you wait for extraordinary quail
fcations. Philip, the conqueror, gained
his greatest victories seated on mule
and If you wait for some caparisoned
Bucephalus to ride into the conflict you
Will never get into the worldwide hight
at all. Samson slew the Lords enc
mics with the jaw-bone of the stupi-
dest beast created Shamgar slew 6OO
Of the Lords enemies with an ox-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 l
have, show me the field and back me
up by omnipotent power Anywhere,
anyhow, any time for God" Two men
riding on horseback came to a trough
to water the horses. While the horses
were drinking, one of the men said to
the other few words about the value
of the soul, then they rode away, and
in opposite directions. But the words
uttered were the salvation Of the one
to whom they were uttered, and he be-
came the Rev. Mr.. Champion, one OF
the most distinguished missionaries in
heather lands for years wondering
who did for him the Christian kind
ness, and not finding out until in
bundle Of books sent him to Africa he
found the biography of Brainerd Tay-
lor and picture of him, and the mis-
sionary 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 opportuni-
ties you have had in the past! What
opportunities you have now! What
opportunities you will have in the days
to come! Put on your hat, oh! woman,
this afternoon, and go and comfort
that young mother who lost her babe
last summer. Put on your hat, oh!
man, and go over and see that mer-
chant 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
sing? Go and sing for that man VINO
cannot get well, 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 GOO,
feeling in your soul: "To this end was
l born"
1t may be helpful if 1 recite my own
experience in this regard. started
for the law without asking any divine
direction I consulted my own tastes.
l liked lawyers and courtrooms and
judges and juries, and reveled in hear
ing the Frelinghuysens and the Brad
leys OF the New Jersey bar, and as as
sistant of the county clerk, at sixteen
years of age, l searched titles, natur-
allied foreigners, recorded deeds, re-
ceived the confession of judgments,
swore witnesses and juries and grand
juries. But after a while l felt call
to the gospel ministry and entered it,
or icfo in,
work. But one summer, when l was
resting at Sharon Springs, and while
seated in the park of that village I said
to myself, IF l have an especial work
to do in the world 1 ought to find it
out now" and with that determination
1 prayed as 1 had never before prayed,
and got the divine direction, and wrote
it down in my memorandum book, and
| saw my life work then as plainly as
l see it now. Oh, do not be satisfied
with general directions. Get specific
directions. Do not shoot at random.
Take aim and fire. Concentrate. Ma
poleon's success in battle came from
his theory of breaking through the en-
emy's ranks at one point, not trying to
meet the whole line of the enemy's
force by smaller force. One reason
why he lost Waterloo was because he
did not work his usual theory, and
spread his force out over wide range.
o Christian man, o Christian woman,
break through somewhere. Not a gen.
eral engagement, and made in answer
to prayer. If there are sixteen hundred
million people in the world, then there
are sixteen hundred million diherent
missions to fulfill, different styles OF
work to do, different orbits in winch
to revolve, and if you do not get the
divine direction there are at least fif-
teen hundred and ninety-nine million
possibilities that you will make mis-
take. On your knees before God get
the matter settled so that you can firm
ly say: "To this end was l born"
And now 1 come to the climacteric
AS near as 1 can tell,
you were built for happy eternity, all
the disasters which have happened to
your nature to be overcome by the
blood of the Lamb If you will heartily
accept that Christly arrangement. We
are all rejoiced at the increase in hui
man longevity. People live, as near as l |
,an observe about fen wears longer |