Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-18
AVOIDING SHOALS.
SECRET or SUCCESSFUL LIVES
PURPOSE AND PERSEVERANCE.

"Four Anchors = the Title nf the Thir-
t~euth sermon Ia the New York
Hersld's Competitive ~erie~-Dr. Tai
mage breaches a sermon to sisters
TEXT; They east four anchors out oftho
stern. Acts xvii, -
The symbolism Of the text g. striking and
suggestive. Many lives have been ship
wrecked for the need ul anchors holding
them Co steadfasUur-~. However deep We
may feel tie waters to Boz through which We
are SAILING, We are often nearer III" shoals
and reels than Is imagined.
The first anchor which should Doe thrown
out h. iixedness of purpose. The inner
most secret of successful lives Is Ia the
concentration Of power along certain de-
finite lines. Paul saw, This one thing |
do, and the world will ever do him rev
erence. DR.. Hudson IaN Tor says, This
one thing / DO. and China r. opened a.
never before to higher ideals aud larger
visions OF life. The Earl of Shaitesbury
says, This one thing / do, and he goes
down To the HolbOrn Niadurt, IN London,
and the b0Othacks aui hu"k-terS and
street arabs and -coSteruuugrr, are trans
formed. The great names iu art, IN science.
in philosophy and iu finance are always
Identified with pain and purpose. Lille l.
power, but power undrrrtcd Is lost. ONLY
constant striking on the same spot makes
an impression. Purpose connects and
uniNeS our months and years and makes OF
them all but parts of a single whole. Each
day ought 10 Ice ink tempered and
welded into the chain OF completed life.
Three-fourths of mems failures may be
attributed to the lack OF purpose. The
OuSc can scarcely be constructed without
plan: how much less can human life be
fashioned without conception OF what
ii will be when finished2 Plan must pre,e1e
construction; the ideal before the realiza-
ton, the purpose before the accomplish
ment. only the man who aims will strike
the mark. Turn your life into a definite
channel; let 1t not cover too much terri
tory. for it is the deeply flowing stream
which cuts away the Instructions and at
last reaches the sea, while the stream
which spreads itself in shallowness goes
silently into the swamp-lInd and its lfe
is ended The analysis of every completed
life reveals a central point about which
energy and emotion and devotion cluster
themselves.
But purpose to exert it. influence must
be accompanied by perseverance. so east
out the second anchor. Here Is a vast dif-
ference between the aim and the accom-
pishmCut. Perseverance j. the bending
ofthe bow to send the shaft AT the target.
and the bow is the will II will fight it
ont on this line if it takes all summer"
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