The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-27
THE SUNDAY PULPIT
WHAT Is YOUR PTnp.

tHttAti WIT tuGu 20 -t4,r-
| suppose that il | were u.
! hundred people whom | mpr ..
4 this question. What alt...
chiefly in view in your life
portion OF them would ls..
answering. This hesitate.
/, come from the fact that Beer.
Il stranger | had no ri-ht
intrusive question. but f~...
significant fact that they a..
selves know what they wer..
or what they most Of all G.,....
tain.
If we were merely birds o.. Pa.
only lions or tigers in the ft.
forests. we should not Need ,
other Rim than To find a ~,...-
place for the night and to Iiy,. ...
shine all day. The bird has
for reSoning power. because d..
instinct makes it So pleasant
~northward in summer and ~.u...
winter that he mover fails r..
journey. God seems to hay.
everything he needs. and thor.
nothing to ask for. SO the liz.
jungle roam in, hunting rr,.-..
which he is lord and master. and
as 4 hiding place when he is ~...
IS entirely satisfied. is unGi~tr.
dreams Of ambition and ncirhur
nor cares how the rest OF Great.
getting on. His limitations maE.
cOntentmcnt possible.
But a man is Il lion plus n .....
more. And it is that plus uugrt...
which consists his greatness. w..
| have h nature Of the animal. l,.
nave something besides. When v.
q man, ana we sometimes do S.,
who Is Il tiger in his business fran.
tons, who takes everything within r
no mater to who it belongs. who's
lSfled If he is himself comfortaII. .
cares nothing for the comfort nr
rights OF others. We condemn him r.
the same quick impulse with which .
throw 4 stone n Il snake. This cuna.
nation of what the man is is our rIr..
Sclous tribute TO what he might hr ..
what he ought to be. The ideal Ir.
IN Il thoughts all the time. and thar
what puts Il bridgcleSs chaSm bctvcru
and the brutcs. There is a park in
which IA bccn taken from the alr4r
God. 1t is possible for us to be mar.
animals, and also g~IoriouSly possible
be archangcls. yet archangclS who w..
Tor wages. who weep yer graves. "a.
struggle with misfortune. The lion iuu.
along a line parallel with the earth. D..
look along Il line that has a star
the other end of it.
The question, What is your purno.o
lfe:' IS therefore i pertinent n
You were to meet the captain of a uulI
vessel III mid-occan and should hail bin
with your Whittier bound?" and D.
should answer, Il am not bound for ar
'ort, but am simply drifting" YOU won.
thInk him little less than IA maniac. tn
cal captain has chart, compass and IT,.
ination. 1t is his business to take n.
;rn every day, to know what progress IN
5 making, and what is the condition .
lis vessel.
All this is true of YOU and me also. J
5 Il serious, a Solemm and Il joyful priv.
eye to live. Life may be Il great nv.
cry, but 1t IS a great happiness. That 4.
our blfth you started on an ctcrnH
areer IS Il fact that may staggcr An,
Intelligent while it kindlcS the profouuf
st gratitude of the heart. 1t is not f.r
otlllng that o were made. but for
lorlouS something. You are throw
pom Il world in which laughter mina-r.
'lth tears and crime and virtue io-t,
ich other at every turn. Il world I'm
hlch It seems hard to be good and ea~,
; he bad. Il world so capricious tina /.
pSters n rich vice and nccIccts tho hr
'lsnl Of the poor. But YOU are armed
II the combat with qualities of oh, rem.
of such sturdy material that vor.
'tl VIII grow with every STRUGGLE g.
llScles grow by exercise. \ very o..I
III are. with h%ardshlps and tomptatior.
read Of You. And in addition to ynnr
strength YOU have tho invisible ,n.
IS for helpers in time of need vh.
yet failed to heed your crv TL...
ere with the Christ. they will Ln u.-n.
! on are not only to live bravoIv or f..
{ cheerfully. but to live grandIv 9ul
plS. our purpose shall be to make
~ own Gays as comfortable as rt.-.
ana DC a comfort to others also. Th,
l,-ied non lies in the sun no matt.
ms brother lion s~tarvcs. He doc
y because he IS merely n lion TI.,
H. however, rises from his soft cou,r
! carries n part of his surplus 70 thn..
o are unhappy, and he does if bcc,,,.
; . son OF God and Il brother to ,H
nkind. - ''
win Il purpose. and that purro~.
i,'o'SheSS. BE strong in the strnnotr
~ i-ord. Honor yourself by hrir.,
ole IN all your dealings. Hat r.
!" out hate Ill meanncSS and crrnrr-
+. lie broad and generous .u.I
: ore put not too charitable 70 vnrr
Necp heaven in sight. and tb..
,aeiil! influences will surround va.
- no man harshly, for Won nm
,o..i De judged some day. Hold Won.
I'm ~ d llrm grip. for if it cscaI,
~ 90 You an injury and cause r
=. helieve that above all is the don.
; ~ OF the Father, who will e,..
! na1 we nave rest when the day
work IS well over.
GEORGE II. HEpWORTU
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