The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-18

it. But the strong fortresses terrified all
but two of the exploring party.
There was a majority and a minority
report. By the majority the advance
was discouraged; but Caleb and Joshua
We're ready to sound the tocsin of war.
The world owes its progress to undis-
mayed men. The unterrifled are the trl-
umphant. The promised land always
waits on inspired resolution.
Individual successes are conditioned
upon courage for gigantic tasks You
are young man with a promised land
stretching out before you. 1t is yours
when you win it. You feel that you
ought to gain certain eminence. Let
the resolution of the text prompt to i'm
mediate engagement You want to be
a successful lawyer, minister, physl-
clan, but there are thousand reasons
why you cannot attain the goal of de-
sire. There is one reason why you can
if you will, and that is because an in
spired resolution when it becomes a
dominating purpose, sweeps all before
/ it.
You are eager for a business career.
but competitions are fierce and a hun
dred citadels bristling with weapons
| seem to challenge your advance. l beat
charge for you tonight Draw the
sword of diligent devotion and I'M
| tiinching determination, and capture
one fortress at a time.
Every great undertaking has stupen-
| dous obstacles to be overcome There
are real difficulties to be met. Never
was home established a business
| prosecuted, professional career fol-
| lowed, without opposition. No great en-
terprises have been unattended by
| trials.
Tho i,,va,o+o,, s,,e,, ,l, ,x,,,,4 - II. -.
| overcoming resistances. Success in for
| tune-winning, character building and
| honor-gaining means war.
But half of the apparent difficulties
IN great undertaking are imaginary.
| we build ten bridges where we have to
| cross but one. The mountain is a mir
! age. The threatened disease never in
vadeS The dreaded "poorhouse" is
! never entered; the apprehended failure
is never endured.
| Then, too, we magnify the real hind
RANGES. We forget that battles are
| fought one at a time. Were we to stou
| ana think of the enormous task per
! FORMED by the heart beating in our
| breast, so many beats a minute. SC
| many pounds an hour, twelve tons a
| DAY, we would feel like lying down and
| dying on the spot But the heart has
/ only one throb at time. If YOU Werf
/ told that during a lifetime you would
have so many respirations a minute
| and so many year, what an awfur
burden breathing would become. But
you have only one respiration at a time
There are always diseouraging re
| ports and reporters. Hard times. ba6
Investments, limited ability, unfavor.
able circumstances. Listen to calamity
prophets and you are lost.
/ What God DrOrOiSes ic TossibIo M.
land of promise for you is the place Coz
| wants you to fiji in life. You can wir
ii you will.
Gifts are conditioned. Corporation
IS the law of growth. Obedience l.
GODS call is a guarantee of prosperity
The promise is possible, because II
every battle God Almighty has limit
less numbers of reserves. What W.
need we can have; what we ought va
can DO. Nothing is more controllinp
ana commanding than the covenant
bargains made with God endure. There
is a promised, yet unpossessed. lam
Tor every soul here tonight. There
is the promise of a perfected life fo,
those VINO want it. There is a prom.
Ise Ct power for all who will use n
Ihere is promise of coronation fn,
those who fight the fight unnincbinelv
me battle was on. The collision y5,es
terrific. The faltering troops were aho,,I
10 retreat in confusion The drunroa,
boy stood watching the awful clash y,
arms The commander, losing heart
salo Beat retreat" Sire cav.
not peat q retreat but l can beat .
charge that will wake the dead" S,Ie,,
ana loud above the din Of battle roIIol
she charge The hesitating troons raI.
iled 20 the call and won bv fro ~,
lmpetuosity of the attack.
brother, sister, / beat a charpo e,ar
lure the citadel that stands bet1oa,
ton 'Oi'est anDl'
But this is the tenth anniverea,.,, =.
ohe ueulcation of this church. We ar,
Ut ta lr,ls An unsubdued citadel cast,
lts shaG0W upon our threshold ana Oh
atar; ms citadel is the mortgage deb
WI w tiils church We are a fun regimen
we nave been drilling together fo,. tds
Years we are well Differed W. a,.,
Wen organized. Gods call has coa,,
me trowning citadel awaits attacl, Wy.
1aIgcept the challenge. beat charwo
we must storm the fortress with az,
anu SILVER Our missiles, weli 81 ~ ~.
unu sent nome with Christian erthi,ei
aslh VIII DO the work. We want tl,.'s'
canAoh pail, and we want as woIt ~
Srape ana canister. An efforts w.
pe erected to single point. and e,,es,
inemper of our church army must 49,
us OF ner whole force into tbie 49,.
we VIII win, The $4,000 fortress a. 'e o,,i
~ luIl' no man is Impoverished bS, ~,
'e " Nou' we enrich ourselves who,