The Newtown bee., 1899-02-03

vice Of ms LOr0 one moment anu neg lectful of His claims the next, but you always know where to find him, in dark times and in sunshine, in trouble and in joy, in difficulty and in success ever at hls post, because being a man of cOnVic- Uion and determination, he follows not his feelings but holds his conduct and life to an OvermasJeTlng purpose. Such man Is Zyla, who, when the tempest of nls flgnty people rages on the side of in- iusUlce and tyranny, turns the enthusiasm cummun 10 that Face into vigorous de Iense of the right. Such was Gladstone, calcuIatlLg, calm, far-seeing, but tre- meudOusly energetic vigorous, enthusi- AeLic, With the elCquenCe Ot truth aud purpose.
 line man who depends purely upon his Impulses, aud there are mary such, ls ItEuIaCed Oy the same principle ot life as the bluLe. In the nan we say IL Is feel Iug, in the latter instinct, but what great ultterence Is there? The GUd Ut nature nas meant the bee LO act according to impulsts. Therefore ill week lL Is equipped with maLuriJy-hAes with great swItLness and ease while man wearisOmely walks, gathers it's store ot honey, returns home with the uneI rln& seuee Ot the nuund; sings and conVetses as lJ gamers Ill the harvest, buIlds up a delicate traceTY of wax wo1k that no me' cnauIc's hand can surpass. But the Goo uf humanity has not meant us to be reg ulaLed by blind impulse but to learn ana | Lu do. Therefore the babe Is absolutely he lpless, requires year be1oIe It can walk. another before it can lisp, two more betUIe 1t Can attend school, learns on for l5 UT 20 years and then he IS nOE mature. The Dee in a week Is mighty l wurkman-fUr 6 bee. The Outh aL 2O Is bare beginner for man-"hU looks upon the achievement ot our broth | er Shakespeare, and the Christ ideal and peers down the unexplOred vlsCas ot eternity. Can we resist Lhls conclusion that the man who does his duty only as he has the impulse, works when he feels like it, happy-go-lucky and perhaps not disagreeabIe,
 YET LOSES THE MEANING OF MANHOOD, fails to read the lesson of childhood, yea, goes back to the brute in life of un' reasoning feeling and instinctl
 More piTlabIe still, the man of impulse is slave. We say truly that the b. lasts are not free but enslaved. Dame Ma ture deals out their food, gives 8 scanCy shelter, determines when they shall live and when they shall die Such also is one who lives in the body, who is ruled by passion and appetite. There is no freedom in Nature; all is determined, all is ruled by unvarying law. The only freedom is in spiriGs. A spirit, Can choose, and purpose, and achieve; he is masUer of many circumstances, is cer- tainly lord of himself. Now impulses are within nature; put nature enslaves therefore, the man whose lite is regnlaG- ed only by impulses and feelings, waits for chance, or luck to turn up, or for the inward desire to do thing, is a slave. The man of impulse is like the weather NdhS WEIGH LuEus OasIAy anu CHESAcssly on the pivot and may consider itself free, out really can move in op4y one plane and is the plaything of every wind that blows.
 While the man of purpose is like the great ship which neid into the waves by lCs cargo, anchor to stay the stoimss has sails set 10 catch the power of winds and rudder to uetermine it's course, blows on through mighty currents, fast shoals ana breakers, witn 10U0 souis on board tO It's destined port. Yes, cyclone like, this man has an inner might, purpose from which radiate arms of power that encircIe men, and nature, and circum- stances in . mighty grasp, and nses them to new down trees, brush away timber, lay the mountains low, and exair she valleys as he sweeps divinely, manfully on in the path tt eternal destiny.
 We may now turn from this thought, expressed in general way, to practical applications. We stand on the thres- hold of new year, expectant; 3 new life stretches ahead. At this time when resolves are made, let us determine to realize them. God grant us fewer fail- ures, more persistent endeavori Anoth-