Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-01

80 ROM an unusual text DIR. Talmage
n in this discourse rebukes the spirit
- of unrest which characterizeS so
many people and shows them the happi-
ness and usefulness TO be found in sta
bility; text, jeremiah H., Sc, why CAD
dest thou about so much to change thy
way p
Homey is the illustration by which
this prophet of tears deplores the vacilla-
tion of the nation to whom he wrote.
Now they wanted alliance with Egypt,
and now with Assyria, and now Nth
Babylon, and now they did not know
what they wanted. and the behavior of
the nation reminded the prophet of a
man or woman who. not satisfied with
home life, goes from place to place CAD
ding about, as We say, never settled any
where or in anything, and he cries out to
them, why gaddest thou about so much
to change thy way?"
Well the world has now as many CAD
abouts as it had il Bible times, and
think that that race of people is more
numerous now than it ever was. Cad
abouts among occupations, among re
igious theories among churches, among
neighborhoods, and one of the greatest
wants Of the church and the world is
more stcadfastncss and more tiXedness of
purpose.
1t was no small question that Pharaoh
put to Jacob and his sons when he asked
What is your occupationp Getting in
TO the right occupation not only decides
your temporal welfare, but may decide
your eternal destiny. The reason so many
men and women are dead failures is be
cause instead OF asking God what they
ought TO be or do they, through some
vain ambition or whimsicality, decide
what they ought to be. Let me say to all
young men and young women in homes
or in school or college do not go gaddiug
about among occupations and professions
to find what you are fitted for, but make
humble and direct appeal to God for di-
rectiOn.
Examine Your Temperament.
While seeking divine guidance in your
selection of lifetime sphere examine
your own temperament. The phrenolo-
gist will tell you your mental proclivi-
ties. The psychologist will tell you your
physical temperament. Your enemies will
tell you your weaknesses. II you are, as
we say, nervous do not become sur
geon. If you are cowardly, do not be-
come an engineer. If you are hoping FOR
large and permanent income, do not
seek governmental position. If you
are naturally quick tempered, do not be-
come minister of the gospel, for while
anyone is disadvantaged by ungovernable
disposition there is hardly any one who
enacts such an homogeneous part as q mad
minister. Can you make fine sketch Of
ship or rock or house or face? Be an
artist. Do you find yourself humming
cadences, and do the treble clef and the
musical bars drop from your pen easily.
and can you make tune that charms
those who hear tf Be amusician Are
you born with a fondness for argument
Be an attorney. Are you naturally Il
good nurse and especially interested in
the relief of pain? Be a physician. Are
you interested in all questions of traffic
and in bargain makingE Are you apt to
be successful on a small or large scale Z
Be a merchant. Do you prefer country
life, and do you like the plow and do
you hear music in the rustic of harvest
field? Be q farmer. Are you fond of
machinery, and are turning wheels to you
fascination, and can you follow with
absorbing interest a new kind Of thrash
ing machine hour after hour? BE a
mechanic. If you enjoy analyzing the
natural elements and laboratory could
entertain you all day and all night be a
chemist. If you are inquisitiye about
other worlds and interested in all instru-
ments that would bring them nearer for
inspection, be an astronomer. II the
grass under your feet and the foliage
> a., 4.
shake their incense on the summer air
are to you the bellies lettres of the field.
be botanist.
Following Gods Call.
IL you have no one faculty dominant
and nothing in your makeup seems to
point to this or that occupation, shut
yourself up in your own room, get down
ON your knees and reverently ask God
what he made you for and tell him that
you are willing 10 do anything he wishes
you to do. Before you leave that room
you will find out. 1t may not be as Gle
CANT a style Of work as you would prefer
1t may callous and bccrimc your hands
and put you in suffOcatHg atmosp here
and stand you shoulder 10 shoulder with
the unrefned and may leave your overalls
the opposite Of aromatic, but remember
that if God calls you to do one thing you
will never be happy in doing something
else
All the great successes have been gain
ed through opposition and struggle.
Charles Goodyear the inventor, whose
name is now a synonym all the world
over for fortune added 10 fortune waded
many years chin deep through the worlds
scorr and was thrust in debtors prison
ant came with his family to the verge Of
starvation, but continued his experiments
with vulcanized rubber until he added
more than can he estimated 10 the worlds
health and comfort as well as 10 his own
advantage. Columbus and John Fitch,
and Stephenson and Robert Bruce, and
Cyrus w. Field and 800 others were IL
Illustrations Of what tenacity and pluck
can do, Hard pounding said Yelling
ton at Waterloo. hard pounding, gem
tlemen, but we Will see who can pound
the longest" Yes. my friends, that is the
secret, not fight from obstacles in the
way, but who can pound the longest"