Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-01
knock YOU down. q do no, like

fake. You are going up and ain
coming down" Young merchants. !
Young lawyers. young doctors. young
mechanics. Young artists. young farm !
erS. al certain times there are those
60 sympathize with you. but now that
YOU are becoming = master or Your
particular occupation or profession.
how i IL now. young lawyers. young
doctors. Young artists. young farm
ers-how is il now? The creates;
crime tina; you can commit is the
crime OF success.
Again. my subject imPresses me
with the value OF decision OF char
aeter in any department. Daniel
knew thar ~ he continued his sdher-
encc 70 the religion OF the lord ne
would be hurled 20 the lions; but.
having set his compass well. he sailed
right on. for the lack Of that Gle
n'cnt Of decision of character SO emil
nent in Daniel many men are ruined
fer this world and ruiued FOR the
world 90 come. \ great many at *
wears Of aye are not settled IN any
respect. because they have not been
able 20 make up their minds. Per
haps they will 40 west; perhaps they
Will go east. perhaps they will not;
perhaps they viii 50 north: perhaps
they may 80 south; perhaps they VIII
not. perhaps they may make that in-
veStmcnt IN real estate OF in rail
roads, perhaps they VIII not. They
are IKE steamer that should g
| ONT 80 New York halhor. starting fCr
/ Glasgow. and the next day shoult
/ change for Havre de Grace. and the
/ reNt for Charleston. and the next for
/ BOSTON. and the nest for Liverpool
! These men ON the see Of l'e ever
/ ia>tirr'y tack'rg ship and making no
/ Roadway, or thcy are like man
WHO starts 90 build a house in the
/ Cor'r-tirn >tg,e and changes IL g.
/ Drric and then completes 10 in The
| Ionic. The curse of ail styles 81 archi-
| lecture. Young man. start right and
| keep ON. Have decision OF character.
! Character IL like the goldhnch Of Ton
! euin. IL Is magnificent while stand
ing firm. but loses an ifs beauty in
| ff-h- How much decision Of char
! acter In order that these young men
! NAV be Christians, Their old asso-
| cfafes make sarcastic filings az them
! They 90 ou excursions and they 20
! not invite them. They prophesy that
b. viii give ont. They wonder II hs
d. not getting wings. As be passes
| they grimacc and wink and chuckl'
ard say: There goes SAINT {
Young man. have decision % charac
ter, You can afford in this mattel
/ of religion 90 be laughed at. What ID
You care for the SCOTS OF these men
who are afTronted because you Wi
rot 20 20 ruin with them? When tn
grave cracks open under their feet
and grim messengers push them int
81. and eternity comes down har'
b / unon their spirit. and conscienc
! stings. ard hopeless ruin lifts ther
up 20 hurl them down. viii the
r laugh then?
/ learn also from my subject tha
b mon NAV take religion into their world
70 Is business. This IS q most appropriat
70 thought at this season OF the veal
- when 20 many men are starting oui !
p new enterprises Daniel had enoug
r work 10 90 go occupy six men, Aii oh
= affairs 90 state were iu his hands; que
fions of finance. questions 81 war.
y peace. ali international questions wei
= Tor his settlement or adjustment. II
10 mus have had a CORES pondence va
s. '0evund an computation. There va
not a man in all the earth who Ia
q more 20 do than Daniel. the secreraI
e of state. and yet we find him thr'
D. times a dag bowling before God
.e PRAYER. There are men iu our dan WI
81 have not hundredrh part % Daniel
be- engagements who say they are u
r. busy no be- religious. They have
m idea -omehow that religion will sp,
a | fheir worldly occupation. that 10 "
q / trip the accountant pen OF Gull a
M carprnter's saw or confuse the lawyer
rs brief or disarrange the merchant
"a store shelf. They think religion j. II
ss pertinent. They would like 20 have
~ very sell seated beside them ia chur
IS On fhr Sabbath. 10 find the place in Q
- psaimbook or 10 nudge them ava
when they get sleepy under he did;
~ Tic discourse. OF they would like
81 leave Is in the pew on sabbath eveni
81 as they 90 out. closing the door. 81
~ | ing. Good night. r. ligion: I'll be ba
n. | next sunday" Put 20 have religi
es | 20 right along BY ihem all through Il
~ | 10 have religion looking over tn
e. | shoulder when they are making a b.
of | gain. 20 have religion take np b
81 81 dishonest gold and shake IL and "a
GO Where did you get fhstT" They thi
a. thar Is an impairment religion. TIL
ra would Ike 20 have religion 10 h'
re them when they are Sick. and wh
~ the shadow 81 death comes over III
n. they would Ike "a have religion a
q, sort Of nighfkey with which 10 Of
~ The door az Heaven, but religion un'
A. other Circumstance 'hey take TO