The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-12-01
THE GADABOUT EVIL.
DR.. Talmage Deplores the Prevail
ing Spirit Of Unrest.
Chriatian Stability nj souree of uae-
fuine-s and HRppIneHs-NaIne Of
n Fined Spiritual CoR-
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pyright. 1900. by Louis Klopsoh,l
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Copyright 1900. by Louis Klopsoh.l
Washington, Nov. IS
From an unusual text DIR. Ialmage
In this discourse rebukes the spirit of
unrest which characterizes so many
people. and shows them the happiness
and usefulness to be found in stability;
text, jeremiah :: So; why gaddest thou
about so much to change thy way2"
Homely is the Illustration by which
this prophet OF tears deplores the vacil-
lation Of the nation to whom he wrote.
Now they wanted alliance with Egypt,
and now with Assyria. and now with
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
anywhere or in anything, and he cries
out TO them: why gaddest thou
about so much 10 change thy way?'
Well, the world has now as many CAD
abou;s as it had in Bible times, and l
think that that race Of people is more
numerous now than il ever was. Cad
abouts among occupations, among re-
ligious theories, among churches,
among neighborhoods, and n Of the
greatest wants of the church and the
world is more steadfastness and
nxsdness of purpose.
II was no small question that
Pharaoh put 10 Jacob and his sons
when he asked: What is your occu-
pstion2" Getting into the right ecu
patton not only decides your temporal
welfare, but may decide your eternal
destiny. The reason so many men and
women are dead failures is because in
stead OF asking God what they ought TO
be or do they, through some vain ambi-
tion 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 60 gadding
about among occupations and profess
slons to find what you are fitted for,
but make humble and direct appeal to
God for direction.
While seeking Divine guidance in
your selection Of a lifetime sphere ex-
anime your wi temperament. The
phrenologist will tell you your mental
prociivities. 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 a surgeon. II you are coward.
iy, do not become IN engineer. II you
are hoping for a large and permanent
income, do not seek a governmental
position. II you are naturally quick.
tempered, do not become a minister OF
the Gospel, for while anyone Is disad-
vantaged by ungovernable disposition
there Is hardly anyone who enaets such
an iucongruous part as a mad minister.
Can you make a fine sketch OF a ship
or rock or house or face? Be an artist.
Do you find yourself humming ca
denees, and do the treble elef and the
musical bars drop from your pen cas-
fly, and can you make a tune that
charms those who hear It? Be a must.
clan. Are you born with a fondness
for argument? Be an attorney. Are
you naturally a good nurse and es.
pecislly interested in the relief OF
psin7 Be a physician. Are you inter
Gated in al questions Of traffic and in
bargain making? Are you apt to be
successful on a small or large scale.
Be . merchant. DO you prefer country
life, and do you like the pillow. and dc
you hear music in the rustic OF a har.
vest held7 BE 4 farmer. Are you fons
OF machinery. and are farming wheel.
70 you q fascination, and can you follow
with absorbing interest a new kind Of
thrashing machine hour after hour
Be . mechanic. II you enjoy analyzina
the natural elements and a laboratory
could entertain you all day and al
night. be a chemist. II you are in.
quisitive about other worlds and in
terested in all instruments that woult
bring them nearer for inspection, b,
an astronomer.
II you have no one faculty dom.
inant and nothing ia your makeup
seems to point to this OF that occupa.
ton, shut yourself up in your own
room, get down on your knees and rev.
erently ask God what He made YOU
for, and tell Him that you are willing
TO do anything He wishes you TO do
Before you leave that room you will
find out. But for the sake Of your
usefulness and happiness and your
temporal and eternal welfare do not
Join that crowd Of people who "a
gadding about among business and
occupations. now trying this and now
trying that and never accomplishing
anything.
Last summer a man Of great genius
died. He had the talents Of 20 men in
surgical directions, but he did not like
surgery. and he wanted to be a
preacher. He could not preach.
told him so. He tried II on both sides
Of the sea, but he failed, because he
turned his back on that magnificent
profession Of surgery. which has in
rhine made such wonderful achieve
ment that II now heals a broken neck
and by the X ray explores the tenn
pie OF the human body as II 1t were
. lighted room. For 40 years he was
gadding about among the professions.
Do not initiate him. Ask God what
you ought 10 be, and He will tell you.
II may MOI be as elegant a style OF
work az you would prefer. II may
eallous and begrime your hands and
put you in s~uffocating atmosphere
and stand you shoulder to shoulder
with the unrehned and may leave your
overalls the opposite Of aromatic, but
remember that II God calls you to do
one thing you will never be happy in
doing something else.
All the great successes have been
gained through opposition and strug.
gle. Charles Goodyear, the inventor,
whose name IL now a synonym all the
world over for fortune added TO for.
tune. waded many years chin deep
through the worlds scorn and was
thrust in debtors prison and came
with his family TO the verge Of star.
v%ation, but continued his experiments
with v~ulcanized rubber until he added
more than can be estimated 10 the
worlds health and comfort, az well as
10 his W advantage. Columbus and
John Fitch, and Stephenson and Rob.
ert Bruce, and Cyrus w. Field and 500
others were illustrations Of what te-
nscity and pluck can do. lizard pound.
ing," said Wellington at Waterloo.
hard pounding, gentlemen, but we
will see who can pound the longest"
Yes, my friends, that is the secret,
not flight from obstacles In the way
but "who can pound the longest"
The child had II right when attempt.
ing to carry q ton Of coal, a shoyelful
at O time, from the sidewalk 10 the