The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-12-07

pun you III suHocatIhg atmoSpher
and stand you shoulder to shoulde
with the unrefined and may leave you
overalls the opposite of aromatic, bu
: remember that if God calls you to d
one thing you will never be happy il
doing something else.
All the great successes have beer
gained through opposition and strug
gle. Charles Goodyear, the inventor
whose name is now a synonym all tn,
world over for fortune added to for
tune, waded many years chin deer
through the worlds scorn and was
thrust in debtors prison and came
with his family to the verge of star.
walton, but continued his experiments
with vulcanized rubber until he added
more than can be estimated to the
worlds health and comfort, as well as
to his own advantage. Columbus and
John Fitch, and Stephenson and Rob-
ert Bruce. and Cyrus W. Field and 500
others were illustrations of what te-
nacity and pluck can do. Hard 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 it right when attempt
ing to carry ton of coal, shovelful
at time, from the sidewalk to the
cellar, and some one asked her: do
you expect to get all that coal in with
Eel el,
Yes, sir, if l work long enough" BY
the help of God choose your calling
and stick to it. The gadabouts are
failures for this life, to say nothing
of the next.
There are many who exhibit this
frailty in matters of religion. They are
not sure about anything that pertains
to their soul or their eternal destiny.
Now they are Unitarians, and now they
are Universalists, and now they are
Methodists, and now they are Presby- |
terians, and now they are nothing at
all. They are not quite sure that the |
Bible was inspired or, if inspired, |
the words or the ideas were
inspired or whether only part of the
Book was inspired. They think at one
time that the story in Genesis about
the garden of Eden is history, and the
month after they think it is an allie
CORY. AT one time they think the book
Of Job describes what really occurred,
'ut the next time they speak of it they
all it a drama. Now they believe all
he miracles, but at your next inter
lew they try to show how these
genes had nothing in them supernat-
lral, but can be accounted for by nat
ral causes. Gadding about among re-
igious theories and never satisfied. All {
he evidence is put before them, and
Why do they not render verdict? If
hey cannot make up their mind with
ii the data put before them, they ,
ever will. F.,
My text also addresses those who c
search of happiness are going a
lther and yondcr looking for that f
'hich. they find not. Their time is all t
AIKEN up with "musicales," and "pro- Q
ressive euchres." and teas, and vel S
wv luncheons, and "at homes" and q
ances, and operas. and theaters; and. a
lstead of finding happiness, they get a
ale cheeks. and insomnia, and indi- n
estion. and neuralgia, and exhaus- f,
on, and an abbreviated lifetime. h
here is more splendid womanhood n
crifced in that way in our cities w
ian in any other way. The iudg- Ia
ent day only can reveal the awful 81
'locaust of tangled nerves and the n,
icidal habits of much of our social II
e. The obituary of such reads well, a,
r the story is suppressed about how fl
ey got their death while standing Fl
attire of gauZe, waiting for the re
rriage on raw night, on the front ne
cps. While in their lifetime they n,
ssessed all the ability for the relief m
pain and impoverishment, yet they of
We no time for visitation of the an
or, or to win the blessing of such he
comes upon those who administer tn
those who are ready to perish. 81,
ough flowers IN their dining halls dr.
bewitch prince, but not one tuft ~,
heliotrope to perfume the room of III
1t rheumatic on the back street. to :
ON the breath of one flower would tb,
like the opening of the front door as
Heaven. Find me one man or one on
man who in all the rounds of pleas ,b
and selfishness has found a piece lig
happiness as large as that half dol am
which the benevolent and Christ sol
: soul puts into the palm of the VIII
I'd of that mother whose children bo,
crying for bread. Queen Victoria ,io
ng in triumph through London at tie,
J""Ilee was not SO supllme ng- we