The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01

The True Source OF Usefulness and
Happiness Is Christian Life = The
Cause Of Discontent-riHoa Spiritual
Condition.
Copyright. 1900 Louis Izlopsch. y. "
Washington. NOV. 25.-trom an un-
usual text DR.. Talmage in this dis
course rebubes the spirit of unrest
which charaeterizes so many people
and shows them the happiness and
usefulness TO be found in stability;
text. jeremiah H.. sc, why gaddest
thou about SO much to change thy
way?"
Homely is the illustration by which
this prophet of tears deplores the va
cillation Of the nation to whom ne
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 man or woman who,
not satisfied with home life. goes from
place to place gadding about, as we
say, never settled anywhere or in any
thing. and he cries out to them, why
gaddest thou about SO much to change
the way?
Well, the world has now as many
gad-abouts as It had in Bible times,
and / think that that race Of people is
more numerous now than 1t ever was.
Gad-abouts among occupations, among
religious theories, among churches,
among neighborhoods, and one Of the
greatest wants Of the church and the
world is more steadfastness and more
fxedness Of purpose.
Examine Your Temperament.
While seeking divine guidance in
your selection OF lifetime sphere ex-
anime your own temperament. The
| phrenolcgist win tell you your mental
proclivities. The psychologist will tell
you your physical temperament. Your
enemies viii tell you your weaknesses.
| II you are, as we say, nervous do not
become a surgeon. If you are coward
ly do not become an engineer. If you
are hoping for large and permanent
| income, do not seek a governmental
| position. II you are naturally quick
tempered. do not become a minister oi
the gospel for while any one is disad.
vantaged by ungovernable disposition
there is hardly any one who enacts
| such an incongruous part as a mad
| minister. Can you make a fine sketch
OF a ship. or a rock or house oi
face? Be an artist DO you tint
yourself humming cadences, anC
do the treble clef and thI
musical bars drop from your pei
easily, and can you make tune tha
charms those that hear it? BE !
musician. Are you born with fond
ness for argument? Be an attorney
Are you naturally good nurse ant
especially Interested in the relief 0
pains Be a physician Are you in
terested in all questions OF traffic an
in bargain making? Are you apt to b
successful on a small or large scale
Be a merchant. DO you prefer countr.
life. and do you like the plow, and d
you hear music in the rustic Of a har
vest field? Be a farmer. Are yo
fond Of machinery, and are turnin
wheels to you a fascination. and ca
you follow with absorbing interest
new kind of thrashing machine hou
after hour? Be a mechanic. II 20
enjoy analyzins the natural element
and laboratory could entertain 70
all day and all night. be a chemis
II you are lnquisitiye about othe
worlds and interested in all instru
ments that would bring them neare
for inspection, be an astronomer
the grass under your feet and th
, foliage over your head and the flower
which shake their incense on the sun
mer air are to you the bellies lettres {
the field. be a botanist.
Following Gods Can.
Last summer a man Of great GENT
died. He had the talents OF twent
t men in surgical directions, but he di
' not like surgery, and he wanted to
8 a preacher. He could not preach.
= told him So He tried it on both sid'
/ OF the sea. but he failed, because
= turned his back on that magniacel
a profession of surgery, which has
0 our time made such wonderful achiev
n ment that 1t now heals a broken nee
a and by the X ray explores the temp
9 Of the human body as if it were
Q lighted room. For forty years he WI
|, gadding about among the profession
e Do not initiate him. Ask God VIII
4; you ought to be- and he viii tell yo
d II may not be as elegant style
y work as you would prefer 1t may ca
y lous and begrime your hands and p
: you in suffocating atmosphere al
stand you shoulder to shoulder wi
the unrefined and may leave 20
overans the opposite Of aromatic. b
. remember that if God calls you to
!, one thing you viii never be happy
n doing something else.
: All the great successes have be-
:. gained through opposition and stru
I gle. Charles Goodyear, the invent6
!. whose name is now a synonym
J. the world over for fortune added