Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-18
A SPLENDID SERMON
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earth, sail the oceans, and both laugh
and weep. God has imposed the Sc
we're law of progress on his children.
The stern edlct requires endless sacri-
fees. It demands the cardinal vir-
tues, temperance, honesty, truthful
ness, fidelity, pr0mptness and indus
try There is still a great deal of
room for progress. There are fields
IN which to labor and problems to
solve which will develop intellects as
far above the highest intellect Of to-
day as the brain Of Newton was
above the bushman.
If modern education does not teach
faith it fails. The man who believes
nothing is a failure. However in a
measure skepticism, especially among
men, is to some extent excusable.
There is SD much conflict between the
great masters, the realms OF knowl-
| edge are so confusing, that little won
der the youth pause before he
chooses his creed. Gods greatness
weighs and considers all the virtues
and vices Of men. When / see an
agnostic physician administering to
the wants OF the poor without pay,
/ conclude that be, too, is serving the
Master. But one Of my greatest sor
rows is that | enjoy what others do
not. re me my faith is my happiness.
That has been called the age Of
Force which in a measure is true. 1t
is really the age Of Science. The per-
iod of the Barbarian, the savage, the
conqueror has passed, and govern
ments no longer fear overthrow from
their hands. The barbarians that
most endanger society at present are
those whose desire is to overthrow re-
ligion. And another danger lies in
him who is not prepared to do his
work well. Every profession is choked
with the inefficient and the incom-
petent. The world is in great
need of qualified and efficient men.
You should learn to labor and prop
erly apply your energy. Power is de-
yeloped by labor; just as a man be-
comes drunkard by drinking so many
glasses of liquor daily, just as he be-
comes a liar by telling lies, just as he
becomes a gambler by triflng with
the gaming table, SO he becomes good
and strong by constant application
in some useful calling Man must
labor if he succeeds TO reach the
promised land OF his desires he must
cross the desert Of self denial and
sacrifice. There is no excellence with
out great labor As mental labor
forces the tissues Of tile brain, as
physical labor strengthens and hard
ems the muscles, SO will the constant
doing of some good act and the CON
slant thinking of pure thoughts
build up the moral man and fortify
the soul Man must learn to labor
and to make sacrifices
A young man in the far east had a
desire to cross the Arabian desert.
This desire he determined to crafty.
He searched long and diligently TO Sc
cure guide, and at last he succeeded.
Seeing his eagerness to make the
journey the guide deceived him as to
the length of the journey. On the
third day he said to the Arab guide,
'The time has passed in which we
were to complete this journey, and |
am dying of thirst" "Wait two
hours longer" said the dusky Arab and
we will reach our destination. Once
again the weary pilgrim trudged
through the burning sands. When
two hours passed he stopped, gave the
guide scornful look and said, 81
can travel no farther. Three times
you have deceived me and now | am
dying" The powerful Arab lifted
the exhausted boy on to his shoulder
and pointing in the distance said,
There are the waving palms and the
smiling pond Journey with me three
hours more and we will be at the
journeys end. If you cannot, then
here is my dagger; kill yourself. )"
But face to face with victory and
death he arose and travelled to the
end.
So when confronted with success or
failure the soul Of the ambitious man
oft times rallies even though the
task undertaken was more difficult
than supposed.
There are many men who dwell on
the dirty side of life. Do not thus
profane Him who blessed you with
life Do good, the happy man Is he
who labors for the happiness of 9th
ers ! would like to live my life
again. / would work harder for 9th
ers than for myself.
Most animals are born blind and to
this rule you are no exception. To
you life is an Illusion. You are look
ing at it through veil which de.
ceives. Your greatest Illusion is that
life is long 1t is very brief. There
fore what thou doest, do well. Be
honorable. for only the good can labor
with a light heart. Evil destroys
man.
When but boy my mother took
me to an old cemetery where the dead
were sleeping beneath their weather
Eeaten and ugly tombstones. On
each was name and two pathetic