The Delta independent., 1901-06-28


garisn, rode up Broadway. New York.
Most Americans were in favor Of TAX
Ing some decided steps for Hungary.
Tho only result Of such interference
would have been the sacrifice of all
good precedent and war with European
nations. Then Daniel Webster, in his
immortal "Hulsemann letter" braved
a whiriwind Of popular opinion and
saved this nation from useless foreign
ENHANCEMENT. Webster did not observe
the wind when he wrote that letter. So
In state and church there have always
been men at the right time ready to
face . nation full-yea. world full
Of opposition.
-.,..a a. BsWass Of Ovsepsudssss.
How many there are who give too
much time to watching the weather
vane and studyings the barometer!
Make up your mind what you are going
to do and then go ahead and do it.
There always will be hindrances. 1t is
a moral disaster II you allow prudence
to overmaster all the other graces.
faith and perseverance than 1t does OF
caution. 1t is not once a year that the
great ocean steamers fail to sail at the
appointed time because Of the storm
signals. Let the weather bureau pro-
phesy what hurricane or cyclone 1t
may. next Wednesday. next Thursday,
next Saturday. the steamers will put
out from New York and Philadelphia
and Boston harbors and will reach
Liverpool and Southampton and Glas-
gov and Bremen. their arrivals as GER
tain as their embarkation. They can
not afford to consult the wind, nor
can you in your lie voyage.
The grandest and best things ever
accomplished have been in the teeth
Of hostility. Consider the grandest en-
terprise Of the eternities-the salvation
Of q world. Did the Roman empire
send up invitation to the heavens in
viting the Lord to descend amid vo-
alterations Of welcome to come and
take possession OF the most capacious
and ornate OF the palaces and sail
Gslilee with richest imperial fiotilla
and walk over flowers OF Solomon's
gardens. which were still in the out
skirts OF jerusalem! No. II struck
reach him. Let the camel drivers in
the Bethlehem caravansary testify. See
the vilest hate pursue him to the bor-
ders OF the Nile! Watch his arraign-
ment as a criminal in the courts! See
how they belle his every action. mis-
interpret his best words. howl at him
with worst mobs. wear him out with
sleepless nights on cold mountai-s.
See him hoisted into a martyrdom at
which the MONDAY cowled itself with
midnight shadows. and the rocks shook
into cataelysm, and the dead started
out Of their sepnlcher. feeling II was
no time TO sleep when such horrors
were being enacted.
Aaks Opportunities
Young man. you have planned what
you are going to be and do in the
world. but you are waiting for
circumstances to become more favor
able. You are like the farmer in the
text. observing the wind. Better start
now. Obstacles will help you II you
conquer them. Cut your way through.
Peter Cooper. the millionaire philan-
thropist. who will bless all succeeding
centuries with the institution he
founded. worked for fivc years for S25
n year and his board. Henry Wilson.
the Christian statesman who COM
manded the United States senate with
the gavel Of the vice presidency. wrote
OF his early days: Want sat by my
cradle. | know what II is TO ask
a mother for bread when she hes none
to give. l left my home at ten years
OF age and served an apprenticeship
OF eleven years, receiving a months
schooling each year. and at the end of
eleven years OF hard work. yoke OF
oxen and six sheep. which brought
me Ssi. In the first month after was
81 years Of age went into the woods.
drove 4 team and cut mill logs. /
arose in the morning before dayligh:
and worked hard till after dark and
received the magnificent srm of Sc for
the months work. Each OF those dol
lars looked as large to me as the moon
looks tonight" Wonderful Henry VIII
son! But that was not his original
name. He changed his name because
he did not want on him the blight of
drunken father. As the vice president
seoou my puspsN Au osoSAayh,
ing the last address he ever made and
the religion OF Christ to
the young men Of that city, I thought
to myself. You yourself are the sub
limest spectacle ever saw of victory
over obstacles" For thirty years the
wind blew the wrong way. yet he did
not observe the wind. but kept right
on sowing
Dsfy Yosr Antaeonssss.
The Earl Of Alsatia, a favorite OF
Edward III. Of England, had excited
the Jealousy of other courtiers. and
one time. while the king was absent,
they persuaded the queen to turn q
lion loose In the court to test the
earls courage. The earl. rising ut
break OF day. as was his custom. came
into the courtyard and met the lion,
and the Jealous courtiers from the
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