Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-05-30

EH8BoE OF JEFFERSON Eark EEe9Dys
terrain Church, Chicago
Chicago May 25.-In this sermon the
Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage presents
in a picturesque and forcible way the
duty Of Christian fellowship. The text
is Matthew v. Al, "WhosOever shall
compel thee TO go a mile, go with him
twain"
A keen, shTewd lawyer was one day
listening to John Wesley preaching
The founder Of MethOdism had three
different headings for his Sermon:
First. "Get all you can without hurting
your soul, your body or your neigh
bOrs." "That is sensible" thought the
lawyer; "unless man is continually
reaching out for something he will new
er have anything. Industry is the foun-
dation of all SUCCESS" Second heading,
"Save all you can, cutting Off any need
less expense" Fright again." muttered
the listener. ut is not so much what
man earns that makes him wealthy
as what he saves" Third heading,
GAfG all gUu cttus utIGs G4GldiAu-
ed the hard headed lawyer, 1.-THE minis
ter has foolshly gone and spoiled ev-
erything he has said. He ought to have
had for his third heading. Give as lit
tie as you cam You cannot save un-
less you keep what you have earned"
So some of Christs auditors felt that
he was preaching the most foolish Of
doctrines when he used the illustration
Of the twain mile. They were ready to
obey the Mosaic law Of justice They
would assent to an eye for an eye,
tooth for a tooth, hand for a hand.
They would travel the first mile will
lngly and pay every penny that they
legitimately owed, but they were not
ready to turn the left cheek to a foe
after that enemy had deliberately
struck them a singing bloN upon the
right cheek They protested against u
communistic gospel. which allowed a
thief to run away with their whole
wardrobe. with their cloak as well as
their coat They would not enslave
themselves to any merciless taskmas-
ter. For every days labor they must
have full days pay. Yet Christ's
statement is strikingly true. 1t is right
in reference to the temporal life as well
as the spiritual. The willingness to
travel the twain mile is the forerunner
Of all true success. The unwillingness
to travel the twain mile is the cause Of
almost certain failure.
The twain mile is the place of test
ing. 1t is where the powers that be
choose the men who are to be hOnored
in life's service. There the human race
is sifted. There the faithful are sep
arated from the irresponsible. the ener-
getic from the slothful, the true man
from the false, the self sacrificing from
the selfish, the one purpose man from
the indolent, lazy, shiftless individual
who lives without definite aim. Tue
twain mile is the thrashing floor &C 1.i-
man life, where the wheat is separated
from the chaff, the rich grain from the
useless tares.
The Crowded First Mile.
Most Of the human race are huddled
together and jostling each other dur
ing the first mile, where they only dc
what they have to do. But in the sec
ond or the twain mile of life's journey
where a man does more than he is ask
ed to do he always has plenty of ell
bow room. AS the great Statesman
once said, There is plenty Of room a
the top Of the ladder of success, al
though thousands Of hands may b
reaching for the lowest rung."
Every merchant knows of the sep
arating or testing influence Of tn
twain mile. When a position in tn
store became vacant. whom. in all prof.
ability. did you promote to the va
cancy-the clerk who has been in tn
store for ten or fifteen years. the yOun
man who has never been willing to
any more than he was compelled to do
Did you select the employee who wa
r generally ten minutes late in the mOrT
+ ing the clerk who has his hat in hi
J, hand ready to run for home as soon a
t the hour hand points to the numert
:. @? Did you promote one who SCENE
to be Indifferent to his work and had I
. be watched day by day to be kept bus!
l &c a AOAhNA heAa " MAANn a lAAAAG (hAAO
/ No. The young man who received til
promotion was the poor country DO
who entered your store with no recon
mendatiOn except the willingness
i travel the twain mile, the willingness
do more than he was told or paid to d
. For years the twain mile young ma
y was the first employee at work in Il
Il s,nopr,fnoP hn l.,
person to leave the store at nigh
When the work piled up upon his des
unbidden by the head of his depaT
ment he always stayed many hou
q. overtime until the work was done. f
was the young man who threw himse
/. into his allotted tasks with such /
Il. tensity that he made his employers i
rs terests his interests.
err Who is the leading member today
ty the New York bar-the lawyer WI
a when he graduated and could not fl
clients spent most his time in t
neighboring billiard hall? The you
= man who became an expert in ca
I, playing or in judging the races? \
He was the young lawyer who studi
eAA6hN anu Q4J AAl4 hNBA vi olunNlA
" He was the young man who put
- whole heart and soul into the small,
cases which came to him. He did I
fritter away his energies, waiting
the big cases to command his servic
He is the twain mile lawyer. He d.
'S' more than he is compelled to do.
bp How Daniel Webster Worked.
II 4
H. iss New York city. The chief counsel
Ice. the defense was suddenly taken 81
s n Within twenty-four hours the plea /
fe's to be made before the jury. Oar
Webster at THAT time happened to
ons stopping at one of the hotels. He v
His sent for to come to the rescue.
next day he came into the cOurtro
2 in and made one of the clearest inter-
tatiOns of the most abstruse facts
Ri the law ever delivered before a jud
. He won his case, and was paid a
III amounting to thousands Of doll
M When the friends crowded around
congratulate, declaring that he had
formed a legal miracle, Mr.. WEBB
answered: My effort was no mira
T l did not prepare that address in a
LIZ hours. 1t took me months and nor
-. to master these facts of the law.
history of my plea is this: Many "
ago, when a young man, l was enga
ntal to defend a poor farmer. His {
financially represented only few
lars. think fifty dollar bill was my
1t wasa small case, but the points Of
TO. law involved then were exactly the s.
- as the legal points which 1 presented
. daV went to Rnston and hni