Connecticut western news., 1902-05-29
TAL,MAGE SERMON
By Rev. FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE, DID,. Pastor of Jefferson Park Presby- tsrian Church, Chicago

tsrtan 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, fl, "Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain"
 A keen, shrewd lawyer was one day 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 bora" That is sensible" thought the lawyer; unless a man Is continually reaching out for something he will nev- CT have anything. Industry Is the foun- d&tion of all success" Second heading, Save all you can. cutting off any need less expense" Right again" muttered the listener. ''It is not so much what 9 man earns that makes him wealthy as what he saves" Third heading Give all you can" "There," exclaim- ed the hard headed lawyer, ''the minis ter has foolishly gone and spoiled ev- erything he has said. He ought to have had for his third heading, Give as lit tie as you can.' You cannot save un- less you keep what you have earned" So some of Christ's 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, a tooth for tooth, a hand for a hand. They would travel the first mile will ingly and pay every penny that they legitimately owed, but they were not ready to turn the left cheek to foe after that enemy had deliberately struck them stinging blow upon the right cheek. They protested against communistic gospel, which allowed thief to run away with their whole wardrobe, with their cloak as well as their coat. They would not enslaye themselves to any merciless taskmas- ter. For every days labor they must have a 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 inK. 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. The twain mile Is the thrashing floor of hu- man life, where the wheat is separated from the chaff, the rich grain from the useless tarcs.
 The Crowded First Mile.
 Most of the human race are huddled together and jostling each other dur ing the first mile, where they only do what they have to dc. 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 el- bow room. As the great statesman once said, There is plenty of room at tho top of the ladder of success, al- though thousands of hands may be reaching for the lowest rung."
 livery merchant knows of the sep arating or testing influence of the tWain mile. When a position in the store became vacant. whom, in all prob ability, did you promote to the va cAncy-the clerk who has been in the 0tOxe for ten or fifteen years, the young nan who has never been willing to do any more than he was compelled to do? DiA you select the employee who was Henefally ten minutes late in the morn- inR, the clerk who has his hat in his hand ready to run for home as soon as tha hour hand points to the numeral O1 Did you promote one who seemed to be indifferent to his work and had to he watched day by day to be kept busy, e . mother has to watch a little child? No The young man who received the pEsmotion was the poor country boy Tho entered your store with no recom- mAndation except the willingness to Ieavel the twain mile, the willingness to tnO more than he was told or paid to do. Ter years the twain mile young man WoS the first employee at work in the p0NEning. For years he was the last l,Mnon to leave the store at night. 11Asm the work piled up upon his desk, U,ulbidden by the head of his depart 1sAk he always stayed many hours 0vogtime until the work was done. He vas the young man who threw himself 1nEO bis allotted tasks with such in- tsnGity that he made his employers in- treGtR his interests.
 Who Is the leading member today of th0 New York bar-the lawyer who When he graduated aud could not find clients spent most his time in the no1Ghboring billiard hall? The young man who became asi expert in card Dlaying or in judging the races? No. Nc vas the young la wyer who studied nAgAt and day and kept on studying. Ue was the young man who put his WA,oaS heart and soul into the smallest oa6e0 which came to him. He, did not 0Atte9 away his eneegies, waiting for .tAa big cases to command his services. HN h the twain mile lawyer. He does MHe than he Is compelled to do-
 New Daniel Webster Worked.
 A noted case was to be decided in New York city. The chief counsel for oAs defense was suddenly taken sick. sYithIn twenty-four hours the plea had = be made before the jury. Daniel Webster at that time happened to be GGopping at one of the hotels. He was ext for to come to the rescue. The nokt day he came into the courtroom ard made one of the dearest 1nterpre- tIDkiOns of the most abstruse facts of 0na law ever delivered before a judge. 10 Woa his case, and was paid q fee o4Ao1mting to thousands of dollars Wh(M the friends crowded around to congratulate, declaring that he had per nDn0bA legal miracle, MT. Webster nnAWnrel: My effort was no miracle. . e not prepare that address in few