The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-22


Pointed Narratives-sermon RepIets
With Good Points
Rev. George H. Ferris addressed a
good sized congregation in Calvary
Baptist church last evening. Special
music was furnished by the church
quartette and the service was one of
unusual interest. The general theme of
Rev. Mr.. Ferris sermon was that
steadfastness and persistency make the
successful man and that these charac-
teristics when directed along lines of
Christianity make the world better and
larger for all mankind. The pastor
drew many apt SMILES and interspersed
his sermon with a number of pointed
narratives.
Scientists tell u.s." said Rev. Mr..
Ferris, that it is possible to make imi-
tation gems so much like the genuine
that it is impossible to distinguish one
from the other. This impossibility dis
appears with time, however, as with
time the brilliancy and true luster fade.
so 1t is with men. 1t is often hard to
tell the imitation from the genuine and
oftentimes the imitation man succeeds
where the genuine man would fail.
Then there comes a time when the
coating wears off and the imitation is
made apparent to all. Character, true
character shines forth more brilliantly
with the lapse of time.
Few people realize the persistency
and the constant application to the
hardest kind of work that has made
men great. Dickens in some of his
works spent hours, days and weeks
alone, coming forth from his seclusion
weak, worn and emaciated. Cyrus w.
Field crossed the ocean fifty-seven
times before he was convinced that his
cable would be successful. Other men
who have made their impress upon the
world have labored equally hard and
their persistency has resembled that of
the bulldog. Young men, young wo-
men, be firm, stick to your work and
be true in your aim. Trust not to luck
but recognize that the greatest element
in luck is pluck. Hang on and keep
everlastingly at your task or tasks. The
epitaph upon the tombstone of nearly
every man who has failed might well
read:
60 He failed because of his inability
to hold on"
Rev. Mr.. Ferris stated that MANY
people reminded him of the peculiar
weather which New Englanders expe-
rience, particularly of gusty wind
storm. Said the pastor:
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is that when the wind blows in gusts
and che knows not at what angie to-
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