The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-03-20

them somewhere on their J0urne'
! lif they are really in earnest an,
wide awake. The answers are diff
ferent vocations In life. On
{ young man desires to become
| lawyer and is both mentally an,
, physically able; also he is giftet
, in speech. There is nota single oh
stacle in his way if he will only pu
his heart and brain into the work
| We should use sound judgment ant
common sense in judging for wha
we are suited; it affects the whole
| future of our life. If we choose
the wrong profession and work al
it several years before we discover
our error, we are likely to be SO
badly discouraged that a second
profession will not be undertaken.
One person makes grand success
in a certain calling; another takes
up the same occuption and fails.
BY being steady and never finch
ing we may overcome many SEEM
ingly hopeless difficulties. Any
worthy occupation at which we
we may labor faithfully will GER
tainly not leave US on the bottom
round of the BLADDER of Iife."
Industry and honesty combined
play an important part in elevate
ing us in life. The Industrious
person is far too economical to
waste time in frivolous amuse-
ments. He sees that life is reali-
ty, and that he must be up and grid
himself for conflict with the great
Apollyon, who bcstrides his path
way. The industrious young man
uses the moments in preparing
himself for usefulness to his fell
lowmen. In his zeal for success,
he neglects the useless things of
this life and is sure to reach his
goal. Moments are to him as
sands of precious gold. What if
opportunities do not favor him9
He only works harder and never
flies the track.
Industry is the loom which seizes
time as it passes and weaves it in
to a cloth of great value.
He who is honest to the core of
the heart cannot be an inferior
man. One of the greatest conso-
lations that a man can have is to
know, that he is honest through
and through. When he lies down
to rest his sleep is sweet; he knows
that he has willfully harmed no
man. A truly honest man is al
ways valued by the people, al
though he may not be known be-
yond the bounds of own district.
| do not claim that every honest /
man will be Wesley, but | do as
sert that he will gain the conf
dence of all with whom he comes
in contact. LII man is not hon
est, it matters not how many other
good qualities he. may have, he
will be found lacking when weigh
ed in the scales of God. On the
other hand, a-man may be truly |
honest, yet lack many other essen
5ial qualities, and his honesty will
surely not leave, him on the bot
5om round,of thes Bladder of life"
AS | have said, industry and
honesty may and have done much
,oward exalting their possessors
IN the Bladder of life," yet by
our souls to Jesus Christ,
We receive more than can be given
is by either industry or honesty.
BY anchoring our souls in his
BOSOM of love for humanity, we
Ittain the heights oflhuman hap
oiness here below. Not only shall
We partake of unspeakable joys
lere below, but in the grand here
yfter we shall receive a crown of
life which will entitle us to un-
peakable blessing forever and
yer. s
In conclusion l wish to say that t
We should see that the "ladder Of !
ife" which we climb is founded r
n solid rock, which will remain {
rm, though the rains may de- I
cend and the floods come and the q