The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-03


every one that hath shall be given AM
he shall have abundance, but from hin
that hath not shall be taken away ever
that which he hath" 1t is easy enough
for the pastor of Il successful churcl
of New York to be called TO prosper
Gus church of Chicago But minister
without a pulpit, though he be a gian
among preachers. has an almost insur
mountable undertaking to be called t
any strong pulpit. The man without (
job Ii n man whose failure is stamped
npon his brow, and every one looks al
him with suspicion. BE patient. Every
thing will come out all right. Just be
patient.
Not as Important ~ We Think.
But there is still another reason why
| do not want you to give up that po-
sition which seems to fret You. AS
far rs ! can make out, you are getting
In life just about as much as you de-
serve, Instead of complaining you
ought to get down on your knees and
thank God Tor the position which he
has given to you. Why should you
expect God to make you his favorite
child and allow you to rest upon a bed
OF roses? Are you any different from
any Of his other children? Are you so
smart or SO good or so humble that
you have right to expect more than
they? Instead of grumbling about
your small position, you should see
men, in every way your superiors,
| physically, mentally and spiritually, oc-
cupying smaller positions than you.
BE patient in that work God has given
to you. Most of usage, perhaps all of
us have all we deserve in life and
more too. If God wants us to 20 high
err, he will open the way. III he does
| not open the way, then let us do what
| he wants us to do, You and | are not
SO important or so brilliant or so per
| fectly sanctifed as some of us think
we are. In order to impress upon you
this fact, / would read to you a quaint
piece of poetry by James Whitcomb
Riley 1t has helped and encouraged
me much in life. | hope the reading
viii make you contented in the field
of labor to whick God has called you
to work
The signs are bad when folks commence
A-finding fault with Providence
And baking cause the world don't shake
Al every prancing step they take,
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
II stripped TO self. and stark and bare
He hung his sign out any where.
My doctrine is to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied.
jest do your best and praise. or blame
That follers, that counts justine same.
I've alters noticed great success
Is mixed with trouble. more or less.
And it's the man who does the best
That gets more kicks than all the rest
But, roaming in and out among the
Israclitish hosts encamped at Pi-hahi-
roth, find the ranks of the Mosaic ar
my cursed and retarded with hangers
on There were many brave men in
that army Men there Were Ike Josh |
ia and Caleb, but there was also a
host of lazy, good for nothings, rs in |
every army, who expected others to do /
all the work When the tents wore to /
be lifted, they were not there; when |
the mamma was TO be collected, they I
were like the five foolish virgins who
wanted to borrow the oil Of the five
wise virgins. And so today when ! see
a strong. willing man l. inevitably see
Il lot of human leeches clngng 10 that
man MS barnacles stick to ships hull.
Furthermore, today | see scores and
hundreds Of you hardwoiking men ana
women rebelling at the injustice by
which others ARE trying TO live off the
results of the sweat of your brow.
Let me illustrate my thought by
drawing a verbal picture Of what we
all know to be true There are four of
us boys. all brothers, born in n humble
farmhouse away back in the country.
Two of my brothers and myself are
just happy-go-luclsy boys. Oh, yes we
work hard when we work, but we work
Just as little MS we can, and when we
have dollar we always spend the
whole dollar If there is country
dance. my two brothers and | always !
20 there. If a leisure hour, you can al
ways find us lying around the village |
store or playing FRANKS upon the boys.
We are not bad: we are just ordinary,
lappy-go-lucky, everyday boys. We
IRE like most of boys We 10 what we
ire told to do and DO nothing more.
The Successful Mans burden.
But have n brother Jack. The
-oung folks say he is queer and mean
md stingy. Some people say he is
'razy. My brother Jack is not lazy.
lie works just as hard rs we do. but
when he makes dollar instead Of
pending that dollar as we do, he saves
t or goes and buys some hooks. In
tead of loafing about the village store
n the evening Jack is always home
tudying. II. he is not crazy. lack is
ertainly queer. One day Jack comes
n and tells rs he Is going to teach
winter school In order TO 90 to college.
We think then he is craZier still. Aft
r awhile Jack. by working all his SUM-
ners and all winters. gets through col
sge and then comes ilione and tells
IS that he is going 10 the law school.
We think he is crazier stilL After
while Jack. by years OF self sacrifice
nd hard work. is graduated Then he
oes to New York city. After awhile