Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-08-06
Good Will Assembly Holds
Closing Service Sunday.
Interesting Sermon Preached by
Rev. ". ". BuStard Of Boston
Man May Live Independent Of Circumstances
Under Certain Conditions, He Says.

"N"'i W. al LII 80 part oi inc tlilIr
has been overcast the program Of each
days events has been Carried out cx-
actly rs scheduled and little incon-
vcnicnce hIs been oCcasioncd by the
light showers Of the first part Of the
first part OF the week. The largest
number haze attended this assembly
Of amy past year since il became am
annual event
The Sunday morning sermon was
preached by Rev. W. W. Bustard Of
Boston. who took for his text, can
any good come out Of Nazareth" II
was Il mast"rly address. powerfully
given. The speaker said in part:
Reputation is a good thing but
character is better. 4 reputation
which YOU have been building fnr ~
years may be destroyed in an hour for
the reason that the public. nIturHlIT
suspicious Of its n,ighhorS. Viii lo.sc'
confidence in one very quickly after h.
has shown Il vital weakness and this
same public will Require a sufficient
length "G time for in" weak place in
the mans character to be healed and
forgotten.
Mr.. BuStard referred To his native
city. Paterson, n. J.. SIyiu1 that sine"
Glaring triIncS had from time To tim"
been committed III that city il had won
Il corresponding reputation among all
of the Eastern states fur crininality;
that whatever now happened in Patcr-
son tn" papers would MAX" Paterson in
part 1" blame. rather than classing il
''EVrn Christ could 10 no good work
in Nazareth because of its unbc!icf. ]
want To say. however. and to make this
the main burden Of my talk, that some
good can always be found in every
character which is accredited with be-
ing worthless ana that what Il man is.
he is not 50 necessarily ON account Of
hcrcdity. Hcrcdity is one Of the glad
dcSt and Yet one of the Saddcst things
in nature.
''It is 50 for the reason that a man
can be reflected. not only his best ma
tur" but oft"ntimes II" will see coming
out in his offspring the buried passions
Of his reckless youth, which he had
thought buried and hidden forever. Sci
entistS have made too much of this
which may be brought to offset thi;
dishcartening belief. Without going
far to collect them, how can we account
for tho abilities of Webster. Henry CIay
ana Alnaham Lincoln The latter arose
from the wilderness amid cnrironmcns
of ignorance. Shirtlcssncss and Grim"
ana today h" is "nshriu"d. III the hearts
of the grateful people Of this nation.
and VIII" are guarding his name with
reference that it may never perish
from the earth.
Give me Il boy with determined will
and character and Will promise him
achievements of mind and accom- lish-
m"uts Of virtue which even he himself
has no conception Of.
In the gospel Of Christ We are taught
not only AZ in the text chat something
good can be brought out Of any maa
regardless Of birth or environment hut
also that he may be given now he
redity.
What a man is he * not 50 ncccssar-
lily on account of his environments
We hear very much about the unfortu-
mates who arc born ana reared in me
slums. "" hear of Just as many
crimes committed in country places ac-
CordinS to the population as in the
cities. when man fell from grace. lie
did not fall in n city slum: he fcll in
Paradise. with the best environment
and hIrcdity which God himself could
devise.
I'VE look too much at the ciroum-
stances of life as controlling factors iii
The formation of character. but man
may become sufficiently dependent up
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~ ' w '''''t '"' VI ''"%''i''H' hu'
lll' ulSGldcc lollOWS when Il man, Cor
any reason. prefers to remain in Naz-
ar"th. If You eyer succeed you must
succeed in the rare Of difficulties. max
ing stepping stones of them instead of
tnnhStoneS t. mark the place where
you have laid the best possibilities Of
your lives to rest.
"A paintcr once paintcd y picture of
Il young man aging chess with satan
The stake Was the young mans soul
The fac Of the devil was marked with
+" Hi'"oi'caI grin OF subtraction ana
~ th' YOUNG 'Idn VIII lhcS 81 despair.
inc last play had becn made. Mr.
Morcy' me greatest "1 thc chess gc-