The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-01
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!. Babylon by Adams.

Babylon, by Adams. sSsS &
Rev. Hutchinson was introduced Z to.
his audience by DR.. c. u. 9. Bennett
In q short address. Dr.. Hutfhinson.s
manner was most impressive and his
sermon was practical in application
and foreefGt tas to thought. HIS au,li.
enee taecbrded him profound attention
thronghputl the %discourse. The text
Of hisE EHermon was from pin, IA ia
This Thing DO. The folloe,,wlnjg;: q
an outline of the sermon 81; dy..i5'
In this exacting age of strife and,
competition young! people are ever ask.
Ing what will bring success ~ There
Is no more fitting question than this.
The study of the character. spirit. nnr.
pose, etc, Of really great men will
sl1 shed much light upon the &C nditions
OF success. q ..;s 5ll'E: q ::
x Among the great. none stanae higher
than Saul of Tarsus. known later Sas
Paul, the st. Paul or history. rrobobiy;
We can find sno more profitable study
lhi, than the life OF this splendid g, eel men
OF intellectual and Christian ,nanhoode
an inquiry into the real secret of his
greatness. What is greatness ,nyhowq
1t certainly does not consls- alone OF
great talents. for. some thus Endowed en-
'sr have not been great. or done so much
for themselves OF for the world. Is
not he rather a""great man who In.
creases his oHdEtalent to ten. or to
flFc or even tNso than the man who
has ten talents ana fails 10 nultinly
them? I. ssss 5i !sS :, :.
sS But achievement :sstnot the only
measure Of success. Self ile.c1opmIent
and growth are better cri:etions ia
Judge By. To be is more thai, to do.
What we are weighs more than any.
thing else. What man does depends
lot Its power and Significance on what
t the g man man Is. To be n 3bel great.
self-mastery. }jf s;Ri Is zone. 5 $
own nature whiclf ~ build.
Ing ot character, 3is| slsigiw sfsii az a,
f:u5 tu greatness. 1ss. s$5$ $sIS5ss
II The effort 10 DO grea gre Il + nakes
men: For it strensthens #sH ftsSlss 3
character. The efrort :to us Sa against
odds and lin the ffatnf 9hh iS1siti.
surmountable difticuities and with the
loftiest Christian motive, this makes
the most perfect character.;l hen the
Princess. afterwards Queen Victoria,
was notified at the age OF eighteen,
mat she was heir to the throne OF the
English nation, with eyes filled with
tears she said, II will be good" This
is the secret Of the greatness OF sixty
TWO years of reign unparalleled in
that nation and in the world. In the
struggle for intellectual ANA social
superiority; In the struggle for wealth
and political preferement, r:en are
prone to overlook the fact that genu.
Inc simple.minded goodness Is the one
condition without which no character
can be strong on life be great.
picture OF two men or women at
fifty. Equal at the start: a
(a) One a failure because OF dfssf.
pated. mislirected OF scattered; energy.
lacking a purpose, a will, a b gh moral
IDEAL. a really worthy end to live for,
&Efb) Strong character bni up by
continuity of effort in worthy lines,
with set and high ideals. to which the
individual has worked through the
years. all this stamped and moulded
by the presence and controlling spirit
OF God. and an overmastcrine faith in
the invisible. !, 4
What made the difference? .5
Ideals, win, Faith.
Il Paul had: f I. 81
/. An ideal. right. worthy pure.
2. A will, firm, unchanglng, perse:
.vering. 81 g. d
5S. Faith, the anchor, inspiration, the
guide, the ovcr-shadowing inE:.ence OF
Christ in human life. 4, 4. w
This oil sums up. Have an ideal and
follow it under the direction of the
Divine. IS. $.5i s. ss 81
Here Is a man who mi ght have been
distinguished in almost any; walk; in