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Too many men i Z. Il
Get on a jag n 4 ii;;5 "A
The moment when ~
Love strikes a snag. /
WEsWouLD ALL BE SUCCESSFUL
If We ONLY X NEW FOR VIVA
THE LORD MADE us! III,
II 1t were possible for a man at the
age Of forty. just when he Is in his
prime. could start his life over and
live another two score years, possess.
Ing the experience through which he
has pasesd. It's a safe lbet1that ninety.
eight per cent. perhaps all, would be
successful. That is to say, that they
would be successful commercially, SO.
cially and be better citizens! In every
way shape aud manner and they would
also enjoy better health. And, again,
| II 1T we're possible for q man to know
for What profession calling or occupa.
ton he We're made before he has
reached the age when he has to stick
to the same occupation for an exist
ence. whether he is fitted fortitornot,
would make a sucsess. Z The only rea.
son that some men are a success In
business is from the fact that they are
pursuing the vocation for which they
were intended. God in His wisdom
made different men for different call.
lngs; he had some to till the soil and
plow the fields; he made others to
lead armies to victory he made 9th.
ers to preach and tell OF His Book; he
made others to make music upon
str'nged Instruments while others he
made with voices to sing. And SO on.
every person was made to pursue a
certain occupation, and as long as he
is doing that for which he was not in.
tended he Is going to make fizzle Of
It. DIR. T. Dewitt Talmage once said
that a man never. tires OF the work that
the Lord intended him to do as long
as 1t is honest labor. The Doctor be-
ing one of5the brightest men Of this
time and who well knew human ma.
ture, His words bear more than iordi.
nary weight. 80 V Y
It Is about the saddest thing in the
world TO see a man pursuing an occ,l.
patton for which he was not made, and
daily watching the clock that he
might quit his work on the minute
that his days work is completed and
counting ION l91iis fingers how many
more days until Saturday when he can
rest on the Sabbath q Resting on the
Sabbath recalls, 'annewspaper FIN this
Stateltwhich lis issued seven days lip
the week. S65.daysi year and 366 days
leap years. There, are two electric
dynamoes 70 run the machinery for
this paper. a large one and a. substi-
tut. The larger one, Is operated only
about llve days in The week and the
other one is put on. "a gentleman once
asked the manager Of this paper why
he.had'two Sdynamoes! eel have to give
one rest every few days" said he. Hor
1t would soon he worn out by. constant
operation and be thrown into the
scrap heap. That same man works
His employees seven days in the week.
week In and week out. For which does
he have the most respect?
Last winter there was an. old show
man III, Fairmont travelling for a made.
to.order hat company, who was a deep
student OF human nature and phil.
osopher. He was an exceptionally
bright man and was three score and
ten years. He said one evening In the
course of conversation: II was fit
ty years old before knew. what the
good Lord made me for and now I'm
too old to begin to purs,let- the
occupation that would have suited me
and ! would have been success In
this life; would not have to be work
ing now at this age, but, then, good
ness knows haye made q success Of
one thfng-a success as a failure" So
you see ii that man7had known what
he was made for he would have been
successful and would have liked his
work. There are men to-day who are
following the .plow who should be fol.
lowing n great profession. and there
are men following a profession who
should have been walking slowly be.
hind a pillow with reins over their
shoulders and watching out that the
blamed old pillow point didn't strike a
tree and nearly jerk Off an arm; there
are men who are on the stage today
who have to hustle to keep off the
other stage-stage of starvation;
there are men who are digging post
holes who should be digging over, books
OF Science, there are men who are run.
ming street cars that should be run.
ming for Office, fortwlth their executive
ability and good common sense they
would make excellent officials; there
are men WHO are selling "sox' and sus-
penders to-day who should sell stocks
and bonds In Wall street II they had
the opportunity. "Ah, there Is the
rub"-thats the point Il they had the
Opportunity. Y 3 4 Z z ii
This is usually the case. A young
man is graduated from school, he
wants to secure position or n job
take your choice, the only difference,
a position pays more than a job-for
he is going with some fair dame and
wants 80 put. on a good front, SO he
takes the first position or Job and he
continues in that pursuit, and In nine
cases out OF ten Mt some vocation that
he does not like and shows about as
much enthusiasm while at work as "a
man painting q fence. So he contin.