News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1912-01-31
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UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

W A W ELL, we never yet depend
WTFSSW ed on Sam and had him
VtA1,bM fail us. He is always on
N%gNEyS hand to deliver the goods"
w W These words fell on my
ears as was hurrying
down the street one morning, and
they struck me with such force that
found myself repeating over and over:
He never failed us. He always deliv-
ers the goods" 1t set itself to little
tune, and kept singing itself like a
beautiful refrain, and / realized, as l
had never done before, how much that
meant.
had been having some dishearten
ing experiences that very morning
with people who could not be depend
ed upon, thereby putting me to great
deal of trouble and inconvenience, and
as / heard the words of commentator
for the boy who could be depended
upon, some way the world seemed
brighter, for I now knew that all Of
those most comfortable people to
have around-the ones who deliver
the goods" had not all vanished from
the face of the earth.
felt great longing to see that boy,
to take him by the hand, to look into
his clear, bright eyes and frank, man.
ly face. | knew his eyes were clear
and bright, for how could they be
otherwise when the owner of them
was always able to look others in the
eye and not feel embarrassed over
duties neglected? And I also knew
that the face of that boy must be
clear, manly, and frank, for it was ir-
radiated by clear conscience; and
when did clear conscience ever color
the cheek with shame and cloud the
boyish eyes that ought always to look
the world in the face unabashed?
Things to Remember.
Why, ladies, there is whole ser
mon In that remark-slang and all.
Always to be depended upon--is not
that a grand ambition for boy to
have? And, you know, it generally
follows that as is the boy, so is the
man; and if you wish to be man that
the world depends upon for its good,
it's great deeds, you must begin now
to be dependable" boy. If you
have dreams (and what boy has not?)
of great and wonderful things to hap
pen to you, just remember, please, that
great results do not happen" They
are always the sequel of natural laws
of Gods laws-that what you SOW,
that also shall Won reaD"
No idle, irresponsible boy ever be-
came a successful man without
changing his ways, turning face about
and beginning over again. All, lads,
and this beginning all over again is so
hard. 1t means the breaking of old
habits, the letting go Of old friends and
old associations. You know IF thy
right hand offend thee, cut it off, and
that seems pretty severe remedy for
the trouble, doesn't it? But it must
be done for one who knows assures us
it is the only way.
In the Beginning.
How to begin? Well, these are some
or the steps to that end: A strong de-
termination to be the very best boy
lHdI, WIFI bOu u6lp, you Seiil NC,
obedience to parents and teachers;
choice of pure, clean-minded compan-
ions, people and books, and keeping
away from evil places. Pool rooms and
bowling alleys and saloons never
have furnished our best men-the men
"who, deliver the goods"-and, laddie,
they never will Wine rooms and cards
never have produced philosophers and
inventors and presidents, and never
will for they cannot deliver the
goods"
Take this sermon to heart, my boys
the sermon that was not meant to
be such, but contained more truth and
inspiration than many sermon
have heard from the pulpit Re boy
who is always to be depended upon,
who always delivers the goods"