The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-07

day he is going to be a preacher. who
will hold the people in his hands like
wax, and fire them with his oratOry.
Who is that boy? II nothing confuses
him, he's the coming preacher" The
speaker then gave the story of his
own childhood, telling of the cruelty
of the man who hired him to plow his
fields. one day the plow the boy was
using slipped fro mthc hurrow, and
i'm trying to pull It back into the row,
the strength of the child gave way
and he tainted. lie was brought back
to consciousness by the kicks of the
man who employed him. As the boy
lay there on his sore back with sore
heart, he vowed that he would live
to teach that man and his family, ana
to have more influence I'm the COM
munity than they IN after years ne
became a minister and one day
preached in his home church His
former employer and his family sat
on the front seat. ana at them Mr.
Wickcrsham directed the sermon. At
the close Of the Service. instead of
leaving the church as the minister
had supposed he would, the man came
to the pulpit and congratulated him
on his ability as preacher. That
was the realization of the boy dream,
that some day he would be able to
drive the plowshare of Gods truth
down into the dry ground Of mems
souls.
Mr.. Wickcrsham spoke Of the ten
dency of young men to look for easy
Jobs i'm life. In this, they are often
upheld by their parents, especially
their mothers, who say 81 want my
son to be a professional man." They
think there is omo.hing degrading
about hard, honest labor. Tile man
who drives a plow or pounds the anVil
will be just as much honored as the
man in legislature, IL he does his
work scholarly and scientifically.
Fathers and mothers should be care
full how theysindulge child and also,
how they do not indulge him. Al
this point, the speaker mentioned the
difference between the attention a
boy receives from that of his sister.
Her room Is prettier and more at
tractive, and the boy is always made
to give up. His father and he arc not
intimate. when the boy comes to the
father with a boyish question, he Is
told that his father has too MUCH busi-
ness To attend go him The boy be-
gins To spend his evening down town,
because there is nothing 10 amuse him,
or make it pleasant for him at home.
"rhe father must come down TO
the level of the boy" said Mr.. Wicker
sham. "Thlnk what he thinks, live
what he lives, feel what he feels and
don't try TO put an cid head on young
shoulders. Search out his daN-dreams'
they are his best assets. Find out
what he likes and educate him ac-
cordingly. II l could preach but one
sermon OF one sentence, l would say
Fathers, stay chummy with your hoy
"What Is the relationship Between
the day-dream and the reality The
day-dream is the work as the dreamer
sees II, the reality is AS God sees il.
BY and by He will touch some dream
and It will become tangible so that
every one can see It, Nothing ever
happened but it was first a day-dream.
Can the day-dream be made real?"
no prove that day-dreams may be
realized Mr. Wickersham related the
story of the building of a great bridge,
by friend of his. and Upon its com
pletion. the architect told him how il
was all evolved in day-dream before
| Il became "a reality.
when dreamer dreams, God
takes note. When he Wills, God pro-
vides, when he works God supplies
and no power on earth or In hadeS can
fail him, and in heaven, there Is moth
| ing but help for him"