Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-16
For Sunday Reading
Ill Sorts of Opinions
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Success.
lFrom a sermon by Rev. James l..
Gordon. D. D.. pastor Central Consre-
rational church. Winnipeg. Manitoba
This is the best hour in the history
of the world. God has given TO us the
best hour and the best place. A young
man In young country. all things be-
ing equal. spells success. When man,
crawling along with head hanging,
shoulders stopped and physical form
dropping informs me that: Every
thing is wrong" / venture to assert
that If anything is wrong" the wrong
ness OF the wrong is wrapped up IN
mis- owr anatomy. II you can't sue
coed here you would succeed nowhere.
II YOU cant succeed in the year 1913
there has never been a moment since
Adam courted Eve when You would
have achieved splendid success. The
Engiishmaa who fails in Canada was
failure before he came to Canada
Character IS more than heredity or en-
virournent Success is succession. Ris-
ing. Climbing, Scaling the mountain
| top The youth. born in the valley,
who rises TO the mountain top is a sue
lcess-accordink to the dictionary-and
there is always room. al the top.
Second. There Is that which I am
iprone 70 cali the individual ;nterpreta-
ton OF success Every man has his own
aim and ambition. 1t can be com
pressed and expressed IN one word.
That word shall be weighed and
freighted with the motive and meaning
Of whole life. One type OF man con-
ges,s the master thought OF his soul
| in one word-Cash. a noble type CT
mind writes down in syllables Of eter-
nal yelue-CharacteT! One man eX-
claims: Possessions, boundless and
ever increasing. for me-" Whilst an
| other. in more practical and matter
+, If fact way, mutters with q grim de-
| termination: Political prefecmenL II
! can Only secure it" Ny neighbor. TO
f, Inc south would walk amid the
mountain ranges Of all knowledge. sci
ence and literature. Ny neighbor to
the north would rise above and beyond
all the beacon lights OF human his
itory-un-up-up-i The clear. Sc
rene, uncloundcd atmosphere of COM
nunion with God And so his tavortte
song is Nearer My God 20 Thee"
| Every man is possessed Of his own
ambition. 1 have mine. You have
yours. There Is one rose n the garden,
if may pluck that rose, you can have
every other flower; Aye, you can have
the garden. There is one jewel in the
casket, If I may gain that jewel you
can have all the other jeweis-you can
have the casket. There is one thing
Ion which yonder fair maiden has set
ner heart and one thing on which yon-
der noble youth has fixed his mind and
for both the attainment Of object, de-
sire, design or purpose is the acme Of
the souls dream. and the individual in
terprets lion OF success. Paul exciaims
For me to live in Christ"-there you
lnave the thought Of a whole life time
congested in one word-Christ.
Third. there is that which may be
. spoken of as the popular Interpretation
of success. The popular Interpretation
| CT success is success as we find 1t
in common parlance. success in the
, Language Of the street, success in its
most vulgar definition Success in its
Lowest Interpretation Is simply and
. only and always - the ability to "ge'
: there" 1t doesn't make any difference
5 how you get there saw some. II you
only get there A man may take hi:
u L
gion; his conscience. and fling the
whole blessed circle of divine things
), lover beard. but what difference does II
make-if he only gets there. To some
people this is success and to such PEG
$ pie nothing succeeds like success. Some
I. success is scum success. Success II
! the survival of the flttest and not the
survival Of the slickest. 1 inquire o.
my ne.ghbor: who Is that masculine
! imortal who sails down the main aisle
! OF the sanctuary every Sunday while
all the folks on both sides Of the aisle
crane their necks and twist their bron
;. chiaI tubes to gaze upon his imperia
, proportions?" And my reighbor re
tplies, with peculiar twinkle IN nj!
eye: Don't you know him? Why tina
y FELLOW IL worth a million dollars. TheI
III venture to inquire: Where did tn
/, fellow get his million dollars? Ans
. my neighbor. adding a wink to hi
: twinkle, remarks with a drawl: Il
doesn't make much difference wher
y he got it. the main fact is that, today
4 possession Is ninety nine points of tn
J, social code" To get there. This /
4 success. And nothing succeeds Tx
y such success.
But demur. Nothing succeeds Tx
r character. Is q man a success when
ID every other man were the same sort o
z success, there would be no such thin
e AZ SUCCESS? II you desire to ascertain
n whether or not man is a success TAX
Q him and multiply him by seven miliio
r and ask yourself the question, whs
I.ird Of dominion would We have