Year: 1872

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DELIVERED BEFORE THE r.
.MUk9ERRr EHcEUya,
Deoembe1. Soth, 1871,


AT MULBERRY, TENNESSEE.
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We propose now to discuss des


tiny as referring to the manner,
fortunes or misfortunes, successes
or, reverses, and general attain
ments of life. When tie aspiring
youth, budding INFO manhood, OF
the man of ripper years, asks the
question What shall my destiny
be, though he knows not in fact
what thefuture may bring farsh,
and though he may entertain ap-
prehensive doubts as to Il, which
ARE natural from the shot tsighted.
ness of man, yet the inquiry
should be made with definite and
exalted considerations. When
you ask yourself this question,
let your consideration be first
what you would desire your des.
! tiny to be, and then connect with
this desire ambition, energy and
determination, and time will give
you propitious and joyful an
swer. 5000 sayi- s..
| In other words, as you are a.
bout to enter upon the stage of
life to combat with the coming
giants of the age, or about to lanch
out upon a boundless ocean, whose
only shore is your starting point,
to which you can never return, to
buffet its angry and rolling biIlows,
as they press hard around you on
every side, mark and determine
well your course across its stormy
bosom, having first set your mark
high and above all that is ignoble
and low, but which will reflect to
all eyes beholding, q true radiance
of goodness and greatness. When
you inquire what your destiny
shall shall be, remember that all
rests with you, and that it will be


just what you make it. Our
Creator has given man every
means of making himself either
great or low, and no one is re.
sponsible for the latter condition
but himself Frame your future
in your own mind, and then work
it out. The man who begins life
without an object will never at
tain one. There are a thousand
spheres in which one can labor
and become IL shining and attrac,
tive light. So in contemplating
your future, remember You have
the choice of many glorious and
brilliant courses. In making your
selection, aim for The. highest,
though you should reach only the
next best, and never feel that any
position in life has too much hon.
or for your occupancy for the
higher you ascend, the more emf
nent will you become. Man new!
er becomes great in a low position,
and by ascending one step, you
are enabled to reach the next
higher. Be not discouraged, that
the world is full of wealth and
honor seekers, for 30 many ot


them fail, that there Is always
ample room for those who dosnd
will succeed. He who is discourI
aged before an attempt, could not
stand the first wave that woald
dash against him. Daniel Web
ster, the American orator, in re-
plying to a desponding and COM
planning young sprig of the law,
said to him in substance, the low
er halls are crowded, but you will
always find room on the upper
floor. -leo7 sA


The time is near at hand when
you will have to start life's Jour.
ney, destiny or destiny before you,
and without having settled it in
your own minds you will be driv.
en- indifferently from wave to wave
like a wait on the ocean, and not
knowing whittier you go, nor
when or where you will land. No
man knows absolutely or positive.
Ily what his destiny will be, but
he can labor so strenuously for
the attainment of a certain object,
that be will almost in every case
succeed, and from his present sue
ceSses can come to very tar
knowledge as to his future life.


There are some whose ambition
is greater :han their efforts to &C.
complish their desired ends, and
they of course must be disappoint-
ed in their expectations. One
cannot hope to attain a point IN
life where his labor and energy are
not sufficient to accomplish it.
While one should aspire to the
highest position within the, range