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none
of
you
will
be
among
that
num-
ber.
Unfortunately
there
falls
into
every
school
a
few
good-for-nothings,
‘and
these
are
the
thorns
in
the
flesh.
I
can
not
pick
them
out
this
morning,
but
let
me
say
to
you,
“
Don’t
you
be
one
of
them.”
Be
the
other
fellow.
There
are
burdens
to
carry
in
the
school
work,
There
are
burdens
for
all
of
us
to
carry,
and
when
you
are
through
your
school
days
then
there
are
burdens
in
the
wide
world
to
carry,
and
when
you
face
the
wide
world
you
will
put
your
shoulder
to
those
burdens
as
you
do
to-day.
If
you
are
able
to
meet
all
difficulties,
if
you
are
able
to
lift,
if
you
are
able
to
stand
on
the
right
side
of
every
ques-
tion
(and
that
is
usually
the
side
the
faculty
is
on),
I
will
just
let
you
into
this
secret
to
guide
you
through
school.—if
you
are
able
to
stand
on
the
right
side
of
every
question,
as
you
go
out
from
the
school
you
will
be
able
to
put
your
shoulder
to
life’s
burdens
and
be
good
for
something,
The
world
is
looking
for
people
who
are
good
for
something,
Why
is
it
that
one-half
of
the
world
always
has
more
than
they
can
carry,
and
the
other
half
are
always
waiting
for
something
to
turn
up?
Why
isit
?—
Because
one-half
are
good
for
some-
thing,
andthe
other
half
are
good
for
nothing.
It
is
easy
enough
to
be
good
for
nothing.
You
can
be
that
in
a
hurry.
But
do
not
do
it.
Stick
by
the
old
school.
You
are
entering
upon
a
new
chap-
ter
in
your
life’s
history,
and
you
are
beginning
a
new,
white
page
this
morning.
Your
whole
experience
will
depend
upon
how
you
use
that
un-
soiled
page.
Now
Daniel
purposed
in
his
heart.
Daniel
purposed.
He
was
off
away
from
his
home,
in
a
heathen
nation.
He
saw
the
struggle
that
was
before
him,
and
alone
with
God
and
his
three
companions
he
purposed
that
he
would
not
defile
himself.
Seventeen
years
ago,
when
Professor
Grainger
was
visiting
this
school,
in
his
talk
to
the
students
he
ATLANTIC
ONION
GLEANER
made
this
statement:
“In
the
dawn-
ing
of
every
life
there
arises
a
star
of
hope.
Whether
that
star
sets
over
Sodom
or
Nazareth
depends
upon
our
purposes
in
life.”
I
made
note
of
that
on
the
fly
leaf
of
my
Bible
and
it
has
run
in
my
mind
ever
since.
Place
your
feet
definitely
and
firmly
upon
a
God-given
purpose
to-day,
at
the
beginning
of
this
school
year,
and
do
not
be
turned
aside
by
anything.
Never
mind
what
little
temptations
come
in
your
way.
Never
mind
how
you
may
be
tempted
to
barter
away
your
precious
moments.
With
that
purpose
definitely
before
you,
keep
straight
on
to
the
goal
and
you
will
all
win
it.
Some
of
you
know
what
it
is
to
have
a
purpose,
and
the
working
out
of
that
purpose
has
brought
you
here.
“Whosoever
will,
may
come,”
and
the
rest
stay
away.
The
will,
the
purpose,
is
the
great
thing
you
need
to
get
in
the
school
to
carry
you
all
the
way
through.
The
discouraged
man
is
a
whipped
man.
Itis
not
easy
to
defeat
a
man
who
can
not
be
defeated.
It
is
that
unconquerable
purpose
that
wins.
Those
who
can
be
conquered
will
be
conquered
in
life’s
great
struggle,
par-
ticularly
at
these
closing
hours
of
this
struggle,
and
be
assured
that
you
can
not
spend
these
hours
foolishly,
and
then
go
out
into
the.
world
and
do
a
great
work.
As
you
start
in
this
morning
so
you
will
continue
very
likely
all
through
life,
and
may
God
grant
this
morning
that
you
start
right.
Two
years
ago
the
fourth
of
this
month
I
was
traveling
with
my
little
family
across
the
Rocky
Mountains.
As
we
neared
the
summit
of
the
range,
a
fellow
traveler
said
to
me,
“My
friend,
if
you
will
watch
on
the
right
side
of
the
train,
you
will
see
what
is
called
the
Great
Divide.
It
is
the
crest
of
the
mountain
range,
and
there
the
stream
divides
and
flows
two
ways.”
We
traveled
a
short
dis-
tance,
and
we
saw
the
stream.
It
seemed
to
come
from
the
sky.
It
came
dashing
down
the
mountain
side
toward
our
train,
and
when
about
one
hundred
yards
from
us
it
flowed
over
a
rounding
rock,
one
portion
flowing
to
the
west
and
another
toward
the
northeast.
That
which
flows
toward
the
west
empties
into
the
Pacific
Ocean,
that
which
flows
to
the
north-
east
empties
into
the
Hudson
Bay—y
one
portion
to
the
land
of
sunshine,
prosperity,
and
usefulness,
and
one
portion
to
the
cold
regions
of
the
north,
to
be
bound
up
in
uselessness.
This
morning
you
stand
at
the
part-
ing
of
the
waters,
the
great
divide,
and
whether
your
life
shall
enter
the
channels
of
usefulness
depends
upon
how
you
start,
it
depends
upon
what
your
purpose
is.
You
may
be
giddy
to-day,
you
may
be
light
and
trifling,
you
may
go
singing
and
dancing
along
as
you
enter
upon
the
realities
of
life
not
realizing
what
the
present
things
mean,
but
let
me
assure
you
at
some
moment,
all
unthought
of,
you
come
to
the
great
divide,
and
you
are
forced
to
make
the
decision
what
course
you
will
take.
You
make
the
decision
and
your
whole
course
is
fixed.
Let
me
urge
you
to
plant
your
feet
on
a
definite
purpose.
There
is
only
one
thing
that
is
worth
working
for,
and
that
is
the
work
of
God,
the
closing
of
this
great
work.
For
“in
the
days
of
the
seventh
angel,
when
he
shall
be-
gin
to
sound,
the
mystery
of
God
shall
be
finished,
as
he
hath
declared
to
his
servants
the
prophets.”
And
God
will
call
for
young
men
and
young
women
to
do
the
finishing
work,
and
he
calls
for
you.
Wesley
said,
“
Give
me
one
hundred
men
who
will
fear
nothing
but
God,
and
hate
nothing
but
sin,
and
who
are
determined
to
know
nothing
among
men
save
Jesus
Christ
and
him
crucified,
and
I
will
set
the
world
on
fire.”
My
prayers
shall
go
with
you
all
the
year,
and
I
shall
trust
that
when
the
year’s
work
shall
close
you
will
go
out
from
the
school
resolved
to
do
something
good
and
great
and
definite
in
the
work
of
the
Lord,
and
may
his
blessing
be
with
you
during
the
year.
And
to
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