He knew that he could succeed in some way, and he did.

One of the most wealthy men of my acquaintance, a man of piety and great goodness of heart, who is doing much for every noble cause, was once a poor, fatherless boy. His mother was very poor, and he fared as other poor children do, worked hard, and got little for his labor. But he determined to rise from his condition. Resolutely did he set himself to work, and perseveringly did he continue his efforts; and now he is one of the richest men of the age, and is doing much good with his money.

Some years ago, a little boy, about twelve years of age, entered the village of Portsmouth, with a little pack upon his shoulders, in which he carried his few clothes and some bread and cheese, from which he had eaten while on his journey. He had come to seek his fortune, and he was resolved to find it. That little boy is

now president of one of our largest Western colleges, and is esteemed a learned, pious, and useful man.

All that is necessary to success, usually, is to resolve to succeed, and then labor until the result is accomplished. Make every honest effort, leave nothing undone that human effort can accomplish, and you need not fear a failure.

A teacher was once explaining a problem to a very dull scholar. He went through with the explanation, very carefully, several times, and the other scholars began to wonder at his patience; but still the dull scholar could not understand; and the teacher continued to repeat his explanation, making it more and more simple, until he had repeated it nineteen times! Still the boy could not understand, although he tried very hard. Again it was repeated; and this time the boy's eyes brightened-he understood it.

When one of the scholars ventured to ask the teacher why he persevered in giving the explanation twenty times, he answered, "Because nineteen would not do."

Here is the great secret. We must work until we accomplish our purpose. Had that teacher stopped after he had repeated his explanation nineteen times, little or nothing would have been accomplished; and he would have lost all the labor which he had performed. Now you may fail nineteen times to accomplish your end. What then shall you do? Try again, and keep trying until you do succeed.

Here, my young friends, is another step to honor. If you refuse to take it, all that go before will be of little service to you in securing the great end of life-usefulness. True, obedience will secure you the blessings of your parents; honesty and truthfulness will gain for you the confidence of the community, and the ap

probation of conscience; and kindness will open for you the hearts of the benevolent, and make friends even of enemies; but, after all, energy and perseverance are the great means of retaining the good already gained, and of enabling us to secure new and still greater benefits in the future.

This world is full of sin, and all kinds of opposition to virtuous success. If you would succeed, you must be resolute. Never say, "I can't." Never stop to repine over hard luck; and if you sometimes stumble and fall, "up and at it" again. Let your motto be, "Forward," and, with God's blessing on your efforts, you will reap success.

"NEVER GIVE UP.

"NEVER give up! It is wiser and better
Always to hope than once to despair;
Fling off the load of doubt's cankering fetter,
And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.
Never give up! or the burden may sink you:

Providence kindly has mingled the cup,
And in all troubles and trials bethink you,

The watchword of life must be, 'Never give up!'

"Never give up! there are chances and changes,
Helping the hopeful a hundred to one;
And, through the chaos, high Wisdom arranges
Ever success, if you'll only hope on;
Never give up! for the wisest is boldest,
Knowing that Providence mingles the cup,
And of all maxims the best, as the oldest,
Is the true watchword of 'Never give up!'

"Never give up! though the grape-shot may rattle, Or the full thunder-cloud over you burst; Stand like a rock! and the storm or the battle,

Little shall harm you, though doing their worst.