Importance Of Earnestness

Not simply to the wind, however auspicious, does the seaman owe his progress. Without it, indeed, his ship would but rise and fall in the swell of the deep; but without the skill to catch and use the breeze, and compel it, even when adverse, by dexterous trimming of the yards, and setting of the sails, and handling of the helm, to force him on and over the waves, what service were the wind to him.

So was it in Joseph’s and so is it in all cases of success. God gives the opportunities; but success turns on the use we make of them; on the promptitude with which we seize the openings of providence; on the earnestness of character we bring into the field; on the resolution and energy we throw into our business.—GUTHRIE.

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