TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 29 August 1885, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

Some tune ago Mi S. E Y. Mow bray paid <i \i-it to this dwtnet. It was on an occasion when theie was a lmi-tei of the volun teer cavaliy, and tli.it gentleman was so pleased with the sni.tit and soldu>ihk« appeai .nice of the men, that he sent to Captain Uutheifoid a \oiy handsome tiophy to be filed foi. It is a massive silver Maltese cross. On the front are a wreath and cioss rifles in gold; on thn back the following nisciiption . — "Pi evented to the To Awa mntu Volunteer Cavahy by S. E Y. Mowbiay. Won by ' The onl\ condi tions Mr Mowbi.iy imposed weio that befoie becoming tlio absolute piopeity of any nipmber it must be won twice m succession, or three times at internals- The other conditions of ranges, number of shots, iVc, weie left to the discretion of the troop. Upon the clasp the would "Te Awamutu Cavahy " aie in lelief. It is a \eiy handsome present, indeed, and so highly pn/od that the competition for it to-day at the butts will be \eiy keen. Besides the trophy, the belt hto be filed for to-day. Corporal Noith is the piesent holder. It remains to be seen w hethi 1 he 1-, to be the absolute owner. Our Waiknto poulti v bieedeis have taken leading honours in Wellington. Mi Uiesii mi took first and sec-md ptues 1 foi Plymouth Rocks, and Mr liluck took second foi Biahmasi. LKCrUllllin THK UKV. Mil 111 INOW Mi Hutvni dchveied a \»iv mteiesting h Lture on " Success-," in the Pie-hvteM in Chinch mi Thuisd.iy evenitig, Mr Win .stone m the chan. As the evening was cold and thieatening the attendance w is not as Luge as might have been expected The pioceedmgs werooppned by the singing of the SOth hymn. The chairman then in a biief speech inttoduced the lev. sjio.ikei, who began by describing the various st.indaids of success set up by diffeicnt people Some thought the acquisition of wealth the standard of success, others powci, while others considered a good .social status peifect success. England was considcicd a great and successful nation when, with her archers and spearmen .she mowed down tlie ranks of the Freuch, a still greater :ind more powerful natum when, with hei soldiers she bioke the powci of Buonapaite at Wateiloo, but lie thought she showed hei greatness mote when she paid three millions to the Ameiican Government over the Alabama, claim, rither ttnn shed tlie blood of a. sinple individual, and thus achieved a moie brilliant success than on eitlier of the othei occasions Sufficient value was not placed on physical success. Tho inventor of a complicated piece of machiiieiy was looked upon as a gieat man, but a meed of pi ai«e was seldom lendeied to the man who woiked this machinery. Tho latter was .successful in his walk in lifo. and piobably he had to woik Laid to become successful in his position. If anyone felt an aspiration aftei something gi eater and liighei let him tr> and attain it, whatevei it m.iy be, and lie would suielyhnd there was an out-idepuwei helping him on tow ard success. The man who cull ti oiled ln» heart, and kept hi* naturally evil natuie in check was the tiuly .successful man. To some people success seemed to be far distant indeed— »n distant that unless they possessed patience and en durance in a great degiee they would gue up in despair ; but to the patient, the deteimined, and bravely enduiingman, success, was almost certain eventually. The highest ■"tandaid of success is to look beyond this world and to see that we are to ensino .in entrance into a better life in the noild to come. The man who thoroughly felt tint theie was something in him which linked him to the Deity was a tiuly successful man ; successful because he had attained that which should be the chief aim uid de site of eveiyonc Earthly success «,n but fleeting. Napoleon, in spito of his mighty achievements, was at last indebted to Ins enemies for the gray c wherein he was laid. We should look higher than this woild, and see that we are successful in onteiing the blessed life in the woild of the heieafter. — The lectvue vv ,i«» listened to with gieat attention, and at ith close a heaity vote of thanks was accoided the lev. gentleman.— (Own Coi respondent. "J.Sth \ugust.)