Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-09-26
WORDS YOUNG MEN

| NEARLY all things can be accomplished by
dint of indeta,igable industry, perseverance,
and labor Labor is the price set on every
thing valuable nor has any man, whateve
| his genius, risen to tminence in any art o.
! profession, cyccp. by unwcared industry, ai.t
patient labor. DIR. Johnson once remarked
that the mental disease of the present genera
! ton is lmpatiunce of study, and disposition
TO rely on unasSistcd genius and natural sagac-
| ity the wits Of these days have discovered Q
way 10 fame which the dull caution of our la.
borious ancestors dared never attempt.
! The remark is as applicable at this day as it
was i'll iotlson's tnns. Oar young men are
| still eager 10 arrive at great results without
paying the inevitable price--h,rd labor. II
be really wise, we mus, labor after knowledge;
10 be icarnud, wcmnst study 10 practice sell
culture successfully, we mast be dil!gent and
sell denying TO be great II anything, We
mus; have patience. L,nsf low has adm'ra-
bly, sad, LEARN to labor, and to watt
las the reader ever thought of his amazing
capacities! His mind may mt have Il direct
turn to any art or science III PartlcHar, bat
still he has some talent; and, lot tlat talent
be improved, and who knows what he may yet
become! II is not within the bounds of rca
son to fold the arms. and say, ''it | an tn be
great, shall bc great" Whatever You may
become by perseverance,, it is quite certain you
cannot make any aivance without 1t. Pmics-
ophers never grow in a night, neither were the
Pyramids built in day. such Il theory remlnds
me of man who said he never learned his
business, but that one night hc dreaihed he as
an engineer, and ihat~hc 2wokc IN The III 'rhin.,
master of his trade.
Let there be an object in your living. There
is no time 10 be lost every hour, # lost, is
lost forever. Time waits for no man. We may
stop and Idle away the time, bat ali nature be :
sides moves onward then onward III the pith
Of duty and usefulness should we so. Rtmem
Der the principle OF Napoleon, "An hour lost
is chance for misfortune in the future
For young men to be really aud practically
Industrious and useful, they must improve those
minute particles OF Tune known as ''spare mo-
menS.' OF all portions of our lie, these
Sp.re IN tm1nts are The most fruitful Tor good OF
evil. spare moments are the gold udSl OF
TIM. Idteness wastes IL man as lnscnslbIy as
industry improves him; Svil deeds and evil
thoughts Seldom creep in upon siih who IS as
Sidaousy employed upon good Ones. Inc NINA
and body both require activity To Keep them
pure and healthy in action.
For the sake of happiness, get knowledge.
The unlettercd ana uncultlvalcd mind seeks
excitement; study TO such one is misery Ii
cannot DC theruic that 'isnorance Is bliss iof
were II SO, the brlte creation would ENJOY more
happiness than man. We're We to desplse
N"p"iC"5St Iht give tiic 't'i' "Si~"S|'
us tooiishnGss, we should soon usher IN MI
lcnniiim Of stupidity and vice. Knowledge is
The greatest power aman can exercise. Sclcnce
teaches man how to apply physical strength,
and render ali things .ubservIent to his use
Yet, after all, it is not mere knowledge, but
wisdom which is the pri ncipal tihns-that
knowledge which maketh wise unto salvation
that knowledge which restores fatle!i man to
his Makers face; this is superior lar to ali
earthly know wledge. and without 1t, Tie most
profound ideas, the most extensive learninS,
are as nothing.
Robert Hall, speaking o! religion, says, "Re-
ligiOn is the final centre oi rcpJjc, the goal TO
which all things tend, apart from which, man
is sha1ow-his very IN stence riddie."-
'Frue religion is not, as many suppose, Incom-
patible with great learning. No; many are
the living examples which prove that moral eX-
ccllence and Christ-like character are quite
compatible with Mental refinement anu scien'
titic research.
It becomes the duty of all to possess this cx-
cellence-to be truly good and truly great.
Let your life be one of purpose-live for
Many, to all appearances, 1--we
without any object in view /; they live and mIve
and pass olt of existence, and what have they
done They have raised no poor Whnderef
from degradation they have sought to reclaim
no poor outcast TO the path OF rectltude none
can point TO them and say, che leu me ooc" "
The fold of heaven;' their light went out III
darkness: their history is blank page. Live
not thus,fO man immortal Tiny llie here Is
one of probation thou art here 10 do that
which eternity can never undo. Do 1t well !;
do It with thy might let thy light SHINE let
your influence be ielt /; do good, and when
Your spirit shall have struck into iew ana
subimer orbit, you will still shine, and You W M
leave behind you a monument which TIME Will
fail TO destroy-a remembrance that will last
foreyer.-I Christians Penny Magazine.