Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-11-16
FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN

Better die in the cradle than live to no
purpose or use in the world.
| The young man or woman who sees 10
more in life than personal elevation or ag-
| grandizedment, is the pitiable victim OF thin
delusion.
| The young man OF woman who neglects TO
| obey every generous impulse from youth up
( e III tb9 ut, winding ana swathlng IT.
l self IN a sliken shra u way from the bles
scd light and air. For generUu, i...t,,.I-s-
are the frequent sun5eams glinting from
heaven to earth, and playing around the
| hearts Of men and women.
All should bear this in mind that no
young man, though he be rich in millions,
is so rich that he can afford to dwarf body,
soul or mind, byneglecting even the least Of
| the duties precedent to the development Of
true manhood.
There is no poverty like that Of the spirit
/ The true man, though coarsely clad and fed,
! is prince among nature nobility, while q
mean spirited prince is a contemplate
beggar and pretender among conventional
mobiles.
Every young man should strive first, and
/ to the last, TO attain to the full moral stature
| Of a MAN. For this includes everything
that can 90 to establish enduring repute
| Fame is oitener miscalled than won.
| Greatness is constantly misappTehended
/ A great intellect does not make man great
But the quality Of greatness inheres in
/ true union Of superior intellect and moral
excellence.
| Thus Abraham Lincoln, more than any Of
modern American publicists, deserves, and
| will receive the award of greatness in Amer
! lean history. He was, among men, preeDii-
nently conscientious and good.
! He had not the mighty intellect Of Web
| ster, nor the subtlety of either Calhoun or
/ Seward but he hasa higher place in history
than either, for'he had but enc ambition in
| life-to be the beneiactor of his kind.
To accomplish this he lived very near the
J people ioyed in theirioy- grieved when they
| grieved, in all things sympathlzed wlththem;
end finally died for them
Martyrs are not too plenty, even nova
days. And we can pay Lincoln no higher
compliment than to say that his life was pure
and unselfsh, and his death as noble as that
/ of the noblest Of those who fell In the hour
of battle.
| The record Of this great man, from his boy
! hood to his death, Is a record Of persistent
endaayor to attain to the true stature Of
/ NAN.
His example ought to be life lesson to
every young man. When we say that don't
understand rs as saying that every boy should
! try to be President Lincoln as little expec-
| ted to be President as Autoerat Of the Rus
sias. But the Presidency was an incident OF
his life labor, not the object.
! The man who makes public position,
/ empty honor, or wealth, the object of life,
will die Of moral and spiritual penury and
want.
To act from right motives, unbiased by
selfish ambitions is to put money at com
pound interest. The man who makes tia
rule to do right, and abide the consequ
makes great pace toward true manhood.
Such man cannot hope to have the good
opinion of the selfish, the unprincipled, and
the breakers Of the laws. But he will, in
/ his soul have outlived the fear OF man,
Set out in life with your face toward the
undying light Put all doubtful enterprise
! behind you Resolve to be true to your
highest impulses. Take the responsibility.
! You have to answer for yourselves to
conscience, to your Maker. No man can
appear for you. Therefore the question is
| not, "Did my father, OF grandfather, walk
/ thus, or so, or so believe and practlceI
but rather-'I Is this right, or Wrong? Is
/ that true, or false?
He is exceedingly roor who p;7s his faith
upon another mans sleeve. Tbt faith is
best which is most intelligentl cherished.
That course is best which is mcst 5.selligently
/ determined upon.
Time is the property ofno man. No man
has any surplus time to waste. SO, If a
young man haunts bar-rooms and saloons,
/ he is a thief of Time, a waster of that to
which none can lay special claim.
Morally to waste time Is a greater crime
against society than the theft OF money
Money may be replaced; time lost once IS
lost forever.
/ If man is worth just what he benefits
community, what is the value of the young