Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06
BOYS, BE PROMPTi

If there is any one word more than an.
other to which more extended effective
Specification might be added, II is that
word prompSnocs. II may be said TO be
capital stock in itself to the possessor,
with which he may safely operate in 20
curing to himself the confidence of all
his acquaintances. 1t signifies 80 much
that will necessarily be Of interest to the
boy or young man in his ambitious for.
ward march to success that he cannot
well dispense with the practical use Of
what 1t expresses Boys, as you value
your honor. your integrity. and your
/ hope Of success in all good undertakings,
be prompt. Cultivate this as habit in
dispensable to your future growth and
prosperity. Be in readiness and up TO
| time in your several duties and doings,
whether it be in the school room In con-
nection with your allotted task, where
should be found time for everything
connected with the institution, and every
thing in its time, or when busy at your
daily labor fulfilling the decree long since
uttered, I'm the sweat Of thy face shalt
thou cat bread" Who Is there among ~
that does not feel an earnest sympa-
acquaintance who IL known to DO
prompts-in time at his school,
ready in his Rotations, prompt
in his contracts and promises with hii
companions, and ever ready to do tho
bidding Of his parents and teachers, who
seek his welfare; prompt in saying no
when asked to do wrong, and as ready in
the right to act. Learn to be prompt In
every little transaction. Promptness 10
something Of an educator Being In reedi-
ness TO return the little favors we receive
from others, tends to beget in MS some
thing of that active spirit made manifest
in the Golden Rule. Boys: let us now
If never before-begin to be up TO time,
for "Now IL the accepted time" Let 10
do 1t now, that we may now have the full
benefit consequent upon duty performed,
and shun the curse following q general
slackness Of character. Promptness may
be said to be the keynote to character.
BY Its proportions In the one who pos
sesses II, much may be determined as TO
the worth Of the possessOr. Fathers and
mothers rejoice over the happy effects
produced by the early incubation OF this
principle in the minds of those they love,
and when manifested by the objects OF
their care and protection, a. the result OF
their faithfulness to duty, it gives graft
fication only known to parents.
The true father has high estimation OF
that son land well he way have) that 10 up
to time, or diligently seeks TO be 20, In all
his arrangements. Boys promise nothing
that you have any doubts about fulfilling.
Should you engage to do laudable work
at certain time, and at certain price,
do IL II possible. And should you fail
after having put forth every effort, be
sure to render to the parties interested .
reasonable excuse and q satisfaction for
the failure, for in 80 doing you will have
complied with the great rule, "Do unto
others as you would have others do unto
YOU" and bring to yourself that which
dollars and cents cannot buy. You can
never become true men and be Indifferent
In regard to the fulfllment Of your agree
ments. To be honest signifies at least an
intention to fulfill agreements In word
and in deed. Show me the boy OF
man who ID full Of promises and fall
ures TO perform, and you may behold one
whom the people at large consider dis
honest, and one in whom they cannot con-
fde. Ibelieve there Ii no other one thing
by which man can 30 fully be measured
to ascertain his real worth - to character
and the true man, as by his effort to b
prompt in fulfilling al his engagementA
Boys: now for your own sake, Tor your
parents sake who have many anxieties
Tor your prosperity and welfare, and for
the sake Of the world In which you live
be faithful, be prompt, and thus become
living example for good to all around, .
that when your summons comes TO call
you from the busy scenes of life, you may
lie down with the full assurance tha& q
least portion Of your mission has bean
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