The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-06-26
Hn4T sHtLL Do WITH Ny LIFE.

,, Is All important Question that d0
II ana sh1dli visit the minds Of alI.
Il We all aim 10 he happy. This q
i not De denied. and a. We 30 forth
:. the battle Ut life We find many MAJ
o III which We may become entaugle
= On one hand, pleasure, with poppi
= AMI iOtus Ii5werS ruwrelt!iiug h-r -
den nair,s in her fancy bD0-ar wli
: ing 20 lure Us on, promising u happ
4 ne>S ii We but follow her. Oh, no
: many d-vOteeS, in blind A.iura,iJl
/, bO~ at her shrine, hoping To iiud tru
! pleasure, and dreaming that ersmil
, Is all 1t seems, bat awaken at .engti
. 10 iind they have but chased phar
tom thin"
, On the other hand sits fortune, an
, oh. how many strive to follow he
and 10 become rich, and in their FL
deavorS, rob the orphan, render home
, less the widow and bring distress All
misery To many family circles. !
this true Happiness ? Oh, delude,
! man! How couId-t thou forget IN,
Cod, forget thy Savior"
'' iva, ior thee Iii, worn isrt ns.>tcd:
For thr'- Ills soul upon the eros death ta>r
ell"
Others there are who give their
lives to fashion. GA, ye~, they mu,
. conform 10 the dictates Of f4-hiJu,
even though they may deprive them
selves of the neceSsaries ana comforts
OF life. To how many homes has
/ poverty, want and woe been brought
| 10y the fashionable glass :
/ How many promising youths have
been brought To an early grave be-
cause fashion has required ,hem 10 ru-
in their health in order TO become Il
true and devoted follower OF her" IN
quire Of earth, and her age. buried in
the past will relate to you sal stories
which VIII picture to your miud4 the
dangerous effects Of a fashionable life.
Sooner or later there comes t. every
man dream Of ambition. They may
be covered with slOth OF habits or
with a pretence of humility; they
may come in dim, shadowy visions
that feed the eye like the glorie., OF AN
Oceah sunrise, Uu. yJu IN Y he sure
they '"W COM. Eg.u before one j.,
aware, the bJld, adventurous goddess,
whose name i Ambition, and whose.
dover fame will be toying with the
feeble heart, pushes her ventures with
i bold hand. She makes timidity
strong aud weakness valiant
The newly graddtted Colitsian is
wooed by her siren Voice, and forget
ting in his mad infatuatiuu, all else.
fOndly follows where she leads lie
has most abOundiug faith in the
tricky panoply which he has wrought
out Of the metal of his classics His
mathematics, he has no doubt, will
solve for him every cOmpieXity of
life's questions, while his logic will as
certainly unite all misty points,
whether III politics or ethics.
He has no dream Of defeat. He
proposes to take the world by storm,
and wonders that quiet people are not
startled with his presence. If he
chances to stop at the house Of God
and remain through all the church
hours, his dreams range over the
shadowy transactions Of the week or
of the month to come. In striving to
gain great name, he spends his
whole life, and at deaths door, finds
that his hopes are but dust and ashes,
and no angel to bear him o'er it, por-
tai.
We should all aim at something
and have some end in view Growth,
improvement and progression seem Il
law OF nature and the destiny of our
race. Even the earth itself is not
destitute of active forces. The mass
of matter, which in the beginning waS
said to have been "wilhout form and
void" has become the beautiful world
which surrounds Us. So, it il mans
nature To- improve. There is som, =
thing divine in him which prompts
him Ia activity All improvements ant
to lo0k beyond tire mere supply Of Ia 2
nec~s>iti,.-, and aim at comfort, ri,.-
gance and beauty. But he should r.-
memhcr that "'tis not all Of life to
live" and that cur lives should not be
given alone to render pleasant TIA.
earth home which our goDd Father
has given ul for 80 short time; bat
'thatthere is u home u gain h.ynnI
the dark and narrow tomb.
And how shall this home be gained &?
VIII it be by becoming famous here ?
Let us see. Visit the death-br.l of the
famous man and inquire of him his
future prospects, and what wall h. his
answer? He will tell you That all
seems dark; that he ht- been too
careless; that his aim was 90 b.. SEE II
of men; and that if eyer lac had done
any good in the world it va, SELFISH
ness which prompted him.
BY hard Labor he has game tEIe de-
sired position among men, but in
gaining it, has forgotten that twas
only for season, aud that in the
,,oovtf,,,a Ia. 1I,.trI.I l.,,,, E,..., .t,-i a.
ing to gain home in heaven, and
now it Is too late, too late. Oh, the
dreadful thought! Too late
Friends and schOoImate-; whatever
may he our aim in life, let IL seek first
the kingdom of heaven, ami though
We may and will meet with trials and
temptations in this world, let Us not
be discouraged, for We know that sin
each life some rain must fall" And
though We may fail in our eudeavOrs
to become great, let Us br ready, when
death snail call u, to s1y, with Paul,
II have fought the good fight, have
/ finished my course, have kept the
faith; hencefOrth there il laid up fOl
me crown Of righteousness which
the Lord, the righteous judge, will
give me on that day, aud not to ms
only, but to all those, ais o, who Low,
| His appearing" CORA r. SMITH.
When travelling alone we may
| choose the shortest and most con ven.
/ lent road, though it be somewhat
slippery and dangerous, provided ",
are conscious we have prudence
/ enough To guard against those dan
gers. But he must be a merciless au'
uufaithful guide, who, knowing tina
q number Of weak, thOughtless chIl
dren would follow ia his footsteps
should choose a path, safe to himself
but in which il was morally certain
the greatest part Of his follower
would stumble and fall.
Experience goes to show that gir!