Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-19

This is equally true in all the indus
tries Of mankind. a large business
capital to commence, life with. is not
half SO valuable to Q young man as
the inward energy and vital force BY
which he can overcome obstacles, con-
difficulties, and hew out . career for
himself. All the assistanceof wealthy
friends, Joined to the most elaborate
commercial education, cannot conduce
so much to his ultimate prosperity as
habits of industry, frugality, temper
ance and selfcontrol, which if he pos
sess them, have grown to be parts Of
his own very nature. How often are
the young surrounded by all the temp
tations Of luxurious life, and accus.
toned 10 expect exhaustless stores
from which to continue the same expen-
sive HABITS; and then when real life de-
mands the elements Of true manhood
or womanhood,. they sink under its
pressure, utterly unable to cope with
exigencies. Their friends look on
them with grieved surprise, and Won
der why apith such superior advantages,
these young people have so signally
failed. The reason is plain They
have been accustomed to depend upon,
these outward things as all-sufficient.
when they ought to have been develop,
ing in themselves those qualities and
forces that can never be supplanted,
and for the lack Of which nothing can
ever atone. -...,..,
! We see this exemplitied by the dif>
fercnt effects of climate upon charac-
ter. In warm countries where the
earth yields luxuriously with but a.
small degree of toll. we usually find a
languid indifference and inertia, which
leave the rich lands comparatively un-
productive There is desultory, un-
finished and careless appearance about
houses, farms and gardens, shared also
by the people in tleir dress and man.
ners. They depend on the richness Of
their external resources, and suffer
their own internal vitality to decay.
On the other hand IN more northern
countries. as in New England, where
bleak winds and sharp frosts make ag-
riculture toilsome and difficult, aud
the earth comparatively unfruitful,
there do we see thrift. comfort and
prosperity. The fields are we'll culti> .
waited, the houses neat and tasteful,
the gardens trim any orderly, and ev-
erywhere the results Of patient indus
try and energy are visible. These
people have not depcnded upon favor
able circumstances, but upon their
own power to conquer much that was
unf1vorable; they have cultured them
sel,ss, and have there found soil
richer and more fruitful than the most,
fertile tropical land.
So in moral and religious life, when
we depend on superior advantages
and neglect our own vitality, we shall 8
make signal failure. The influence
of early training is great and tho
force of example is powerful, but they
can never supplant individual respon,
sibility. No parents, however, snx-
o,s, no teachers. however earnest, no
friends however faithful. can ill for
us the place Of living, growing, NOR
al and spiritual existence. No popu-
lar standard Of virtue, however high
ought to satisfy our conscienoes; NJ,
forms and systems, however excellent,
should suffice our moral deeds. In
this. as in all else, we may gladly en-
brace all the helps that are offered,
not to lean upon them, Or to form our
selves BY them, but they may stimu-