The Penn's Grove record., 1884-03-15
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In the stir and hurry charac site
of the American people, care =, not
apt to be taken to secure order and reg
ularity. These to many involve waste
Of time, care in small matters, and too
much attention to details. The view
is erroneous. 1t really is a saving Of
time, and IS conducive TO success IN life
along lines that to many are of great
Importance. 1t has been the uniform
testimony of men who have specially
succeeded in many forms Of public life,
that habits of order were at h efounda-
ton of their success. 1t is impossible
for any person, for example, to carry
along with himthe multitude of data he
will need for use, and unless 1t Is classl-
fed and put away so as to be availa-
BILE he will often find that what Is most
needed is unavailable at the moment
most essential. So, on the other hand,
others are fully furnished for every
emergency. The difference is in habits
of order. We know of n who,
possessed of good memory, has a place
where all opposite clippings or memo
randa of readings or illustrations are so
laid so classified as to be Immediately
available. Sturgeon, who has a reten'
tive memory, says he puts away in it,
in a classified form, all he wishes to re-
tain, and can command it at will. Pre-
clsely how this habit of order shall dis
play itself is less important than the
habit itself. 1t is the habit that should
be inculcated.
There is a wide difference in children
as to this. But the prevailing tendency
is to carelessness in all such matters.
A few have order naturally, and need
no aid in that direction; the majority
are careless. They throw down their
hats, wraps, books, toys, and all else,
making it the task of someone to fol-
low on their track and put away in
proper places what they have carelessly
dropped. Yet the worst evil that can
happen them is to permit this careless
ness of order to strengthen and grow.
If rigid discipline is necessary, 1t should
be applied to cultivate order. "a
place for everything and everything in
its place, " is a good motto. And where
not observed it should be patiently IN
culcated until it is a habit. To many
this is a trifing matter. 1t should be
remembered, however, that habit is the
foundation of much of life's success.
One possessed of the habit of order
also has method in his career. The
mind takes on habit as well as the body.
And one teaching of order is consecu-
~tiveneSs. A person who, when a duty
is to be performed, will at once grasp
the order in which It's several parts
should occur, will accomplish his task
most successfully and with the least
expenditure of vital force. But one
without habits of order plunges into a
task without plan or purpose, struggles
! and tolls, and finally fails.
Still another advantage of this disci-
pline is the confidence it gives in our
own powers. Order takes up lifes's
duties consecutiyely. We are occupied
only with the part first to be accom-
plished. And we can attempt each
part. as it presents itself, with con-
scious ability to succeed. 1t is when
each part, has been met and mastered
| that the whole work is done. But If
the full scope of some great undertake
ing were to press on us. we might fail.
Then the orderly person is prepared for
larger tasks and greater enterprises
than the one whose spasmodic energy is
directed in erratic channels.
The incubation of habits of order in
children not inclined to adopt them will
be found no small task. 1t will reqnire
frmness, tact, patience and care.
cline npon line, and precept upon
precept," will be necessary. But the
result will be worth all it costs. The
future of most persons depends on this.
a person negligent in personal habit is
apt to be careless in all else. And a
shiftlesS, careless person will not as a
rule, make progress. Study, business,
profession or any successful employment
requires order and method. Hence the
Importance of the early fixing of such
habits. And nothing is too trivial
when this is involved. a hat, coat or
school book should be placed where it
belongs. Hours of meals and study of
employment should be rlgidly enforced.
Out of this will come habits of order in
mental operations. Yet this is rarely
urged in our home life. Faculty edu-
cation in this particular however, leads
to other and greater faults. We call
attention to it because of its supreme
Importance.