Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-12

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skeptics wish to talk to you about it, don't
argue; arguments on these subjects never
do any good, you might as well argue that
you loved your mother. Practice what
suggest, and you will know from conscious
experience that what tell you is true, and
you will be made much happier and se-
rener day by day, and far more pros
porous in this world. When In the family
of Rev. Henry Seymour, at Holme Pierre-
pont, you saw how cheerful and serenely
happy they all were under the influence of
religious life.
Second-That truth, unfaltering integ-
rity, Justice and honor are never to be de-
parted from under any circumstances.
Lies come from meanness, low vanity,
they always fail of their object and bring
the liar into contempt. Without strict in
tegrity, justice and honor, no one can have
continued success in any thing, or lasting
respect from anybody. Every one is found
out sooner or later, and much sooner than
he supposes. Indeed, your true character
is sure to be known, and sure to be justly
appreciated.
pray you, my son, never trouble your
sell about popularity. Do right, the best
you can, deserve respect, and you will be
certain to have it.
If you see fellow student who Is always
manly, honorable, brave and just, and who
devotes himself to the duties before him
every day, who resists temptations to
pleasures which interfere with his health,
and hence with his success, you cannot
help admiring and respecting him; and so
Is 1T with the most jaded idler at Christ
man who was an indolent failure at the coll
lege who ever became an iminent success
afterward, and she never will.
Attend to the duties and obey the laws
OF the university. 1t sometimes enters the
shallow heads of young men that it Is clev-
or and spirited to transgress the rules. 1t
is supremely silly. It requires neither
brains nor courage to break the laws, and
comes of a desire to get cheap notoriety
ing idiot always fails in the end. Thieves
and burglars break laws: true men keep
them; they are made for good.
The great secret of making the labors
OF university life or other life easy is to do
each duty every day. If you let a burden
OF arrears accumulate it will discourage
you. If you have five things to do each
day, they are easily done; but if you put
them off with the idea that you can do fifty
on the tenth day you will surely fail.
Mind not what others do: they may be
able to waste more time than you can af-
ford; more likely, however, they will fail
Many in Christ Church do not expect to
make any figures in the world, and have no
ambition but to pass through; and many
affect to despise the diligent.
If you have not determined purpose to
take stand as a scholar, and to lead an
earnest, manly life after you leave Oxford,
then leave it now, and save me the morti
fcation and expense, and yourself the re-
proach and scorn which your countrymen
bestow upon wasted opportunities. Do
well, and there is nothing in my power
which I would not do to advance you. Be
failure, through your own Incidence,
weakness and indulgence, and though you
are my only son, / should feel that / had
one too many.
Success comes not of spasmodic effort,
but on continued every day work.
Read the fable of the hare and the tor
toise and profit by It's teachings, and re-
member that success, with honor, is one of
the highest pleasures of life. have many
fears lest in companionship with so many
young men of easy fortune and no ambi-
tion beyond that of the easy life of an
English gentleman, you lose the sturdy
purpose which should animate you daily.
Remember that America is not England,
No one is born to titled greatness or to any
other greatness here; he who gets it must
achieve it, and he who can not achieve it
in some form is of small consideration. We
have no idle class, and trust that we may
never have. An idle life is worthless and
unhappy life.
Never go to balls or parties in term time,
and avoid late wines and suppers at all
times; they always injure the health, and
without health life has scarce pleasure.
From his birth, Samson drank neither
wine nor strong drink. and those who are
trained for the ring initiate his example.
During our late war it was conclusively
proved that those who drank water only
escaped disease and endured fatigue far
beyond the others.
ate; there is much in habit; single glass
is just as satisfactory as dozen, if you SO
train yourself.
can not too strongly urge upon you the
Importance of early retiring to rest. In
veStigatiOnS into the causes of longevity
have shown that early sleep and early
rising are among the chiefest reasons of
long life, and science has revealed the fact
that the magnetic rays of the sun are
widely different in the morning from those
of the declining day. AS the sun goes
down, most of the beasts and birds seek
their place of rest: many of the flowers
and plants and trees fold their leaves: and
the sunfiOwer, which looks toward the
sinking sun in the West, is turned to greet
him in the morning toward the East. AS
he approaches to usher in the day, all ma
ture, from bird to flower, seems animated
with invigorated life Then the mind of
him who has had refreshing sleep
awakes with it's best thoughts, its wisest
plans, its largest capabilities. But this
can come only to him who has spent the
midnight hours in sleep. Sleep restores
the nervous forces of the exhausted brain,
and the best constitution will soon be shat
tered and the best mind will become un-
strung if sleep is neglected. 1t was Justly
called:
Sore labor's bath,
Balm OF hurt minds, great natures second
Chief nourisher at 1fe's feast.
The memory of mischief is no desirable
fame.
Third-That economy is virtue and that
extravaganza is vice, never forget.
You never see man of forty who re-
GREETED his economy; you will see plenty
who mourn their early extravaganza. Law
ish expenditure never wins respect. 1t
may win temporary fatterers, who despise
the fool they flatter. Pay every debt you
owe, but
Neither borrower nor lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend
Let not your vanity ever tempt you to
spend money. English young men are
awake; they laugh at the foolish Ameri-
cans who are so lavish. Remember that
your hope, your pride, your life is to be in
America. A county whose future is un-
imagined and whose greatness and power
will SurpaSS qnv omnira II, tho xrorId W,