Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-11-13
STANLEYS EAITh.
Leaf from the journal OF the Greal
Explorer.

A Leaf from the journal OF the Great
Explorer .-
Zone faith against the whole world S
unbelicf," sings poet, and the poet
only echoes the doctrines OF the great
Tea hor. Have right purpose in life,
aud faith in that purpose. Purpose and
faith arc destiny. A leaf from the
Journal OF great explorer wildly illus
tratcs this truth.
In the heart Of Africa, years ago, two
VIII t. men met. One was old, gray
haired and i'll; the other young and en-
ihusiastic. Tho elder man was one
whose fame as an African explorer
was world wide, but for years the civ.
ilizel world had lost sight of him.
Scientific associations were asking vain
ly. "What has become OF DIR. Living
stonep"
AS n corr, spondent Of the New York
Herald, the younger man had distin-
guished himself for indomitable perse-
yerance, rapid decision and sterling
common-sense, md In 1870 he was
chosen by Mr.. Bennett, its proprietor,
to find Livingstone. His story Is well
known. Draw a thousand pounds
now" said Mr.. Bennett. "and when
you have gone through that draw an
other thousand, and so on, but find
LiUingSione."
On January 6, 1871, Henry NJ. Stan.
ley started from Zanzibar for the in
terror of Africa, and for eleven months
he and his party toiled through swamps
and jungleS, exposed to countless dan
gers from wild beasts and pestilential
atmosphere. Worn by fatigue, sur
rounded by insubord nate natives, a les.
resolute man than Stanley would have
givenup the unequal contest with circum
stances and gone back, but this Stan
ley never thought of doing. He haC
faith in God, in himself and his pur
pose. In his journal he wrote, and thu
words glow with an energy that is SUI
blime and deserve place in the mem
ory Of every young man:
mo living man shall stop me; only
death can prevent me. But death
not even this; shall not die-I will mo-
die-I can not diel Something tells me
| shall find him, and write It larger
FIND HIMl FIND HIM!
Full Of the intensity Of conviction, {
faith born Of faith in God, Stan
ley pressed on, needless Of hard
ships, till one day he, with hi
party, came in sight Of LAX,
Tanganika, and little later he stood
in the presence of the great traveller
who for years had lost tidings of hi
native land, and had almost ceased t,
look for aid from his countrymen.
But for tho faith of Stanley, DR.. Liv
ingstone might have died OF starvation
and the world remained ignorant Of hi
fate.
The subsequent career Of Stanley ha
brought into still greater prominenc,
his sublime faith and the resolute per
sistence which Is satisfied with nothinI
but the attainment Of his object, AM
which has already placed the worl'
deeply in his debt,
The leaf from the journal repeats n
old lesson: Faith is power.
Endurance is the crowniug quality
And patience all tho passion Of great hearts
These are their stay, and when the leade
world
Sets is hard face against their fatefu
thought.
And brute.strength like conqueror
Plunges its hugo mall down on the otho
scale,
The inspired soul but lings his patience in,
And slowly that outweighs the ponderou
globe.
One faith against whole worlds unbelief,
One soul against tho flesh Of all mankind"
Oscar Fay Adanis. in Youths Con-
nn,lio9l