The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26
READY PRoMlsERs.
Why They Are the Most Unreliable Men,
berp Of society.

why They Are the Most Unreliable Mem
beEs Of Secretly.
Every society, every organization,
every social set, suffers from the pres
ence of people who promise, but do not
perform; people who carelessly assume
responsible positions which a moments
thought would show them they could
not or would not fill, either from lack
of capacity or because Of health. family
or social Obligations.
There are times when one is forced
to break engagements-illness, circum-
stances over which one has no control,
preventing; for such omissions there is
dissolution, but not for those that are
the result of carelessness or indiffer-
.encc. Engagements other than mstri-
monial are frequently entered into UNI
advisedly and lightly.
Well-intentioned and good-natured
people find it SO much easier to say
'syes'' than mo- and many times
these are the very people who have not
the force or energy necessary to carry
forward the part of work for which
they have become responsible. An Or
ganizatiOn is like an engine: it can not
work, can not accomplish any thing.
unless all its parts are in their proper
places and rightly adjusted. No
amount of steam. no amount OF nickel
plating. will atone for want of ADJUST
ment of the several parts; if one little
wheel or cog should fail of acting in its
own place. and perform its own func-
tons, friction, if not demolition, must
follow.
No person should assume to do that
which nature has not fitted him to do,
or higher duties. health or other inter-
est may prevent his doing. But having
once taken the responsibility, it should
be religious obligation to carry it out
to the best of his ability.
Perhaps enthusiasts are the most an
moving offenders with which the lead
ers of any movement have to contend.
Their interest is expressed so intensely
that the quiet, earnest workers are led
to expect great results, and are shocked
and grieved to find that where great
results were expected is the barren
fruit of unredeemed promises and good
intentions.
The remedy for this is one that
strikes at the very root of character:
a consciousness of personal response
bility and regard for the truth. There
are many falsehoOds before the act: it
is as false to say we will do a thing
which We have any reason to suppose
we can not do, as to say that we have
done that which we have not done.
The difference is in time only.
Again, by declaring that we will do,
or cause to be done, that which We
have any reason to believe we can not
accomplish or cause to be accom-
plished, prevents some other person
assuming the responsibility who is
equipped by nature and circumstances
for the work and position which We
pretend to fill.
No honest person having the real
good of any cause at heart will allow
personal ambition or false pride to
place him in q position the duties OF
which he does not feel able to per-
form, and the more competent he is the
more clearly he will see his relations
in other directions. and prevent COM
plicatiOns that involve others time, in
tluence and money.
1t is an indication of weakness to
promise that which we can not, or
probably will not. perform. Every
church. every benevolent or social or
ganization. suffers from the presence OF
these weak and careless people,
Christian Union.