The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-02-15
DO we ever attain our ideals !.
For the S~ESTINEL.

y WIFI once said to her husband. af-
ter wears Of marriage, II dreamed Won
were dead. aud in all my SORROW, nv
deepest regret was that You had never
realized your ideal of Il happy home
...lon we're mistaken" was the Low
in9 reply, .tfor | hare realized my
ideal
Can many of us candidlv and sin
eriely make such an assertion Per
lapS mnsr of us set our standards too
hi"h-a few. 700 low. Whatever be
The ideal whether Of fame. fortune
on happiness. the effort should I've
made /" reach that height. unless too
bltter experience oT repeated disap-
rolntml"nt> and failures warn us we
ale seeking what is really unattain-
inlc. II the aim he honest. pnrc and
enabling. count nn effort lost. 10 sac
li'ice vain made in the attempt to at
tain it,
f"ntl, has sometimes absurd ideals
wIticI, must be toned down or obIiteI-
atcd III the serious conflicts of life.
Disappointment Ia natures too weak
% sensitive t. bear nj" oppo~itiutr@ ~
ffte-Gr rather providence. Which i.
ttc better Uufa-niay cause d=,as.,f-
Hnt9 8,itu. How mans suicides al-
=H~t The result ef tfHafted amaltiaftS
and shattered ideals which could ro5
lie leulized =
The wise man must expect orpa~-
ton I" IL theories ma! aspect lo
iglt i%isrccir before he cau sin Il xic-
jorN worth having: mas, lJak for
some oI>eGlla4eIacutS and PERHAPS
blasted hopes toT Il season INIT file
j. strung ~ dare and strong te endtlc.
these viii strengthen his determines
ton and make lim better able 10 rur-
sue Il steady course "a the realization
81 his aim and to ultimate triumph.
History gives us many notable exam
pies of She attainment Of earnest pur-
poses IN the life Of great men, esneci-
ally military and scientific characters.
he bay Napoleon storming mimic
fonts with Toy cannon. no doubt had
his dreams of the glorious future. and
The tane be won for himself. Did he
attain his ideal? Perhaps not thor
orghly. But being al unworthy one,
too selfish for Il noble man. was it
worth the loss Of one hnman life in
stead of the thousands it cost in Mt
tempting To realize itF To he some
thing to do something; this is the cry
of 50 nany hearts and intellccts. Let
the ideal he something 50 grand and
beautiful that it will SNeetcn time
and eternity for Ms. We pray for
What We most earnestly desire. Do
4- .-
we strive faithfully to work with God
IN answering our prayers" An inebrI-
ate, anxious to reform. came often 10
i celebrated divine to pray with him
THAI he might overcome his thirst for
liquor. The good minister SAID To
HIM one day. The time has come
now to stop praying and help yonr-
sell, meaning that the mans own cf-
forts torc<ist temptation must finish
what Gods grace had already begun.
lahors >honld 60 hand il hand
with or faith and prayers. We may
never reach ouF .'Caica>>onc' on
earth: Nc NAV not be allowed 10 fin
Isl what We begin here bat there
may hc waiting for IL IL another
sphere the work we left 20 inrom-
and there we ma lise to the
perfect attainment Of our hopes aud
exalted desires. Gil. failing tllaf. ~
Siiail tind something 50 much better
and falrtr than ouT earthly dreams we
stall never miss what Ne 50 loneed
for here.
The ideal types Of physical. intel
%l"ctual. and moral mauIond and
"o"uanhn"d Ae can find III grand
models Of the lrt~i and present. What
type OF noble, vigorous grand
old age csrlld be found than ii the
person Of E~ngland's ex-prenier. Glad
stone? What Il model for the veuna
Of ON tines!
When w miss our ideals ana au
l.edgcd in by troubles and obstacles
and begin 10 ietl our W ir,ignjti-
canoe we are apt 10 ~uhderyaIuc ON
OWL powers. and oUr oun influence.
ard begin 70 tGjHk the world has no
place for rs, ana We would he better
ont OF 1t than III it. The world il not
"vercrowded. though often it appears
80. Each II has his " place 10
till. his own work to do. Several
ago. met with the following
little Illustration Of this fact and take
the liberty Of using it again "A pic
cola playerat a iiandelreilcarsal stop
ped playing thinking his instrument
not he missed amid the crash
81 cymhals. but Sir Michael Casfa
aushed the whole orchestra nlissjno
SoGod may be listening and
waiting now for music which j., IN our
cart and within Il wakcn.,.
1t should be 4 solemn and comfort
NJ thought that. if we do orr dnt,