The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-05-30


sea, keeping time 70 the musical
linklmg to their own ripping wa
terS.
Who that as he has seen the
east, brilliant with the orilamme
OF morn, after the god Of day has
chased away the queen of night,
has not rancied its resemblance to
the golden courts Of heaven2 So
with man, it is the morning Of
youth that he takes upon himself
his most perfect glory, and JUST
fies the biblical declaration that he
Is made in the image Of God.
What a warm, rich glow mantles
the cheek, how joyOusly the bonrd-
ing blood courses through their
veins, how firm and elastic The
step, speaking of strength that
banishes "fatieue" from youths
vocabulary, and ah, how brightly
the star of hope shines in the ze-
NTH Of his horizon. The voice full
and rounded, knowing no langnor,
is as joyous as that Of the sea,
when at morn the first sunbeam
laws a golden finger on the lips OF
crytal and wakes il ia melody oi
song. The inner feelings are in
keeping with their royal embodi.
ment. The jewel is worthy of the
casket. in the undaunted breast
there dwells that spirit that filings
down the gauntlet Of duty 10 all
The wierd phantoms Of fear. There
Iingcr in the soul no echoes Of past
disappOintmputs, no wall of griel
over unrealized ambitions. All
I things seem possible-because all
things are untried.
Not 50 with older men. They
have met disappointment, and the
failures Of the past make them
doubtful Of the future. Every
dead hobe. every unachieved amhi-
tion makes il only the more diff
cult for a new one 10 struggle
through The soil and burst INTO
blossom. Age has growa 10 like
that which it has practIced. and
that to which it has long been ac-
customel. 1t naturally looks with
more or less distru,t, and regards
in the light Of an innovation, any
proposed changes. Those are not
the feelings Of youth. They rev
erencC no custom because it was
that OF their ancestors. They re-
member that their ioreiaIhers
once sacrificed human beings to
'he dark gods of superstition and
fear; that they bowed down in alb.
jecl seryilily and dust before kin.
and earthly lords, made like them
selves OF common clay.
Stand with nae tonight for but
moment at The foot OF llme's
cloud capped monument, and note
the youth OF those who have wilt
ten their names highest upon lis
immortal scroll. Al 25. the great
Napoleon was "mingiing The eag'es
Of France with The eagles Of the
crags, making kings Of pIebians
and pleblans Of klngs.n
William Pitt, whose eloqueuce
swayed the English parliament
and kept in the field The army that
finally clipped the wings of THIS
imperial eagle and Gagged him on
Helena's trOpic isle, was first ad- |
m.tted TO membership at 20. was |
prime minister at 25, and perhaps |
the most powerful man of earth |
al 30. The great Condo won his |!
first battle at II, and his rival, Tu |
rene, was considered the greatest |
of military commanders at %. |
That tawny lion Of the north, Gus
tavuS Adolphus, was but sixteen /
when he assembled The throne, and |
had Just entered the thrlies when
he defeated the armies Of the en-
peroT, and rendered triumphant
The cause Of reformation in Ger
many. AT 24, Martin Lrther's
name was perhaps he most wide
ly known IN Europe, and at the
same age Gladstone, who today /
stands first among earth's grand |
figures, was admitted 10 paria-
ment. Palmerston. while one year |
Younger, was frs. lord of The |
treasury, and the great Pope Leo
X was but beardleSs boy of Is I
when given the red cap Of the car I
dinal.
In our own A.aeuca, the achieve /
ments OF young men have been !
equally notable and amazing. AT |
% Washington was colonel Of The 4
mahua and the best military man |
on the American caniinent. Alex I
ander Hamilton, next 10 Jefferson. !
the most important factor in our 4
early national history, was lead /
ing political speaker al IL. At32, I
he was the Iuslisalor aud real 4
founder Of the convention thai +,
framed our federal constitution,
and at 81 was summoned to take .
charge of The portfolio Of our nat 4
ional treasury. Only fourteen .
summers had kissed his boyish I
brow, when John Quincy Adams I
held the secretaTyslnp 10 the Rus /
sian minister. and himself sncceed- /
ed 10 the n.inistership at 30. /
Though contrary 10 the cOnsiitu- /
liOn, That most impasIoned ur 1
American orators. Henry CLAW vas I
laundering forth his mighty elo- /
quence in congress. while yei in /
his twen,ies. AMI our own i'm
mortal Prentiss i cps al - upon !