The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-03-27

bravery that have thrilled my nerves
and made my blood flow taste.
through my veins. What constitutes
heroism? What is it to be q hero?
There is no heroism without self-de-
NAL or self-sacrifice. The true hero
is he that will sacrifice and give up
all for the sake of others. A selfish
action has not the first element OF
heroism in it. To be hero Is what:
Ask the worlds great men, "In what
does your greatness consist?" and hear
the reply. One says II make marble
speak," Another, 81 weigh the sun
and set the courses of planets" An.
other, II make canvass speak :" an
other, ~ discovered q world" an.
other, II conquered the world :" an.
other, II sing the song that ages will
repeat"
With reverence We ask the Prophet
of Nazareth, "What is thy greatness?'
Hear the reply: ~ came to seek and
to save that which was lost" "By
what means?" "By giving myself as
a sacrifice for them.n Candidates for
greatness, take your rank according
to the most magnificent standard OF
heroism the universe ever gazed on!
So that to be hero is to exercise
self-denial; to be brave is to over.
come that which threatens to over.
whelm you. To be a man is to be
symmetrical. Oh, is it not grand
sight to see man stand up in the
glorious attitude of a clean, clear man,
adorned with integrity, chastity and
all virtues, with face sublime in its
gentleness; with lips through which
vile oaths have never yet passed;
with eyes that never scorned to allow
their radiance to be dimmed with
tears Of sympathy for others with
hand that never used its strength
against q weaker fellow-creature,-
stand up adorned with integrity, So
briefly and all virtues as q grand spec
linen of symmetrical manhood? 1t
is certainly beautiful sight to look
upon.
But turn away and look at men as
so many of them have made themselv-
es, and see what slaves they are,--for
a man who lives independent of NOR
al, physical and divine law becomes a
pitiable slave.
know there are some young ladies
whose whole,-well, I may say, whose
aim and ambition IS to find q son-in-
law for their mother; who have an
idea that the sole aim and object of
their lives is to get married, and that
to be an old maid is something very
dreadful. Young ladies, it is better
to be laughed at for being an old maid
than never to laugh yourself because
you are married. That is not all that
is necessary. Why, young ladies,
read the lives of the spinsters, as you
call them, or old maids,-Florence
Rosa Bonheur, Miss Dix,
and hundreds of the best women that
ever lived, despised as old maids!
Let me say, young ladies, you have
to live for,--for yourselves
and for society. And when God
throws into your way a man that will
make you a good husband, take him
in the fear of God and do the best you
can for him, for yourself and for the
world.
The greatest emperor i'm the world,
as he sits upon his throne never occu-
pied n more dignified position than u
strong man occupies when he stoops
to the weakness of a being to
help him up. If you would attain the
grandeur of true manhood, be noble,
be heroic in the true sense of the word,
be brave, be sympathizing with 9th
ers. What a great power there is in
kind word! L tell you the kiss of
child has worked wonders, and great
er wonders sometimes than the strong
lifting of a giants arm.
The word of kindness, the word of
And here woman has q
mission. One kind word,
)ne simple thought in the heart of a
poor, desolate creature that some good
woman cares for him or her, has
brought many person from the paths
If dissipation to the path of purity.
Honorable intentions, carried out
with all your power and force, will
make the man, and than you and 1,
while We remain in this world, shall
Dy the power God has given us so
work that in the blessed light of the
attributes of God We may see the re-
'ult of our work in the regeneration
md redemption of the race.
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