Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-05-26

Equator. Immature you see everything
in its place. Let this teach us that
every man has his sphere. In that
sphere he will prosper, out OF it he
will fail. Every man cannot be a
Milton, an Epaminondas, etc for he |
has not the power to be. 1t is. not
every man that can make doctor, or
lawyer. A man that tries to be
everything can succeed at nothing
Every man has certain forces in his
mind with which he can do certain
things, and the only thing he can do is
to exercise these forces. He has
certain sphere in which these forces
by exercise, will adapt themselves to
material things in a prosperous way.
Doubtless there are more failures re-
shifting from mistaken sphere than any
other cause in the world. Every man
and woman in the world is capable of
doing something, of making q success
of something If they would got at that
very thing. People will get out of
their spheres, and that is the reason
there is a lack Of harmony in society
| There would not be so much friction in
the world if every man would stay in
his place. To carry this thought far
Their, we observe that every plant has
certain office to perform. The flow-
er was not created to make magnificent
steamers that ride the storms of an
angry sea. 1t was not created to
build castles for men to dwell in, that
is not the Office of the flower. 1t is not
| the Office OF the oak so decorate home
and become the emblem of tenderness
and of love; it is not the office of the
oak to keep vigilance over the graves
of our loved ones. Everything, in
nature has u certain thing to do. 1t
should be so with every man and
woman in the world. Every man has
the capabilities OF performing certain
line of action, and if he exercise these
! forces In that way he will succeed.
Every man in the world cannot be the
principal OF big school. 1t is not one
man out of every hundred thousand
who has sucn capabilities. Do you
know, that nearly all the colleges and
high schools of the United States are
supported by a fund.- Few schools of
distinction are held together by the
power and individuality of one mind
man must be good in finance, in
governmental affairs and a half dozen
OF other things to own and run first
class school. Such combination of
mind is rare indeed. Let a man do
the thing he was born to do. The
practice of medicine does not create a
talent Tor medicine. but simply calls
into action what existed in the mind
already.
One more lesson from nature and I
close 1fyou ever saw herd of buff
falo yon observed that it had q leader.
All gregarious animals have leaders
When you see boys at play you will
observe they have a leader. When
you see Il drove of wild geese flvino
eitherNorth or South, you cannot help
but notice that one goose is leading
Cor one gander, whichever it NAV be.l
Did you ever think, or ask yourself
the question. why the goose that is
just behind the leader is not the leader
itself. The one that is leading did not
usurp this authority to lead, for it
possessed certain elements in its nature
which God had given it recognized by
all the others that render it proficient
in the office which it occupies. It is
leader bv creation. 1t is Just so in q
crowd of boys. You can hardly UNDER
stand why certain boy becomes
leader and why all are willing to
submit TO his rule. But owing to his |
capabilities to be in harmony with
bis own beiog he must rule This
truth is realized by his companions
and his proficiency acknowledged. |
There are men who are natural born
leaders. OLIVER Cromwell was born
to lead. l heard Prof. Elicit say once.
! don't. remember whether it was or
iginal or not, that, mind will assert
itself.n do not believe thai a man
can have the capabilitv for q certain
thing without showing it. He may NOT
exercise it thoroughly but it will show
itself. believe that if a man has ina