The Portland daily press., 1892-06-29
COLBY'S NEW PRESIDENT.
Continued From First Page.

For his souls sake the best develop
ment he can attain is the least man owes
himself.
H. Control.-Ccntrol must accompany
development. In this we look for:-(D A
unifying purpose.
Right order is Important. This can be
secured only by a right purpose unifying
powers. DR. Wayland's words are sug-
gestive. Il am built railroad fashion.
/ can go forward if necessary, and if nee
essary I can take the back track. but
cannot 90 sideways The forward
course brings the different powers into
line and that means a right order for
them. This is important. If powers are
not in right order they work at a disad-
vantage. What purpose shall control
him each must decide for himself.
The greatest of all is the purpose
to shape life according to the will that
rules the world. This will mean for a
man not only that his personal powers
shall obey, but also that the conscious
and unconscious of the world shall be-
come subject to him.
2-Responsiveness The faculties are
to be made to respond quickly. Long
training may be necessary to this. A
valuable suggestion may be taken from
the art men gain from long practice, to
shape outlines with an easy touch. Free
hand drawing speaks moral message.
1t bids the soul to train it's instruments
that they shall be responsive. Huxley's
definition of the object of education is
good. ''The ability to do the thing you
have to do when it ought to be done,
whether you like to do it OF not. !"
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grow easy. ssDo right by rule and pres
entity you will do right by impulse" The
realization of this thought will be to
give man possession of himself. Right
training alone tgives self possession be-
cause it alone makes the power respon-
sive.
III. Concentration. Responsiveness
makes concentration possible. THERE'S no
grander thing than this, the ability of
the soul to focus its power, to direct all
it's forces to one object, to fix every
faculty to the attainment of the object.
Self-possession finds in this its browning
evidence.
". Adaptation. What shall be done
with self when it is brought into pos
session? Let us find our answer in:
a. The variety of service needed. The
world work is manifold, One has only
to think of the departments of thought
and life to see how uncalled for is the
fear of any that there is no worthy place
for him. 1t would be idle to enumerate
the varied forms of service possible.
Every man can number them as he has
need.
d) Fitness for specific work. Out of
this variety stand certain things for each
to do. To every man his service. Only
the foolish man will waste his day won
dering if there is anything for him to do.
Circumstance, providence, aptitude, call
it what you will, something will help
him decide. That development only is
worthy of the name which fits the soul
for its work. 1t ought to be counted
shame that there is man or woman
in all Cod S world who lacks fitness for
some particular thing. Some work
every man ought to do and do well. The
question of fitness then simply asks
whether man can do his duty.
81 The personal calling. Sooner or
later the conviction possesses man that
in the great world plan his life is to occupy
definite place. The gift of seeing his
duty is given him. He rises to the creed
of all sincere hearts that, come what
may, he is to play his right part in the
world. According to his light he will
labor to give the world the one word his
life is fitted to utter. If his heart is true
and his faith clear he will see the issue
in the uplift Of others and find that every
worthy service is counted among the
activities of the Kingdom of God.
All ideals of education issue in the
personal calling. According as man has
planned we'll or i'll will the outcome be.
The personal life is the outgoing of all
that the soul has become and therefore
is the sure test of the .lrpose it has fol-
lowed. Only because the ideals sug-
gested promise to make life worthy is
emphasis given to them here.
We shall not work out our ideals all at
once. The element of time is impor-
tant. Tomorrow will be another day.
said the old Monarch to solace himself
for defeat and disappointment. Timid
and brave alike may well ponder the
word. Results at a given moment are
likely to be meagre, but we can afford to
be patient.
Forenoon and afternoon and night forenoon
and afternoon and night
Forenoon and, what
The empty song repeats itself, No more.
Yea, that is life. Make this forenoon sublime,
This afternoon psalm, this night prayer.
And time is conquered and thy crown is won.'
Sometime we shall be wise enough to
do our work in the divine way, careful
only to work out that rule which says /:
Success is adjustment between man S
possibilities and his achievements. !"
Half the disappointment is taken out of
life by that definition. The aim of every
worthy effort is to make possibility the
greatest attainable, and then bring
achievement up to it. Progress may be
slow, but direction and motion are every
thing. When o man walks toward the
light the shadows fall behind him. Our
question need not concern the approval
of majorities just at present. 1t touches
much more important matter when we
ask if it is a part of the great plan of
things. The stole motto is worth re-
Numbering. 1.-THE fates lead the
willing; they drag the unwilling" More
than we think, spiritual elements enter
into the problem. VIII it be asking you
to re-tread way already worn if 1 re-
peat the lesson of Kaulbach's colossal
painting at the entrance of the new
museum in Berlin. 1t represents the
battle between the Romans and the Huns
which decided the fate of European
civilization. The story goes that the
hosts ON either side fought desperately,
until the greater part of the combatants
were slain and the rest worn ont with