The Newtown bee., 1892-07-22
Aim High.

i Ne ali honor d consuming ambition, even if we have none If our own. The
 resi>tlesg energy of a Washington, his
 patient, tireIcss patriotism have inefface- i ably impressed his name aud deeds upon history for all time. We cannot escape
 knowledge of them, nor efface them from
 Times calendar, if we would. But, among the millions of Earth, tie leaders are feav. So is the lofty aim. Few are i willing to sacrifice for principle. The najoriGy search for the average popular conscience, the popular course and adopt them. But does the flaming brand light on St. Michael's towering spire? The
 Charleston negro who plucks it from it's tper!luus height Is no less Il hero that We do net 4noH his nause. Nis courage dar- ed where Il else qu1iied. Heroic, lofty aim is it's own Immortality. The millions lie n forgotten graves, their very names uo longer known, but the heroes of tIie
 centuries, the ilnuortal of every la n,i are
 enshrined in Mcmory's brightest page,
 an inspiration forevermore. But more
 and dearer than human praise and re-
 membfance, ffckle at the best, is that di-
 vine approval echoed by conscience in
 every breast. The multitude plnck the
 flower Of pleasure Or plenty for their sel- fish ease CT enrichment and find it turn
 to ashes on their lips. 19ie few, forget
 ting or denying self, gather bright blooms
 for helpless misery and Gods Heaven
 smiles at the lost found. His beauty
 brighteDs the gift of love, for God is love
 and Love is root and fertility of noble
 deeds. is there no lesson here for bright
 eyed boys and blooming lassies, for men
 of mature years and matronly women?
 Men are staggering past our doors daily
 5o homes made miserable by their appe- rite and shall we go on nlerrily and nois- fly qhafiag our wine, ss if we were out side the pale of ordinary hUmani5y CT without influence wiGh our example? So Nero scofted while Rome burned and
 PbarB oh hardened his heart while Egypt groahs6 under t5s m5serjas. So miiIion- aire @eaItL locks itseIs 5aso it's Scottish palace while iireIings ling themselves ia yain hpon the FapEs of enragea Labor.
 tJI1L tGE at<t- t<ts'%~ G5 OuI comnon brotherhood, no man can set a lower aim than that every man is broth- CT, no less because rich or poor, Iettered or i1literaJe. white Or black, bond or free. We may not set an example which a weaker brother carries to a perilous ex- treme and be guiitless. We may be creatures of appetite, carried at will by every wind of fancy or passion, or our atm may take hold of lofty mental, artis- tic, spiritual ideals, Ee are animal, men, tal, spiritual, complex trinity Of possi-l bilities. Who would not aim for the best within his reach? What boy. CT girl but would prefer to be like some honored l man or woman in their knowledge, rath- 1 CT than like the despised. degraded man,
 whose brutal exhibitions disgust and ap- pal? But there is but one perfect ideal, the God-Man, now our intercessor at the | Fathers ear. With his dear help what may we not surrender, what may we not become Ourselves weak, constantly fall- ing below in our aims and deeds. with l His helpland in that help alone may we do our best, both forioarselyes, our neigh l bors and the community at large. Death ] shall soop, God only knows how soon, close our eyes to the pomp and vanities of this ehangefal world, but, with an aim I eterual, immoEtals by Gods help we may ! shine among the stars of His heavenly firrnatnent, our self denials repaid by His gracious smile ana blessing and our poor souis enriched with life eternal Let us
 meanwhile be found among the ranks of $ his ministering ones, resolved to do and ! dare. to ssn1far II need be, that otllegs ulay
 0e happier tliats wa lave lived and have added our mite So the growing briiiianee and power of the good. the true, the 1 beautiful,