Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-07-06
ENTER EVERY OPEN pooa.
Ea'ediesory at 81. Mary. Seminary. 1898

BY Miss JULIA ELIsE KEATIxe
God opers to every man private door,
by giving him 9 vocation.
There IL one direction in which all space
is open TO him and by doing his work. he
makes the need felt which he can supply;
he creates tine taste by which he is enjoyed;
he provokes the want 10 which he can
minister; he unfolds himself and thus
opens for Others and himself the q cor Of
communication, through which men may
see and know and honor him Alright
Men, who are resolved to find a way for
themselves will always discover an open
door, and, ii It stands not ajar they will
lift the latch for themselves. The most
ordinary occasions furnish man opporiu-
mites for improvement, il he be prompt
To avail himself Of hem.
One needs only 10 know the twenty six
letters OF the alphabet in order To learn
everything else that one wishes
To the feeble, the sluggish. the purpose
less, open Doors" are useless factors they
pass them by with closed eyes. Others see
the doors, but for some cause or other they
d" lot enter. Do they realize that the OPP
portunity comes but once, and If il is not
accepted now, somebody else will be glad
To enter that door which is closed 10 them
perhaps forever
Little do We realize the number Of Open
Doors that We shun while young thinking
that we will enter them when ae grow
older. never rejecting that we are allow.
ing opportunities, which will bring US hap
piness, 10 pass by, while embracing the
grosser pleasures of life, because they have
more plausible appearance. Again, there
are other people, whose position makes it
necessary that they should be observant
and receptive of the ways and means pre-
sented. Thus, most of our great men from
poor. ignorant boys have climbed the lad.
der of fame.
THE heights by great men reached and
kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight;
And they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night"
1t is an almost universal opinion that
America is the only country in which
@Open Doors" are presented to people;
that in England you cannot rise from OBJ
security to fame. That is a wrong impress
sion, for great men Of science, literature
and art apostles of great thoughts and
lords of great hearts-have belonged 10 no
exclusive class or rank in life They have
come alike from castles, farmhouscs and
huts, universities, schools and workshops.
The greatest men are not those who
"despise the day of small things" but
those who improve them the most care
fully.
The difference between men consists in
the intelligence of their observation il is
the mind that sees, but il is the intelligent
eye of the observer which gives value to
matters apparently trivial. Il is the at
tention 10 little things that brings its re-
ward in art, science and every other pur-
suit in life
! The art of seizing opportunities, OF turn
ing accidents to account, bending them TO
some purpose is the secret Of success.
Some of the very best workmen have
labored with the very worst tools. 1t is
not the tool which makes the workman,
but trained skill and perseverance which
mvkes the man himself The "lucky STAR"
of ignorance and the Divinity that shapes
our end" are the exploded ideas of su-
| lo1N~ a,
your brains Each truth that writer &C.
quires is lantern which he instantly turns
full on what facts and thoughts lie in his
mind, and behold, all the rubbish which
had Uttered his garnet, now becomes pre-
cious. Men say: Where did he get
thisg" and think there is something d.
vine in his life; but, no! they have myriads
of facts, just as good, would they only
get lamp and ransack their attics withal.
Emerson says: perhaps if we should
meet Shakespeare we should not be con-
scious of any steep inleriority; no, but a
great equality, only that he possesses the
stronger skill Of using, of classifying his
facts, which We lacked. For, notwith-
standing our incapacity to produce any
thing like Hamlet and Othello, see the
perfect reception this interesting and i'm
mense knowledge OF life and liquid elo-
quence finds in Us all"
ITO God, there is no high, no low, no great,
no small.
He fills, he bounds, connects and equals
ALL"
"Ali nature is but art unknown TO thee,
All chance direction which thou can'st not
see"
The falling of the apple at Newton's
feet has been ascribed TO chance, which
led to the discovery Of the invaluable Laws
of Gravitation.
There the door of discovery opened,
which led into the hall of science. and
God seated Isaac Newton beside 1t, know
ing that he alone could enter the great
door, which to all outward appearance
was small indeed, but upon entering New
ton found it TO be made of elastic, which
his great genius has gradually stretched TO
such a size, that all who care to enter may
comprehend the great truths.
Many, before Gallileo, had seen weight
swinging with definite beat, bu; he was
the first TO detect the value of it. He alone
could see that light through the door.
Benz. franklin discovered the identity of
lightning witt electricity, and is universal
~ esteemed the discoverer OF electricity,
/ when in reality IL was known IN the anci-