Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
MUST FACE DANGERS.
THUS OUR SOULS GROW AND OUR
 MISSIONS ARE FULFILLED.

Blame Rest For Many Faiiures9--The fse.
 KponsIbility Of Paternity.
 What would be thought of a ship that was launched from ifs docks with four
 sh of music and flowing wine, built to kil the toughest and deepest sea. yet manned for an intending cruise along shoref Never leaving harhor for dread of storm Never swinging out of the Iund girt bay because. over the bar. the waters were deep and rough. You would say of such a shipthat its captain was coward and the company that built it were fools.
 And yet tEese souls of ours were fashioned for bottomless soundings There is no created thing that draws as deep as the soul of man: our life lies straight acruss the ocean and not along shore. but we are afraid to venture: we hang upon the coast and explore slal- low lagoons or swing at anchor in idle hnys Some of us strike the keel into riches and cruise about therein liko nen-of war in n narrow river. some of us are contented all our days to ride at anchor in the becalmrd waters of self ish ease. There are guns at every port hole of the ship we sail, but we use them for pegs t0 hang clothes upon or pigeonholes to stack full of idle hours. We shall never smell powder. although the magazine is stocked with holy wrath wherewith ;o fight the devil and his laaIa Whsfn 1 u..a n ,,,aft ,ssr lsntr 4. in,,.r at his ease. while under his very nose some brute Is maltreating horse, or some coward venting his ign0ble wrath npon a creature more helpless than he. whether it be child or d dog. 1 involun. tarily think of double declted whaleT content to fish for minnows Their uselessness in the world is moro appar- ent than the uselessness of d Cunarder in park pond.
 What did God give you muscle ana girth and brain for if not to launch you on the high seasf Up and away with you then into the deep soundings where you belong, 0 belittled soull Find the work 10 do for which you were it. ted and do it. or else run yourself on the first convenient snag and founder.
 Some great writer has said that We oughi to begin life us at the source of ryer. growing deeper every league to the sea, whereas, in fact. thousands enter the river at its mouth and sail inland. finding less and less water ey- cry day. until in old age they lie shrunk and gasping upon dry ground.
 But there are more who do not sail at all than there are of those wbo make the mistake of sailing mp stream. There are the women who devote their lives 10 the petty business of pleasing worth. less men. What progress do they make even inland? With sails set and brassy stanchions polished 10 the siinilitude of gold, they hover a lifetime chained to dock and decay of their own useless ness at last. like keels that are mud slugged lt is not the most profitable thing in the world to please. Suppose il shall please the inmates of q be1lam house tn see yo1 Set fire to your clothing and burn to death. or break your bones one by one upon rack. or otherwise destroy yonr bodily parts that the poor lnnatics might be entertained Would II pay to be pleasing to suvh an audi ence at sRrh sacriiiceG We were put into this world with clean way bill for another port than this. Across the oCean oi life our way lies. straight to 'he harbur of the city oi gold We are ireIghirl with consignment from r,onage hold 10 keep which ia bonnd tu he delivered sooner or later at the great Master $ wharf Let us he alert. then to recuguize the seriousness of our own dtsunicS aud content ourselves TO longer with shallow sonndings Spread the sails. welgh the anchor and point the pruw fer The country that lies The other side of deep aud restless sea. Sunner or later the voyage must he made; let us make II. then. while the timber Is stanrh and the rnt,der true.
 When ynu look at a picture and find fl guud ur bad. as the ease may be. whom do y1n prasc or blame, the owner of the picture or the artist who painted ity When you hear Il strain of music and are either lifted to heaven or cast into the other place by its harmouies or its dlsrord. whom do you thank or curse for the henefaeiiou or the iniliction whichever Ii may have proved to be- the man who wrote the score or the mu- sic dealer who sold iif You go 10 restaurant and order spring chicken wnirhiurus out to he the priineval fowl. Who is to hlalne. the waiter who serves II or the business man of the concern who does the markeingg And SO when yuu encounter the tad boy. whom do yuu hold responsible for his badness, the boy himself or the mother who trained hiiaf declare, as look about me from day to day and see the men and women who play so poor n part in life, il is pot the poverty nf their per formance that astonishes me so much as the fact that il is as good as it is.
 With the parents that many loys and girls have and the training they receive am perfectly amazed that they ever attain to even half way responsibility. Did you ever stop to think, wonder, what an awful responsibility is laid npon you with every child given to yonr honef If you appreciate the risk antt take the responsibility shouldn't think you would find much time for other callings. A man who Is drawing mp the plans for a new house attends to his business closely and doesn't go or on many picnics UT sail over seas in pursuit of pleasure while his pLlns are pending A man who has entered q young horse for the Derby spends most Of his time training the colt He doesn't loaf about town or read novels or lie abed late; he is alert and on hand if he expects to win the race. Carelessness and indifference never brought a win ming horse under the wire yet.-Amber A. t.sll..l--. .....aIii