The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-03-01
ALL MEN ARE SELF-MADH.
Purpose, Not Environment, Makes The
Man Large or Small.
he REApETH As he SoVETH, VERILY.
The Honest Hod Carrier Superior 70
the Dishoncst statesman-a Coed
serno" 20 Begin che Week with
Ponder on IL,

He that sowe,h sparingly shall reap also spar
ingly.-ll Corinthians, TX IS.
Every man Is the creator Of world,
and therein he Is supreme until death
comes and orders him to abdicate.
There are as many worlds as there are
men and women. Each one has been .
created out Of the chaos Of circumstance,
and each one does credit or discredit TO
the miniature monarch who is it's ruler.
When God endowed man with free
agency 1t at once became possible for the
recipient Of this dangerous gift to make
his little world heaven or hell.
Not even the Almighty could say him
nav. for he Was as absolute as the car of
Russia. God gave him two injunctions:
'Do the right" and do no wrong" AMI
then retired, leaving the little monarch 10
obey or not as he chose. and to reap the
consequences Of his choosing.
SO far as the 9mnipotent is concerned,
He has distributed the really good things
OF life with an even hand. Let US be
careful about this matter; we say, the
really good thing
Not money nor yet fame does He in.
include in this category. and IL is safe TO
presume that He had good reason there
for.
The opportunity to increase the size OF
the soul is universal, like the sunshine,
and there is no nienardliness in any cor
ner of the globe. Never yet lived man,
whether he slept under g matched root
or in palace, who lacked the chance to
hammer his soul into come divine shape.
Neither poverty nor riches are neces-
sary to character. One need not 20 to
congress, or paint picture for the salon.
or write poem which shall sing 10 pos
terity, or cross the threshold of the White
house by invitation Of the people in or
der to be fitted for heaven.
God can make great men when He
needs them as easily as we can throw
handful OF sand in the air; but not even
He can make soul that Is worth Look
ing at twice. That high prerogative rests
with the nan alone who is the owner Of
the SOUL
In the eyes Of the Almighty the bod
carrier who is honest is nobler than the
statesman whose eloquence makes his
tory, but who sells bis influence for cash
or preferment.
1t is not environment, but purpose,
that makes man large or small.
Many Of us will find when we overstep
the boundary of the beyond that we are
not received with the envious acclama-
tions which have greeted us here, and
others will be surprised that they are cor
daily welcomed there, though here no
one dotted his hat when they passed.
Our theory OF life is not Gods theory,
and the things We work hardest for must
be left behind when the time comes TO
put ON our shroud.
But If the really good things are evenly
distributed, so are the sorrows of life.
They are the fire and the anvil in the
smithy by Whit crude metal lie changed
TO Toledo blade.
Disease never asks concerning mans
hank account when he rings the door bell.
He is equally Indifferent to all. and is
never swayed by favoritism. He Is past
all bribery, and has no conjunction, but
goes where he is sent.
The millionaire may give his child
pilded crutch, but it is Just az truly
crutch as tina. Of the poor mans boy. A
crutch is always a crutch, and neither
poverty nor wealth can make it less.
The rich place costly monument on
grave and the poor no monument at all,
but the sleepers sleep the same sleep and
the monument counts for nothing.
Bismarck for three years has endured
the pangs of royal neglect. No more I'M
happy man than he in all Europe. Like
Gagged lion he has chafed. The man whose
frov n meant war, whose smile meant
peace, was like the poorest peasant in
Germany in this-he suffered.
The peasant boy is torn from bis home
to become soldier; the statesman has
been banished. The cup Of the one and
the bowl OF the other are trimming full.
They are both alike In their i'll fortune.
The first is clumsy youth whom no one
will ever hear Of; the other Is a prince
who will never be forgotten. The differ
ence between the two in the matter Of
happiness or misery is not perceptible.
Your surroundings count for very little;
your character counts for good deal. A
man is not noble because he has title
and is permitted to talk with kings. There
are great souls dressed in tatters and
small souls robed in purple.
BY and by sc shall see what our eyes
are now too dull to percieve-that what
ever our station in life We make our own
misery and happiness, and neither wealth
nor poverty has anything to do with
them. The creative power is in the heart.
the purpose, the aim.
Pity it is that We remain blinded 90
long to this fact.-New York Herald.
1.-THE people OF this vicinity insist on
having ChambS-lain's Cough Remedy