The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-11-01

own soul, ana SAYS we must win
those away from their possessors,
while in our own souls the rich
soil that might wave with better
harvest grows parched and dry.
Genius goes down before, for one
of the ineradica5le marks of genius
is belief IN ones sell. jealousy
never added one solitary fiber to
our strength, nor put one gift in
our possession, as we can all con-
fess. The soul never takes the
vacated position of another; IL can
take no position but its own. Col
eridge, failing of many things that
Others around him had, and seeing
them flourish with a success which
his soul must often have yearned
for, yet remained himself and said
serenely: Genius may co-exist
with wildness, ldleness, folly, even
with crime, but not long, believe
me, with selfshness, and the in
diligence Of an envious spirit 1t
dwarf5 and withers its worship
ers.n
There are hosts of people today
for whom the world would gladly
make place, and to whom it
would give royal welcome, ifonly
they could see that another's place
has nothing to do with theirs.
The world is glad of any new form
of work or any old work done in a
new and untried way TO be moth
ING in this great, surging, changing
world is indeed an awful thing;
and so men try to be something
in their own way, despising Gods
way as poor mediocre thing that
has no regard to their peculiar
abilities, and they forsake his way
for some borrowed favoritism which
turns to ashes in the touch. The
surest way to be nothing is to try
to be something against the will of
God And Gods loving keenness
IN seeing what will absolutely
make the best Of us and the most
of us battles with our little ambi-
tons, and he loves our genius and
our succee ding more than we ever
dream of. No popularity will rob
your genius Of what it may right
fllly be. The day will dawn upon
the earth when all popularities
will depend on whether they are
popular with God, and men who
have striven for TIE will-o'- wisp Of
popular favor will find that this
ancient favor abldes always within
the reach of all.
Jealousy does away with appre-
citation, and, without that, 20 spir
it becomes fine. The man who
freely admires is the man who
freely adds to himself. God is a
jealous God, Jealous ofour jealous
les for they obsiruct one of his
royalties, the royalty of giving to
us.
And so one longs to go in love
and lriendliness to some soul borne
down with the sight of others sue
cess, ana say to him eagerly:
There is something in you that
we want just as much as what We
are getting from these noted ones.
We know it is you, we feel cheated
Of your genius, and we will stand
by you until your soul shall bring
forth its own native harvest. They
who have genius want more genius
in the world to rejoice in. One
common genius burns under all
! souls. rs nur FIRE burns under Eula
and Vcsuviu-, No man does more
than to keep open the outlets of
his own soul for the powers God
will send through them. Free ut
terance for the greatest there is in
you, this is the most God ever
gave or can give"
Genius is a relentless being OF
ones self under God an honoring
of, and being won by, our own Wis
ions Envy is the leak which lets
! life out, SO that it never rises abov :
the brim. 1t hides sweetness, it
silences our own powers, it'seals
expression. But to overcome this
with sheer force of will is impossi-
tie. A thing in which God has
so large concern as in this, can
not be carried through without
him. God wants it more than we
can, and the issue from it is into
obedience to him. But there is
peace and plenty for many wan