Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-21

ravages of time as those built of the
more lasting material, marble, 50 our
lives will tell of good or bad principles
All may strive TO he truthful, honest,
pure and OF noble aspirations and ny
laying firmly in youth the scorn of
dishonesty, the hatred of an untruth
and the detestation OF evil ways these
aims may be attained to. AS II "work
man is known 10y his chips" so each
will be known 10y the degree with
which he lahors for the advancement
of mankind. Now, although the lite
Of each is "A brick in this great temple
of the history of the nation, temple
which so far exceeds any that has ever
been as the mountain the mole-hill,
yet the life of everyone is temple III
itself. In the construction of these
temples Il good foundation should be
laid without which the security IF the
editice under construction would be Il
complete waste of energy Let the
foundation he ones character. After
the foundation has been laid with the
Areatest care, if an ancient temple Is
taken as a model, the most important
features should be pillars: pillars of
y
aud goodness, and we will find our
selves reaching the highest pinnacle of
ou, Intended aims. a temple with
these prominent features as columns
will be gOodly to look upon. THAT
whic is not true can not be gOod.'
This may not be IA world wide maxim
yet it is in itself the very essence OF
life. To be truthful is to be wnat YOU
wish to appear. Our greatest states
men have been men of unqucstionahle
verac,ty. Look ut Washington and
Grant! No men ever stood higher in
the eyes of their countrymen than
these two men! And why" Because
they were truthful, not merely IN word
but in action, for remember factions
speak louder than words" No one
that is truthful can be otherwise than
honest and rs all have proved "hon
esty to be the best policy" each must
strive to make this pillar particularly
admirable. No business man has any
use for Il dishonest clerk. No person,
be they man or woman, has desire
for dishonest friends. The dishonest
person has no field in which to labor
except that which will endangcr his
foundation. Let man g honest and
no matter what other faults he may
have, he will ut least have charitable
feelings for his felloW-creatures. If n
person is in difficulty, the first thing
man of charity will do is to reach
out helping hand. BY these little
acts of kindness and love the founda-
tien of his temple is strengthened.
Now, to make complete the "Hall of
Columns" the pillar of unsetishness
must be given II prominent place. For,
although it may contain all the mater
ial used in the construction of its
brother, yet without this one point ii
would leave the temple of your life
incomplete. So. in the desire to reach
the highest pinnacle of ambition, no
one must allow himself to become so
wrapped up in self as to he deaf To the
distresses of his fellowmen. Alex
ander was called a great man yet in all
history there have been many "a
greater. For although he was able to
conquer Others vet he was unable to
conquer self. When these principles
have been made IA part of oneself, the
temple will be one of goodness and
beauty. 1t has been said tn" Grecians
were hurt by ugliness as bv blow
and thought it strange that that great
est Of philosophers, Socrates, could he
| so g0ou Wnen ne was so unprcpoNseS-
sing in appearance. And in the his
tory of the lives of our own great men
we find the influence Of one which
reaches farther perhaps than any other
in that of Lincoln. Although his
lite's temple cost many years of hard
labor yet when it was complete it was
inferior to none. The influence oi
such temple will be handed down
from generation to generation aud
with every change will grow more
beautiful. Then let all, "Live fol
something, do good and leave behind
monuments of virtue that the storms
of time can never destroy" Fol
though "Ihe Handicapped towers, tht
gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples
the great globe itself, yea all which Il
inherit, shall dissolve, and, like thi
insubstantiol pageant faded, leave no
"a rack behind" yet those who love,
You aud helped 10y you will remenibe
you when forget mcnots are withered. ,
Then, 'let as carve our names OF
hearts and not on marbe;" and 81
"make life, death, and that vast toreve
one grand sweet song