Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-04-23
WoMAN'S DEP AR MENT'
MABEL II poMERoY, EDITOR,
DISCIPLINE.

we III euJOy uOlpb Vh"t "N "
can do well; and one reason why the
hours outside our work are 30 often
meagre IN pleasure they yield IS be-
cause we attempt dozen things
none of which we successfully accom-
plish.
OF course the result must be unsat-
isfactory. If we will but submit to
some degree of self discipline in a
single direction where we are inter-
ested, the pleasure we shall derive
will be more than doubled, and the
effective results will be an added
happiness.
Mr.. Ruskln says it is not enough
that the function of art be we'll imag-
med; it must task the beholder also
to imagine well, and this 30 impera-
lively that, If we do not choose to
rouse ourselves to meet the work, we
shall not taste it or enjoy 1t in any
wise, but when we set ourself any
task that is not congenial, it takes a
great deal Of self heroism to accom-
pllsh it with satisfactory results, but
persistency in all things good and
elevatlng are usually rewarded with
joyful success There is an old adage
that though often you fail there is a
crown in perseverance," the action Of
persistency or perseverance will event
ually lead the actor to become q dis
ciplinarean, aud one who can control
themselves can control others and the
contact of such a one always leaves a
lasting benefit, there has been the
grandest of results Of such an educa-
ton. This generation IS mostly made
up OF men who went to war aud ex-
perlenced the trials of one of the
greatest combats that was ever re-
corded in history, upon those men
land the mothers and wives at home)
was imposed the glorious rod Of dis
Clpline, and l would not wonder if
the prosperity of the present day
were not largely attributable to that
stern fondness with which the true
man or woman passes into the action
Of daily life, What severe struggle
it is to the most of us to carve our
selves down to that rugged line to
make ourselves fitting part to the
structure Of in which we are 40
element, if command comes to per-
form a certain duty and we shirk it
and keep putting it off or wait a
WHILE" says Slow, in Mother Goose
rhymes; we do ourselves a cruel
wrong, we give entrance to a little
wedge which in time will pry a wide
rift in our struggle of to do right,
and finally send 10 pieces the hard
bought education of self control, but
if duty be instantly performed no
matter how distasteful, what VIC
tory, and no small one either, and in
this way true tirmness is made, our
whole history is one Of discipline and
what has 1t made of us. AS some one
says "a nation that has sounded the
death knell of the Kings of the
Earth" We are like soldiers station
ed in a certain place for action and
when the time comes we are to act,
the society of mankind is like great
organ, on which, the Master, plays
the fugue Of years, We are the reeds
aud when He touches the keys we are
to sound our note in the proper place.
Which duty indicates that we might
mar perfect harmony if we main
tanned an ill-tempered silence. The
word duty and discipline are very
nearly connected, for duty keeps the
conscience awake, and goads the
sluggish will, shames us out of selfish
ness, and always shakes us out of
laziness-best Of all, compels us to
the discipline Of self,
Nv
TRY TO BE SOMETHING,
There is moral grandeur in the
thought, II have made myself" The
world may Wag their heads and Won