The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-02-25
TWO WAYS OF LIVING.

nv HdIO OF LII TLNGs
The hurry and rush in which the
American people, as class, are living;
the disposition for change of locality and
novelty of event, have been the theme
upon which many sermons have been
written, and form the reason for repeat
ed warnings to the effect that we are
travelling at the pace that kills. The
man who, at the close of the Nineteenth
century, comes under the class ''suc-
cessful" must, above all else, have
earned the title of a rustler. In order
to hold his place in world of driving
competition, he must be able to do the
work that half century ago was the
share for two men to do. Rapid tran
sit, the extension of the telegraph and
the universal use of the telephone, and
the stenographer's art have made it so
that the business man of today lives in
whirl. His nerves are strained to a
high tension; fatigue may be felt, but
never considered, and all the powers
that Nature provided to last the allotted
three score and ten are compressed into
period half as long, till the man of 30
today has accomplished more on the
average than the man of 20, whose work
was done fifty years ago.
The American people take no rest
they have no time. The cares of busi-
ness, the strivings of politics., the fears
that days absence may open the way
for rival to pass all combine to make
the merchant, the professional man, the
laborer a slave to his task. Without a
wish to be pessimistic, the result of this
life of ceaseless activity'is seen in the
broken down constitutions, the men who
at the years which mark the prime of
life find themselves worked out, when
by Natures intention they should be
entering upon period of their best use
fulness.
The picture of the results directly due
to the way the American people are liy-
ing, if it were correctly drawn, would be
gruesome one. In pleasant contrast
comes now and then glimpse into the
lives of those who have obeyed Natures
laws and found the profit great. Such a
one is DIR. Richard S. Storrs who, should
he live till next November, will COM
plete pastorate of fifty years in the
Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn. DIR.
Storrs has led busy life, but heihas so
subjected it to reasonable rules that the
forces of nature have been conserved
rather than impaired. Fifty years ago,
when first he went to Brooklyn, his
health was frail, and seeking the advice
of a physician, he asked him to give pos
tive instructions how he should live in
order that his usefulness to the world
might be the best. 1t may be added
that he lived faithfully to the orders
given. One of them was that he should
do all his studying in day time; another
was that as a pastor he should be inter-
ested in persons and in families, and
from them receive much of his inspira-
tion. Again, he must be interested in
the community in which he lives, and
believe IN it and love it. And finally
there must be consciousness of sue.
cess, No man can do his best unless he
knows that he!is not altogether failing.
These simple rules it would be well if
all could follow. Human sympathy
keeps warm the heart; PERSONS rea-
sonable belief in his own success means
that success is already on the road. 1t
is such lives as that of DIR. Storrs that
the youth of America should consider
and pattern after. Notwithstanding his
80 years, his intellect is clear, his heart
young and '.his natural force unabated."
This ia euccess that is well worth etriv-
ing for. The prize that is attained at
the cost of health and character is but
tinseI thing that passes with the sun.
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