Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-14
Lilies True Ideals !"


Second Tim.2:y. Strive for Mastcries.--
In the ancient classics the physical
man is lauded to the skies: history
tells of his prowess in battle. fiction
records how he overcame the dragon.
and fetched the golden apple OF the
Hesperides; poetry crowns him among
the gods. Man was great in those
times as he possessed a mighty frame.
n brawny arm, n swift foot, but the
sober sense of this hour bestows
its laurels on altogether different prin-
cipIes. 1t teaches that some of the
tallest men were the shortest. some OF
the smallest are the largest; the giant
is of the same quality as the lion or
HYDRA he slays. The great question
of our times is-"Has he a soul? Can
he Think" Such the country has
sought for in all times of perplexity
and peril. and if he came from the
log huts of Kentucky or the tanneries
of Illinois, or the canals OF ONO, she
has priced him none the less for his
low station but confidently placed her
destinies in his hands because he was
thinker. We must always remem-
ber--a man may be poor and obscure.
but "a man is a man for all of that,
but without a mind, n soul, man is
a lump of clay for all of everything
Young. men, young ladies. IL you wish
to make an impression upon your day
and generation, you must do 1t through
the development of the inner, better
life.
"Striye for Masteries. Paul was not
satisfied that he was a man of super
Tor extraction-"a Hebrew of the He
brews," but he sought the most COM
plete culture of mind and heart. His
motto was-"This one thing | do, for
getting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things
which are before, l press toward the
mark for the prize"
The gospel presents a challenge to
its subjects calling into exercise every
talent and opportunity: nothing less
than this can bring "A man even to
the effort towards life's true ideals
In fact the successful crowned life
hinges upon the complete triumph over
obstacles.
The Scriptures teach us to-"work
out our own salvation with fear and
trembling" and ii is not a novel
truth it is what nature if we had been
enlightened enough to understand her
would have said. All things in nature
say-that exertion, effort. struggle
with pain and sorrow. are a part of the
experience of human life.
The three great poets of the world
were totally blind: Homer, Orrian
John Milton.
Mr. Prescott, who wrote that en-
chanting book-"The Conquest of Mex
co''never saw Mexico; could not even
see the paper on which the work was
written. Stewart the celebrated paint
er, did much of his wonderful work I'M
der the shadow of the dungeon where
he had been unjustly imprisoned for
debt.
On of the greatest Latin scholars of
the century, whose humble poverty
prohibited candle in his humble home
mastered the intricacies of the Ian
guage under the public lamp in the viii
lage square. Let us consider some of
the masteres: The mastery of the in
tellect.-
"As wrapt and hidden in the stones en-
brace,
The future statue lies yet underlined.
Till the nice chisel clears the form de-
signed,
The trunk, the moving limbs, the speak
ing face.
Develops; so Instructions hand must
trace
The intellectual form, which lies en-
shrined
Mid natures rude materials; and the
mind
Invest with due proportion, strength and
grace.
1t is not the work of education tc
perfect learner in ALL or any of the
sciences, but to give the mind thai
freedom that disposition. and those
habits that may enable him to obtain
any part of the knowledge he shall
strive after. in every reform revolu-
ton and aggressive movements that
has blessed mankind, educated mer
have taken the lead. A crowd is not
wiser than the wisest man in it. For
the purposes CT the voyage. the crew
does not know more than the master
of the ship. "Vox populi vox Del says
the foaming rhetoric of the stump, but
is that a general truth? The voice of
the people in London declared against
street lamps and denounced incubation
as wanton wickedness. The voice of
the mob in ancient Jerusalem cried.
Away with Him. Cruelty Him."