The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-01-22

Why not strive to make this the
most satisfactory ycarof life? Yes"
YOU say, "but failure is found in many
that have gone before Well, let us
talk it over. for | know too well what
it is to mourn over bad execution after
good intention, trtllng results after
great purposes, and lgnoble acts after
high ideals. Two things are holding
you back: YOU are careless in the pres.
ent because you and its duties seem
insignificant TO yourself.
AS with the slow boy in class, whose
chance to spell has passed HIM before
he knows it has rcaCljed him, so 1t is
with US. The hurrying years tarry
for nothing. We are not afflicted with
4 feeling uncommon to men, when we
rub our eyes to see if it is fact that
whole year is passed since the blare
Of horns frightened of the ghost OF
1895. All the generations before us
have felt the same alarm. Yet the
past and the present are filled with
lives that have accomplished much,
though subject to the same Onrush.
Bear in mind then for your encourage
ment, that what has been done caT NE
done at"'n.
They accomplish most, who spend
no time rcplning at circumstances.
Seeing things around them to he done,
they take hold and do them well, just
because they come next to hand. !
verify believe the secret OF all true
greatness is found in faithfuncss to
the present duty no matter how small
and insignificant. Peter Cooper made
good glue and from small beginnings
grew great, used his greatness well;
aud the glue-maker ranks high among
the worlds phlanthropists, Even as
the caterpillar in physical sense
comes to the wider, freer sphere by
doing the things necessary to growth
day by day, so shall we in a moral
sense. TO be faithleSs, and complain
ing over little duties is certainly no
guarantee that greater duties will be
better done. While it is not fair to
say that all faithful ones become
prominent, it is fair to say that pa
ticnt, out-Of-Sight work, must be done
to ensure prominence OF lasting
character. Humanity itself is our
teacher; twenty-five years OF body
building pass before we are mature
enough to stand the strain OF real
life
We must try to take the sancr view
OF life. Then can we understand that
the little acts make up in large part
the worlds progress. Thus will our
own work take its proper dignity. A
few great deeds show forth in history
here and there; but built Of them on.
ly the worlds total gain would stand
up like the naked steel frame work OF
a lofty building. AS a matter OF fact
clustered around every monumental
decd are innumerable small ones that
have been well done and that have
made the greater deed possible. NJ
general ever wins with an army O
disatfcctcd soldicry. No wide stretch
ing bridge is built merely by the mint
of the engineer: to his aid is brought
the sullcn strength of stone and iror
that winter in and out will steadil.
do It's work. No great onward stcI
is taken in any country unless ther,
is an upheaval OF public opinion. iol
and !, obscure ones, are public opin
ion. We are in all great progress |
the spirit OF progress is in us; just a
the boiler is thing OF power because
OF the steam within and the steam i
Il thing OF power because Of the boile
without.
Pray mourn no more over your hid
den state. DO your 'little" and do |
well. Then whether you come II
greatness or not, YOU can not be rob
. bed Of one great thing, the real use