Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-19

fore cats have been in the habit or COM
ing to us. which is more or less humiiiat-
Ing to the cat and greatly depreciates his
or her value. y great many persons would
pay 81 for Il eat which the%
would scorn to pick up for nothing. and
the luxury of having a cat sent home on
approval adds fresh joys TO the many de-
Of u woman's life. We believe that
every department store should at once go
into the cat business, for We think that
the naturalization of eats, under proper
supervision and control. is Il most admir-
able arrangement for public good and
comfort
ScIf-iIcroism.
Fl. Allen Tupper, Jr.. u. Din y Y. Herald.
Pc strong. and quit yourselves like men,
|. Samuel iv:H.
Reputation is what It person seems 70 be:
character is what; he Is. y mans real SEX
is within. not without; and any permanent
proGress must proceed from the center to-
ward the circumference Of his life. What
is on him or around him cannot determine
his value The aristUcricy of character III
cIudcs the members of the real nobility Of
earth. Such are they who fight the bravest
battles and win the most valiant victories.
Real glory
Springs from the silent conquest Of our-
And without that the conqueror is naught
But the first slave.
My sermon is dedicated to these victcrs,
and my subject is their namesake. Sell
Iieroism'-thc kcroism' of self-eXamina-
ten. the heroism of seif-preparation. the
heroism of INSTRUMENTATION. the heroism
Of self-perpetuation.
1.-The Heroism of Self-Examination-
Nothing is insignificant. There is IL divine
meaning in the existence of everything.
No life can infringe upon another's right
of-way in living; for the legitimate prop
crty of no two lives lies along exactly the
same track. Each life is a monopoly in
itself; for to each has been given the sole
| permission to exercise exclusive powers.
The author Of my being has made a MIS-
take or my life is of tremendous sisniti-
| canoe. Introspection p%artakes of the he
role. Ignorance Of s~elf-knowiedge is the
reef upon which many OF the conquerors or
the world have been wrecked. They knew
others. but did not know themselves. They
guided others. but failed to guide them
selves. They mastered others, but could
not master themselves. The fields upon
which they Were viCtorS lay beyond them
selves: the fields upon which they We're We
tins lay within themselves. II seif-exaIn-
nation were an applied science. l venture
the opinion that some who are now in the
pulpit would be behind the plow: some who
| are at the bar would be in the blacksmith
| shop: some who are in congress would be
in the corntield: some who sit in faculties
would lie in fossil beds. and Others would
awake to their native right and ricnes ana
put honor upon lives divineiy gifted. Nho-
ever you are, wherever you are, ne brave
enough, be honest enough TO get intimately
and accurately acquainted with yourself.
and with Jean Paul Richter be enabled to
say: II have made as much out OF myself
as could be made of the stuff. and no one
can require more
1.-THE Heroism of Self-Preparation.
Gibbon tells us that everyone has two
educations-one which he receives from
others and one which he gives TO himself.
The popular idea of education seems to be
the art of allowing others to do as much
for us as we have the capacity OF receiving.
"He is not capable of receiving an educa-
ton is a suggestive expression. True edu-
cation is self-preparation. 1t must hhu
something within you. or 1t brings nolhlhs
out of YOU. 1t converts your possibilities
into practical powers. The richer a nature
the harder and slower its seif-preparatoh
and development. To-day the noblest figure
in Europe stands erect under the SHOWS VI
more than foUrscore winters. and because
of his rigid. righteous self-preparatlon
through all these years the 'draho oiu
Man" is the freshest in thought and mat'ir-
est in wisdom of all who meet in the coun-
ellis of men. Patient preparation is perlna-
nent power. In an age that lacks compo-
sure men are apt to mature too quickly
and decay too soon. Reserved power shoulu
he greater than spent power. 10y sen
preparation deposit each day Tor ial"fe
drafts, and then you are not apt ~ oNN
check your account.
IN Heroism of INSTRUMENTATION.
A life often fails to make a lasting i'm
Dression because of its diffusion. What We
cnu genius is frequently only the chltu
of application. To attemp, everything anu
TO accomplish nothing is a fatal foliy-
While we are striving TO know something
about everything we must jealousy NY
10 know everything about something. The
higher and more unselfsh the end toward
which we direct our lives the greater Is
Tho demand for intense and ceassless con-
csntratiou of our noblest powers. Focus
vour best powers upon the details OF your
life work. These may seem to be tribes
but remember the wise words OF the pains
taking artist. .TrifieS make perfection, an
perfection is no trifle.' Like the tabled plrd
in the Oriental legend which slept on 'he
wing. learn to rest in your labor. but never
rest from your labor. contemplate. Noh-
centrate. ConSecrate.
V-The Heroism of Self-Perpetuation.
Great and good men are not half LIVING
when they are alive. Their best and truesi
life on earth comes after they walk no
longer on earth. In their day Moses ana
PAM We're not near SO influential as tAey
are to-day. Truth, like a seed. does not
bear its fruit in a day. and the richer TIE
truth and more precious the seed the longer
u the full fruition is delayed. Great prin'
c1ples and great lives, like great bodies
I move slowly. y mans self becomes a part
of the truth to which his life is welded
and as this truth passes beyond the INN
of his visible existence and takes its end
less course through the ages the best par
of the man is perpetuated. Each life Is :
contribution to history: but few lives havt
their historians. Heroic lives are often
times written anonymously upon the tap
d. lets of time, and coming ages never re-
call by name their greatest benefactors
Z Some men are dead while they are living
> others are living while they are dead
Think much OF your post mortem HE
among men. Maintain an uEcompFonls'
, ing enmity toward the false. an irwin
chile friendship toward the truth CuIti'
. yate a practical faith in the living Cod
', ARGENT Christ as your IDEAL and ltedeemer
This is the hidden spring Of seif-heroism
> 1t crowns mans life with the trueSt sue
cess: and when the veil is lifted he shall
stand erect in the light Of Il slorihed man
hood.
Reflections of n bachelor.
# From the New York Press.
v It's n funny thing to think that II
IN Noah.s time Ham was no funnier u name