The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-21
w. CT. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED By MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.


As the bouyant spring comes back
to us, every bosom is stirred with
life and activity; every heart Is fill
ed with a desire for action. Espe-
ciallv When we combine the spring
of lite with the spring OF the year,
we have a force which must pro.
duce something, either for better or
worse. Then the individual holds
a conversation with his soul, invest
lgates the philosophy Of life, and
asks What do | live for?
To this question there can be no
better answer given than that given
bv Mr.. Banks.
81 live for those who love me;
For the hearts that love me, true,
For the heaven that Smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too.
For the right that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that can do.
This verse has sung itself into the
hearts of hundreds OF school chill
dren, and oh, the life, the energy,
the vigor which it implants One
cannot listen to that little voice and
remain quiet. He longs for ection.
If we cannot act now TO produce
great good, we can do the little
things and go on preparing ourselves
for the future in the distance. |
once heard minister say, with
great truth, too, that it is the little
which build character,
great opportunities come few and
far between, and is only by improv-
ing the little ones that we recognize
the great ones.
We cannot expect, by one stroke
of the pen, to wipe away one OF our
greatest wrongs lha' needsresistance,
the liquor traffic. Ii can only be
done by constant, steady action.
Noble men and women have been
working for two hundred years to
put down the evil. They have not
succeeded yet, but they have left a
distinct trace OF their work, There
has been decided action along that
line in the United States since 1910.
viii its anniversary pass in 1910
without definite results? Surely we
are making rapid progress. The
Prohibition party was not formed
until 1869. see the list which it
embraces today in its thirtieth year.
Yet the youth who are coming into
activity have the power to increase
its lis's ten-fold.
We cannot afford to stand still.
We must have action, organized
action. Stagnation means death.
DR.. Talmage beautifully describes
his reflections Oh standing by a
green, shiny pool of water: This
water that stands here once came
down from heaven in shiny pearls,
PLAYED along in bed of pebbles,
making itself a pleasure and com
fort to every one, lifted itself over
the wheels of mill, making itself
useful, but now it is standing still
and has died. So man lives only
so long as he acts. In the same
way the party will die if we allow it
to stop, even for breath.
At this time Of the year the farm
er stirs early and late, implants
action within his household, every
one labors earnestly lest the work
will not prosper in this seed-time;
the merchant arouses all his clerks
actions, lest he fails to catch the
trade OF the season; the student
burns the midnight oil and rises
with the early sun, lest he lose one
Of those diamonds which adorn every
hour. Their work all tends to one
great end. Shall they not unite
and strive to put down this wrong
that needs resistance? There is as
great a NEED of call to arms to-day
as there was year ago to-day.
Shall we have fifty thousand volun-
teers? MAUD LENNON,
Vincennes, Ind.