The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20

ducements held out to young men and
women IN the worlds varied and re-
munerative industries today, in the
numberless and honorable occupations,
than ut any previous period In the
worlds history. l would say there
fore to every person. have some settled
occupation. am not forgetful of the
fact nor do l wish you to forget II,
that manhood is the highest attainable
result in life. The way to manhood is
through sturdy settled industry. The
first great requisites of a true life is
something to do. To be occupied in the
largest sense furnishes the best atmos-
phere and nurture of a noble life. 1t
is the sunshine and the rain, the morn
ing and the evening dew, which nour-
ishes the plant of manhood. Idleness
is an equal foe to manliness and virtue.
The best progress in life is altogether
impossible without steady application
to some honorable business. Persons
sometimes speak of following business
in orde" to make a living; that Is, TO
gain a physical sustenance. This Is, 1t
is true, one of the very necessary re-
wards If labor, but it is really the low
est reward. He who gets nothing more
than this out of toll misses the noblest
part, which is to
BECOME A MAN.
I am aware that business does not
necessarily beget manhood. There is
not the intrinsic difference between the
various legitimate pursuits of life that
people are apt to imagine; any of them
diligently and wisely pursued will yield
a sufficient material and moral reward,
and none of them bars the way to emf
nence and honor. Persons have been
pushed up to the front ranks of genius
from the plow. They have passed to
the places of distinction alike from the
forge, the workshop and the counting
room. The avenues of every lawful oc-
cupation open outward and upward as
far and as high as one may have inclin-
alton and capacity to CO. Men can no
longer go at one leap into eminent po-
sitions. The world, as Emerson says,
is no longer clay, but rather iron, in the
hands of It's workers, and men have got
to hammer out place for themselves
by steady and rugged blows. deep
and burning enthusiasm is wanted in
every one who would achieve great
ends. No great thing is or can be done
without it. 1t is a quality which is seen
wherever there are earnest and deter
mined workers; in the silence of the
study and amid the roar Of cannon; in
the painting of picture and in the
carving of a statue.
GU must nave
FIRM FAITH AND HIGH RESOLVE.
1t is this solid faith in ones mission,
the rooted belief that it is the one
thing to which you have been called.
That marks the heroic spirit and when
ever 1t is found, success sooner or later
is almost inevitable The lack of a
stimulating and ennobiing quality will
explain q large proportion Of the bank
ruptcies and breakdoEns in every call
ing in life,
Men do not succeed in business be-
cause they do not put their hearts into
the work. There are diversities Of gifts
as well as diVersities of industries.
Earnest, persevering effort is what
every man needs Anything gained
without such effort is deprived Of half
it's value. Charming declares that diff
culties ore more important to the hui
| man mind than what are called assist
ances. Early adversely Is often a bless
| ing in disguise. 1t has been observed
| that perhaps Madame Maintenon Woulc
| never have mounted throne had not
| her cradle been rocked in a prison. I'm
| prison q gill of water in solid rock an6
| deprive it of its heat, and it will burst
| it's fiinty bonds Great men can nc
more De made without trials, thar
| bricks can be made without fire. Work
| we all must, II we mean TO Drlng Oul
| and perfect our nature. No business OF
| study which does not present obstacles
| tasking to the full intellect and will is
| worthy of man. And the hope to FIND
| the way through life, if you seek the
! best means without exertion, will GER
tainly fail you.
am aware that it is hard to
BEGIN LIFE WITHOUT A DOLLAR
hard to be poor, and harder to seen
| poor in the eyes of others Do not b.
depressed, but like a manly hero hav'
the nerve to fight out the battle of lif'
in a manly way Do not desplse thu
| day of small things. 1t is one step a
time that will carry you forward
Do something which has in it the ele
ment of usefulness. Acquaint yourself
thoroughly with your work, for this i
very essential to the best moral results
1t is not well for man to work ignor
antly or blindly; by doing so he will no
improve. Put mind into your work
whatever your occupation may be; ap
ply all the thought to it in the time o
| it, that you are capable of. A thought
full worker is generally an efficient an
| excellent worker. Let your mind kee
pace with your hands, it is thus you Wi
| exalt your work. Then be prompt, do
ing at once what there is to do. B
prompt to act God measures a ma,
| by his sincerity Of purpose, by the in
| herent strength of his character, an
by nothing else Carry your religio
. into all your work, and you will lead
, |