The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-21

folded before him a. sacred page Ol
/ divine revelation, and its personal
. bearings gradually brought home ia
= him 10y the analogies that exist be-
tween the plants Of the field, the beasts,
and himself-the intelligent and self
h0n0ring apex Of creation. Thus shall
his knowledge have been gained, and
not from the whisperings and hints
and filthy inscriptions of low-minded
companions who learn and who teach
a divine truth, as though it sprang
from the darkness of debasement.
The new man As youth goes for
ward toward manhood, enjoying the
company Of the pure Of both sexes,
fully as conscious Of his own powers as
are the debased. But, because of the
source Of his knowledge conscious too
where the debased are ignorant--that
he bears within him power whose
trust Is as sacred as is the virtue of
woman; for in her virtue and in his
power are wrapped up not the poten-
tialities Of pleasure merely but all the
myriad possibilities of the race that is
yet TO be. His self-knOwledge stimu-
laies him to effort, and does not blind
him to the value Of effort as is too
often the ease with unholy selfknowl-
edge He is right, too, for to be natural
is to be the opposite Of promiscuous.
The new man a. youth, faces the
world fearessly. He understands full |
well that mans conquest Of material |
things has come from muscle under |
control Of mind and ne cutvates both.
He knows by the way his parents have
led him forward in his education that
there is one definite thing which he
would like to do above all others, and
yet he likewise knows that no success
will come to him even though he be
ambitious unless the ambition is sus-
tanned by his strength and maintained
by his enthusiasm through long
stretches of time. His reading has
shown him a hundred such instances,
like our own pine-knot president. He
therefore watches his strength and in
creases it, knowing that even a men
tai battle has physical basis and the
winner is seldom the man whose body
is puny and weak.
He also know that the mere getting
Of wealth is far from the true measure
ment Of the divine within Us; that his
purposes in life must have a quality in
them far above greed, if, in any way,
his journey from the cradle TO the
grave is to be benefit to the day i'm
which he lives. He knows that the
'tuppencen of the samaritan is great
n power i'm the world than the most
gift from the selfish rich. He
llso perceives that civilized life is made
up largely of give and take, so that he
oon recognizes and curbs the tendency
Inherited from savagery that would
make him trample rough shod oyer the
lights and feelings Of others in order to
ItIain his own end.
He is a pleasant fellow to get along
With, full Of good red blood and yet a
loldiug himself well in hand. He is q
lot a whining little prig who Processes
ONE fancied superiority, but manly n
oul who knows he is as good as any
ody else and yet hesitates to declare
himself as any better He mixes with ,
ich and poor alike, and well he can
Or wealth is frequently a mere acct
ent and not at all demonstration of v
he merit that glorifes life. He re- l
,ices at his existence and is free from
he gloom that too often settles down
pom the spirits OF the young when u
cid close to that which is distasteful
, their instincts. He is here and 50 j
ecidedly is he here that he begins to !
DIOR school room ethics, making the
can, pure-minded boy seem good
even though he be not bla- 81
mt, boisterous aud vicious. He is
ere and proving that the good do not "a
] die young -mawkish Sunday School a.
,oks to the contrary. He is here and
,od as he is, none too good for this
iughty old world; but just good ci
rough to make the world better,
fer wholesome place for both women y
I'd men to live in. The new man as
youth is here-good- hearted, gener-
Is, respectful deferential-yet every
ch of him man.
Above all, the new man as youth, &C
here to prove there is sanity enough
t i'm the human race to make Us hope
ID believe that knowledge is not to ~
the only thing cumulative in our
story but experience also. Hitherto
e have passed on scarcely anything al