The Advocate and news., 1899-04-12

and between nation and natIOn. 1t was the
the recognition of this practical philosophy
to do the best with the very best means that
added immortal glory to the efforts of the
American sailors in Manila harbOr under
the guiding hand of the great American Ad-
miral, George Dewey.
DO your work for as many people as you
can.
"No man can live for self alone.
The race is one, from first to last
A common blood flows in our veins,
And impulse with the ages gains,
That shape mans ends
We cannot live alone We cannot isolate
ourselves. Every individual is link in the
great chain of human destiny and by the
nature of his very existence becomes fac
tor in moulding the character of his age.
Humanity is bound together by mutual ties
of sympathy and love. The sacrifices that
we make for principles that are just and
right must eventually enrich the race and
add ia, the blessings of common humanity.
A loving word is the expression of pleas
ant and loving life. A kind act is the
product of q kind personality. A great deed
is the product of q great life, simply because
that life represents within itself the hopes
the agOnies, the purposes and the pOssiblli-
ties of O common race. You represent the
possibilities that belong to mankind in the
degree in which you are able to interest
yourself in all those movements that tend
to the betterment of the world. Aman whose
heart is so hard that he takes no recOgni-
tiOn of the controlling forces of our day
forces that make for better and higher
civilizatiOn-such a man is out of harmony
and out of sympathy with his age and gem
Grafton. He does not do much for the world.
You represent within yourself and in your
work the great ideas that dominate the
world lust in proportion as you sympathize
with these ideas
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Another problem that the young man
must solve is the problem of self-educatiOn.
mean seIfeducation along the line of cur
rent problems. Self-educatiOn along the
line of a progressive and exalted citizen
ship. The young men of today should be
students in the broadest and fullest sense
of the word They should identify them
selves with those educational and religious
movements which tend to cleanse society
and purify the body polite. Here is field
for training, investigation and self-culture.
The world is university in itself. When
we cease to educate ourselves, we cease to
grow. We become stationary.
Never allow difficulties to master yOu--
always master them. In this connection ma
trre teaches us a suggestive lesson. In
the early spring we gladly pause to pluck
the first bright rose delighted with its
beauty and charmed with it's fragrance
But did you ever stop to consider that that
little rose, now so beautiful, suffered many
impediments and endured many cold and
drizzly rains before it could push its smiling
leaves through the cold, damp earth. So
with us. Sometimes God sends us diff
culties, not to discourage, but to test us.
We should rise above these difficulties. Up
ward and onward should be the inspiring
motto Of every young man. We have no
right to expect, even the nOblest work in
life, to be free from difficulties. AS every
plant must break through the hard crust of
the earth before it can be seen in all its
beauty and splendor, so we must break
through the hard crust of opposition before
others can appreciate the value of our ex-
istence.
1t will not do for some to waver think
ing others can bear the brunt of the battle.
1t requires effort and self.sacrifce to stand
firmly for convictions but it always paws.
In this connection we are reminded of the
advice given by ThOreau: "Be not simply
good-be good for something" Society de-
mands and has right to demand much of
every young man. 1t demands that he take
a firm stand in support of all moral, civil
and religious questions. It demands that
his voice, his work and his influence be on
the side of truth and right. It demands
that he be leader in every good and noble
cause. These demands are not too broad.
1t is the men of individuality and strength
of character; men who look forward and
upward! men who have faith in themselves.
in their cause, and in God, who leave an i'm.
press upon their age Take faith in one
hand and hope in the other and you need
never waver To work for good cause.
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