Voice of missions., 1900-02-01

spoiled by trying to make goot
preachers of them. The high road t.
genius and greatness is crowded will
work.
Third, another qualification is pro
fessional enthusiasm. Into whatever
sphere of life our inclination and
aptitude lead us; to prove ourselves
equal to all the emergencies, all oul
faculties must be aglow. Archimedes
was SO intensely enthusiastic over his
work that he needed not the approach
of the Roman army, and after he had
fallen he drew a geometrical figure in
his own blood. Victor Hugo did not
stop writing books while the shells
were flying into Paris. Kirk is said
to have learned Greek while carrying
a lawyer g book from the Office to the
court. " hen a man becomes enthusi-
astic, hardship and disappointment be-
come pleasure. Enthusiasm is that
desperate love of ones calling in life,
love for work and some obtainable OBJ
iect, and work for love.
Fourth, Ambition. When the soul
is filled with a mighty ambition. no
environment hinders it accomplish
ing the end desired. An humble man
will say, 1 wish was a genius,a a great
man, or, 1 will try to be as good as
Mr.. so and so. and professor this and
doctor the other. The true man will
say, l will try to be as good and as
great as can. l will do the
best / can with the aid of others.
But that man or woman is on the
high road to ruin, who thinks he
or she is good enough to be
careless. Such a person has not
ambition enough to live. When the
soul is filled with ambition the mental
machinery moves off witt h power.
Sometimes a man is called genius
when he is seeking wisdom, but he is
a fool when he claims that he has
found the philosopher stone. In such
claim men often become satisfied,
but wise man becomes very much
alarmed when he is satisfied with his
own work, or when he finds no fault
with it. A great sculptor wept upon
his completion of the statue of Christ,
because he found in no point where he
could improve it.
l. To give perfect health and help to
the working of the mental machinery
one must give himself to his work
with untiring and constant application.
This habit once formed becomes self
With this characteristic
a man can accomplish what seemed
efore, the impossible. Hard work is
easy done.
Hard word is the worlds best fun.
Genius and greatness depend upon
The amout of work a man does, its |
character and the time spent in doing |
t. They also depend upon the apti-
ude man has for his work and his |
inclination to do it. Genius is not |
'torehouse of information, but it is |
he creative power of the human mind.
md yet its only utility is its ability to
york. Success in life depends more
Ipon hard. earnest, incessant work,
han upon much of that which people
all genius.
Cicero says: "All virtue is combined
n diligence"
Twas DIR. Johnson who said: "Suc-
ess can only be gained by the labor
f'a life"
Rufin says: Genius is only pa
ence."
DIR. Bently says: eff have done the
ublic any service, it was by industry
nd not genius"
Buluse says: "We want men and not
Ilent."
Twas Carlysle who said: 'In the
ay of writing, no great work was
'er by ease accomplished, but by
uch difficulty"
Napoleon slept but few hours at night.
here is no doubt that he felt that his
fe was short, and he wanted to do all
at he could in the short time that he
Id to live. Charlemagne Warked :
the time, .a.anrfL;,, - 20 80, IS
studied books on history, di
losophy and art. politics and the an
yy. Demosthenes' orations were
icised because they had the smell bu
the midnight lamp upon them. pr
TO called Aristotle the mind of the wi
pol, and his house the house of the to
Ter, because he was the ablest and an
It diligent of his disciples. When pr
lying late, with weariness of body,
;totle used to hold brass ball in igl
hand over brass basin, while he up
ked with the other, so that if he to
ed, the relaxed fingers might let in
ball fall and rouse him to go on tin
l his work. tel
s disciple of Plato, Aristotle drew a
myth from mind unlike his own, Sc,
'pt in the gift of genius and ardent sal
for knowledge. But the genius Th
'lato was akin to that of the poet. ter
was the noblest representative of fal
'ature III its noblest form. Aristo- SD
represented science. His methods til,
investigation were entirely scien- fol
. Ills ardent love for work caused pre-
to leave few subjects untouched, abl
Whatever he touched he put into
Z scientific form. pa.
To give perfect health and help
Inc running of the mental ma or
lery'a man must have that dispo- the
On Wnsh shows itself in singleness viii
lm' Anan must aim at the sun oil
o misses Pe moon and stars and al
a tne atmos2here. His aim must MI
high' with al; the possibilities of
Iinment in full vew. Bv this aim
Tever, the persona cultHre NAV Le An
'ened, but the bene4t to bumon;tv mn
be greater. The world loves
Sc noble souls who's work has
ed them beyond their felows and Mr.
q opened wide the door of,one /
/. To give perfect health ali haln foil
he running machinery, a man INST OF
sess the disposition to return anC