The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-12-07


scvcrcst experience to rouse his i'll
tent energies.
The day to rely upon the prestige
Of birth or position has passed
The field is before you, and if you
would conquer you must depend
upon your own powers Of head and
heart. Your destiny is in your
own hands and your own future
will be your own making. Are
you making the most Of the one life
that is lntrustcd to you? Are you
putting to the best uses the natural
abilities Of body and mind with
which you have been intrustcd:
Think of this. Put the question
squarcly TO yourselves as we put it
for you, and answer it honestly.
Are you making The best Of your
selves? If not, now and only now
is your chance: make Il radical
change and make it at once. Begin
Il new life and rise out of the old
ruts. DO your own thinking and
acting. Strive TO hc Il man, among
men, with worthy purpose and Il
pure ambition, then will the world
not only DC better for your living
in it, but you will be better for
having lived in the world.
Anything that is worth naving
! or doing is the result of protractcd
and earnest effort, and though sue
Cess may seem to be long delayed,
yet hc who would win it must
| needs be careful not to relax an
effort or to waste an opportunity.
We are warranted then, in repeat
ing the truism, "Succcss is Il crcn-
turc Of continued and gradual de-
vtlol mcni.' Dcspisc not then the
slow process of development nor
| the humble means that afford aid
around you. The age demands Of
| its workers the best, and it will sift
to The last the prctcnlious Of those
! who solicit its favors. Never be-
| lore more than now, was excellence
| made the crucial test of success.
Brilliant talents may and will hc
improved by industry. Moderate
ability may more than surp:y its
deficiency by diligence and per-
sistcnt application. "No,hing is
! denied TO we'll directed labor, not H.
ing can be obtained without it,
Never was Il man known to at
tain anything worth attaining with
out sclf-dcnial, and he who would
succeed in life must practice il.
Sclf-indulgcncc ruins men. she is
the Dclilah upon whose lap many
! ): ilu'>'n head has been sh0rn of its
strength and manhood forever.
Self denial makes strong men. She
is the angel who leads them on
ward, over rough and thorny
path il may be, but she finally puts
the crown of LASTING success upon
their brows. There is self indul-
gcncc in the terror rstrickcn, ruined
Bclshazzar, trembling in the midst
Of his drunken lords. There is
self denial in the Prophet who
stands erect before him to pro-
nouncc his wcll-dcscrv>d doom.
And he who would scale the
heights OF the grandcst possibilities
must learn this lesson at the very
beginning.
Another element conducive TO IA
steady growth Of power is self COLI
secration. Dcvoting ones energies,
time and talents to given object.
All things arc made to bend to this
one. God has given each man
something to do, it is your duty to
seek out that one thing and do it
with all your might. The men of
/ this generation who have achieved
the most permanent success have
| been those who have concentrated
every energy in some one direction.
Numbers of men in this country
today began their career without
amy capital save pluck and energy,
and they have conquered in spite
OF disadvantagcous beginnings.
| They have left behind them an
open road which any young man
may travel.