Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-02-22
w. C. T. u. COLUMN.
Possibilities.

There Is something wonderfully In
spring in these closing years OF the
grandest century the world has yet
known. Perhaps the eyer-present pes
simist will suggest that one knows OF
other ages only by hearsay. But we
will add, with little proud lift OF the
head, that we do know what the posi-
ton Of American young womanhood is
today, and that, like the potter at his
wheel, it holds plastic possibilities to
be nodded into forms of good or i'll, for
some ones veal or woe.
The consciousness of woman's power
has been ages in coming to her; the
| first faint vision of her latent force was
simultaneous with the story of the
angels told in the soft starlight OF
Bethlehem's plains. How much that
power cost the life OF the Son OF God,
for it was upon his suffering that was
bulded the emancipation OF woman
hood and her elevation to the plane OF
equality. In just such proportion as
the Gospel of the Prince OF Peace has
spread, has the sway of womanhood
widened, and it is to the fair daughters
OF the Christian land over which hoats
our dearly loved Old Glory, that the
greatest heritage has fallen. To
whom much is given, much will be re-
quired," and the young woman OF our
great land will be no exception. The
knowledge OF her possibilities has come
to her slowly, as does the regal bios
| som of the century plant, and now In
her proud, young beauty she is reach
ing toward those less fortunate, and
, with Christ.like sympathy lending the
helping hand.
, Fortunately she is learning the value
of the unit Have you ever thought OF
it? Sometimes, it is true, it seems to
mean little or nothing, but nothing
plus the unit is one, and one is ever
the majority Over this wonderful
land of ours are scattered here and
there, making bright spots wherever
they may be, nearly ten thousand units,
or, "for thy better understanding,
nearly ten thousand members of the
t Young Woman's Christian Temper
Q ance Union, each one more or less
+ important wheel in the mechanism OF
n her social life, and each one pledged to
total abstinence and to the wearing OF
the bow of ribbon white. Those two
may mean much! DO they mean much
TO each of US? Does each one OF Us
: realize that life is what we make iii
J. Life may be only existance, or it may
: be living. There is no one who has not
some ability, some aspiration, some
j. hope to be or to do.
!, On Ruskins desk ever lay care
fully carved marDle paper weight
= bearing simply the words, To-day. ,
That one word rightly understood il
the concentrated wisdom of the ages
When there is anything to be done LEI
!. us do it. Would you be something
e would you do something to make the
h world better, TO lift your fellow Great
:, ures to higher plane? The unseer
d forces are oftentimes the most power
l full. A life taken captive by The
is thought to cheer and encourage al
= those with whom it comes in contact
= is often able to do greater deeds thar
D, the life which goes seeking for th'
y larger things. There is help and In
spiration in the thought that the yer.
world itself is made up OF the littl
things, and this gives US an incentive
IN for taking advantage of the least op
II portunities to do or TO be good.
II "God is behind ALL
;. We find great things are made OF little things,
y And little things 20 lessening, till, at last
* Comes God behind them"
"a Do not spend time in wishing 20
we're in some ones else place. Go
put each one where she is, and in thi
8. place she may live to glorify Him
There is great deal OF sentimental
i ism today which passes for wholesom
Q. ambition, but which is really nothin
in more than a dissatisfaction with Ell
le vironment, oftentimes Of as rapi
10 growth as Jonah's gourd, but, ur
in fortunately, OF much greater strengt
C. and endurance.
~ Find out what you are, discove
=. what you can do, and then with all TIA
strength OF a consecrated life, do tina
one thing.
Uncover the Good