The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-25

lie asks OF God for pattern, ana this
is the plan: He that walketh uprightly
and worketh righteousness and speaketh
the truth in his heart. ~
He that baekbiteth not with his tongue,
nor doeth evil to his neighbor. nor taketh
up reprOach against his nelghbor. In
whose eyes a vile person is condemned.
but he honoreth them that fear the Lord
he that sweareth TO his own hurt and
chargeth not; he that puteth not out his
money TO usury, nor taketh a record
against the innocent. He that doeth
these things shall never be moved.
Or take this one in rhymn:
Whatever you are, be brave, boys!
The liars a coward and slave, boys!
Though clever at ruses,
And sharp at excuses,
He's a sneak and a pitiful knave, boys.
| Whatever you are, be frank, boys!
tbs better than money and rank boys
Still cleave to the right,
| Be lovers of light,
Be open, above board and frank, boys
| Whatever you are, be kind boysl
Be gentle in manner and mind, boys;
| The man gentle in mien,
| Words and temper, 1 ween
| Is the gentleman truly refined, boysl
''Having your materials and your plan
| you need tools to work with. but as the
| Union Society must furnish these I will
| leave them to be spoken of last and come
| 10 the work to be done in building a man
| The work that you must do, boys, for none
| of US can do it for you. To build great
house sometimes takes years. but to build
] a great man is lifetime job. Your house
| over there has three divisions, and so has
| a true man. Each one of these ought TO
| be perfect in every part and unite in a per
| feet whole. perfect man must have
| fhaf lss,x1v
soul. To build a perfect body is a noble
| work and you can do it if you try. You
| are not to blame for what bodily defects
you are born with, but you may be for
| what you die with. To have a perfect
body you must learn to breathe
| You'd be surprised to see how
few grown folks know how to
breathe. Boys, you can live TO-
| weeks without eating and for days without
| drinkg but you can't live five minutes
without breathing; to know how to
breathe is TO know how to get life out of
| the air about you. Stand up. Now when
! say 1-2-3. all fill your lungs just as full
| of air as you can, and hold 1t till / say
| three Now, -. Boys you need
not die of consumption if you will learn
! how to breathe
Boys, learn how TO eat Eat to live and
| don't live TO eat. Eat in order to make
| muscle and brain. Every time you eat do
it to make you a stronger and better man,
and let alone food that will not do this
| Find out what food you need, eat that and
leave alone what disagrees with you.
| know grown men who have never vet
! learned how and what to eat, and much
| of their valuable time is lost because they
can't work on account of the way they cat
! Do you know why these big eaters are so
| lazy and sleepy: Because, when We eat so
much it takes all the blood in us to grind
up the food and we don't have any for the
muscles and the brain to use.
! Learn how to drink Boys l love YOU
and would not hurt your feelings for any
thing, but faithful are the wounds of a
| friend. Many of you are here to-day
| fear because somebody did not know how
| to drink. Thousands of hearts ache and
thousands of homes are hells on earth to-
| day because men have not and will not
| learn how to drink Boys, can tell you
| how to be safe on this matter. l know
but one way. and the little boys speech
| tells it. He says:
owe want the drink saloons all shut,
Especially on Sunday;
! And If we find that answers well,
Well try the same on Monday.
For if we shut them all the time
'Twould better our condition,
| But legislatures are so slow
To grant us the permission.
Meanwhile, there is dangerous place
That every boy can close,
| And that's the private drinking bar,
Just underneath his nose
Boys, learn how to sleep How many
of you sleep with your mouths open? Quit
tit is a source of disease, and it dis
| turbs the neighbors. Learn how to sleep
with your mouth shut. Exercise every
| part of your body.
THE mind is the second part of a per-
| feet man, and it must be used and trained
| fa6 70 ipl1
I'm the school there was boy who had
to write a composition, and when he read
it the teacher said Lawrence, did you
write that? He said, NO, sir; John writ
it, but 1 thunk it,
Boys, learn how to think. An idea Is
one Of the greatest things a boy can get
hold of. Mr.. Edison got hold of the idea
that electricity could be used to make
| light, and now the cities and many OF
the stores and houses are lighted with 1t.
Mr.. Watts got an idea In his head that
steam could be used to push things along
and now we ride in a day as far as we
used TO go in a week or a month. The
man who thinks will be the leader OF
! men.
Learn to think the thoughts of great
men. you will find them in books and
they will feed your mind.
/ believe if a boy will learn the Prov
cribs of Solomon by heart and think
about them and apply them, he will be a
prince among men, in the business walks
| of life.
Boys, man who knows how TO think.
always has good company If he will think
good thoughts remember the first time
l ever had thought as result of try
ing, and it has been a pleasure ever since
| to remember it. Try to use your mind and
the power to think will come to you.
| Form good habits-in your head is a
little lump Of soft grey matter which we
call brains, and when we do a bad deed
| or a good deed, little spot or dot is
made on the brain, and the more we do
the thing the more lasting this Impress
ion becomes and after a while we get so.
we do the thing without trying and
whether we wish TO or not, and If It is a
bad thing 1t is bad habit land II a good
| thing a good habit After while the i'm
preston Is so fixed we can't change IT,
and this is why boys who swear and drink
and steal and lie do the same thing when
they get to be men. Form good habits,
Boys, the third part OF a true man Is
his soul To develop your soul you must
| learn to love and to give expression 10