The Newtown bee., 1901-09-13
rich or poor.

rich or poor.
 The opportunities for usefulness are not limited to the moneyed class. The man who was born to toll should re- member that he has calling in life. The man without money is not with out resources. He possesses natural resources of physical strength. intel lectual fertility, moral power, and spiritual capacity. Indeed these re- sources are priceless, for money can buy none of them. An individual is chiefly responsible for what he makes of himself. He is accountable for the use he makes of body, mind, and soul.
 THE YOUNG MAN WHO IS BORN POOR has a calling, he is by nature intended for useful place in life, he is adapted to some particular form of work. It is the young man s first duty to find and occupy his proper place.
 The young man in poor or moderate circumstances is in some respects most fortunately situated for beginning life. W He realizes that he must rely on himself alone to succeed. (2) He knows that he must be industrious, that he must develop his natural re- sources to the largest degree, that he must make himself useful to society in order to succeed. (3) He is but lit tie tempted to those forms of folly, sin and wickedness into which the rich are often led. (4) He appreciates the full value of money and of all that money can procure. He learns the lesson of economy and frugality. (5) He comes to realize that men can be happy with out riches and that wealth should not be the chief thought of life. (6) He learns to sympathiZe with men in the ever changing and uncertain experi- ences of life. (0 He is more likely to see the importance of laying up treas ure Tn heaven. These are tremendous advantages at the beginning of young mans career. Of course there are plenty of young men who are depraved, dwarfed and foolish at the very outset, but we do not refer to such.
 The young man of limited means al- so suffers certain perils. He is in dan ger of becoming discouraged because of the difficulties he must surmount in order to succeed. If he becomes dis couraged, he is apt to lose all ambition and push. After this he is liable to re- sort to sinful indulgences, thinking to drown trouble and find pleasure. The great advantages of life. however, are on the side of limited circum- stances. Says J. G. Holland: "Pover- ty is one of the best tests of human quality in existence. A triumph over it is like graduating with honor from West Point. It demonstrates stuff and stamina. Is is certificate of worthy labor, faithfully performed. A young man who cannot stand this test is not good for anything. He can never rise above a drudge or pauper. A young man who cannot feel his will harden as the yoke of poverty presses upon him, and
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 that poverty throws in his way, may as well retire into some corner, and hide himself. Poverty saves a thou sand times more men than it ruins, for it only ruins those who are not particularly worth saving, while it saves multitudes of those whom wealth would have ruined."
 All men, then, rich and poor alike. must understand the importance of d calling. As we have said before, each individual is possessed of faculties, talents, adaptabilities, and physical forces, by a proper use of which he may contribute to human progress and veal. It is the duty of every man, for the sake of his own highest good, and for the sake of the good he may do to others, to devote himself to some hon. orable and useful pursuit. When so- ciety is brought to realize that hard work is necessary to the highest de- velopment of the individual, regard less of the question of a livelihood, then the human race will more rapidly improve, and labor will become digni- fled. We are approaching the time, believe, when tit will be considered a