The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-18

the wicked voices of earth and cause the
whispers of God to be heard. Through
honest toll by and by appear the vine
clad hill and alluring vista. Dear pupils,
sublime hopes and illustrate the eternal
principles of the higher manhood.
EARNING POWER.
In this world the leaners arc despiscd
and the filters are respected. ] pray
you be llTters rather than leaners All
the world feels kindly to the man who
ADDS little to the worlds stock Be-
tWeen wealth on the one hand and earn
1Eg power on the other choose the latter.
me one who is without earning power
IS dlscredited, and rightly so. You are
10 gather strength by the exercise of
earning 1t. 1t can pc gained no other
way. Mans chief duty should be to add
something 20 the worlds stock, to adorn
true religion, strengthen society enlargr
Ine VISION OF some life. Poverty is an
duSnentlng misfortune. AT times it is
a Hail TO beat out the chaff of life: other
tlnes to brushes the kernel Poverty is
not always means of grace. A spare
CUPBOARD and threadhare garments many
tlmeS make hard the task of goodness
and become the fruitful sources of bad
ness: Earn money: accumulate property.
Don't imagine that the shortest way to
pie9ty IS through the 2oorhouse. On the
otner hand, avoid the cultivation of that
spirit Which clogs the valves of the soul
namely, the spirit which breeds todav's
excessive commercialism. For many
years Boston possessed a "BroadcIotb
mob, which could break UP any meet
ing at Which some scholar and philan-
throI'lst was going to speak in behalf of
negro liberty: The 'BrOadcloth mob
beng capitalists and merchants wished
the cotton crop to be as regular as the
sun In it's course. Negro liberty was well
enough, but cotton crops were better 4 6
Dahlel webster used to lean toward the
points at which the election tickets were
most heavily massed thus it was thai
these members Of the "B1 oadcloth moh''
had an open eye for the cotton crops
strive Tor broad outlook upon the
world for the sake of the influence il
VIII nave UPON your own personal devel-
opment Pathetic is that life that Wab-
PIES ABOUT in a pint measure and mas
a. mes mat II Is in great world AS
II Wahbles In the cup so it will wabble
into oblivion.
THE DUTY OF CATION
Mans worth is also shown in the wav
In which he compartments LIES obliga.
tons. do not mean financial ohligs-
tlon To be merely decent a man shouId
do that. But there are even higher dehte
Ihan money debts. l owe a duty there
as well as here, and here as we'll as
there. May we feel the inner disturbing
influence, striving to be other than What
we are; struggling for this higher reafe
lzatlon. Alcott says the deuce is in US.
sometimes the devil is in u.s. But hold
on to the conscious effort to realize AZ
the boy loses boat and dog 20 become a
man; as it is the oak that rends the
acorn, SO In our own breasts there is a
warfare between the actual and the
potential, between the ideal and the real
Remember that without resistance we
cannot get rid of bondage. To loose orr
selves ana let ourselves lose in the high
er realm, is after all the great duty Nav
we today feel the throbbing of this obi,
gatlon This external world is not the
aolalng reality. 1t shadows the deeper
truth, that is all. feeling of unity
with God-whatever else we NAV choose
TINS must abide To desire, to know to
touch the infinite source of things-this
is the great obligation. Man is never so
biv1,iG as When ne is in the attitude of
humble Worshiper. This is the gravity of
human me 1t we do what the soul de-
mands, all debts and obligations will be
taken zen care Of Do not try simply to be
nelghpor. or good lover All of these
virtues follow in the wake of larger
ana better life. Seek We first the king
dom OF heaven and all these things shall
IDEAS, and by this division thew will grow
into new ideas. Back Of the shadows Of
the material world may our higher OBJ
ngation lead us this day. When Henry
meeting on the plain of Andres. such
was the magnificence of the encampment
tnat the place was called Field -of-the-
SIoth-oI-Gold,, but in all those eighteen
A
the display was in the name of the
mighty monarchs. Others were there as
slaves and as food for war. With us l
trust the duty of obligation points to
that human splendor which is all on one
plane-Just one grade of human soul. o
the beauty of the Christi When will mon
catch the magic of his teachings If
under his divine enchantment the spar
row, can be happy, and the lily can be
made to rejoice, why should the spirits
% mortal ever weep CT mourn? Under
the touch of the Divine One, flowers and
peace are strewn in earth's pathway
even as Nature scatters the seed of the
grass, or let's fall the beams of light or
drops of rain. In His holy embrace ali
hasten TO one Joy, one usefulness, one
right, one kingdom, one throne O. man
the favorite of God, hitber is the way!
RESPONSIBILITIES AS TEACHERS.
To have worth and to prove it is to
not hesitate to carry responsibilities
either expressed or implied. Take them
up and meet them with brave heart
Meet them with willing hands, clear vIs-
ion and a discriminating sense. Men only
learn to swim when they are cast into