The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-27
our Saturday Night would treat of

Our Saturday Night would treat OF
matters a little apart from the routine
OF editorial work--away from the
clashing and friction of public prob.
lens and political discussion. The
personal affairs of each individual are
always more important than affairs of
state. To make the individual strong,
self-reliant, able to cope with the de.
fects Of life and to resist the disin-
tegration of it's troubles, as we'll as
the imitation OF its successes--is the
object of those papers. Those strong
and resolute are often the victims of
their own self.sufficiency. An intellect
entirely developed from within itself
becomes very repellant to others. SO
we must seek to contrast our rela-
tions, put ourselves in each others
places and try to feel .what others
feel before we can become tolerant
and considerate. II shall be the pur.
pose of these essays TO see the good
that exists to some degree in all
modes of thought and all systems Of
philosophy. None of us liveth to him.
self alone and 1t is just as well TO
confess that there may be truth in
our nelghbors philosophy.
At the close Of the year the human
heart is generally full Of good 'reso-
lutions. This recurrence Of good as.
piration is really one of the most i'm
portant processes in the development
of the individual The real man or
woman is after all, very slowly de.
veloped First in the category of in.
fluences are probably the early i'm.
presslons made on life and for which
the individual is not wholly account
able These impressions remain TO
the end Of life and make us much
what we are In outward appearance at
least. The child that Is brought up
dirty and slovenly will have touches
Of the rudlmentnry clay clinging TO his
garments TO the end of his lfe al.
though the spirit may be refined and
the soul made noble as any that came
from the hand of God. The prepar.
ations for life come next in the order
OF the individuals opportunities. These
are In part given us by others and
partly by our own acquisitions I'D
ucation that is only a free gift Is sell
dom priced and often littel made of
afterward,
The jewel that we have ourselves
found on the barren, rocky desert OF
life, that we have treasured and pol
ished until the real gem shines forth,
we prize II and It becomes the tails
man of success There is too little
preparation for life. There is too
little of the boy or girl brought ont.
Music, politeness, business prepar.
alton, have been neglected and the
individual has To learn by suffering
or remain forever a blank In import
ant fields of activity In which the
world needs his best assistance. Be
ing unable 10 take his part he Is dis
satisfied. Let us be careful of the
early Impressions of life and let us
see that there is oportunity for all.
around preparedness. Place no oh.
stacles in the way of the one who
would learn to sing. draw. paint, play
or enter business. There are divine
impulses calling 10 the individual to
come forth Who are 10 deny them
or limit them? 1t may come to
nought but there is preparation in IL
for some great life-task we know not
Of in our blindness
The making of the allaround man
or woman requires sacrifices on the
part of some one. The individual
soul must so on long and weary journey
before il finds its Gethsemane. There
must be devotion before there can be
mastery Of anything. This devotion
needs not be slayish and TO the oblit-
Grafton of all other interests. But
high determination TO make something
out of life was never yet unattended
by the spirit Of sacrifice. Out of that
comes the highest development for
self and others. We cannot impress
others with our earnestness and sin.
cerity and be dawdlers or trlhlers
with anything, Development is found.
ed on hard granite facts of achieve.
ment, resistance. application. Butter
hy accomplishments are ephemeral
The school OF hard work alone pro
duces character and Il Is enduring
character on which the individual de-
velopment founds It's existence. The
early impressions OF life are import
ant and not the determining factor
The preparations for the race Of life
VIII decide in what class We shall