The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-04-19

Miss Bess B CHM. L graduate OF the
Mayvlew public school, and is publish
- oy request.-Editor I%NTELLIGEN-
cER.)
Press onl Surmount the rocky sleeps;
Climb boldly o'eT the torrents arch.
H. fails alone who leebly creeps-
He wins who dares the hero's march
Be thou a hero; let thy might
Tramp on eternal SHOWS It's way.
And through the ebon 1alls of night
Hew down a passage unto day.
On the Worlds broad field two
great armies are struggling for victory.
Trials, temptations and dlsappoint-
meuts are leaders IN the army Of evil
Truth, honor and happiness are in
command Of the army of success
Though sometimes we feel our bless
iugs are greatly outnumbered by our
burdens of daily life, still with the
poet, Whittier, we say, "Not mindless
of the growing years, of care, and loss,
and pam. My eyes are met with
thankful tears, for the blessings that
remain" Then, with Divine help we
struggle on; we meet the advance OF
temptations by our hosts of resisIencei
we follow the retreat of failures with
an advance of optimisem. Tue rest
and peace of night renews us for the
strife of the morning. Each sunset
may leave US disheartened. Yet each
succeeding dawn brings us new courage
and strength. All through the long
years we battle for victory. And what
is the victory? To look back over
the past and know We have helped
others by our sympathies, our kind
words and lutte acts OF mercy; and
to have accomplished all the good we
could.
"What is the real goodP
l asked in musing mood.
Order, said the law court,
Knowledge, SAID the schools
Truth, said the wise man;
Pleasure, said the fool;
Love, said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page,
Freedom, said the dreamer;
Home, said the sage:
Fame, said the soldier.
Equity, said the seer.
Spare my heart full sadly!
The answer is not here.
Then within my bosom,
Softly this | heard;
Each man holds the secret,
Kindness is the word"
AS we DRIFT down the troubled tides
and zeal the golden sunset Of life,
what a hope to feel our efforts for the
advancement Of honor and kindness
have not been fruitless. Then we must
be unfaltering in this battle. Only the
strong will conquer and "rhe spoils
belong to the victors.n Alexander,
after having climbed the dizzy height
of his ambitions, looked down on a
conquered world and wept that there
we're no more worlds for him to con-
quer. Yet IN his great battle for
supremacy he won such fame that long
years afterward we read and study Of
his life IN history. Then let US remem-
Der that the battle Of life cannot be
fought by proxy. Be your W helper.
Be earnest, w~atchful, aud dillIgent, and
If you do not win success, you will have
done the next best thing. You will
have deserved it. Ignorance is tn,
curse of God-knowledge the VIM
wherewith we fly to heaven. Abraham
Lincoln overcame the most insurmount
able dlficulty-poverty. Little did b
dream, while reading his few books b
the fire light IN his cabin home, tina
some day by his knowledge and Ut
swerving love of justice he would rule
9 nation. "AoN est palma sin lahore.
{ Those who toll and strive will gain th
victory.
"Straight from his mighty anvil,
This truth is driven.
They fail, and they alone:
3 Who have not striven.
But the greatest victory of all life
the victory over death. To win fam
3 honor, love and riches is great victor
yet these are mere fragments Oompar,
to the reward OF life eternal. Then |
US strive to live SO that when the SUI
mons comes to join the innumerat
caravan, iourneying into the reams
death, we shall enter undlsturbed, b