Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-08-07
ranshgures himself into humanity.

of doing something for somebody else
There is period in everyone's life
when this tendency is very weak
Carnegie was developing the breath OF
ais life when he donated his wealth to
he foundation of libraries. He had
Already developed his individuality
rs great business man, and we find.
II least, transformation of that indi-
'iduality into personality He be
iieves that mans life should be as
broad as it is long, and says that a
man should die without a dollar.
Length and breadth OF life are equal;
Dt life is not complete that only
has length and breadth. 1t must also
have thickness.
| The quickening and development of
this third dimension should not be
LETT for the preacher: it belongs to all
1t is the impulse of self-consecration
1t is the development of the theo-cen-
iric or God-being in the center. the de-
'elopment of the height of life and
| he sacrifice of height in this instance
or the lowest, was the sacrifice of
The Son of God for the lowest of man
l 'icpb- ANo tdil attain TO Inal
| ;acrifice, but he can tend toward it.
| 5elf-consecration is wide alt is to be
true to destiny; and there is not near
y enough of that today. There is a
| tendency to make everybody dissatis-
led. Stick right down to what you
are doing. If it is shoveler. be the
oest shoveler If it is teaching be the
best teacher. If it is cleaning sewers
10 the work better than someone else
1t is business. / couldn't begin to do
I. He is superior to me. | look up
to him in that give over the work to
lis judgment and power. He is true
ne is making the best of it, He is not
crying for my job. nor for his. He'd
make fun of school teachers job. He
IS true to destiny. He is self-conse-
crated to his work. A man must be
true to self and destiny and be self
onsecrated to what he is doing in or
Ter that a self-consecration may grow
lut of nature.
There are three dimensions to life
angth, breadth and height individu-
llity. personality and spirituality We
ire the means of development of indi-
viduality in others | talked LOT
about nature this morning 1t is one
IF the means of development of hui
nan life.
Having enough of self-sacrifice and
If self-consecration, the one who does
lis work best is he who does 1t in the
most perfect silence, and perfect ST
lence gives one the best conditions of
self-saerifice. Dresser has written a
book on The Power of Silence" Ham
iton Maybe and Matteriy on the same
subject
Next comes the home 1t is a tre-
| nendous feature in the development
| Of the three dimensions of human life.
| The teacher has great deal more to
| 10 with the home than the mother has.
There are three forces in the home.
chat. when they act in unison result
| in the very best home. These tend
greatly toward the development of
the child in the three dimensions.
The three forces are Light, Love and
| Life. the three LIS we might call them.
The father might stand typically
FOR light bearing the burden of intel
lisence. Not that the mother isn't in.
| telilgent. The mother might typify
love and the child life The mother is
stronger in love than in anything else.
II is the richest attribute of the hui
! man soul and comes nearer to heaven
than any other. Anything that tends
to undermine these three forces, light.
love and life. is destructive of home.
| Cooperative living is not good for the
home There is no better
place for good government than in the
home. | have seen a home helped by
daughter taking domestic science at
school In class of 300 graduates
she stood equal with the daughters OF
millionaires on Fifth avenue, and she
lived in little oneroomed house. She
learned to make the home attrac.
tive. and the father was glad to sec
a nice white table cloth and other i'm
lprovements about the table and the
room.
Each one in the home should have
an aVocation The vocation is the
work engaged in earning a livelihood
The avocation is pursuit at home
The mother should have an avocation
The child may be interested in music
or in trees. That would be an avoca
tion for him. The man who has al
avocation lives at home. and is no
away much of the time He has go
10 be at home in the evening instea,
of being at club. He should shed hi.
light at home, and his avocation. If h,
mas one. Will keep him there. Year,
ago. stone cutter. a sculptor. live,
beside me. From the time he was
boy. his avocation was to stud,
moths and butterflies. He spent hi
time with his family, or took his wifi
and children out to the fields an,
woods. where they enjoyed an outinl
while he chased the insects with a ne,
He died last year and left 200 90
specimens worth 100000. He left hi
children provided for by his avocatior
The study of art or pictures is an arc
cation In order that the three force
be developed in home. everybod
there should have an avocatior
Teachers can start mothers in thi
way
Home Is tremendous feature 4
the DEVELOPMENT Of tho tbroo d{,,, o.,