The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-06
TO GET POWER
Is AIM OF LIFE
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splinters. and thus he shows that he is
a man"
The speaker then told the story of Ben
Hur. That man stood in his chariot as
his steeds rushed around the arena The
horses are frightened and dash down the
course. but Ben Hur grasps but lightly
the reins. The chariot plunges from side
to side and many times seems as ii il
could not remain on the ground but Ben
Hur only grasps the resns little tighter.
and the horses plunge madiy on as the
lash curved and Missed above their backs.
but Ben Hur only presses his thumbs and
calmly tightens the reins and won the
race. He was the master, and Ben Hur
was a man.
Man" said the speaker. has a CRAWL
tation downward. The eagle cannot ny IN
til he overcomes gravftation. Man cannot
do this If man thinks that flying is
merely playing in the air he is likely 10
find himself playing on the ground To
the eagle gravitation says Come down.
come down. but the eagle says Go up
and he is the master and knows which
way TO go. Unless man viii wrestIe with
the lower powers he cannot hope TO wres-
tie with the higher. Unless you give your
worst self a sound drubbing you cannot
expect TO reach higher plane
The great problem OF culture is TO get
power. The cultivated mind knows where
power is and sometimes lays hold OF some
of it. The way TO cultivate the mind is
TO find the power. The aim of life is 10
get power and TO know where things are.
There are two reasons why you should
read books. One is to learn what is in
them and the other is to know where the
good in them lies so that you can lay
your hands on them at any moment. Cul-
ture is the getting Of power. Some pec-
pie seem TO think that the theory Of cul-
ture is to get things to show OF Why
does the little boy want knife? Because
he wants TO show It. Does not the little
girl prize her Christmas present a great
deal more when she can show II 70 her
playmates? That is what some people
call culture. but I cali it penuriousness.
Not Penuriousness OF money, for tha-
is something too trivial for a preacher.
1t is not penuriousness Of money II is
Intellectual penuriousness. a penurious-
ness Of the higher realm OF the soul. One
man told me that he would read Chaucer
Sc he could recite it. That is hard on
Choucer, but It allows the other man 70
show of. Another tells me that he reads
Chaucer so he can have it, When a man
has a reserve Of power ne can live at
ease. Get power: get more than you can
use. have seen an engine stop at the
foot Of a hill and take on water and coal.
The man in the engine tells me that il is
not ready yet to climb the hill. The en-
CINE is getting reserve power.
Have you ever seen the sea when IL
rises in its might? How it roars and
shakes. When the sea is calm children
play in the surf. boat glide along on its
bosom. Whole armies can float on it but
1t can drown a whole navy II slapped
Cervera's feet against the rocks OF Cuba
Did you ever see the sea get angry. How
the bi;lows roll and come in crush the
great rocks on the shore. That is reserve
power. 1t is the superfuity OF power.
College is like the engine as it gathers its
power at the foot of the hill it is giving
you a reserve power that makes you a
man and a master
Get power for powers sake. get things
for the things sake. The woman loves
bric-a-brac just for the sake Of having
them around. A few years she placed a
dozen spoons beside each plate at the
table. l put in many sleepiess nights
learning what all those spoons were used
for. Then when I had learned all the
uses of the spoons the woman stopped
using spoons and used forks and I have
not yet learned what all those forks were
used for. Why did they use all those
forks and spoons Why did they have
them around? The woman wanted them
just to have them. Why do some women
have husbands hanging around? The Lord
only knows. 1 suppose some of them
keep them just like they do the souvenir
spoons. just 10 have them around.
Get knowledge for knowIedges sake.
just to keep 1t around. Why did God
make the honeysuckle. the rose and the
vines that adorn your trellis? Simply
because he wanted them around We
could get song without them but we
would not. Power is to be kept from be-
ing brutal. 1t must have a master and
that can only come from a fellowship
OF Christ. Virtue needs a gardener as
much as any plant II Christ should for
get TO water his plants the soul and heart
would shrivel and die. and go Il is II
manly or womanly attributes are neglect
ed they viii die. Get culture FOR cultures
sake. and that means power Life Is the
application Of power. make the most OF
IT"
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