Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-16
Burn Your Smoke

he i baseball, basketball or football
land when YOU do 30 out to play mark
you, get into the game. never play
at" anytIiH@. Wha1 YOU are after now
Is backbone Some there ara who hay
back5on.s ike unto 4 aslrn% BY their
dress aGd 4aoia Htteranc"s men have
come TO ca them "dud =" Learn nor
to smoke never could understand
Why men would fill their mouths and
lungs. and eft il seems. their heads.
,bH ~har ee'..es ou n words ffo1n
,h.i~ Ersl which smoke sit back in a
chair bioU il out, and look Wis" Now
looking wise like wearing fine feathers
docs not make thc man The world
,,teds today. moro imam ever, men VII
10 things. Christ is lie king OF labo,
aud industry and His cry, Follow
:. q. Is net . cello act the fool ba,
10 play The man upon the stage of lifa.
Ability and opportunity are given to
all; failure in life cannot be eondoned
fy lack of eiTh=r Tho smallest talent
has capital enough and field enough
for investment. The thing to do is to
invest wha1 yoa have. Don't whine
aNoW the =a,h ~ = jl9zV having NOR
than you: th world has no use nor
place for wilmer; neither has God.
He has Il u > for thc man but rot th"
Nhine. Ed differ in talonls. EYerE
orator is not Beechet, many inHent-
ors, but oHe Edison. There are masi-
ciaEs. and good ones. in Pine Bluff,
hut very musician is noi a Bach or
R"thevan This is God's way ct
81 y.ra 4 believe in VARIETY No =tWo
men are exactly alike. Races differ.
Even the leaves of the forest are not
duplicated Bobbic Burns sang the
ruth III saying;
y mans man for Il that,
at to deauce f9om This that all men
ere alike would aakc Burns a Ear and
God bun9ler. When the Boo% say.
Cod is no respe eter Of persons, and
God has made - "oao blood All ma
tons. i, is not sachin2 that all per
sons have the s55ae number Of talents
and the same amount Of grey matter
Ru1 set dis @resst.r ruth noW and hole
il fast: Responsibility and ability go
forward in locEseap. The responsible
Il. t,l, han
Tie reyp01sibli of an ,N"rX day la
borer. not shat T1o laborer has Ho
place to fl in Gods plan. but tha.
each ole has a work 10 do, Il place 10
ell. and mans ID y is q do this. Voc
be unto that one who goes of and
hulies his talent. or lets il 90 mp II
tsmoke Col neyer wastes. Not l
grain of SAM nor 2 drop of vat too
many is there in tnis world, but in al
things God strikes just balance,
God is a Sey 70 economist He does
rot set d giant u do tho task OF a
p.gmy but everything has a place and
every hing Is n rs place. Some
times man tries fe- abroeata this law,
and for the tryin2 gets hurt. and OBJ
tains wisdom cod has hedged us
2,al about Wiz laws One is u.s.
aid Win, disuse and lose. Tha curse
consists in ha ing and not using, not
u .iot having. TIL, crime is The same
for misuse as disuse. These being but
Ii diverse and reverse sides Of the
awe ,hine \ gar len eft alone runs
wild IN weeds An arm not exercised,
a'rophes y nlin;. not worked. ssae
mates \ character uncared for. gray
itatts TO ruin. The truth as you see is
double 1t is the loss of what is ard
what may be. Therefore you are r.
sponsible not only for what you are,
hut for what you may be- The sur
viNal of he tittost is just this: That
one who has best studied and applied
TO himself the industry of talent. tn
conserva ion Of resources and the in
vcstment Of talent is best fitted to
survive. Here YOU have the secret of
life, having thie and APPLYING. one will
have success. Bear in mind it is one
thing TO have. another to apply. SO be
mp and doing Live to the glory of .Ie-
hovah not to yourself, for the nan
that ends in himself is a failure, Be
kind, be cheerful, be eonsiderate for
faa1in0t. 6f ~ harS don crit lcISn
learn to forgive and forget, don't vast
anvthine, be patient, see the good in
fotlerS. talk less. think moro and
"lurn your smoke"
PERCY G. CROSS.