The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-28

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with it's conscious thought. that which
is the hidden source of all beings. An
imperturbable faith in the stability of
the universe and its intelligent order
ing sleeps in everything that exists.
The flowers, the trees. the beasts of the
field. live i'm calm strength. in entire Sc
curity There is confidence in the fall
ing rain, in dawning day. in the brook
running to the sea. Everything that
is seems TO say: IL am, therefore
should be- There are good reasons for
this, rest assured
So, too, mankind lives by confidence.
From the simple fact that he is, man
has within him the sufficient reason for
his being-a pledge of assurance. He
reposes i'm the power which has willed
that he should be- To safeguard this
confidence, to see that nothing diScon
certs it. TO cultivate it, render ii more
personal, more evident-toward this
should tend the first effort of our
thought All that augments confidence
within us is good, for from confidence
is born the life without haste-tranquil
energy, calm action, the love of life
and its fruitful labor Deep seated con
tidence is the mysterious spring that
sets i'm motion the energy within MS. 1t
is our nutriment. BY it man lives much
more than by the bread he eats. And
so everything that shakes this .cOnf-
dcnce is cyil-pOiSOn, not food.
Dangerous is every system of thought
that attacks the very fact of life. de
claring it TO be an evil Life has been
too often wrongly estimated in this
century. What wonder that the tree
withers when its roots are watered
with corroSiveS. And there is an eX-
tremely simple reflection that might
be made i'm the face Of all this mega
ton. You say life is an evil Well,
what remedy for it do you offer? Can
you combat it, suppress It? | do not
ask you 10 suppress your own life, 10
commit suiclde-of what advantage
would that be to us?-but to suppress
life, not merely human life, but life
at its deep aud hidden origin, all this
upsprngng Of existence that pushes
toward the light and, to your mind. is
rushing to misfortune; | ask you 10
suppress the will To live that trcmbles
through the immenSitics of space TO
suppress. in short. the source of life.
Can YOU DO III No. Then leave us in
peace Since no one can hold life in
check is it not better TO respect it
and use it than 10 20 about making
other people Disguised with it, When
one knows that certain food is danger
Gus to health he does not eat it, and
when certain fashion of thinking
robs us of confidence cheerfulness and
strength we should reject that, certain
not only that it Is a nutriment nONiOus to
the mind. but also that ii is false. There
is no truth for man but in thoughts
that are human. and pessimism is in
human. Besides. it wants as much in
modeSty as i'm logic. To permit one
self To count as evil this prOdigious
thing that we call life one needs have
seen its very foundation, almost TO
have made it. What a strange atti-
tude is that of certain great thinkers
of our times, They act as if they had
created the world very long ago, in
iucN YOUTH Nul hc'Iu'HiN IL vas " nus
take. ana they had well repented it.
Let 70. uDurish ourselves from other
meat. strengthen our souls with Chez
iue thoughts What is tueSt for man
is what best fortines him.
II mankind lives by confidence II
lives also bJ hppe-ihaJ FORM ol coiH-
dcuce which turns toward TIE future.
All life is result ANA am a-p'ftilo''
aIl rHt exists suppoSe> am origin AM
tends toward an end. Lie IS progress
sion, progression is aspiration. The
progress of Che future is IN luiintlde
OF hYro Hope is at the root OF things
and mrs. DE reelected i'm the heart oi
man, DID, L1up. no life. The same pow
cr which brou-ht us into being urges
us tD -' rn U.ler What is the meju-
m- OF this persistent instinct which
pushes u- ... The true meaning is
rHHf -I..f..H. .- 10 result from life.