Evening journal., 1905-10-03
REV. ALISON, JR.,
At HIGH SCHOOL
Made an Interesting Address
on the Theme is Life
Worth Living
HIS AUDIENCE WAS ALL ATTENTION


Rev. Alexander Alison. Jr. pastor Of
west Presbyterian Church conducted eNer
cises at the wilmington High School yes
terday and also made an interesting ad-
dress His subject was: rs Life Worth
Living" He said:
"Is life worth livingg 1 know we all
think So Not one of MS has suicidal in
tent this morning. The worth of life de-
pends upon its use and in determining
whether or not we have made a profit
able investment of life's capital, let us
consider two questions First what have
we 10 invcstg Secondly. how can We
best invest il so as TO bring in return
the largest dividends. What have we
to investy Ourselves, our time. our
acquisitions, our all We viii get out of
life only so much as we put IN. We an
have our bodies to invest Have you
ever thought what an important and vail
liable part oQ us our bodies are? We
should be very Insignificant beings with
out our bodies, and much OF our value
to ourselves in life depends upon the care
we bestow upon these bodies of ours. In
order to get the best results IN life we
must keep our bodies cloan pure and
strong. That is our duty 20 ourselves as
well as to those we serve. TO neglect the
body is a sin, and TO take care of it "a
duty God requires. Time was when man
ignored his body; he acknowledged the
existence of his mind and soul, but secm-
ed to forget that of his body. During the
last generation. however, we have come
TO the belief IA physical exercise for the
body and I hope no one of you is so fool
ish as to study an the time. Keep the
body safe for profitable investment by
rational exercise.
Another bit of capital is the mind.
True. all OF us do not possess mental
capacity TO the same degree' some intel
lects are keener. clearer, stronger than
others. but we an have mind il we are
normal beings, and we should make the
best poftable use of 1t. Waste not your
thinking powers. Too many men farm out
their brains and use other mems thoughts.
No successful man ever did his thinking
by proxy. Think Tor yourselves, and above
all. avoid fritting away your time. What
more pathetic figure than Byron dying AN
hold man at thirty-seven-a brilliant intel
| lect and a brilliant life fritted away or
Edgar Allen Poe, another example of a
wonderful intellect wasted. Guard against
such a life as were thosel Another biz of
capital is my soul; the immortal the d.
vine in us. If We could determine the
value of a human soul we should know
Che secret of life. There is nothing we
can give in exchange for our souls; a
N ffffa
take the place of wasted soul DO not
/ jeopardize your eternal welfare for a few
/ years of pleasure. So much. then, for
what we ourselves have to invest. When
it comes to a question of time, we are
all on an equality for we an have all the
time there is. How easily we say "timo
hicsw And how true it is. Time IS of
great Importance in our Ifes capital. We
may turn the hour-glass and watch a.
sands slowly return. but we can not bring
back an hour or q moment when IL has
passed We may regain lost wealth by
diligence, and lost health by resort to
medicine and even a lost reputation by
the observance Of the moral code, but
we can do nothing TO regain one little
moment that is lost. Think, then. how you
! HHHl0 your ii0ilNnAr anu hAetAN NNhAt NAAN
of them.
I'VE owe our acquisitions to the sum
total of life, in whatever form these may
be- Some may have wealth, some talents,
others, moral convictions, as TO right and
wrong.
las to how we may invest our capi-
tai, 1 will answer in three ways. First,
We may invest it as the miser does. You
know how the miser lives and dies.
mot long ago man died seemingly
in abject poverty, and yet gold was found
in plenty I'm the room in which he breath
ed his last. 1t had never done him nor
lanybody any good. The very word 'miser'
suggests mlserablel Don't then invest
your capital miserably. Let it be for the
benefit OF mankind and not for the little
circle around you. Secondly, you may in
vest it as the spendthrift does one who
lives out the whole round of his days
seemingly in one brief days experience
That is not a profitable method of invest
ment. How and what then, shall l do 2
The most popular investment is TO give