The progress., 1905-03-04

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If you would accomplish anything oi
merit, IL you would make yourself q
motor for the achievement of your pur-
pose, you must be tuned to concert pitch
must thrill with enthusiasm, must re-
spond to the demands of your work as
a lover responds to the smile of his loved
one There is little hope Of success for
the youth who starts out in life without
enthusiasm. He may possess talent
even genius; he may be brilliant and
clever; he may be popular and enter
tanning, but If he lacks this divine Spark,
this vitalizer of human energies, he will
never achieve anything of Importance.
Lethargy Fatal to Progress.
I have in mind at the moment'an ex-
ceptionally talented young man, grad
uate of one Of our leading universities,
who is simply drfting-driftin to fail
ure-because Of his lack of enthusiasm.
With him life is thing to be endured,
rather than great privilege to be
priced and made the most of. His spir-
itual nature has not been awakened. He
has never been aroused to the dignity Of
mans mission on earth. to the nobil-
ity Of labor or to his own responsible
tiles to be living, forceful factor in
the world of action and progress.
No. there is no substitute for en-
thusiasm. 1t makes all the difference
between half heart and whole heart,
between defeat and victory. The young
man who hopes to succeed to-day must
be dominated by his purpose, must be
afame with enthusiasm The one-tal-
ent man who is in love with his work,
enthusiastic over it, will accomplish
indefinitely more for life than the ten
talent man who is Indifferent or half
hearted. Coldness, lukewarmness and
indifference are fatal to progress.
In reply to the question: ITO what do
you attribute your success?" John
Wanamaker replied: ''To thinking
toiling, trying and trusting in God"
| This is what it means to be enthusiastic
in ones work-to think about it, to toll
for it's successful accomplishment, to try
and try and try again, in spite of OBJ
stacles, discouragements and mistakes,
to push it forward and, above all, tohave
an abiding faith in God.
What may not even boy do when
his whole heart is in his work? To
the enthusiasm of the boy Edison is due
the achievements of the wizard" of
Menlo Park. Life was never more full
of Joy to me-" he said recently, than
when, a poor boy, began to think out
Improvements telegraphy and to ex-
pertinent with the cheapest and crudest
appliances And now that have all
the appliances need and am my own
MASTER l continue to find my greatest
pleasure, and so my reward, in the work
that precedes what the world calls sue
cess"
Divine Zeal Irresistible.
This is ever the spirit of the enthus-
last. He throws himself into his work,
not for the fame or honor, or material
rewards it will bring, but for the love Of
it. He who respects his work so high
ly (and does it so reverently) that he
cares little what the world thinks of it,
is the man about whom the world comes
at last to think great deal
1t has been well said that all the lib
critics, reforms and political achieve
monts of society have been gained by
nations thrilling and throbbing with en-
thusasm. The Maid of Orleans, with
her sacred sword her consecrated ban
ner and her belief in her great mis-
sion, sent thrill of enthusiasm through
the whole French army such as neither
king nor statesmen could produce Her
zeal carried everything before it.
Our own struggle for independence
marked the triumph of mighty en-
thusiasm. The victory of unframed,
undisciplined farmers, backwoodsmen
and mechanics, poorly armed, poorly
clad and poorly fed, over the completely
equipped. perfectly drilled hosts of Eng
land, with the resources of the great |
est empire in the world behind them,
was little short of miraculous. 1t could |
never have been gained but for the in
spiration of noble cause. An enthus-
iastic love of liberty thrilled the hearts |
of the colonsts, nerved their arms and |
made them Indifferent to hunger, cold, |
sickness and hardships of all kinds.
1t is enthusiasm of this kind, enthus-
iasm born of a divine belief in ones |
work, that makes an individual host in
himself, irresistible as a river rushing
to the sea.
'This world is given as a prize for
the men in earnest" says 4 W. Robert
son. There is practically no limit ia
the world of endeavor and achievement
open to the earnest, enthusiastic youth
of to-day. This is prominently the
age of young men and young women.
Every occupation. every profession,
every department of life IS clamorous
for enthusiastic young workers. 'The
worlds interests are. under God, in the
hands of the young" says DR.. Trum-
bull. What youth or maiden can fail to
respond with enthusiasm to the demand
of such a tremendous responsibility.
However humble your work may be
never forget that your manner of doing
it is advancing or retarding the inter-
ests of humanity. What touch of SUBJ
Unity this conception of work gives to
all human endeavor! How it should ami
mate the spirit and nerve the hand OF
the youngest as well as of the oldest!
Truth, honesty, faithfulness to duty,
high ideals, strength of character-all
these are indispensable to the young man
who would carve out for himself sue
cessful career. but they are not enough
to make a whole man. II enthusiasm,
the quickening touch of the spirit that
makes man in special sense one with
God, be lacking, life will be shorn of its
greatest charm, its most potent power
of achievement. Its very soul. the lever
that moves the world, will be missing,
and no other force under heaven car take
its place.
Copyright. 1908. BY Joseph Il. Bowles.)
Death Dealing Canoe. Il
Abolish the canoe and Canada might
have a war eTery five years and then
ose fewer young men than the great
number that must go down to death in
ten years of summer holidays. 1t is
,itiful the mothers who weep,the ia