The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02
THE POWER OF A PURPOSE.


Power is 10 blessing in itself, but
when it is employed to protect the in.
%nocent.
There is a purpose forall things, every
deed great or small is for some purpose,
some Of which have a great power.
The Eighty purpose never is o'ertook
unless the deed goes with it,. Some
things are done unconscious of purpose,
but whom q~uizzed you find it was for a
purpose. Az Carlyle says, "the a
without a purpose is like a ship without
a rudder."
In Judging others a man Iabors to no
purpose, commonly errs tho Judging
himself he is wisely and u~sefnlly ON
ployed.
Purposes, like eggs, unless they he
hatched into actions will run into decay.
There is no use Of having a purpose un.
less it is put to some use. Take hold of
purpose as you would take earnestly
hold Of life for a high and noble purpose,
study closely the minds bent for labor
or purpose. adopt it early and pursue it
steadily, never looking back To the tus..
f~9g ''Fe n ""o FORWARD 10 The ground
mat over remains to DO broken, for be-
tween the great things that we cannot
do, and the small things We will not do,
the danger Is that We shall do nothing.
The men that the world needs worse
are men whose ambitions are not con-
tined to their W selfish desires. Our
rich men, and our great mon have cary
ed their paths to fortune, they were
OF the power in themselves. There must
be a purpose to succeed In life, but the
purpose must be worked at and the cal
ling followed.
A man. without a purpose seldom
thinks Of the shadow that will fall across
his path, hiding him from the living
smiles of those who have carried ont
their purpose, There Is always hope in
a man that actually and earnestly works
a purpose, but in idlcness alone tbere
Is perpetual despair.
II you will always remember that
whatever you arc doing, God stands by
a witness, You will never err in all
acts.
1t is said that it takes labor to make {
bought healthy, but before Iaboring
mere must he a purpose for SO doing
many a man lives a burden to the earth, q
nut a good book is a master spirit, en-
and treasured upon purpose to a '
ifc beyond life. I
A face without strength and purpose d
ppears to be very weak, | hold every a
a debtor to his profession from the c
men as mon, OF course, do seek to re- "
eve eountcnance and proGt, so ought $
OF duty to endeavor themselves by u
ay Of amends to be a help and orna- II
cnt t%horcunto. s;
stand at your real height againt some 1t
CHER nature that shall show you what tt
q real smallnoss of your greatest St
'catness is, th
Throw away idle hopes, come to thine II
'n aid, II thou carest at all for thv On
IL, while it is III thy power. ri
A purpose must have energy and en- mC
~ will do anything that can be done
this world, and no talents, no circnm- sc
'nces, no opportunities will make a sol
II without it, altho' met are accused arr
not knowing their W weakness. du
/ perhaps a. few know their own Cls
moi
t ~ in men as in soils, where some dyi
les there is a vein of gold which the tod
nor knows not of. fro
What a man does is q real test of what the
IAN is and to talk of what great things in
would accomplish ii he had mora I
witty of mind, is to say how strong a bio
would be II he only had more int,
Gro
gorge Elliot says, "the only failure nan