The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-08-05
World is Life's Teacher.

and motives of yesterday and today.
World is Life's Teacher.
Life's first teacher is the externa
world, Man begins at zero. The chile
thrusts its finger in the fire and i
burned, henceforth he learns to restrain
himelf in the presence Of fire. The child
mistakes the height Of stairs. and fall
ing, hard knocks teach him the nature
Of gravity. In school he learns that
others have rights as well as he.
Temptation is another teacher
Temptation comes to all of us. II II
oyercomes us we are weaker for the
fight tomorrow. ii we overcome it we are
stronger in the coming battle. Ii we
fail the advice of one who has resisted
and overcome encourages us to again
try. IT is good thing to have beside
Us the tried veteran when the battle Is
hard or goes against US. Jesus who was
tried in all points a. We are was more
than conqueror. We have his promise
~ will never leave thee nor forsake
thee"
Napoleon always kept the 'old guard
in reserve and when the crisis came,
those veterans turned the tide OF war.
At Waterloo the "Old Guard" was
sent to the front to try and save the
day. The battle was already lost, but
the veterans OF many battles stood and
died because they did not know how to
retreat. They had been tried and
tempered against the day of danger.
st. Paul is a hero, the victor in many
great battles. He tested the promise Of
the Master-"Lo, i am with you al
ways."-and never failed. Having con-
quered he gives US this assurance. "There
hath no temptation taken you but such
as Is common to man; but God is faith
full, who will not suffer you to be tempt
ed above that you are able; but will
with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that We may be able to bear
it." /. Cor. 1913.
Responsibility Teaches Righteousness
Responsibility is a teacher of right
eouness. Our responsibility ceases when
we do our duty. All Of us have duty
to perform. 1t is ours too, none can do
it for us. Skill comes after repeated
efforts along one line. We are fitted for
higher tasks by doing the tasks at our
hand.
Responsibility throws us on our own
resources and we sink or swim according
as we are true or false to our iucai. Re
sponsibility brings out our best gifts.
We had failed, had not responsibility
been ballast to keep us from capizing'
when the storms of idleness and pleas
ure tempted us.
1Ionotony teaches us strength. We DO
ia sks because we have them to do Inc
daily grind of a nations life is what
keeps it steady. We can depend upon
others and ourselves to do tomorrow
what has to be done over and over.
Tonight along our long seaboard, light
house keepers will be faithful and many
warning lights will shine. Tomorrow
the miners will 90 down, and in the
darkness find us light and and heat
Tomorrow the railroad men will dc
what they have done very often. Thus
the commerce Of the nation is main
tanned.
Books shape character very largely
This nation, more than any other, ];
moved by the printing press. lell u'
the book you are reading, tel us what
kind of literature you are fond OF, and
! we will tell you what you are. The book
that is easy to read is a. rule moi
helpful. The careful seeker after truth
chooses his books as he would his
friends-after trial and assurance.
Christ Factor in Character.
Christ enters more largely into char
acter making than any other factor. Ii
we were seeking to build a moral strue
ture to pass the Judgment and scrutiny
of man we might leave Christ out; bu
the test of character comes when Goo
the Judge passes sentence on the soul
The miner at the edge Of the mountain
STREAM rocks his pan and separates
rock and sand and particles until only
the specks of gold remain. God, tn
great seeker after truth washes oul
souls from the dirt and sediment o
earth. Only the pure gold is fit Tor tn
temple. $50, @-<a u.
Guard the character well. You cal
| dash it to pieces in moment 50 tina
you can never reclaim it again lh'
citadel of vour heart is yours to keel