Milford chronicle., 1906-12-14

self to be the prime minister Of Eng
land. ! am going to 1T myself to gov
ern a great nation. I am going to I'll
myself to be potent factor In settling
the International politics OF Europe.
Therefore ! will put aside all desires
which viii swerve me from my main
purpose Of life. and will study. study,
study ! will work. work. work. and l
will never be satisfied until I achieve
that eud.' My friends. when our boys
and girls start out with a great and a
noble purpose In life and at the same
time II they will carefully look after
their physical health they are travel
Ing the surest road to a long life OF
earthly influence.
There is a mistaken idea abroad that
hard mental labor will shorten our
lives. Some Of the longest lived men
have been men Of intense mental APP
plicatiOn Goethe, Palmerston Glad
stone, Disraeli, MOmmsen, Michael An
gelo Hugo. Humboldt. Isaac Newton.
the Herschels, both father and son,
and hosts Of others whom l might
name, all lived to be old. These men
not only lived to be old, but they were
continually branching out into new
fields Of mental labor clear up TO the
end. just few months before Han
nah Mores death she started a new
work. After she had started it she
wrote to her old friend Wilberforce
these words: THE night cometh. But
it is Il comfort to me to think that
though may be dust and ashes with
in "A few weeks. yet by that time this
business will be in actual notion"
When tho death angel perched at the
study doors of thousands upon thou
sands of our great men and women he
always found them busy. And me-
thinks he postponed calling many of /
them for years because the very in /
tensity Of their work not only kept |
them at their tasks. but kept their
physical faculties bright and active
There is no power this side of heaven
which will make a man triumph over
his physical ailments and overcome his
troubles and trials so surely as the in
SEPARATION Of some high purpose of life
which viii never allow him one mo-
ment to cease labor. what. sick. Liga-
rius" said Brutus to his friend in the
great Shakespearean tragedy. "No,
Brutus," answered Ligarius to the as
sassin Of Caesar. IF thou hast any
noble enterprise on hand I am we'll"
That means, "Oh. Brutus, if thou hast
some work for me to dO-sOme worthy ,
prize for me to strive after-that high
aim of life will rouse my tagging ener-
gies and I can do the work of a giantr'
But" you say. chow do you know
that my parents are true Christians
and that they are begging me to reach
)ut for a higher mental and spiritual
life? Perhaps they do not inspire me
fright and that is the reason am not
iolng as they advise and am satisfying
myself with small things" "When
you preach that sermon said my aged
friend to me, "be sure to emphasize
he fact that parents may be just as
leglectful in pleading with their chill
lren for the higher educational and
piritual life as the children them
elves are in not seeking it." Perhaps
'ou are right. my friend, but I think
UGH conditions are exceptional My :
experience in talking with parents in
Il parts Of the country is that they are
nxious for the advancement Of their
hildren. l know instances in which
lthers and mothers are denying them
elves luxuries that they may pay the
expenses of their sons through college.
n earlier years, when a son is only
oy at school, the father or the mother
ill try to kindle his ambition and
rOmise him that if he will study at
,hool and do his utmost to get on
ley will not grudge the cost Of a high
education for him. Is not that your
lperience? Ny brother, will you not n
'atify your parents ambition? Think Y
it. In honoring them by fulfilling
eir hopes you are laying the founda- n
on Of a long and useful life o.