The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09
THE LIFE
WORTH WHILE
Glimpses of Doctor Pell's Latest Book.

Tho god Of yesterday was money. Toe
| god of to-day is success. Within de-
! cade men have come TO worship success
/ more than money. They would rather
/ succeed in what they undertake-rather
! get there. rather be known AZ a win
/ ner''-than be rated At "A million. OF
| course. most Of us like both. We would
| rather succeed in getting money than
! in getting anything else; but the stand
ard VIC have set UP for ourselves Is sue
cess. and We would rather succeed in
whatever we undertake than anything
else. whether the undertaking is for
money or not. Is this new goo We have
set up any Improvement on the Old?
man may succeed. and be gaaat
failure 4 man may fail. aud be a great
success. Moses failed to reach Canaan
but nobody calls Moses a failure. Nero
succeeded IN having his own way but
nobody calls Nero a success. Men have
tried to be President. and have failed
and have gone down to their graves as
America s greatest successes. Men have
tried to be President. and succeeded
and have gone down 20 their graves
not as Americas greatest successes.
The farthest point from Cod is the
point where man sets up a god Of mis-
own.
This world Is great fair-a vanity
Ialr-ln which men and women and chill
dren joste one another in their mad rush
TO the booths where fal5irs sell toy bal
cheap jewelry and mysterious prize boxes
all warranted to satisfy every craving
Of the human heart.
How very absurd. Yet, many of US who
think ourselves wiser than the crowd are
soiaetimfs caught up IN the mad rush.
ana before we know what we are doing
we. too are spending our money for that
which Is OF bread.
When the world does it's best, it satisfies
US out for moment, and, as a rule
when we say that we are satisfied. we
are only surfeited. as when n child eats
"a pound Of candy and will have no more
As we grow older we learn little by
ilte thai It Is not the man who elbows
ms way with much noise and perspiration
that makes his way in the world. but
rather II Is the man who quietly hides
MS time. and often with a smile gives
way TO the clustering fellow who is try,
ing to run over him
Love Is not Wild flower that best
thriNeS beyond the touch Of human
hands. II IS rather az rose that srrov.s
On 70 perfection in proportion to tn
intelligent sympathetic care that is be-
slowed upon il. II love grows. some
BODY must be the gardener. We must
cultivate H. We must learn to Gull
uNate IT. There will never come =
,irne when We can safely lay 1t by and
leave II to care for itself
Humility dies the moment II begins TO
advertise Nay, it dies with the thought
OF advertising The proudest man
among us is the man who is ALWAYS -
minding people how humble he is.
for prayer when we come 10 think
OF IT, Is simply conscious helplessness
looking up 70 tho source Of help I, is
not matter Of words. II is true we are
accustomed TO say that prayer is the
language Of faith; but faith. like love
can speak without the tongues OF men
or OF angels Prayer IS not the mere
saying OF ones little speech TO God on
set occasions Il is the very bre.+b -
one s hfe-the outpouring OF the heart
desire and the hearts gratitude continu-
ally TO God.
Faith is the point at which Weakness