The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-03-23
SERMON FOR GIRLS
a LITTLE PREACHING ABOUT
+ ESSENTIAL VIRTUES. :
The Three P.'s, Pluck, Perseverance,
and Punctuality = Some Of the
Places Where a Girl Needs Pluck
Where Patience Comes In-Not
to Be Punctual Means Stealing 9th
ers' Time. - /.,-4i

BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Copyright 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
One evening last autumn / had the
pleasure of being guest in a great
school for girls. The school building
which is ample and beautiful, stands.
on hilltop and all around It are acres
of garden and meadow, with a lake
where the girls row in summer and
skate in winter; trees under which
they walk and every beautiful condi,
ton that can make the surroundings
ideal. Within, the accommodations
match the fair outside, and have
rarely. seen anything more beautiful
than the assemblage of those girls in
chapel at their vesper service. To me
the hour / liked best was one at the
close of the day, when L sat in the
middle of a crowd of girls, few seat
ed on chairs and sofas, but most on
the floor, a throng of bright faces,
eager and responsive, that I shall
never forget =.
Looking at those winsome school
girls, seemed to see beyond them d
much larger throng, girls whom meet
every week, although I do not actu:
ally touch their hands, nor hear their
voices. To this great company of girls
who shall presently be the young
women of the future, I have little
sermon to preach to-day. The old
fashioned way was to divide sermons
under three heads / am taking this
way, and my first head is
Unless girl has pluck, she will find
herself many time at odds with life.
1t requires pluck of no mean order to
sit In dentists chair and endure the
agony known as treating TOOTH It
requires pluck to go with little sis
ter or brother to this same friendly
adjunct of the family, and sit by while
the little victim has teeth4straightened
nor a tooth removed. Pluck is far more
necessary when the difficulty is not
merely physical, but is moral and calls
for the kind of courage that makes one
bear reproof patiently, or speak the
truth when to do so may make one un.
popular. Without real, genuine pluck
few OF us can get through the days
work with, credit. Sometimes; pluck
is needful when one has to, wear much
mended gloves or shabby gown, or
when one faces the fact that she can
not have the Injuries that" are as
common as air and water in thessex-
.perience: OF hersneighbor. Pluck sisSnot
given g Us alf at biirt TT: some .otHus
are naturally great towards. We
shrink from pain and trouble of every
variety, and want a cushioned seat: for
every journey. Fortunately, pluck
may be acquired. If we have not very
much to begin: with We may easily
get more by the simple method Of cul-
tivating what we%have :; would have
my girls brave and fearless, feeling
perfectly sure of their ground, if they
are in the right, and dreading nothing
except being in tho wrong.
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H. ~ Perseverance. * = .'& .s$i51
= You all remember the little rhyme
that you were taught almost ais soon
as the alphabet, : IF at first you don't
succeed, try, try, again. The lesson
In this bit of homely verse is onesfor
You and me-. Beginnings are, easy
enough; we start out with a fair wind
and a flowing sail, and our boat goes
dancing over the waves, but the true
test comes when we have to row
against wind and tide, or to manage
our course when the storms. beat and
the winds rave. To drop the metaphor,
most Of us enjoy taking the initiative
with a new study or a new enterprise.
Our commencement is with enthusi.
assn; but. presently we reach; irregular
verbs. OF abstruseI problems, and our
:ardof dampens. Very likely some of
you could show, If you chose, beautiful
pieces :of embroidery: and knitting on
which you have made "a fall start
The place that tires one and tries ones
mettse is in the; middle OF the road, or
the middle Of the task. Those who
begin well, keep on we'll, and finish
we'll gain the laurels and wear them
with honor. :.
Perseverance, tells on your monthly.
or quarterly reports as examinations
never do. The real test Of ability II
any line is Just here = I: Is the student
easily Haunted or does She hold fast
with an Iron grip until she has, .ac- !,
compltshed what she undertakes? S4s$5 q
As;;otr fayorite LongfelloNw, sings: <.
Let us, them be up and doing, Il.
With heart for, any fate; a.. : b: d. ]
Still achieving, still,pursuing, j. Ii .
Learn to labor and to wait.
y The twin sister, Of perseverance Is
PATIENCE Yon remember, do you not;;ss
the old fairy stories in which the little
princess was set tosunravel a terribly
tangled skein and chow she. made no
h1essd way until2a fairy named Patience.
cAme and helped her Strengthen Jo a
the threads, and NY them side ~
side? Let your fairy sbe NAMED Per-.
severance. and il her sister comes to.
EhelR her. give 4 weloome B to them
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