The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-05-25

ion the people perish"
It will be well for us TO get vision
Of MAN. David might well exclaim,
What Is man, that Thou are mindful
of him? or the son of man, thar Thou
ylsitcth him" What Is man? Not
this piece Of human mechanism!
True. We are found OF magnfying the
human body. a marvellous mechan-
ism II Is and revelation of that d.
vine wisdom which Is manifest In ey-
cry part OF the wonderful structure.
We are told that "all the cxcellencies
of the lower animal creation are
swept together and united in mans
express and admirable, The beauty
OF the world. the paragon OF animals!
Yet mans body Is no match for the
ungovernabe forces of nature. A
fash of lightning, piece Of lead or
clod of earth striking man might
kill him The glory of man Is not lu =
this rerishable body. The body Is the
temple through whose doo.r and win.
dows the inner splendor shines IT,
Is but the dumb organ with It's dumb
stops and keys, until the touch of
power startles It into the energy Of
grand music His dignity Is seen in
art, science, literature and further az
he measures himself against the sea,
and makes the dangerous winds and
waves ministers of commerce. The
forces of nature are harnessed by
him and driven with steady hand.
Note mans place in the universe,
The world without man would be q
failure. The sun, moon, stars, hills,
valleys flowers, rivers. lakes and
seas are meaningless without man.
Mr. Shaw in his address In 81. Louis
said. Political principles are every
thing, men are nothing We say
man Is everything What We need TO-
day is to catch Il vision of PERFECT
MANHOOD. Some one las said,
Wake up taste in man and M bcauti-
lics his home Wake up his ideas of
freedom and he fashions new laws"
We add. wake up his vision and he
plans his life for dignity and power.
There Is need for sober, earnest
thought on this matter lest We lose
the vision ana so perish The poet
| tells us that
Life Is real. life is earnest,
And the grave is not the rual."
Yet the mass of humanity busy them
selves In a mad and fcvcrish chase
after material possession, as though
the seen and not the unseen were
eternal =
Youth Is ever described as vision.
airy and fun Of wild and impossible
fancies. but It has always been he
youth with the vision, cherished and
I pursued through manhood and age
that has truly succeeded.
Many a human life lies stranded,
wrecked and shattered because the
God-sent vision was unheeded and the
call of mammon obcyed. What the
world needs today is men who have
the courage to be poor, who prefer
MANHOOD to GOLD, who will choose
poverty In the domain where God
.l I Ia, t, rot bar than plph.
es in sphere that means death to
their finer emotions and impulses,
No man. be he ever SO rich in world.
Iy possessions, can be truly happy or
content II he Is out OF harmony with
Gods plan, II he has blinded himself
30 the vision which his youthful eyes
nave seen.
To every soul a vision of greater
thinT must come before one can
strive to attain. Before the real comes
the ideal Every invention every
building was first thought (yision)
in some ones mind. q
Where there Is no vision the peo.
pie perish" 1t is true In the indt'
vidual church, public school, city,
state or nation. The graduates OF to-
day will be the leaders of tomorrow,
hence the need of clear and large
vision, taking in every department Of
life. Vision Is sometimes limited by
conditions. Some mems vision Is so
narrow and contracted that they be.
come fossilized. Fossilization means
death to the individual, church,
school or city. Life is service; the
only question is, whom shall we serve,
May your service be for God; he that
loves God and serves Him, must love
and serve his fellow man. II our ser
vice is to be the best, and our vision
is to materialize, we must have abll-
lty. For this you have been prepar-
ing during your school days. II may
CONCLUDED ON FOURTH FACE