Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-03-02

saicOu On, frdnceS, Sa1u ner TRENDS,
''you have not the physical power for
temperance crusade. You have no
chest, no throat. Why. that is the work
which calls for the physical stamina OF
giantr' But the young, frail looking
woman, Frances z. Willard, calmly an
swers, III God cabs me TO this work,
God will give me physical strength to
do it." Did not God give to her phys
ical strength in proportion to her
faith? tell you that the work Fran
ces e. Willard did was enough to break
down the physical resource OF a Du-
mas had she not been reinforced by
! divine strength. AS an organizer Of
women she was a marvel. As a public
| speaker she went up and down this
land addressing audiences night after
night, year in and year out. The mid
night cold sent the shriekipg winds
against her when she, night after night,
had totchange cnrss Miserable hotel
meals badly ventilateR audience
rco1ns. Mental STRAIN enough to- ex-
hauststhe strongest OF nerves, wereca}l
and srin its herculean tasks Supported
Dy 1a3Rs- - .'.sf-s~es -, 49, ----,~.-
Open the leaves o. -nistSry and what
do you find2 The greatest OF workers
have often been those who were work,
Ing under the shadow, ofsdeath. BY the
command OF physicians and fricnds
and by the reasoning OF every physical
| law these men and women should
have ceased TO work: John Richard
| Green, an invalid; Alexander II. Ste
phens, an Invalid; Robert Hall, an in
valid; John Summerfield, an invalid;
Richard Baxter, an invalid; Edward
Payson, an invalid; Frederick w. Rob-
ertson, an invalid; Philip Doddridge, an
invalidi Wherefore, an invalid; u. S.
Grant, writing his memoirs OF the civil
war when he was writing in the ago.
MES OF physical torture; Robert Louis
Stevenson, an invalid: Henry Fawcett,
the ally and helper OF English states
men, yet blind from youth of four
teen. oh, do not tell me that the mira
| Gle OF the blind men has not been du-
| plicated in the eighteenth and nine
| teenth centuries. 1t has, 1t hast BY
bodies to achieve marvels 49,, -
Now, what is the practical deduction
OF this principle2 DO not be bypochon-
| driacs. Do not talk about your physfc-
al ailments. Do~net spend most OF
your time telling your neignbors how
bad you feel DO not humor your pains
and your aches by continually, taking
an inventory Of them. There Is moth
ing In the world which will make the
body more OF q weskling than the hab-
IL of getting the idea into your minds
that it is weak and that it can do
nothing. In almost every sanitarium in
| the world you can find these notices
being hung up everywhere around the
walls: Don't talk about your sick
nesses." III you have faith In God that
he Will give you physical strength to do
your work. believe me. that physical
strength, in most cases, will come to
you. Better throw away those circu-
lars which advertise the benefits of
patent medicines. Get up and get out,
and your body will grow in strength as
you obey the call OF duty.
But if triumphant faith is important
In reference to the physical body how
much more Is 1t Important In reference
TO the mind! II It Is important In ref.
erence TO the action OF my lungs and
heart. how much more Is II important
In reference TO the action OF my intel
lect! force my mind to do what I
believe I can do. and that MS n rule Is
the limit of the achievement. no more
and generally no less. Let me here II.
lustrate my thought by some OF the
homely incidents OF everyday life.
Looks Just the same.
i take the train and go out to the
little country town where you were
born. We get or at the station and 60
up the old, familiar street 1t is sur
prising how little some OF the old
country towns change There are the
same little postoffice and the same lit
tie church covered with the same col
ored paint When we walk around IL
almost seems as, though the same
chickens were running about the yards
as ran there thirty years ago. We en-
ter the old farmhouse where you were
BORN and nnd that the. sen sof your
oldest sister. now dead has Il. turn
t. hin and say: HerM sksss ~ ths
4 49, = AZ SA1C SVo99<A - Qk KNOW I0l0
farm VIII never amount to anything.
The sell L. poor, The great nncheru
OF the. west with their wonderful Inn
plemeDts. are able to raise their, wheat
far cheaper than you and by the trans.
continental railroad lines unsiersefi you
In the eastern markets. Why do you
not get out OF here and go west or &c
to one Of our large cities and make q
name for yourself, as your Uncle Hen.
~ has done" The young man looks
up at me and says: "Oh, don't know,
l. do not believe I could do IL. You
know, / was born here. and, though ]
cannot make much out Of the farm, at
least am assured, of one fact--I can
make n living. Better a bird In the
hand than two In the bush. Better
hold on. to an assured little than to
reach out after something and perhaps
fail entirely" What Is the matter
with your nephew? He has 1ust as
much brain as you. just as much
chance to make a great success as you
have made. There is Just one trouble
he lacks faith-faith In himself. A
man without faith In himself. has no
more chance to forge ahead and &C.
complish anything FOR good than q
steam engine has to draw a train with
out water In the boiler or than a fur.
mace is able without fuel for the flames
to feed upon to give forth heat.
Now for the other side of this cues.
ton: Here Is a boy born the son OF a
barber. His mother was. a woman of
ungovernable temper. who passed the
last years Of her life In an insane asy-
lam. Poverty ushered him into life.
His boyhood days were passed by an
unhappy fireside. But one day, while
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