The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1907-05-08
"BOYS' MINISTER"
ADDRESSES PUPILS
Proposes to Establish Summer Camp
School In the Bitter Root.

Rev. Leonard w. Snyder now of
Billings but whose home is in ONO
and who is known as the Boys
Minister" addressed Hamilton school
children at the High School building
Friday morning.
Rev. Snyder expects to establish his
summer high school camp in the Bitter
Root this year.
In his address Friday Rev. Snyder
said:
mo discoveries have ever been made
without great sacrifice and service, like
Columbus sailing on unknown seas,
facing death and distress, finally
through confidence in self discovered
America; and no great things have
ever been accomplished without great
sacrifice. labor and patience. SO we
must fight the storms of life, have
patience and faith in self. With your
own will and talent and with the as
sistance of God, nothing will be i'm
possible. The reason that a great
many men fail to crown their achieve
meut is not because they lack oppor-
tunity and ability, but because they
lack perseverance and courage at the
time when their work seems hard and
| impossible to them. If they had dared
they would have continued; if they
had remained courag eously at their
work they would have worked still,
and if they had had confidence in
| themselves they would have succeeded.
THE reason why great many boys
and girls fail to crown their ideals is
not because they lack brain and in
tellect to study, but because they lack
self-control and push. If they had
dared many would have been in school
today; if they had been taught that
no one should do for them what they
can do for themselves, they would have
worked better, it they had realized
that only the one who does little
more than is expected will rise above
the average they would have filled
places OF higher emergency.
"What are ideals?
Ideals mean the difference between
a noble career and d life of uselessness
| what they get out of it they will be
disappointed; if they measure it by
what they put into it they will be
gratified. If we measure life by what
we think of ourselves we will be dis
appointed and if we measure it by
| what upright and intelligent people
| think of us we will be uplifted.
"We must all be clothed and shelter
ed and any young man who accepts
these without working for them should
hide his head in shame. Some boys
and young men are living that awful
verse which we all know:
"'Of all my fathers family,
l like myself the best.
If some one will take care of me
l bravely risk the rest
| "This is very busy world; we are
here to fill certain place and we must
fill that place we'll, no matter what our
vocation in life shall be.
"There is a place for each life and
you must sooner or later select that
for Yourself. Without an object in
life we are like vessel ready to sail
without wind. We must blow in the
wind ourselves; do our part and do it
we'll.
Nov what is your ideal? In other
words, which place in life are you GO
ing to fill? The world would be a
great deal better if each one would fill
his right place-the place to which he
is called.
"Boys and girls, there is nothing in
these days so great and noble as to be
useful. Nothing greater than to have
the courage to be ones own best sell
against all the swirling currents OF
idleness and discomfort. Nothing but
an unfaltering purpose to be true car
avail. God has endowed you all with
powers that will make you equal to
tasks He has appointed you to do. Be
not afraid to take a firm stand"
THE LIFE INSURANCE
muddle has started the public to
thinking. The wonderful success
that has met Ballard'S Horehound