Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-14
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is to be avoided. II is the key which Will
unlock your place in life's fortunes. IL
is the key which will open to you that
sepulcher in destiny which your charac-
ter will fit That master word is habit
In giving it to you trust that many VIII
lay hold upon it for it's promise or
strength and manhood.
There is the work habit. Jesus said
my father worketh hitherto and / (musD
work" Dr. Osler. a famous medical lee
turer for whose services great universities
In at least three countries have contend
ed, speaks thus of the work habit. 1t Is
the open sesame to every portal; the true
philosophers stone which transmutes all
the base metals of humanity into gold
The stupid man among you 1t VIII make
bright, the bright man brilliant, The bril-
liant man steady. With this all things
are possible; and without it all is vanity
and vexation. The miracles of life are
with it," You will find pinned on the
desk of many a business man TINS mot"
to: Get Busy" They desire to fasten
upon themselves the habit of industry
1t will lead you to success.
Then there is the saving habit This
often has bridged the chasm between the
two extremes-the comfort. luxury and
culture of the millionare's palace and
the forced charity of the poor house.
saw one day an old man riding on rake
behind his load of hay He held in his
hand a wsp of hay. lie had picked it up
from the ground where it fell and was
carrying it so carefully. lie was rich
They laughed at him. But when the
town needed a bank and a new industry,
this mans thousands made them possible.
The habit of saving helps one to serve,
and saves ones self from want, penuly
and suffering. We are today forming hab-
its to which. in the future, we will be
giving either a glad or unwilling obe-
dience st. Paul said: II am the slave of
Jesus Christ" What fine list OF habits
there are in that servitude. Think!
Whose slaves shall we be"
There is the gambling habit Winning
or losing by the turn of wheel or slip
of a card. This habit fastens itself on
all who will fool with the sim The grand
father of Little Nell loved her. She was
the fond object of all his desires-the
apple of his eye. He dotted on her. He
pictured for her a palace, silk and satins.
books and society, music and painting.
But he saw them all through game of
chance Night after night he would take
eyerv cent he could earn or borrow, and
| at the midnight hour seek some gam
bling resort. For years this went on. his
| form bending the more, and his face be-
| coming more haggard with disappoint-
ment His humble home went and his
| little Junk shop. And Little Nell, ner
tender and innocent fingers placed trust
| insly in the hand of the old gambler. go
| ing out into the street, to sleep and rest
| thew knew not whereas one of the pic
| lures which make us weep.
| OF all evil habits that one which is
most to be dreaded, which may be trust
| ed to do its work most quickly and thor
| oughly, and which pursues its victims
| with most relentless purpose, is the drink
habit. 1t has left in its wake more ruin
ed characters, more unhappy homes.
more separated families, more paurers,
more insane, more criminals, than any
other single cause, and perhaps more
than all other causes combined. On the
other hand, scientists are driven to the
necessity of searching with painful scru-
tiny through close microscopic analysis
to find the possible grain of nutrition IN
alcohol. The victims of alcohol are all
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ented and noble specimens of humanity
cast on the shores OF every community
In these we see the liquor habit re-
lentless master and man an abject slave
This habit in man is like the California
coach reaching dangerous speed down a
mountain side, and the driver unable to
apply the brakes. 1t is like the skilful
and none too merciful driver of a vicious
runaway horse. who, when the animal
makes mad rush for liberty, allows him
to plunge on. He simply gives him plenty
of road When the horse shows signs of
WEAKNESS he urges him on. Then he
slashes his foaming sides to still further
flight. In the end he brings him back.
a suppliant servant. to his stall. 1t is
again. like the trained tiger whose dor
mant nature has been fired by an acct
dental taste of his masters blood Esau.
YOU remember, found no place for re-
pentence, though he sought it earnestly
with tears The reformation of every
drunkard furnishes a fitting occasion for
doxologies; but the young men who have
never Welded or who once yielded and
early saw the error are the greatest mon
uments to the grace of God.