Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
DAVID AS A MODEL
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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He was the youngest of ten children,
and he had 10 do what the other mem
bers Of the family would not do. He
had to work in the fields and tend the
sheep while mis- older brothers ranked
high in the army. David filled his lit
lie place in life and began at once to
grow 100 big for it. He did not sit
down on stump, he rolled up his
sleeves and got busy. David began to
qualify for higher things. He started
in life with his eyes open, and began
looking in all directions. He studied
nature and life. and when he looked at
a thing ne studied it. The successful
men are the observing ones. You will
never get high up the ladder of sue
cess Il You keep your eyes shut to
what is going on about you.
Do Things Well.
One Of the first discoveries made
was that it pays 70 be able to do some
thing that every one can not do. 1t
pays 10 know something that every
one does not know. Thorough training
is one OF the best things in the world
for you David got his education in
the college of self culture. Young peo-
pie you must know a lot of things
that are not taught in the schools and
i colleges if you would succeed David
I learned to sling a stone so that he was
the best singer in the land. He learned
music and became a great harpist. and
today ne is known as the sweet sing
er OF mis- time.
Aim High in Life.
Aim high in life, the higher the
better. Aim al star you may hit a
telephone pole, but if you aim at a
telephone pole you are liable TO hit a
hole in the ground"
Ny Sunday stopped here to tell a
part of David's story. of how one day
the devil got into King Saul, and an
order was sent out TO secure some one
who could play and sing for the king
and drive out the evil spirit. So Da-
yid was sent for He played and sang
for the king and pleased him greatly
David was so pleasing and attractive
that the king loved him, as did also
the kings daughter and he married her
and rose high in the kingdom and
eventually became king.
David Was Ready.
David had equipped nimsslf for q
big job, and when it came he was
ready. The big job and the big mar
are always sure to meet. You can NJ
more hide merit than you can hide
sunshine David got his job on a rec
Communication that he was cunning or
the harp, and because he was valiant
and mighty man in battle. The spe-
cidca.ions for the place called only fol
musical ability, but David had more
than that, he was valiant and courag-
eous and ne was mighty man in bat
de- Do not simply fill the job you hold
bulge out over the edges of it. Yol
have got to fight your own revolution.
airy war or you will never celebrate
your own Fourth of July. You have
got to go to war against your appe.
tiles and your passions and your down
ward tendencies. Be a warrior agains
everything and everybody that would
enslays you.
Be Prudent.
And then David was prudent Their
is little success without it. A pru
dent man will not swallow potat
bug and then drink Paris green to xii
the bug. The reason so many ar
failures is because they are impruden1
Young men and young women are ap
to be imprudent. That is the reasol
why 80 per cent Of the women in tn
red light district are young girls, tina
is the reason why IS per cent of tn
criminals are young men. Be pruden
about what you do, and the things yo
think, and the places you go and tn
people you go with. Be especial
prudent about your company. Ba
company will drag you to the dev
whether you want to go or not B
prudent about the company you lie
a your mind go with. Never read boo
. that will excite your passions. w
; need a revival of literature in tn
!, home"
: Referring to popular fiction, he sal
that when he was asked why he di
not read such books he replied, 4 hay
) not the time to swim thru fifty fee
:; of sewage to pick up one scintilla {
> truth. Do not let an evil thought sta
l. in your mind. Drag it out like snak
and kill it.
Be Attractive.
o David was an attractive man. II
(; was the most attractive man of all his
tory. Nothing is lost by being courte
{, !ons&and attractive. Do not go aroun
: with a chip on your shoulder and you
!; hat cooked over one ear. Be comel,
: be attractive David studied to pleas
iSaul fell in love with him, so did h
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