The Washington herald., 1909-03-21


street, for the following:
Every honest prayer that is breathed.
every cross that is carried, every trial
that is we'll endured. every good work
for our fellow-men lovingly done, every
little act that is conscientiously perform
eu for Christs glory. helps TO make the
Christian character beautiful. and 10 load
its broad boughs with apples OF gold for
Gods baskets Of silver.
The second prize goes 10 L. V. Allen, OF
Arlington. Va. for this contribution:
This is a structure which everybody is
building, and every act is a stone. How
careful. then. should we build that the
temple may be accepted and honored by
God and man. Let us see that the fOUn-
dation is endurable. Our minds are given
US, but our characters we make.
For the structure that we raise.
Time is with material filed.
Our to-days and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we build"
The third prize have awarded 70 II.
Hartsorn, Of Petworth. D. c.. for this:
Character is truth embodied in the life:
il is the real inner self, the handspring
Of existence. which governs thoughts. con
trolls actions, expresses itself in deeds.
and impresses itself upon whatsoever IL
touches, and upon all with whom il comes
in contact. IL is the lever that removes
obstacles, the force that overcomes difn-
cutes. the motive power which impels
progress onward and upward continually
The other five prizes OF 81 each are
awarded as follows
Character is the true diamond
That scratches every other stone.
II cannot be divided;
Each must have one Of his own.
ANNA FRcW PENNYWITT
Glenearlyn. Va.
Character is success, and there is 10
other KATHERINE OBRIEN.
79 street northwest.
ITO thine own self be true. and IL must
follow. as the night the day. thou canst
not then be false 10 any man"
This IS truly the foundation stone OF
character. upon which Is builded the
structure. and upon which depends the
success Of a life that is lived in accord
ance with the Makers plans
All else may be lost TO us. hut IL we
preserve our character. We still have
left the jewel in the casket OF our ex-
isteuce The honesty. the truth the
broadness Of mind and Of purpose. and
z lAEfLeOuSle-E
all go 20 make up ones character. may
all be ours. never mind how poor or
lowlv our position in life may happen 10
be. for
Honor and fame from no condition rise.
Act well your part, there all the honor
lies"
EPIPHANY MORNING SUNDAY SCHOOL
Every one OF Us. whatever our specu-
lative opinions. knows better than he
practices. and recognizes a better law
than ne obeys. WILLIAM OSBORN.
los3 Park road.
Character is the result of two great
forces: the initial forces which the Gre
ator gave It when he called the man into
being, and the force Of all external inffu-
ence and culture that mold and modify
/ the development or a life
The Ls CIede
The following contributions are awarded
! honorable mention:
/ Character is the stamina and sinew Of
] individuality. and be II depressed or ex-
aIted by temporary enthusiasm. IL will
tty degrees return TO its proper and natu-
Ia level Taken in its last analysis. hu-
nan character is the life: reputation Is
only what a life is supposed TO be; while
reputation grows and has its existence In
/ public report. character grows and has Its
being in the heart and life Of n person.
unscathed and unscortched by III report,
/ indestrUctible save by a self-act admit
ting duplicity and misconduct into your
/ own life. Character as a moral quality
| is the man: destroy II and YOU destroy
the soul in the man. sin against il and
] YOU sin against yourself. The very mo-
tives in life. the controlling. compelling.
/ building forces OF life IS character II is
/ the peculiar impress of nature formed
either by education. habit or suffering,
the trait that distinguishes man from
! beast. VA. D. HARRINGTON
BrookpoTt, H.
There are loyal hearts. there are spirits
brave.
There are souls that are pure and true;
/ Then give 10 the world the best you have.
And the best will come back to you.
EVA JACKSON.
so Third street northwest.
Character is what a man is in the dark
Mrs. S. E. TRACY.
lS5i Insleside terrace.
I W no steals my puLS 5LcotS u dSht bAS
something. nothing;
Twas mine. It's his. and has been a slave
TO thousands:
But he that flches from me my good
name
Robs me OF that which not enriches him
and makes me poor indeed.
Shakespeare.
KATHERINE O'BRIEN.
! 70 s street.
/ Reputation is what others think we are.
/ but character is what we know ourselves
! 10 be. Our enemies whisper their tales
behind our backs. but that inner voice In
| every man whispers his tale to the man
/ himself to his face. It is necessary, then,
/ 70 build up a character that IS strong
enough to withstand that voice. one that
/ viii not waver when in a crisis that voice
says, Will you fail?" but one that will
| answer back. II viii succeed.
ANNE WILSON
1915 Fourteenth street
There my blessing with you;
| And these few precepts in thy memory