The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-28

In your ability to do the thing you at
tempt; Is definitely related to the de-
gree of your achievement.
Faith In HIS Ability.
Every teacher who accom- plishes
anything eminentiy successful u Is be-
cause he hold to the vigorous. persis-
tent belief In his ability to do so. The
mental and spiritual attitude Is set
so definitely towards the goal that
doubts and fears cannot hinder. for
the Devil makes way for the man
who knows where he Is going, and who
does things. They have wrought and
created what they are. and what they
have out of their creative thought.
Think OF teacher creating when his
mental and spiritual attitude, his
thoughts, his manners indicates, that
his mission in life. Is to hinder and pull
down what others have created
His thoughts his manner indicates
his mission in life is to hinder and pull
down what others have constructed.
Abundance and happiness cannot get
near one holding or evidencing In his
life such mental attitude. One of
the greatest problems Of modern sell
ence Is to discover the means of con-
serving the great forces and energies
OF nature that are going to waste No
engine yet discovered uses more
than fifteen percent of the
energy OF its fuel, so or 80
percent of the suns heat stored
up In the coal is lost. The great for
ces are going TO waste, because man
has not discovered how to control them
or marshal or harness them for his
use. Human ability at discount.
running to waste, splendid possibiii-
ties In rags and novels. men OF talents
living shiftless lives turning more of
their forces into character. Men who
have reached the grey haired period
OF their lives. having eighty percent
OF their splendid ability undeveloped.
when had they utilized, the possibiii-
ties with which kind providence had
endowed them. they might be broad,
complete and filled something of the
destiny of which they were called
Teachers. make exploring voyages
within yourselves you will carry
through life great continents of abb
lily undiscovered. undeveloped lost.
unexpressed. Something wrong with
man when he let's nine-tenths of HIS
wealth lie idle when he only invests the
interest or the one tenth.
Yet some of us use only the one
tenth OF our minds and characters be-
cause we have never discovered the
nine-tenths. You can not get beyond
the limit you have set for your self.
No power in the universe to cause O
man to do when he thinks he cant
and won't try. Confidence self mast
cry, must lead the way. Here and
there among men are those who paused
in the hurried rush to listen TO the
call OF life that is more real Strive
to so direct yours as to be among this
number. Teachers should seek to
know what are the promptings of Dr.
vine aspirations seeking for develop
ment are but the call to something's
higher-aspifAtions which are but the
promptings or proof of his ability to
teach the ideal which haunts him,
The creator did not fashion you for
what is ignoble or unworthy. but for
what is nobl and grand. you are in
his image. and he would not have
Knocked us with the yearnings for the
infinite achievement without giving us
the ability and the opportunity to
realize or attain our desires any more
than he would have Knocked the wild
| birds with an instinct to fly to SUMMER
| cltmes In winter without creating a
sunny south for them. to fly to match
their Instinct. mans mental atti-
| tude creates his position in any COM
! munity What he stands for Is his
mental attitude towards life. towards
his fellow-man Above all else It is his
inward vision of himself. the result of
his estimate OF his powers a and possi-
bilities. We do not look at life as
grandly as we should. For when a man
ACdliNG HIS kIHSuOD WIN OTnnlpOtEnCe,
when he grasps the idea that he was
made upon a divine plan or model he
will accomplish infinitely more. Show
your ability to do great things because
you are nobly planned. don't reflect up
on the wisdom of the designer who
had you fashioned for a noble purpose.
Carry out the purpose for which you
were planned. Ask what 1t is Of him
who holds the molds of your fashion
To vn utah fhfnoa
make a large program and assume the
part 1t demands. If you can control
the continuous present you can control
the entire future. There is no lost
day in oGd's calendar, no allowance for
waste. Every day has q great prize
awaiting you every human being has
prize to win by affort and self eff
facement. A man Is like coin. he Is
put In circulation and must bear inte-
rest for life. So life teaches US all our
values and will not call US out of
circulation until the proper time comes
ana then may 1t be to receive the well
known plaudit well done thou good
and faithful servant enter thou into
the Joys OF the Lord created for thee"
The true purpose of Christian teaching
Is to cherish and unfold the seeds of
immortality already sown within us;
to develop to their fullest extent the
capacities of every kind with which
God who made us has endowed US:
and 1t alone can conduct US to that
enjoyment which is best in quality and
INFINITE in quantity.
The Treasure House OF Knowledge
The good we accomplish In teaching
Is not alone to those we would teach.
but as we unfold to others the great
treasure house of knowledge, our own
conception of Immortality is heightened,
our very soul expands and sweet BEN
edictIon is ours. The beneficent sun
light of heaven is let In to our hearts
and our very spirit scars upward to
him who gave It.
AS we yield to the Imperialism OF
sunlit nature, as we unfold the gospel