The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-15
YOUNG MEN AND THE |tCAu OF THE WILD

near enough to you for you to see the
smoke coming out of her fathers
chimney" It may be argued that
this sort of life lacks zest. lacks ro-
nance, lacks interest, makes men
prosaic, provincial and practical. This
argument will not hold. The matter
of manc is not in place or IN
change or in travel, but 1t is a matter
of emperament If a man has i'm
agination and sees the beauty Of the
romance in life, he will find it in any
countryside, or in what, to others, is
a sleepy village. If he lacks 1t ne
will not find it though he looks for 1t
in the gayest circles OF Paris or the
White Way Of the great cities. IL ms
nature does not disclose to him the
beauties of life and the romance OF
life the .call Of the Wild will merely
allure him into disappointing expert
ences and in most cases so
him hat he will make shipWreck OF
life. To such a man, no matter where
he goes.
"A primrose by the rivers brim,
A simple primrose IS 70 MN,
And nothing more
One of the greatest sermons ever
preached in Raleigh was on the text:
whatsoever a man sOweth that shall
he also cap by Rev. r. G. Pearson,
the famous evangelist. who twenty
years ago conducted a wonderful re-
vival in the capital city. If that ser
mon could be put into the hands OF
every boy who leaves school and i'm
pressed upon the mind OF every boy
when he comes into mans estate, and
he could see as in a looking glass that
he will reap exactly what he soWs,
The %lippan extenuation of the sins Of
young men designated as w
wild oats" would be turned into such
seriousness that young men would see
that they could not afford to commit
any wrongs or sins even upon the
and pay dearly in the great crop they
harvest.
If. indeed, the world is getting bet
ter, and education is more practical
young men really are learning
more than their atherS, we Ought to
forward to the day when the
wisest Of them will profit by the expe-
rience Of their elders. and the old max
i'm. Experience is a dear school, but
fools will learn in no other" will de-
ter young men from beginning life
accepting many Of the lessons
experience has taught the world.
There is no lesson that experience has
upon the mind Of young men than
that, if they would succeed in life.
they must do so before they are forty.
1t is a rare thing that a man who has
wasted his opportunities until he has
reached that age ever RECEIVERS n
wins any success of note. This is true
in laying the foundations for fortunes
or for craftsmanship or for learning,
and it is probably this idea that Or.
.sler had in mind when he named the
age Of forty as the limit of mans
usefulness. After forty, I'M
a man has laid deep and broad
his foundations he is lot likely to
erect much of q building, but if he
laid the structure of his life upon
the deep mudsills. he can continue to
build without let or hindrance until
ne is twice forty.
The best thing hat can come to a
man who hears the Call Of
Wild is to examine the call in the
light Of the experience of others and
n the light of his reading and OBJ
'erVation. If he answers that call
goes Chasing about the country
or twenty years looking for a soft
snap one out Of a hundred may find
/ great opportunity embrace it.
)ut most Of them will make hin