The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-23

fame, its mighty possibilities OF use
fulness for the good OF the race. How
II fired his young heart Nobody saw
that star as IL shot into his sky. No
body shared that vision with him.
They only wondered what made him
so solemn and silent at times; and in
their ignorance of the day star Will
its prophetic flashes upon his life they
called him a dreamer and a visionary
They said he had wheels and that he
delighted In building castles in the
air But one day that youth, now a
man, stepped out before the world. He
is no longer the dreamer and the
visionary; but the mighty benefactor
of the race, his name on every
tongue and his mighty works the
wonder and the admiration of all.
Friends. this day star is not an
imaginary affair 1t is a reality IN
the lives of all men who get anything
that Is worth getting The great God
who created US never launched us
out upon the sea of time without
something to guide US That would
be cruel and unjust. Rather, he has
whispered and does whisper to our
snbconscious self what he would have
US do, and in the sky of intuition he
fixes the day star to guide us. 1t is
our lookout to listen and watch and
find the way.
Is there man here who has found
his proper place in the world. who
has found his calling? | know there is
heard man say the other day that
he had found it. To him his work
was meat and drink He loved it. II
such man is here | wish you would
tell this class of 1910, tell them one
by one, of the day star in your life.
Tell them of the time when Ii first
shot into your sky. You were then
working with your father on the farm
1t was rocky farm There was
heavy mortgage on it. You had no
prospects seemingly. All you had to
face the world was an honest heart
and an empty purse which is no dis
grace to any one. Tell them of the
old country school house and how the
vision deepened and enlarged until
/ you could not sleep at night Tell
them of the desperate struggle for
YOUR education but how after many
years of labor and struggle. following
in the wake of your day star You
have reached the goal of success and
are now happy in your calling.
| say again that this day star is
not a fairy dream. 1t is the grandest
reality The master spirits of the
world to whom | referred at the be
ginning were led by it. 1t was their
source OF strength and inspiration
Saul of Tarsus saw it on the Damas-
Gus road. 1t flashed into his sky like
n md oh Y,I !, f,
Abraham Lincoln saw the day star
first while he was watching a group
of slaves being sold at New Orleans
That star flashed its light over his
soul, and stirred him desperately. He
murmured to himself My God, if
ever | get the chance to strike at this
thing, will strike hard" He followed
the star, and the time came when he
gave the fatal blow to slavery.
Christopher Columbus saw the day
star. Its course lay in westerly di-
rection. He saw it and read it's mes
sage There was another continent in
the western hemisphere. He was sure
OF 1t. He was positive of it, And
who told MIN? II was the day star
which had whispered it to his heart
The people laughed and called him a
dreamer; but he kept on after the
star until at last his feet stood on
the new land and his eye drank from
the fountains of its landscapes.
But why go SO far to illustrate the
reality of the day star. We have in
stances in our own state. Let me call
to your attention one in particular
| refer to Robert Peary, discoverer of
the North Pole. Here is a man of
whom we should be justly proud. He
is one of our Maine boys, and for
/ dauntless courage and Napoeonic
/ bravery there is none like him. Some
twenty years or so he conceived the
idea of reaching the pole. 1t was a
tremendous undertaking. Hundreds
had sacrificed their lives upon that
altar; but fearing nothing he went his
way, toiling, laboring, fighting the
arctic forces until at last he is vic
tcrious. He always felt that he would
win out Listen to his own words
Even as far back as that | felt in
my subconscious self that some day |
would reach the pole. Be that as it
may the lure of the North WAS upon
me and | felt that my destiny lay
among the frozen Businesses of the
/ ATcllC. II WAS the udE stat 1t nuu
risen in his heart and led towards
the North and he must follow
But now let me bring my remarks
little nearer to you, | realize very
keenly my position here tonight. am
speaking to you, the class of 1910.
am exceedingly anxious that you
catch the thought which | have tied
up in this message. Do you appre-
bend the idea of this day star?
think you do. Some of you know
something about it from experience.
1t has already risen in your heart.
/ 1t shot into your sky sometime ago,
and today you are following in its
wake. You have fair idea what you
will do You have had faint glim-
merings of the future and you have a
good idea which way your path lies.
! My young friend, keep your eyes upon
/ the day star 1t will lead you to sue
cess. Some of you perhaps do not
understand very clearly my message.
/ AS yet you have not seen the day star.
/ But it will rise some of these days.
Watch for it, and when you see IT try
and read its message. | would say
this to you all. In following the day
star be prepared for the emergencies
of the hour You will have trials and
dscouragements, opposition and dis
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