The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-06

cessities of your own self-centered mo
tives. You can train yourselves in
elementary knowledge. You do it con-
stantly because your simplest life calls
for that kind of training. You can
train yourselves to love the beautiful,
because you have the capacity for
aesthetic culture. You can train
yourselves to reverence the good, be-
cause you have the capacity for ethical
| ideal. You can train yourselves to
worship at the shrine of religious as
piration, because you have a soul.
And no one else can train you as you
can train yourselves not even God,
though you can put yourselves might
lily in the way of being helped in the
training by aligning your own will
with the divine will. Others may mark
out the course. God may give you
view of it. But you have got to run
the race. And you must train hard
if you would have your brow crowned
with the myrtle garland at the goal.
Training for service is process;
it must be continuous. Let it be to
know best one thing that contributes
to the betterment of the world. This
is the day of specialization. Do the
one thing we'll anyway. But the man
with only one outlet for expanding his
energies is too often the narrowest
sort of man, out of touch and SYM
pathy with life as whole. He shuts
himself in and is not the kind of man
who renders the best service. The
lurking danger is the rut. Train then
also for versatility. Give rein for the
play of the whole man. Versatility
makes life rich and balanced. Above
all, keep up the training all through
life. Never break training. Once in
the harness pull all the time.
THE natural capacities of men are
intended completely to unfold along
the line of some definite purpose.
Nothing will help among the unfold
ing process like unselfish service. Such
service merits the best training. HUI
man life Is no mere capricious phe-
nomenon. 1t has a splendid purpose
running through it like a golden
threaded pattern. The capacities with
which man is endowed are colossal in
their powers. We recognize to some
degree the magnitude of mans
achievements. More is possible. Ev-
erything which Is the expression of
mans life, in his culture. his art, his
learning, his commerce, his religion,
is helping him toward self-realization.
That which is worth while in this life |
is that which to the fullest degree
foste-s mans entering into the biggest,
broadcast possible life. Anything that
trains for service is a welcome respon-
sibility.
Learn then that the largest part of |
the work must be done by yourselves. |
Others can help you; they cannot set /
you to work. And you can help
others. Master the technique of your |
own special calling. Determine to like
your work. Learn to love and do the
hard things. Be willing to labor and |
wait. Seek out opportunities. Make |
yourselves essential to the life of your
day. Train yourselves in mind and /
hand in heart and soul for the best
service you are capable of giving to
the world Doing this you will be men |
and women OF whom the world will be
proud. You will help 1t along on the
road toward better things. And you
Will have learned the truth of the pro-
verb: Wisdom is better than rubies:
and all the things that are to be de-
sired are not to be compared with IT,