The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-05-15
"By Their Fruits Ye x
II Shall Know Them
By J. w. Crazy.

The Great Authority of the humane
! family made this declaration and in
| the statues of his law this is the
! fundamental principal which unde-
1 lies the existence of life temporal and
spiritual and the future destiny Of
! man,
! He well knew, too, that the human
| side of life would first see the fail
ures and frailty of man, and man be-
ing a created animal as all the bal
ance of his creation, yet endowed
/ with reason. The first demand OF
] reason is purpose in view is to reach
! certain results and attachments. 1t
: is final conclusion that reason de-
! mands from infancy to the abrupt
/ turn in lifes road. ! Thus the infant
/ learns to crawl because reason die
/ tates the mode of moving from one
place to another. Then learns to
I walk, again this great power is de-
manding better results, until we see
( the years of responsibility reached
and this great creature governed by
/ reason or knowing right from wrong
always beginning the pursuits of life
with visions of fruit at the end.
The literary genius conceives ideas
{ that first show to the mind rich fruit
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most mental avocations of life to the
/ highest exalted plane that man dare
/ tread and the tempting fruit always
governs our motives and actions.
i This is made more apparent in
! those who have chosen the path OF
/ life as instructors both temporal and
/ spiritual. We notice the ministry;
! the fruit of his labors is demonstrate
! ed by his every day life. and his
dealing with his fellow man. Hence
we often see churches in communi
ties that the spiritual interest is
barely smouldering on account of the
action of those who profess the lead
ership in this service.
! Again in the schools we often see
| Just enough interest taken by the
/ general public and individual patron
! TO have from year to year a few
months opportunities for the child
rem to acquire little learning and
/ thus We find many minds that ii they
had the opportunity to follow their
! inclination of fitness that are natura.
! ly given them brilliant and eXem-
pIary life intellectually would Ioi-
/ low.
! This is clearly seen every day.
! We know a young lady whose mind
, has never been trained in any way
! mechanically portray nature on
/ canvass or throw vision. Yet with her
l brush and paint she can initiate the
f. great artist TO such degree that 1t
I is astonishing to see her work. Then
converse with her and learn of her
Il opportunities and a sense of sorrow
is felt and We say on, for oppor-
tunitieS,
We see men whose mechanical
genius has held dominion upon rea-
son and yet lacking knowledge. A
genius is only partly developed for
lack of opportunities.
This follows in all vocatioLs of life,
but lack of opportunities stands IN
the path and the natural gifts of rea-
son in the majority OF cases is conf
PEELED TO stop and possibly be-
thwarted or dwarfed
Thus each creature is an individu-
al force and opportunities govern
the fruits of their lives.
The aggregation Of individual pow
er is governed by the opportunities
presented. This is clearly seen by
the daily avocations in sections IN
our country. If mining, then a min
ing aggregation; if timber, then a
! numbering aggregation, and so on
through the the industrial features;
and this follows in literary, mechani-
cal and agricultural operations.
Thus the reason that in our public
/ institutions the opportunities should