The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-29

his purpose.
II beg your indulgence" he began |
by way of opening for a considera- |
ton of life and the making of life. |
We hear lot of talk about the high |
cost of living today. But did you ever
stop to think that life today is more
worth living than ever before? |
Roast beef and beefsteak have piled |
..eir prices, but thank God men
do not live by roast beef and beef
steak alone. The best poetry that has
ever been written can be brought into
the workingman's home for a mere
song. He can feed his starved soul
on reproductions of the best works Of
art the galleries of the world hold;
the most wonderful songs ever com
posed can be his for u few coppers.
This is the day of great opportunity.
We are not surprised that the editor
of one of your newspapers should step
into the governors chair. In the land
of opportunities success in life does
not depend upon your being great
orator, or great statesman or a
great scientist. 1t depends upon your
finding he place God intended Tor
You and occupying it for all you are
worth.
The speaker declared there are a
number Of reasons why men fall. lie
Thinks men fail because of lack OF
tact Th ere are men who mean well,
hut cant meet people or circumstances
gracefully. In the course oil lllustratlis
This point he designated the Y. M.
IC, A. as one of Gods greatest ana
noblest works Also he remarked lhat
a religious fool was just as big tool
as any other of the genus
| Another reason for failure was given
as lack of enthusiasm. A man WIN
one talent backed by enthusiasm can
ACCOMPLISH more than one with ten
,alents who is letnargic, hiding MS
,if,s beneath bushel of oVer-coh-
servatism, Men should believe In some
ming and stand for their beliefs. En-
thusiasts live longer and wouiu e'eN
ually put the doctors out Oh pusihes''
A cynical man Is like to fail accoro-
ing to Dr. Gray. A cynic Is a man
,ho Judges the world by its faiiures'
the church by it's hypocrits rather
Il than it's saints. His efforts are W
tear down rather than to uplllt. mere
II the doctor took occasion to give forth
a few rawlings anent Ebert Hubbard
the sage of East Aurora. 1t seems he
can't see the Fra, not with pair Oh
field glasses. Having in remembrance
| the Fra's little rumination OF Ihe
| Psychology of Religious Revival in
| which he says few pertinent things
about emotional religion and likens
the revival unto street fair, with
q little tip that Mir. Chapman contracts
| to save souls at so much per soul,
the pleasant little sally of DR.. Gray
is not at all out of order. And yet,
all honor to the man who does perfect
work, which in itself is a religion,
even If he is relegated to the vaude-
vile stage as per DR.. Gray. Here is
fine chance to Judge a man not by
his failures but by his successes"
Scfshness was another failure rea-
son. There was a time when selfish
ness ami barbarism were synono-
nous. Then the rising ideals of So
ciety progressed from live and let
live" to live and help live" In the
past, too much of the time of the
church has been given to preparing
men for the graveyard, instead of for
life in the now and here. II we are
prepared 10 live as good citizens OF
Marion we are prepared to live any
where There will be less of the spirit
Of anarchy when there Is less creed
and sect and more of the spirit of
universal brotherhood. You can't
satisfy workingmen with the state
ment that you can not give him bet
ter streets and houses and general
living equipment, but that you will
guarantee him silk and satin robes on
nigh. We cannot neglect the great
majority. for their destiny is our des-
tiny.
one of the biggest of the failure
causes the speaker believes to be the
unprepared man. There is no longer SC
much in pull because every door Is
open to the prepared man. Never In
the history of the race has a prepar.
ed man been able to command the
salary he does today. In the course
OF his remarks he designated the w.
o. T. U. the Anti-saloon league, the
Prohibition party as the Beechers and
Stoves of history, preparing a way
for the new Lincoln who is to crush
out the liquor traffic. He thought the
stickler for licensed saloon hadn't
progressed farther than the Bowery
IN his efforts to wipe out the drink
evil. Glowing tribute was paid 70
William Booth, the great salvation
Army leader.
In conclusion he gave a review NJ
the life and failure of Christ usinp
base ball terms in drawing the par
allel The figure was unusual but
highly effective, showing how the nm
pire's decision is not always final and
success may be pulled out of victory
Three centuries ago" he said
caeser' the umpire gave the three
strikes and out at the cross of tbo
cruciiied Christ Today the umpira "a
dead ami the score sheet lost yo,
that failure has gone out to place
the name of Jesus Christ ar the had
OF this good and glorious old world I"
Excellent humor was in DR. Graz.
Illustrative stories and he is tbo hos,
lpOSSiDle practical examnlo :.