Evening journal., 1910-10-01
LIES VALUE
And INVESTMENT
Pastor Alison Says Squan-
dered Life is a Pro-
IOnged Suicide

"Lifes Value and Investment was
the subject OF an interesting address
to the students OF Goldey College yes
terday afternoon by the Rev. Alex
ander Alison. Jr.. pastor OF West
Presbyterian Church. He said in
part:
your life is irretraceable. bu can
not undo that which has been done.
Your life is going on. and the ac-
tions Of your life, day by day and hour
! by hour are being recorded some-
where--and not only somewhere else,
/ but they are being written indelibly
upon the constitution of your nature.
and you are being permanently affect
/ ed by every act of your life.
Let me describe for YOU something
Of life's composition, for ! think this
will further emphasize It's importance.
Your life is made up of you. and you
have certain qualifications given you
1 for life which are exceedingly valua-
able. To begin with. every one of you
has a body. and you are under obliga-
! tions toamake the best possible use
OF that body. When you leave this
school TO go forth into the active work
Of business life. you VIII find a good,
/ healthy body to be one Of your finest
] uohtlo L MS Dlthfo lNduNiodult al
abuse whatsoever of your physical fa-
culties, such as overcating under-
/ sleeping. under-exercising. over exer-
cising. over-indulgence in pleasure. as
we'll as over-indulgence I'm work We
have an obligation to the great creator
to keep these bodies of ours in the
best possible physical trim.
Moreover, you have your minds as
a part OF your splendid composition,
and think that the mind Is perhaps
as little appreciated as any other fac
ulty we have You arc here learning
10 use these minds. You are here
\ for the purpose of developing and
training all these mental facuiue
Il. SO that you may make them NOR
>, valuable asset IN the business worh
~ You make the body strong by nsir
IN il. and IN similar fashion YOU deNei,
au the muddy using II, thinking VI
NC Il. is there any department IN nte
81 which there is more debiora6is W
III than IN this.
CT what are YOU going 10 do with va
'pt life? Are you going TO fritfer ii an.
or or wait for something TO turn u
r. You can do with your life what q
&c, miser does with his money-hoard
M Money boarded is no better than
10 much iron pyrites. or rice paper
D is not what. you have but what 70
use that Is benefit 10 you in this world
n Are you going TO keep your life al
O. TO yourself? There are great NAM
C people In Wilmington and elsewhere
\ whose philosophy Of life is Just that
I TO got all they can aud keep all they
get for themselves. I hope nobody
p here viii think of making such an in
yostment of his life as that.
, Are you going 20 squandcr your life
4, IN riotous living, as some are doing?
: The other day IN the city Of Paris
= young man, for the sake of giving
his friends one last thrill at an en-
tertainment he was giving, committed
' suicide. Now there are many people
who are doing just that--not all in
ono day. but spreading the squander-
Ing process over the length of a whole
, life.
: There is only one other investment
that you can make of your life, and
that is an investment that is worth
, while Invest your life for the good
of the world This will pay you the
best dividends. The man who lives
nobly, who lives honorahly, who lives
for the highest ends. with ambition
and inspiration--that man pays him
= self the best dividends.