The Falls City tribune., 1910-12-30
A STUDY OF LIFE.
BY j. O. Shroyer.
CONTINUED from last week.)

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import of life and it's possibilities?
Are they large and magnificent or are
they contracted and narrow? We
are placed here in a great world OF
a plane where boundaries are limit
less and where our W accomplish
ments are limited by the zeal of our
ambitions and the tenacity of our
determination.
The soul of breadth, depth and
power goes onward and upward, new
er ceasing in the growth of honor
able desires and the anticipations of
noble accomplishments; realizing that
hope leads on to anticipation and
that actual realization is the desir-
able result of noble aspirations.
IT'S not the environment of birth,
It's not the distinction of ancestry,
nor the greatness of our surround
ings that Indicate the possibilities OF
n attainments and the heights OF
our ambitions. Out Of the great
S out of the world, unknown,
out of the ages eternal, even from
the midst of the wrecks of chaos
and unmeasured confusion. have
sprung the brightest minds Of which
literature bears record. The youth
of obscurity becomes the hero OF his
time and the alegories of history
pise weak serviliy, the indecisiye
Discouragement flies from the door
of him who welcomes industry. Let
the spirit of enthusiasm cast its
glow over a human soul and the veil
of gloom is widely rent, the sunshine
of hope will enter and where it is
the darkness of melancholy can no
abide.
Cultivate spiritual discernment and
a taste for righteousness, des-
pise wea kservility, the indecisive
character and impre inclination. And
strike for the higher attainments OF
life and above the mire of despair
we shall walk on the solid - plateau
of worthy achievements, a satisfac-
ton to ourselves, an inspiration to
our comrades and an honor to our
country.
Enter the battle of life that lies
before you with your soul filled with
faith, faith in yourself, faith in your
fellows and faith in your God. Let
the glow of faith illuminate your
pathway.
Let our inclinations be guided by
a noble purpose and a true OF
duty alone mark the limits of our
actions. jhe question of vital i'm
portance to ourselves and the world,
is not now long we shall live? But
rather. what is the value of our ac-
complishments? A hundred years
of ~indeeislon, selfishness or Incidence
is not worth So much as a decade of
a mind full of decisive action, con-
trolled by a spirit of generosity and
nobility of purpose.
Help humanity about you, strive to
do the right thing for those depend
ent upon you. Humanity and justice
demands it. but whence comes the
justice in making of yourself a shriy-
eled, fossilized antiquity, no enjoy
ment in your own life only as it cen
ters in some parasite that feeds up
on your strength.
Your body, your soul and your be-
ing are as precious in the sight OF
God as that of any other of his crea-
lures.
The world respects the man or wo-
mar who strives to make the lives of
their fellow beings happier, it re-
spects him more who makes of his
own life a thing worth while.
Nature bestowed upon each of us
the desire for happiness and person
al enjoyment and that life is a colos-
sal failure that blights and shrinks
into mere n~othingness in order TO
help others.
There is such a thing as a life well
rounded out, enough of service, e.