Gilpin observer., 1911-07-20
OUR FAILURES IN
THE FULLNEss OF LIFE.
1 think it was rhoreau who said:


lives out and full; we do not inspire
and expire fully and entirely enough
SO that the wave break upon our ex
tremest shores, rolling till it meets
the sand that bounds us, and the
sound OF the surf comes back to US.
This is a brief sermon on the text:
came that you might have life
and that you might have it more
aboundantly.
Ruskin tells in his Mountain
Gloom and Mountain Glory" OF the
peasants who live at the foot of the
grand and majectic peaks of the Alps
surrounded by the glory and grandure
Of nature as it is portrayed in those
parts, without the faintest realization
Of It's presence.
They are SO absorbed by the ma
terial interests OF life, and the love
of worldly gain to give the smallest
portion of their time to that which
uplifts and ennobles.
But we may not point the Finger
of scorn" at such, for we are tread
ing the same path, blinded by the
same effulgence.
We fail to realize our possibilities
each day and greet the morning as
friend, and the sun as an old ac-
quaintance.
Every morning as the light breaks
present at the creation, and the day
should be to US as to one born in
the strength of manhood.
Worldly interests absorb, and pas
and at evening we return, as "a dog
to his vomit, and as a SOW that is
washed to her wallowing in the
mire." We have the inheritence of an
Esau, and like him, "sell our birth
right for a mess of pottage."
The young man of today will tell
you the marts of trade are filled,
that he is as it were ushered into
life as into a theatre, where all the
seats are taken.
The fact is there never was a
period in the history of the CONNER
cial world, when there were more
avenues open with reasonable assur-
ance of success, to the young man
who will determine within himself
to tread the path of diligence.
Some one has said that the genius
is the man who takes the lemons
of fate, and starts lemonade stand.
Garfield said that the best thing
that can happen to young man is
to throw him overheard. He said l
never knew one to be drowned who
was worth the saving. 1t has been
said: If opportunities were females,
men would embrace more of them.
One young fellow said, he knew there
was plenty of room at the top, but
he was trying to make place at the
bottom where it was crowded.
That is the sentiment; satisfied
with the low and meniel. There is
an over production Of pick and shovel
men. and not enough of the men who
can build a floating city; span the
East river with bridge, of cut a
continent in two.
The young man of today thinks
that the powers are ruling against
him but how much has been done
for his accommodation? Every island
has a hotel, every land railroad.
Thousands are awaiting to do bid
ding and execute his commands. He
has books to read and works Of art
to admire. Lawyers to plead for him
and judges to decide.
Education is free and medicines at
small cost. Hope abounds within
the heart and will make history in
the future.
Emerson says, ''If man was what
he should be he would be admired
from every standpoint. and demand
from nature undivided attention"
AS long as the king is in the room
he is the center Of attraction, but
when he departs We begin to ad
mire the furniture and pictures on
/ the wall.
Mentally speaking we are bound
heart and brain by superstitution
We are afraid to present a new
idea, an advanced thought, for fear
of the public inquisition and We play
the part OF the coward in every line
of thought. Emerson says again
I'VE have forfeited the right to ex
plore the star-lit deserts of truth
for an acre. house and barn."
We refuse to take the wheel, ant
sail into the Sargassum sea OF un
certainty. sound it for the sunker
rock Of superstition, and chart
safe and certain channel to the
shore.
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