The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-05
/ STRONG CHARACTER
ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS
REV. G. +. BRADFORD address
sEs STUDENT BODY OF
TRINITY.


| speaker at chapel hour at Trinity
! University Wednesday In addressing
the student body Rev Bradford
said.
am proud of Trinity University
and glad that my lot has been cast
| IN the city in which it is located
Trinity has the best president, the
best faculty, and the brightest ana
best looking student body of any
school In Texas
| believe the young people Of this
university are all ambitious to be
successful. 1t is possible t, come in
| to possession OF the things which
| from worldly standpoint make
| men successful, and after all, If we
so live that when we are ready 10
die, we regret the life we have lived,
! life has beeen a failure I am not
| ere to prea Ii ~ vSu this s,ss.- ing,
but we read in the New Testament
For other foundation can no man,
| lay than that is laid, which Is Jesus
Christ" Now in whatever else we
place our confidence and affection,
| it will sooner or later bring us 10
shame and repentance. 1t is on this
present world, on Its pleasures, its
men try to rear the fabric o, their
happiness
However. If We could draw this
world entirely to ourselves it would
be of short duration This world is
a foundation of sand The young
people here In Trinity University
are here to prepare for life's work
You are building for the future BY
every thought, word and &C. you ATE
building Garfield said: Every mar
| Is the architect Of his own charac-
ter" How true it is that every man
hews out the timber for his cbaracs
| ter, joins it together, mixes the NOR.
tar, lays the foundation. erects the
! wall, covers it over, completes and
| furnishes it. Thus it is ia the same
community that one man builds a
strong character, while another
builds weak The character is made :;
1t is never bestowed upon any one,
i II Ii earned ana never klNeu- LII UT
der to fight Hfe's battles, and W.
must tight II We succeed, 1t Is nee
essary to build christian charactel
The most famous battle grounds Q
the ages are human hearts. Rher
thoughts are the only swords, ans
purposes are the only spears, ant
tears are the only shots. A little boy
on his way to school one morning
| was met by big boy who wanted to
fight. The little fellow laid down his
| books and said. YOU walt here I'M
til go and bring my big brother,
and then III fight you" You can not
successfully fight life's battles
alone. but call Jesus, who is your
big brother, make him your captain
and then fight.
| From the beginning of the teens
to the first of the twenties is the
nebulous state. 1t Is a critical per-
| iod, and a decision then, whether 1t
be good or bad, II is the die that de-
cides tn external destiny man
stroiled thru moulding yard ana
noticed q pile of moulding and bent
vessels too much out of shape FOR
use The moulder said that mis-
ttake or accident had occurred while
| they were in state of moulding
Our jails. penitentiaries and refof-
matories are the corners In the vast
/, moulding yard of humanity, where
q great heap OF our young men are
dumped because they made a mis-
take In the moulding period.
| Remember, we are living in the
grandest age of the world An age
when we can do more and live more
in a short life, even, than could
have been accomplished at much
longer period In any other age or
the world. We have handed down 10
lis the accumulated histories, warn
ings. blessings and effects OF sixty
centuries. We have before US the ad
vantages of all the successes and
failures of the past ages
Every young person should have
two great purposes in view: One is
the building of an honorable char
acter, and the other, the successful
prosecution Of some business. | use
the word business in its broad sense
to include any occupation or pro
fession one may choose. Every young
/ person should choose, pursue and
master some business or profession
that will enable them to help MAKE
the world better This is an age OF
activity An age when a man who Is
not active is out of harmony Wits
the world in which he lives You al
have talents for something. You ara
by nature fitted for some pursuit
You will be worth more to the worif
there than anything else. In choos
ing choose that for which nature in
tended you. Study the talents an'
qualifications needed in the ya,ioti
pursuits; then study your own ben
of mind inelipations and talents
No matter how inviting the business
or profession, do not enter II uaies
YOU have talents in that line. 1t is
sin to take boy with fondness TO
machinery. Who loves to see tn
wheels go round" and undertake =