The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-14

are failures. To eat, die ana rot, tHdt
makes up n threechapters in such
mems lives. 1t is d sad commentary
on our civilization, but it is true.
The man who plants a tree by the
i'm the future may rest under Its shade
is a greater benefactor to the human
race than he who with sordld purpose
has amassed millions of wealth. The
mother who puts her whole soul and
strength and mind in the one purpose
to develop. strengthen and extend to
fields of usefulness and intellectual,
moral n suiritual qualities Of her
children. is a thousand times more
useful to the world than all the
misery m~illionaires of wealth that
ever lived The life Of such q woman
is a grand success, and her tribe is
many. To the lives of such women
the world owes it's moral progress. 1t
is up to the mother of the land to do
all in their power to stay the rising
tide of this money-getting mania.
Our sons and daughters should be
thought that unless they accomplish
something besides merely getting
money and property their lives are
failures.
] would rather be a Luther Bur-
bank than to have all the gold in the
world. I would rather be a Thomas
Edison than to have been the great
est general that ever lived I would
rather feed a deserving hungry man
than to be able to establish a great
library with the kind Of money some
Of our hotel philanthropists (?) are
donating. The Widows mite is greater
han all the millions of tainted
money
In an exhibition recently given by
a railroad company whose lines ex-
tend over a large portion Of Western
and Southwestern territory. the prin-
cipal attraction was a Mode Farm"
1t cover enough space in the building
to show all the convenlenees and
beauthy of a we'll planned modern
farm. with houses, barns and other
buildings. It also showed the up-to-
date machinery for the economic pro-
duction Of crops. The lesson taught
by that model shall be felt during all
higher purpose in life on the part of
a young man than that Of making. in
his own neighborhood, a model farm,
one that will be an object lesson for
his fellow farmers. The field Of ag-
rlculture presents golden opportuni-
tiesc Tor success. Farming is one Of
the most honorable Ocupations. Who
ever discovers a law Of nature and ap-
plies 1t to the end of increasing pro-
auction is not only a successful man
and a genius, but is a p~hilanthropist
of the highest type.
NO mans life need be a allure.
The small wheels in a watch are as
important as the large ones. Each
has it work to do. SO in this old
world Of ours. all have a mission to
perform. That mans life is a failure
only who lives for himself alone. The
little wife who kisses her husband as
he goes to his daily tOil;the child who
pins a flower on the lapel Of his coat:
the baby who looks up at him and
GIlll0S-2H arc on in Cnitaffon 70 1S-,
and help him along in the battle for
bread.
n man who gives nothing to So
ciety and takes all from it that he can
get is a failure.
The young man who chooses a vo-
cation for which he is not fitted. or
prostitutes his manhood to some igno-
bic purpose or calling, is a failure.
A mans action may be great, yet his
purposes so small and theresults OF
his life work SO insignificant that he
may aid to be a failure. With
the WIDOWS mites no universities were
endowed. no libraries were established
or monuments erected, but the act has
come down to us through the rolling
centuries With the words of the truth
from the loWiy N~azarene: ''Verilv 7
say unto YOU, that this Door widow
hath cast more in than all they which
nave cast into the treasury."-Mark
12:42. 'iA
1t was only two mites. lessthan 2
penny. but it was all she had. The
lie OF that woman was not a failure.
1t is the little things of life that make
up the whole. and if the little things
are right our whole life is right There
Is no reason to become discouraged:
there Is something for all to do and
II lies before. US right at our door.
We have only to look about us and we
snail see more to do. perhaps. than we
are Wiling or able to do. Don't LEI
Your life be a failure.