The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-03

ture, the call is to arms and not to
reveries. Life is action and not re-
Election.
Forget past successes. 1t takes a
better man to stand prosperity than it
does to stand adversely. The self
made man is in danger of this STUN
bling block. l have seen a few
preachers ruined by success in some
clerical contest, or by marrying a rich
woman.
Forget past failures. There have
been hard places, unpleasant mistakes.
painful failure of our plans. Shall We
linger over the ashes of dead dreams?
Let us rather make failures the STEP
ping stones to higher things. Most
men make some failure early in life
and the difference between men is not
in freedom from failure but in how
well they succeed in rising above 1t.
Failure has been a blessing in dis
guise to many thousands, bringing
clearer vision and more dauntlesS
daring.
Some World Failures.
Savonorola was invited to preach at
Florence In the early part Of his min
istry. and before fine audience made
such failure that he skunk out in dis
grace, but ten years later returned and
electrified the same audience with the
b-illiance of his sacred eloQuence and
power. Napoleon was seeking an end
to disappointed young life when he
saw an opportunity in the needs of his
country and became one of the great
est of warriors. Sheridan, famous
member OF British parliament, arose
Ito make a speech one day and no one
listened to the obscure young member.
He made such a miserable failure that
his wife tried to persuade him never
to attempt a speech again; years
passed, the fires smouldered, another
day Sheridan arose to speak; at first
all that was remembered was his for.
mer failure. then the papers began to
be laid aside, the feet came down off
the desks, eyes and ears were bent
forward and for three hours he poured
out his soul in one of the truly great
speeches of the world
Do not be discouraged, sad heart!
Lift up and try again.
Fling the World Bone.
LET any man show the world that he
feels
Afraid of it's bark and twill fly at his
heels;
Let him fearlessly face it, twill leave
him alone.
And fawn at his feet If he fling it a
bone"
Forge past sorrows. Why hug
them up, and with kind of self-pity
envelope ourselves in a cloud Of
misery? Our duty is to the living
more than to the dead. We have a
life to live, an influence to look out
for, and our part in human affairs to
perform. To fail here is as wrong as
any other preventable sim
Forget past sins. Paul had his sins
to put behind him. He remembered
them only long enough to turn away
from them. Augustine, the great
saint, was once the great sinner.
These and other saints had their sins,
but they believed God when he said
that he would forget them, and so put
them behind his back forever. Intro
spection is not nearly so healthful as
pro-spection.
Opportunity Knocks Again.
The mythical picture of opportunity
as passing but once is not true There
| is an answer to this by opportunity
itself, listen: h n "a
| They o. .Je wrong who say / come
When once knock and fail to find
you in
For every day / stand outside your
| door,
And bid you wake and rise and f1gh.
| again.
Wall not for precious chances passed
away,
! Weep not for golden chances on the
wane,
Each night I burn the records of the
| day