Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-06-01

| race course before he has attained as
through preparation as it is possi-
| bic to procure.
Paurs words are these, Every man
that striveth in the games is temperate
in all things The Olympian run
ners registered ten months in advance
and from that time were in constant
training. They led simple lives. They
, developed their muscles and abstain
ed from all that was harmful to their
health. They sharpened their minds
by always keeping in mind the race
and the prize
We all need to prepare for our race
Let me therefore mention as a neces-
sary preparation the development Of
the body. A healthy body is valu-
able asset. Health is wealth. There
fore it should be an aim in life to
Keep the body in the best possible
condition. But this will demand ab-
stlnence. 1t will demand of us to be
temperate in all things We can not
partake in that which can hurt our
health. We often hear said, little
can not hurt you for once. But it is
the little and that far between that
hurts. The runners of old did not al
low themselves to drink even more
than given measure of cold water at
stated intervals. Then, surely we
ought to be temperate, in even going
SO far as to abstain from the things
which are detrimental, be it in the
form of liquor or matter.
The muscles must not be neglected.
The one who has occasion to make
use of manual labor should employ it
judiciously. Some useful labor ought
at least be sought out as means to
exercise and develop the body.
But also think that it is likewise
necessary to develop the faculties of
the mind. There is hidden away
somewhere, powers that will not work
if they are not forced into activity. No
one can possess keen and strong
mind by sitting idle An individual
must make an effort to develop these
powers. This is the purpose of our
school system. Education does not
mean to give one talents; but seeks to
bring forth that which already is in
one. You young people who have at
tended high school after going thru
the lower grades must have found this
to be the purpose in the courses. A
high school course should first help
one to think right and to think quick
ly; to act and how to act. It should
train one to know how to master the
difficulties arising in his future life
1t should also give one knowledge.
knowledge is power. But this is we'll
to bear in mind, that one never gets
so far that it is impossible to learn
more. It is good to seek theoretical
knowledge in class books, and to seek
it diligently, but it is also we'll to ga
ther some practical knowledge in the
school of experience. But to you,
young men and women, it is rather
question, if you have received any
good results from your studies. Have
you developed mentally? Cyrus North
rop speaks thus to the boys in Shat
tuck:
'Said a great philosopher, IF God
were to give me the choice between
truth and the search for truth would
choose the latter" 1t would be a
wise choice. What a boy needs to get
at school is not supply of knowledge
that will last him during life, but he
really uses in a direct way but very
little of the knowledge that he gets at
school and quite likely ten years hence
very few of you could pass the exami-
nation, through which you have just
come. But in the getting of this
huOWlcOSS. you nave UCCOLl0 lu0lT
masters, so that, whether in the future
you are to pursue your studies further
or are merely to deal with the worlds
practical business, you will be equal
to the occasion, will be cool, calm, re
so1ute, judicious and invincible. But I
would lastly add, that we must not
forget the development of our hearts
and souls. This soul of ours ought to
be of greater concern to us than the
body. But hereby we often err.
Our souls should be given proper at
tention and nourished by the word of
God. This, the word of God, are the
green pastures where our souls can
be fed The word of God is the still
running water where the soul's thirst
can be quenched. what will a man
give in exchange for his soul?"
The body shall crumble and decay.
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