Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-04
Give diligence to present thyself
approved unto God

Give diligence to present thysef
approved unto God
"'Shun profane babblings.
Flee youthful lusts.'
Every one Of them when hardened
to will describe an attitude. There Is
no lolling nor lounging, no shuffling
nor staggering in the man who fol-
lows these when he faces life. His
head is erect, his eye bright, his nerve
alive, his muscles tense and there IS
spring and energy in every movement
I, that he makes We will have time for
only three.
"Be strengthened in the grace that
lis in Christ Jesus. On going to the
dictionary to learn just what wise men
say grace is / find this That char
acteristic or quality which renders the
carriage, movement, form manner.
| etc. elegant, appropriate, or charming;
beauty or harmony of form, attitude,
etc; ease and elegance of speech
Nov what is more desirable than
that all these should be found in every
| life But when you come to the study
| of the character of Christ you dis
cover there Is a deeper and fuller
note that gives you the secret Of his
wonderful superiority. In the new
| testament the word has more in 1t
than mere outward appearance or
audible sound. It means love, good
will, mercy, pity, and all these toward
the undeserving. And that is where
| the test Of character comes and
where 1t flowers into beauty full
blown There is something more than
the sinuous, gliding movement of the
ballroom in that; something more
than mere good taste and happy
adaptation of department with the
clothes one wears. 1t Is the secret of
him
"'Who wrought all kinds of service
with noble ease
That graced the lowliest act in doins
"Jenny Lind had it, Clara Barton
had it, Maud Ballington Booth has it,
and William T. Stead, who, in his
shirt sleeves was busy in his state
room preparing speech for this land
when he heard the alarm Of danger to
the great Titanic and went thus on
deck to assist men and women to
leave that ship, with never thought
OF his own safety, had 1t. It enables
men and women to live the unselfsh
life for the sake Of the world with
peace and poise such as school and
ballroom and milliners and tailors
and modistes can never give a soul.
Get 1t, my young friends and be
strengthened by it.
Must Stand Suffering.
4.suffer hardship as good SOL
der This is the day of anesthesia.
These are velvety times. We are living
in a soft age Do not lose the capac-
ity for endurance, for hardship, for
discipline One utter impossibility for
a good soldier is entanglements. So
cial obligations, social festivities, So
cial ties and associations must be
made absolutely secondary and sub
servient to the main purpose which
lis a plan big enough to build your life
into. Life is not JOY ride In an auto
mobile for two; or in one OF those
great big, chocolate brown, broad
based, broad seated, deep upholstered
cars for party Of six. Be on the
lookout for the automobile. AS many
lives are endangered in them these
days as are endangered by them
Young men who couldn't earn enough
to keep soul and body together six
weeks have learned to lounge luxur-
iantly in a big car, to smile and talk
glibly to pretty girl as they dash
along country roads. when they could
not keep her in kitchen aprons for a
month. And many a pretty girl has
learned to sit grandly in these Won
derful inventions Of speed and COM
fort who couldn't recognize thought
Ia real genuine, valuable thought, II
1t stalked into her presence and asked
for place in her heart and mind. It
would never be possible for a man to