The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-01

an invitation to be bad N get into
hell Some men running around this
town wouldn't be called men If they
didn't have whiskers and pants on.
Some men are small in stature and
large in mentality. Napoleon, Shake
speare, Raphael, and men in all pro-
LESSONS and arts were small in sta
ture, but big men in intellect. On every
street corner you can find this nickel
a bunch crowd.
Solid Mahogany Men.
There are men in Fargo, and the
town would be better off if they
would die, become converted or move
away. The church and the world
needs men that are mahogany clear
through-there is too much veneer
in the world. They are a good deal
like the little boy who saw a dummy
in a clothing store window, and he
asked his father IL that was a man.
The father replied, NO, son; that Is
only a professor There are lots of
men in the world the same way.
Some men are so far above others in
the world as the sun is above the
FREELY.
IF Edison would say to his son, be
an inventor the boy would know ex-
actly what he meant; if a man said
to his boy to be a lawyer the boy
would know exactly he meant;
but If your red-nosed, beer-soaked
father would say to his boy, son, be a
man. the boy wouldn't know what he
was talking about. That's why so
many boys turn Out bad III his world,
their fathers don't set them the right
example. Their sand is wet with
booze and their drivers slip when they
get close to the mourners' bench.
Train a boy in the way he should go, |
they say, but you have got to go the
same way. Your boy will be just what
you are SO for the boy to be a mar you
must be a man and to show your
manhood is to be a christian.
The best thing that could happen
TO a boy is to have him idealize some !
good man. Every man is some boys
hero and If every man would get right
today there would be no boys to go
wrong tomorrow. Then for Gods
sake be a man and not a helper Of
the devil who has been standing on
the neck of Fargo for the past TWEEN
ty-ive years.
"Be a Man Like David"
LOOK at uln when ne was WdICn- |
ing his fathers sheep and a lion leap !
ed into the fold and took the latest
sheep of the flock? Did he scare? No,
he grabbed the lion and slew and the
first thing the lion knew was that he
was a rug in David's bungalow. Then
the bear came and he slew the bear
n its hide soon LAID alongside that
of the lion. David was a man and he
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es prepaid.
1T is greater to be a man thar it
is to be a king. If you study the men
of the Bible you will find they are
made of the same clay as you, they
had the same surroundings, but they
did not let their lower nature get the
best of them. They did not want to
see what they would do in the hour
Of temptation. If your manhood is
buried under an avalanche of sin n
booze, for Gods sake dig out. You
have got to see the difference between
being a mutt and being a man.
I've all have Waterloos, Gettys-
burgs and Shilohs in our lives, n we
should be so prepared for the conflict
when they come. If you are unwilling
to be a drunkard don't take that first
HIN VI "IllBhS IL yOu are uIlWllllUB
to be a blackleg gambler, don't play
that first game of cards; if you are
unwilling to be a social outcast, learn
to say no. If you are not willing to
risk losing your soul in hell, then say
yes to God. If you don't want to build
your house on sand, don't get into bad
company. Decide to do good before
the bad things get a hold on you. Re-
paar,hnr yyo,y oon hrooLy a FhroaI h,+
a rope will hang you. Before you jump
into the hopper look at the grist that
is coming out at the other end.
Strive to be a man of prudence, for
If not you are like a ship without a
rudder. Be prudent Is knowing weak
ness and sin and watch out for it.
Many a Il character has been cut
short by a long tongue. Don't trihe
with sin or temptation but do what
God wants you to do.
81 like to see the man tina does
things. You will find the fellow on the
top didn't fall there; he had to climb. |
Every life shows the manhood in a
man or the lack of it. You must have
grit. God is calling for manhood in
Fargo as he never called before, so
have grit and stick to the finish and
until the game is over.
Battle Scene.
"Once in a desperate battle a general
called his son, who was an orderly on
his staff, n sent him to a part Of the |
field hat meant almost certain death. |
When the boy returned covered with |
blood and with his horse shot under
him the general put his arm around
him and said: Son, 1 had to forget
that I was your father and I had to
remember that I was the general, but |
had to have somebody / could depend
upon to do the work, even though it
meant life or death
THAT is the kind Of men God wants. |
Men who will go, even though it means |
life or death. The nan whose diet is
,slop win be at home with any hog. A
diet of yellow backs will make a bandit
out Of any boy. If iniquity and adul- |
terry is your ideal you will never go |
any higher. The reading of the life of
George Washington made Abraham
Lincoln a man. If he had read such
things as Three Fingered Pete we
would never have heard OF him. When
a tadpole sees his shadow it makes
him so ashamed that he crawls out
Of his skin into a frog.
TN this world we have a model for |
everything. Every building has it's
plans, every foundry has its moIds and
everything that is built is patterned
after a model. We have to have a
model for everything and therefore I
ask you to study the life of the great
est man the world has aver knnv,,r