Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-04

say Of her as the poet has SO well said
Of his queen:
81 love thee then
Not for thy face, which might indeed
provoke
Invasion Of strange cities. but
Because Infinity upon thee broods
| And thou art full Of meaning and OF
promise.
Thou sayest what all the seas have
learned to say,
Thou art what all the winds have
uttered not,
Thy voice is like sweet music from
another world
"F'or. most men to ever own an au-
tomobile and ride in 1t Ikea man real
| ly rides, there is deal OF nara
life to, be lived before they get to that
place. Don't lose your soldierly bear
ling toward life by luxuriating, ! am
not condemning the automobile nor
| the man or woman who owns ana
rides in one. am simply saying the
soldier stuff with which the battles
of life are fought is not developed IN
young fellows who hang around the
garage, or who .sluxuriate in their
fathers or somebody's else> machine.
Since nothing can be fought out by
such men, don't entangle yourself
with them 1t is a glorious thing to pc
equal to the test Of a difficult life.
Suffer hardship as a good soldier.
Must Remember Savior.
"Therefore, my child, remember
Jesus Christ Within the past week
/ have read an excellent book want
to commend to the young men OF THIS
day, "A young mans affairs. by Cnarles
n. Brown. There are four cardlnal
attitudes says Brown: toward God,
toward the truth, toward woman, ana
toward oneself. You can not afford TO
have intimates lacking in reverence,
in honesty, in purity, in purpose. the
color and the odor such men leave
would cling to you also. You need TOR
intimates those who are clearly on the
right side This is wise counsel. And
no where Is the decision for right com
partnership SO positively, wisely, ef-.
fectively made as in this primary
choice of Jesus Christ as your teacher,
your counselor, your king. am not
talking now about uniting with the
church, though believe that Is where
every man and woman ought to be
found. am talking about the forma-
tive and determinative acts of life.
There Is something valuable beyond
all power Of computation in the dis
coyery of a great, general. constructive
principle or ,companionship. do not
care what you may come 4 to think
about the doctrines l may hold this
fact is established beyond all refuta-
ton: Jesus Christ is the supreme char
acter Of history. He asks the allegi-
ance of every heart and mind. He has
been the most powerful motive In
moral achievement. He has inspired
the most stupendous and most glorl-
GUS victories. In forgetfullness of him
the civilizations Of the world would
sink to ruin. In neglect of him the
individual makes the most grievous
mistake Why? Because Jesus
Christ's attitude toward life is right,
absolutely right know how far away
from his attitude the world is at this
present hour; but my young friends
when the world accepts his attitude
and adopts 1t as their attitude. then
the problems with which you and com
ling generations will have to wrestle
and over which many of you will vex
your lives, will be solved. What you
have to meet in the world outside is
only larger expression of what you
have to meet inside There was a
scene on the sea centuries ago, when
"a poor craft with many on board was
driven by the waves and tossed. All
hope Of being saved was lost In the
midst OF the confusion a man stood
forth and said 'srs be Of good cheer
Then he told them the secret of his
courage and confidence was in the
master. whom he was and whom he
served. And | think that Is the pic
ture Of life as it is found in many a