The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-29
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a student cOnceiyes of life as finished,
that the last goal has been reached,
again what a miserable failure is that
life. AT the beginning and yet fool
ishly regarding it as the end. He
had started out with the wrong con
ceptiOn Of the educational life.
Every point in life should be re-
sarded as the beginning Of the edu-
catiOnal life. since any point OF at
tainment is so distant from the goal
OF Omniscience. 1t will ever be with
us as it was with Paul when he said
Il count not myself to have laid hold
OF the prize as yet. but likewise i,
should ever be with us as it was with
Paul, Il press on to the goal. unto
the prize" | beg you to notice. then,
every one of YOU who compose the
congregation. that as the wisest o;
apostles. Notwithstanding the various
| important stages of advance which he
| had attained in life, yet he conceived
Of the strategic points as being ahead,
50 YOU in Your struggle for wisdom
and proficiency in every sphere OF
the movable and every sphere oil
action and service, keep in mind that |
the past is so unimportant rs COM
pared with the future that il binders
life if il is not for the most part for
gotten. The future is the all-import-
ant matter, with its strong COMPETE
tions and intense struggles. Press on,
press on and let me- cntrcat you. that
however successfully you have met
the demands that were made upon
you in your school work, where able
and painstaking instructors assigned
your daily tasks, that you think of
it all as for a broader life. a greater
field of usefulness that stretches out
before the visit to intinity. You may
still think of the stretch of time be-
fore you as school days with another
and final graduation occasion Of this
life and after that the fields of glory.
Dr. Rabcock has put il this way:
Lord, let me make this rule,
To think of life as school,
And try my best
To stand each test.
And do my work
And nothing shirk."
And then he closes the beautiful
poem with these lines:
Some day the bell will sound;
Some day my heart will bound.
As with a shout,
That school is out.
And lessons done,
| homeward run
Take heed that the some day of
the bell ringing does not find you
unprepared for the great and final |
examination. What may come any |
day. You should be prepared for ev-
cry day. Your GOd-given faculties,
whose cultivation has made you etcr- |
nal debtors to your instructors are |
your heritage and talents for use in
meeting the realities of life You |
have Il great deal To pay hut il is |
not required that the remittance of |
a day shall he abov" what your abil
ity can stand BE not "a drOnc, nor |
careless while the opportunities are
yours. BE not like the maiden who |
loycd with Il string of pearls over the
side of her boat till the string broke
asunder and the treasure sank into
the abyss below. Opportunities are
more valuable than pearls but they
may be lost even more easily. Let
your present beginning be character
lied by nothing that shall bring flu
tlre regret. You may go back to the
past for lessons to help you in your
future career. but it is not permitted
TO 70 back in dreams. Your outlook
is for the future. Go forward on your
failures but not with them. Lord
TennysOn gives us the truth Alright
n h. says:
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II hold il truth with him who sings.
one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping
stones
OF their deal selves to higher things. p"
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