The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-14
LIFE


LIFE
From the Dallas Texas News9
Probably nothing so compels the thoughtful to marvel as the
lack of seriousness. the apparent indifference, the airy nonchalance,
manifested by SO many with respect to the greatest of all things
life. The natural physical processes of eating, drinking and sleep
ing, do not constitute life; neither do these supplemented by the
INDUCING in the pleasures of the senses, Life is not a Joke. The
is in US. Empty indeed is the life that is devoted Solely to having "a
good time" for without desiring to be at all prudish or pusitanical,
pancv bv frivoltv of time and thought that could be- be- devoted to in.
ffnneiiv better things. Every life is charged with a great and emo
bling purpose, and that purpose is the fulhllmenf of duty. Life is
morrow we de." 1t is too precious a possession to be squandered
in io, a reckless 4hs ,s apS GHp so ssasfv e sSS a%Si,;ae of os tSoas shso , ,baf to and ID of If
service to mankind, is vain The striving for authority and position
manharian object in view. and has first prepared himself to fulfill the
duties they impose impose with integrity and honor: There is no time to-
means a duty. and an opportunity that is not taken advantage Of for
People are so interdependent that every thought and action by
an individual affects to a greater or less degree his fellows. He is:
Another says; The future belongs to the fraternal principle and to
brothers. This truth is primal, central, eternal" Some one writing
in the Congregationaist says, Success, happiness and usefulness in
It. would be hard to exaggerate the importance Of this thought
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YOUR T :5i;v jh0ss 1hful 5 bdy after is es siven ny Ge0F Get FL 1T H Of seh na, %hs,
much "a, possible possible, a and .d if you 70, . live for Re eh iadsi't1v your ;mam foundations toos will will
eryone that all the sweetness in each passing day is not gotten out
of it unless duty is fulfilled, unless opportunity for doing something
sire to tighten the burdens of the h~eavyladen. This is absolute. 1t
cannot be temporized with; it is fact. No human sponge, trying to
thousand reasons why he cannot be; it wouldn't be right if he we're
This is a principle that Omnscence has put into the economy of
life, and it can neither be compromised nor evaded. Lowell says:
"After all the kind of world one carries about with oneself is the i'm
portant. thing, and the world outside takes all its grace, color and
value from that" This is a beautiful and a true thought. The
world within creates the world without, and it is beautiful and hap
Ply, or ugly and miserable, accordingly. Marcus Aurelius says,
Look within, There is the fountain of good yelling up perpetu-
ally, if you will dig" Motive in life makes it what it is-happy or
unhappy helpful or hurtful-and this motive is manifested in deeds
and reflected in person. Alexander MacLaren says:
I'VE reveal to one another what we are by what we do, and. as a
commonplace, none of us can penetrate, except very specifically
and often inaccurately. to the motives that actuate. But the motive
is threefourths of the action"
In considering the duties of life it should not be forgotten that
Edmund Garrett has said that the world we re passing through S as
much Gods world as any we're going to" Cicero. in speaking of
the future said, There is, know not how, in the minds of men a
certain presage, as it were. OF a future existence, and this takes the
deepest root, and is most discoverable in the greatest geniuses and
most exalted souls" Some modern writer remarks that 1.-The best
use of time is the best provision for eternity; and he who lives to
with life from cover to cover" and in it we find that "only in right
eousness can life be found" IF thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments for ITO be spiritually minded is life and peace"
Not only those who believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, but
is life eternal, that they might know Thee. the only true Cod The
Psalmist exclaims, with Thee is the Fountain of Life" and the
Apostle declares that "ln Hin we live and move and have our be-
ing"
How exquistely beautiful is that which Tennyson calls The
white flower of blameless life" The life beautiful is led by one
who has unfatering trust in Him who is "the Fountain of Life"
To lie remains nor place or time;
can be cama and free from care
On IN shore, since God is there.
While place re seek o place re shun,
But with a God to guide our way,
It's equal JOY to go OF stay. Mime Guyon.
COST OF Bad ROADS