The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-31

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disposition, therefore should be- cloth.
ed with goodness.
The only abiding thing, The only
thing that M may take with YOU into
the future life. IN character. 1t Is a
mark OF wiRdom to look into and pro.
pare for the future, Herein Hes tho
difference between q child and q uian.
the savage and the civilized, the rich
and the poor--the ability 10 look into
and plan for the future. The power
OF the artist lies in his ability 10 see
sne finished picture, Character In the
best thing you can leave behind you
A good character 10 the best tomb
stone. Wa sfa remembered by what We
have done, The absence of chAractes
Ia hopeless. weakness and w~iekedness.
What Ia c~haraetsrf
Intellectual culture In not necessary
y character. 1t Ia often argued that
Intellect and moral development no to-
gcthor, Hiatory. however. disproves
such a statement. II that we're true
the peasant, II pious. even though he
had no education. would be- a Shakes
Fear0 or a Milton; then goodness must
accompany scholarship and 40 svsry
scholar would be a moral man. which
Ia not the case. Intellectual culture
may bS and often Is accompanied by
character, but IL Ia not identical With
IL. Did intellect cave Solomon from
vice, Bacon from bribery, or Byron
from immortality Coleridge sayss
All the mere products Of the under.
standing tend to death"
Wealth Ia not character, although 1t
Is often substituted for II. People
without character. but with money.
often are admitted into respectable
society, Wealth In the hands of weak
men Ia a fearful thing. 1t la not true
that moneymaking has the tendency
to Danish great thoughts and fns feel
'ngB7 Why Ia no much immortality con,
nacted with wealth?
Reputation 10 not character. Char
actef 10 what a mar In, reputation In
what men think him to be; and often
these two things are reversed by the
revelation of the newspapers. Char
aeter 10 what a man is before God;
reputation 10 what he IL before men:
reputation Ia for time, character ID
for eternity, Character IL what q
man In when nobody Ia looking. A
mans character can no more hs
strengthened BY reputation than n
fence by whitewash.
What, then. iB c~haracterT The
word signifeB something scored or en-.
graved. and carries with 1t an abiding
Significance; 30 we may speak OF char.
AZ that which sets forth certain
abiding results which has been scored
or engraved In the soul of man BY the
experiences Of life. Character ia the
on our souls OF the free choices
OF good or evil we have been making
continually through life. II is that
which engrayes Itself upon aii we do
In what we are In the hid
den receaaes and not merely on the
Of our lives; II Ia not really
men take ua TO be, but what we
are before God as our Judge. Charac.
ter Ia u true man, a true wOnpan. Mt
their best and highest. living out the
dictates OF their highest. best and
nuest Eatures.
The man OF character IN truthful,
His armor ia his honest thought. and
truth his utmost skill" He
Toes not profess a thing that ht does
rot intend to DO: he does not prom.
se u thing which no knows 10 rot IN
Ills power TO fulhll, No considerations
justify the sacrifice OF truth which
TO be sovereign In all the relae
ions Of life. A lie IL never iustiHable.
one has said that other yices
IRE virtues compared to lying. yet
sow lightly esteemed is falsehood. Ly.
No ofttlmes assumes the form "a an.
sxpediency, moral reserva
ion. lodging the question, twisting
lords. and giving wrong impressions
Character 10 characterized by mod.
sty and purity. The bloom on a peach
3 OF the very first consideration 10 its
Lfs and p~erpetuation; and the finest
hing about a man or q woman 10 the
ne bloom on the mind and the con
This feeling IL more Of
for our protection than walls
[ granite or gates OF brass. Take
are Of the deiicacy Of your mind, re-
hin the power to blush. respect the
iarm and shrinking OF the soul at tho
suspicion OF evil. Let cynical
eople call you green; thank God for
nat color. and sec that you keep H.
II IL Infinitely better than the sers
nd yellow leaf OF a wasted lie. Live
D tnodestly. 10 purely. so r~esoInteiy
,r your God that your whole moral
shall continue,
"Quict an the apple OF mn eye.
The slightest touch Of sin To feel"