Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-01-30
. /. DO YOUR LEVEL BEST.

BY F.. f. Lewis. Sioux City, Ia,

Whatever we ma may say, really
I'VE largely in the spirit of the Scotch
and my wife, my son John and his
Wife. we four and no more.
one OF the most difficult things in
human life Is to realize that our true
interest synchronizes with our duty.
rms DUTY is not-as we often look
upon 1.-THE mere dry. perfunctory
performance of something laid upon
us by superior power and which we
go through with because of. the pres
sure or to satisfy the prod of con-
science On the contrary. it should
REPRESENT a welcome, glad, joyous serv-
ice God so loved the world that He.
gave His only begotten Son that who
soever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life To
Him we owe not only our eternal sal
yation. but the life that now is. Mani
testify. then. we should hold our pos
sessions and lives willingly for His
service.
Our Savior gives us to understand
(Luke 1926 that if we put friends or
possessions, or even life itself, before
Him. we are not worthy of Him. and
that he that would save His life (by
abandoning Christ's service) shall lose
IT. while he that loseth his life for
ply sake shall find it, The bitter
warfare which has always rent the.
church upon doctrinal points would all
De healed would we but heed the Sin
asInuches of Luke 25:40-45. This.
then, IS the measure of the man who
would truly do his level best in the
world AS the ages have rolled along.
multttudes of men and women have
been called upon to actually give up
their lives for the sake of the truth
OF God. These are those spoken of
| in Revelation 20.
But there are thousands of men and
women, who, though not required to.
| in fact surrender life itself; are yet
called upon to give up life upon a
lower plane and take it again upon a
| higher. Every one, in fact. has this
| question presented to him in greater
| or smaller matters, and the crucial
moment. the turning point of life with
him is when he sees the vision splen-
! did and must fight his Armaggedon.
| determining either to take the rough
road leading to the 'delectable noun
| ta1ES or remain among the seductions
| of Vanity Fair"
When John E. Clough faced the
| question whether he should enter the
law and struggle for fame and posi-
4 ton and the meat that perisheth," he
| laid down his life upon the lower and
| took 1T upon the higher plane. How
much higher let the history of the
I Telegu Mission testify
4 Victor Hugo's picture of Jean VAL
| jean surrendering himself to justice
| is an admirable illustra ton of this
| character
Every one who gives up a. present
| apparent good-an easy life. great eN-
| pectations, creature comforts--in order
| to carry out Christ's teaching and full
| III the ''inasmuches, does this very
| thing surrenders his life upon the
| lower level to take it upon the higher
Some time ago we'll known young
| society man, who had been on three
| days debauch entered one of the large
| Boston hotels and threw himself into
1 chair few others We're sitting in
| the ROOM Presently the door opened
! and in came a little waif of 10 years
pretty. but ragged. She went to q one
man who gave her 5 cents. then COM
| ing to the young man asked for a
penny. saving she had eaten nothing
| all daN. Go away. don't bother me. I
have eaten nothing for three days"
| The little one was frightened and
passed toward the door; then turning.
/ she Went and put her nicked upon his
| knee. saving: IF you have had moth
ing to eat for three days take that and
| go and buy some bread; maybe / can
| get some more somewhere" The
| young man caught her up and kissed
her, gave her what money he had took
| her through the corridors and raised
| her over $40, and awoke himself to
new life ostled out of his sensual self
awakened. inspired, overwhelmed by
the utter self -abnegation of that clear
| soul shining through the wretched
rags of the baby beggar standing be-
fore him In her simplicity and inno-
| cence and faith, as grand as the Jew
ish widow who cast all her living into
| the treasury of God and whose deed
was accounted by our Lord worthy to
be handed down for all time.
AS we grow old, the value of time
becomes more and more apparent. In
youth the long golden years stretch
out before us and we have plenty
OF time We not only do many things
which we ought not, and which years
afterward we would give all we have
70 undo. but we put off a thousand
things which we ought to do. We do
not mean to absolutely neglect the
duty. but we postpone 1t from time to
time until we wake up to the reali-
| cation that the opportunity itself has
gone. My mother is dead. There rushes
into my mind thousand things that
might easily have done to make her
life happier-to ease her of the cares
always resting upon. her. My father
has gone to the silent land. How
much help might have given him
1 but i Sid not, and the opportunity has
l gone forever.
Lysippus. an old Greek sculptor.
made Very beautiful statue having
| wings spread and standing on tiptoe
/ 5sAoCss HE HICdH SS1lQ Ole.s W0N
| does he stand on tiptoe and why are
the wings open? said another. s.It is
| Opportunity, on tiptoe to show that
he does touch the earth. but with
spread wings. Indicating that he is
ready to fly away
Miss not; the occasion,
BY the forelock take that subtle power
The never hating Time
Lest by q moments putting or
Thou make mischance almost as
Heavy as crime +
lou know Just the place where yoN
turned OFF where you missed doing
the right thing taking the right path.
You ould give the world for the priv
tlege of going back and doing dir
ferently II can never be. Opportunity
has taken wings.
Bunny Sandwiches.
From Hnrpers Bazaar.
1 Sandwiches atlractiyely served ara
always appetixing. and for q gathering
of little folks they should be novel ii,
TORN These are cut In the shape Sc
i rabbits the bread, thinlys sliced, is cut
Into shape by the. use Of cardboard
pattern. Halt the number cut 49,