El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13


| they may be qualified to fully profit
| thereby.
Little Red School House a Citadel.
Remember the little red school
| house" a prOverbial phrase nOw, Is our
/ strongest citadel, so far as civil fact
tors extend, for the perpetuation Of a
| republican form Of government. educa-
! ton, mental moral, spiritual, in the
! broadcast application. is the crowntng
! glory of this republic and Of Anglo
/ Saxon Europe, while nllteracy is the
/ supreme shame of the Latins, Africa
/ and Asia.
/ Nations, systems and individuals, of
] past ages, entered the world lists, to
/ battle for supremacy; but, instead OF
| erecting their superstructure upon such
! foundations Of truth as had been re-
! vealed to them. they attempted to build
1 on sands of greed, dishonesty, unfaith-
! fitness. False to standards" Of right,
/ as defined by their ethical codes and
! creeds, the inevitable consequence was
I that outraged law flung their MORT
I bund dynasties into the nadir of OBJ
/ liviOn instead Of leading them, victor
| iOus, to the very zenith Of national
| greatness.
And it does not require a high grade
prophet TODAY to forecast the destiny
| of the world powers Of our age.
| Should this civilization prove recreant
| to opportunity, blindly worshipping
! the gods OF mammon, turning dear
ear to divine impOrtunatiOn, through
I the Holy Spirit, our glory shall depart
| and times annals refer to US as nave
] beens."
It is not always the army winning
the battle nor the individual triumph
( ing over his adversary that is success
/ full Who really was successful at
[ opylae-LeOnidaS with his name
| less 800, defeated, or XerxeS, with his
Persian hOrdes, victorious was II
| Christ, in purple robe of mockery,
| crowned with thorns, or Pontius Plate,
! Roman procurator, who truly gained
the contest? Are those who amass for
tunes, and who enjoy the good things
of this life, more successful than the
humble tOilers, with an ideal ever be-
( fore them-a cloud by day, a pillar Of
fire by night-who falter and fall by
the Wayslde, unable to longer endure
the terrific strain placed upon their
tired shoulders by an ubiquitous sys-
TEN?
Good Men Needed.
Once your speaker felt that, in order
! for a young man to serve Deity &C
| ceptably and efficiently, it meant en-
tering the ministry. That fallacy has
/ long been dissipated. God needs good
| and true men and women in all the
walks of life. The crying need Of the
age Is give US men and women. too,
I who will live and act consistently all
the while, living opponents and demon
| STATIONS Of the golden rule.
Copy the Pure and Good.
If our youth copy after the pure aud
| good, with lofty and legitimate anbi-
tion and aspiration their stimulus, sue
! cess beyond their widest dreams shall
be attained.
The man God. our historic Christ.
carpenter of Galilee. is honOred by all
the world as the ideal man, the per-
feet model. Worship him. then, not
with incense, aromatic. circling heav-
onward; not clad in robes Immaculate.
chanting Latin liturgy; not in stated
ebulitions of mere emotion, nor in
journalistic outward expression; but
through Christs' example when on
earth, worship your creator by pour
ing time and talent and money gifts
upon the altar of loving service to your
fellows.
The Faith Of st. Francis.
St Francis OF Assist, of the 18th
century, and founder of the order OF
franciscan Fathers" or monks, In
4 his careless and ungOdly youth. seek
ing soul peace. once visited the church
of St Damian, standing sequestered
among the Umbrian hills of northern
Italy. Dilapidated and served by only
one poor priest, with scarcely Whers-
withal for necessary food, the chapel
contained naUght but a stone altar,
above which hung painting of the
crucifiSiOn. Kneelinf before the pic
ture of the one on the cross, whose
open eyes seemed TO pierce his soul
the penitent man prayed: Great and
glorious God. and thou. Lord Jesus. j
pray We shed abroad your light in the
darkness Of my mind Be close to me,
Lord. so that in all things 1 may act
only in accordance with thy holy will"
BY and by, IL seemed to him that he
could not remove his eyes from those
Of the thing marvellous
was taking place within him, and
voice seemed speaking in an ineffable
language Then and there he dedef-
Gated himself to Christ
Because Of his sincerity, the life of
this one time sinner became so simple
and beautiful that Ernest Renan. COM
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only been two christians Jesus and st.
Francis. History tells US that Francis
of Assist dwelt so earnestly and con-
stantly-in thOught-on the sufferings
of Christ on Good Friday that he, at
last showed on his body marks" OF
crucifiXion. only they were mental, in
stead Of Roman inflictiOn. technically I
denOminated, "stigmata."
In conclusion. Remember your crea-
tor in youth. while you may be of SER
vice to him IN ministering to humanity. |
To become a workman that used not !
be ashamed" secure the clearest mem |
tai conception possible of Christ Jesus.
This may be accomplished only, today |
by careful study OF his life left by I
holy biOgraphers. A clear vision OF |
the Christ character, outlined before /
the eyes of consciousness, will cOnsti- |
tute your highest spiritO ethical ideal; |
then, with this divine model before you !
each day. enter heartily into all the |
true pleasures of physical existence, If !
bilities of life sculpture. With your !
religious convictions permeating every /
fiber of body and soul, you shall sue
ceSsfully tread the upward causeway |
of life, without the faintest suspicion |
of unholy methods and efforts, and. I
sequentially. on this order shall come
to you growth, embodiment Christ /
stature.
want to leave you with these three
lines only, that 1 trust may prove an
inspiration to you. as they have to me.
on your upward journey. Thev call to
mind the master sentiment in the mas
ter poem Of the last century, and are
found in "MemOriam," by lord Alfred
TennysOn.
'One God. one law. one element
And one far off. divine event,
Towards which the whole creation
moves"
Our race was born for a noble des-
tiny. From prehistoric times until the
present, the branches of the race,
making up humanity, have solemnly
passed in procession across times hor-
lion, longing ever. praying always, for
'the perfect day" but catching only
glimpses Of that ''One God" manifesting
ever through law immutable
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