The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-02
MANS MAKE UP
SUBJECT
rEEnH or sERMoH PnEAcuxD NJ
DA a ". MILLS 0UHDAY
In Yoarth Street u .. Church psfor,
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Mind" fnportant Part

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Taking Tor his text -Gird IN m.
Loins OF Your Mind-Peter ia Rev.
Arthnr w Mills pastor OF the Fourth
night the third In a series % sundsy
night sermons on a Mans Makeup
was a timely and ~thoughtful ~exrosi-
favorable
Dr.. Mills said IN part: No NOR. ply
steal perfection will avail for men and
women who are made in Gods image
70 be found I'm the realm OF the physical
What folly to boast OF a min Ia which
a beast excels' Manhood L. not meas
ured around the biceps fexor. nor about
the thigh or chest. \ few years ago
l ~Nerhear a young fellow Boosting to
another that the day before he had run
one hundred yards la ten and a half
seconds. I could not refrain from tell
ing him that ! knew = little yellow dog
Ia my block who could beat him one
day IN college a great big fellow CAM.
up g~od-naturedly 10 me aud. squarins
himself OF In lighting fashion. said
oDd round I replied. Get away. 4
know a little Jersey bull who can knock
YOU out In the nrst round. You zee
what am driving at. Manhood do.s not
w~ell-known fact In science that a human
slant Is an intellectual degenerate. What
mans place in the world H. not fixed
py the size OF his collar. but ~ the
rA@F oA MS nat.
one may nave kind and influential
friends but lacking mental ability he
cannot sustain himself. our friends
vsh 90 much TO help Us. They can give
Us a chance- They can open up for US
a market. but We have TO furnish the
koods; Many a youth might succeed n
ne only had an opportunity. He Is kept
.h mediocre places because he has no
friends. But all the friends i'm the
world cannot. secure success FOR one un-
less he Is able To sustain himself in the
lftafH ne OCCUPIES. MANY a vnunr man
wondcrs why he is not advanced ~ H.
because he has given no evidence OF 1T
ness Tor "A better place. IL Is what WI,
ourselves ut ourselves FOR. not what
our friends may do FOR hS which 0Ned
our place IN the world. This is the mis-
take ~ often made by the children OF
the well-to-do. They SAY: 'My father
VII, get me a place. I need not worry'
1Sn youth reply on Influence rather
FAILURES are tragedies.
Is , weaxiing.
rue sad thing we sec every day is
INC inferior place in the world which
many a youth must take. in spite OF the
ts', ne mas money. The pethos consists
IN his inability to see how small and
mean he looks TO thourhtfuI cVca He
Is mentioned in sporting and socisi col
umS as greet clubman. p polo player.
thinks he is somcbody. when all 1-tse
pe1pie know he IL . ~weakling and still
y noy. PLAYING games. when he ought 10
Y a man and doing " mans work in the
world. Riches efford no excuse for lazy
i.isure. wealth IL expected to furnish
yuSn "n"ugh leisure To fit one by such
,u'lital training as will make him n
leader IN some noble effort. They who
need not toll for breed. should civ.
nnSas eyes to the larger end broader
man has. but what . man is. fixes lis
place IN the estimation Of the world.
his ~. ma DE genuiueiy religious. yet
nIs pletN VIII not make up FOR lack of
brains. Even = preacher needs some
lhlns else than religion. insist that
sthuihe piety is the best pss.t in life.
nat no honest toll in any field can be-
50 Wen done. other things being canal
as oy p man who is true 10 himself his
n~elghbors. End his God. end that Is what
mean by religious man. But am
mere insisting that religion alone viii
nor QUARRY for n high and useful piac.
VIII succeed. TIL" world to-day stands
aside and gladly gives place to tine man
VINO knows.
The man in any trade who goes b..
SHhd nus appointed task and thinks
ABOUT a.. end continues To 30 IL In some
y,%Si..r way who d"res To- initiate some
thihS new. - the man who EraVitates Ia
= leading place. Only p few mon win
distinction IN Oh" professions: only =
men 20 ryash tne TOP. They ar" the
Il,h OF Drains. Success in business is
hot an accident Bc assured that great
Industrial end commercial enterprises
''c conducted BY men who know.
Study Yourself.
10 not sit down aud bcmosn your
istI because YOU iii no important place
- aHA aAF III - small nIAEs
study yourself out of il. ~
WAT ever may have been the condi-
ions IN thG past u is tru" that he Who
enters the lists End seeks 70 succeed Ia
NE to-day has to Compel with tr.insJ
and educated minds.
alithe trades and professions one
must compete with the trained special
-. ] do not wonder What u Young doc.
Tor was asked when he said IA. vas g.
ing 70 specialize a. an eye doctor. which
II am urging an youth who possibly
can-and how few Caunot@-o secure
me ~ b.st possible training Of your minds.
= ne beast depends Upou instinct. Coo
mas gwen Nou "a mind which IS TO guide
You ~ All AoIr efforts. Make the most
81 a. Got. " possible. a college .duca-
Uoi- 20 not De SIdetracked DO not
mako the mistake Of taking Il short rut
INTO q uadc or profession. You viii
make speed bv stopping to eaufu vour-
SELF. Your ~comretitors will be tr,iued
men you are not a child or genius or
80 much smarter hN nature than Others.
Civ vou. '"'
"ras up some special line Of work. DO
S@ue on" thtns hotter than anything
else. or better stili. do that one thing
better thnn anybody else. Not only viii
tne 'uitNatiuu Of Hyour mind give Won
.I,cess iu yorr hf"'s vocation, bus 80
~ VIII Eindd"u your horizon. Not oniv
VIII You gain personal efficiency aud de-
nnht but will vastly widen your In
uu"nce to be- one whose mind - rcc0r-
uiZed a. trained and maetarfuI Others
VIII listen when yof speak. and follow
wh're YOU lead. Men viii follow Che
Train the Mind.
Train your min and dll ~ with the
SELF kin TO the worlds best Thinker, Won
viii he ushsred into the Fellowship or
10" Eoodlv company ~ the great mInd4
- sll ages. You viii Doe given a master
Key which uulocks all doors whore dwell