Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-01-15


of intellect az CT
disposition, therefore should be cloth
ed with goodness.
The only abiding thing, the only
thing that you may take with you into
the future life, is character 1t Is a
mark CT wizdom to look into and pre-
pare fer the future Herein lies the
difference between child and man,
the savage and the civilized, the rich
and the poor-the ability to look into
and plan for the future. The power
OF the artist lies In his ability to see
see finished picture. Character is the
best thing you can leave behind you.
A good character is the best tomb
stone. We are remembered by what we
have done. The absence of character
Is hopeless. weakness and wickedness.
What Is Character
intellectual culture is not necessari-
" character It is often argued that
: Intellect and moral Development go to-
sether. History, however disproves
such statement If that were true
the peasant. If pious. even though he
lad no education, would be a Shakes,
neare or a Milton; then goodness must
accompany scholarship and 80 every
scholar would be a moral man, which
is not the case Intellectual culture
may be and often ia accompanied by
character, but it is not identical with
it. Did intellect save Solomon from
vice, Bacon from bribery, or Byron
from immortality? Coleridge says
All the mere products of the under,
standing tend to death
Wealth il not chara cter although 1t
is often substituted for it. People
without character, but with money.
often are admitted into respectable
society Wealth in fhe hands of weak
men is fearful thing. 1t is not true
that moneymaking has the tendency
10 Danish great thoughts and fine feel
ings? Why Is so much immortality con
nected with wealth.
Reputation is not character. Char.
acter is what man is. reputation Is
what men think him to be, and often
these two things are reversed by the
revelation Of the newspapers Char
acter is what man is before God:
reputation is what he is before men.
reputation is fer. time character is
for eterritv Character is what
man is when nobody is locking
mans character can no more be
sGengthsaed b. reputation than
fence by whis~ash
What then. ia character The
wore arm SOS soae'h','x scored or on.
graved. ed cares with II an abldins
signie canee; 80 ~e speak of char
acter az hal which sets forth certain
abiding results which has been scored
or engraved in the soul of man bv the
experiences of life Character is the
stamp on our souls of the free choices
Of good or evil we have been making
continually through life 1t is that
which engraves itself upon all we do
Character is what we are in the hid
den recesses and not merely on the
surface OF our lives; 1t is not really
what men take us to be, but what we
are before God as our judge Charac-
ter Is true man. true woman at
their best and highest, living out the
{ uest natures
The man OF character is truthful
" His armor is his honest thought and
simple truth his utmost skill. He
does not profess thing that he does
rot intend to do; he does not prom
Use thing which he knows Is not In
his power to fulfill. No considerations
can justify the sacrifice of truth which
ought to be sovereign in all the rela
tons OF life. A lie Is never justifiable.
Some one has said that other vices
are virtues compared to lying, vet
how lightly esteemed is falsehood. Nv.
ing Outlines assumes the form az al.
piomaey, expsdiency, moral reserya-
ton, lodging the question, twisting
words. and giving wrong impressions.
Character is characterized by mod
esty and purity. The bloom on peach
Is of the very first consideration to It's
life and perpstuation; and the finest
thing about man or woman ia the
flns bloom on the mind and the con-
science. This feeling is more a.
fae tual for our protection than walls
of granite or gates of brass. Take
care Of the delicacy of your mind. re-
tain the power to blush, respect the
alarm and shrinking OF the soul at the
faintest suspicion of evil Let cynical
people call you green; thank God for
that color. and see that you keen II
for u Is INFINITELY better than the sere
and yellow leaf of wasted life. live
so modestly, so purely so resolutely
for your God that your whole moral
nature shall continue.
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