The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-25
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you are uucnunCfuuhits uut huut Nh"
less effectively. building your W
characters and shaping your own
destinlss,
The hours Of toll are before us
each morning 20 make the o OF
them-to profit by the mistakes or
yesterday. TO lay the foundations for
the successes of tomorrow. TO do With
our might what u hands find 10 do,
trusting that we are building. not
worse than we appear but better than
we know; for the end OF Il all II not
within the compass OF our vision or
knowledge.
There IL an oriental story which
might better be told to children, but
we. after all. are little more than
grown-up children, which illustrates
almost perfectly our environment.
Early In the morning a boy was
taken by his master TO the entrance
OF a field and told that he might
have anything he found while pas
ing through. Near the entrance gate
gold and toys covered the ground. He
gathered up the toys, expecting 90
get all the gold he wanted later. The
gold gave out and the ground was
covered with silver and toys. He
picked up toys. expecting to come
to gold. bye and bye. soon there
was no more silver. but the ground
was covered with copper. He scorned
the copper, feeling sure he would IND
either gold or silver In plenty just
ahead. And the exit gate opened be-
fore him. In CONSERVATION he cried
to the master; Let me go back and
get the gold" The master replied;
at Is too late. This field IL your
life. and you a pass through II
only once" Emerson expressed the
same thought when he said. " Good
for one trip only IL stamped upon
every soul that comes into the
world"
Another thought l would impress
Is that In your work you should main
tain an attitude Of faith In the good
ness of God and the ultimate success
of all righteous effort In the world.
You must believe In whatever you
undertake to do and look with sane
optimism on tho brighter side Of life'
or course, we must not V in n
world OF dreams. because this II n
world OF grim realities In which hard.
rigid nature would ar soon snum out
the life Of "a mar as bury the new
moon under "A cloud or a pine tree
under AN avalanche.
This II a world In which a man
must do Il mans part n take what
comes for veal or woe. We shall not
be asked " we like IL. and there are
sure TO come days when h bread
OF life is bitter and nights when we
look toward dawn with no Joy. we
must know this. but still have faith
that the Smooth shall blossom from
the rough" and that none but the
coward and the weakling shall i'm
part his downcast mood into the Nv
ing. working day. Worlds of energy
have been wasted by people worry
ing over evils that do not exist, or are
brought about by their " forebod'
ings.
This world never can hear toe
much of the gospel Of hope and cour'
age and high purpose. The people
who are pushing and pulling th'
world toward the light are not thos
who preach the fog n gloom tina
enshroud our doubtful boat on th'
sea Of life. hut those who give u'
near hope OF known land and a haNer
where we would be. Gould We i've
our prayers aud turn our COLDER
dreams into realities, did We weave
our longings into life and practice
what We preach, the level of practica
experience would be immeasuraoll
raised and every winter turn e
spring
But we can try to make this Worl'
the better Tor our living In IL, nn'
believe that we shall succeed whei
we Try; and ourselves shall be tn
. better for ;ho effort. such IN tn
positive way OF viewing life and IL
duties. To refrain from doing evi
:, important. b"t not nearly SO ian
portnnt ~ il Is That we shall do good
II has seemed 10 many serious
minded people In these latter day
that the moral foundations ~ tn
world are upheaving, that the bond
~ faith that once bound nations Ia
gcther are dissolving into faithless
ness. that we are rcvcrting to tn
DAYS when every member of the hu
man race stood In hRbitual fear q
violence. ana that civilization ma
again he compelled to build up h
, slow and painful degrees the safe de
4 lenses once thought to he permanent
BUT when we think Il over "
4, know that truth II the same toda
that IL WAS when Moses handed dow
the D%ecalogue written In the table
r Of stone by the finger OF God. Il
"A wholesome aud steadylng fact ia
us to contemplate that the com
mandmcntS, Thou shalt not cove'
thou shalt not steal; thou shal NO
KIN were not originally written %
"A scrap Of paper"
The world is still moving accord
ing Ia the plan of an inNinictbl
Providence. and whatsoever We d
in harmony with that plan must sue
coed; aud whatsoever g.. this worl
does not plumb with the throne d
God must fail.