Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-18
Be Ready Always to Glue Reason
For the Hope that Is Within You

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he wants TO be n cabinet officer. Make
him that and he wants to be president
Make him president once and he wants 20
be president twice. Make him president
twice and he says no wants TO me presi-
dent a third time.
No, fame does not satisfy.
The most magnificent example OF tho
utter futility Of fame that I can find Is
that OF Lord Give The treatment OF Ad.
miral Dewey after the battle OF Manila
pales into insignificance beside the fate
OF General Give. His father wrote him
and said;
son. hurry horne; the nation Is In
transports of Joy over your success"
Give returned to England and Parlla-
ment elevated him to peerase and gave
him an annuity to e250,0OO sterling and
gave him vast old feudal estate,
Whenever General Give would appear
on the streets business would suspend
and they would all rush and stand with
uncovered heads TO do him honor. and
yet with an endless stream OF gold flow.
ing into his pockets from the excheuuer
Of England and with the applause Of the
people ringing in his ears. he climbed
into the garrett, seized a pistol and sent
bullet through his brain.
Fame1 No. sir; fame won't satisfy.
Fame won't feed your soul.
Personal charms will never win. No,
sir. And yet how many think that's all
there Isl
Lady Hamilton's charms and beauty
were proverbial. Lady aHmilton's smile
and charms did for Nelson what guns
OF France could not do. She nearly
wrecked two foreign dynasties OF Europe
by her smiles and charms.
Hapsburg in Austria and Italy! All
but time rolled on and the old satanic
driver whipped up his demoniac charges
OF habit, and with their iron hoofs they
cut their telltale marks upon her fore.
head. her cheeks and her chin and the
blOssomlnE almond tree was turned into
the snowdrifts of despair and the scor~
pSons Of passion held post mortems over
her rotting remains.
Years afterward woman walked into
butcher shop In Gala. France, TO buy
piece of meat for her dog, anu the
butchers wife said to her:
''You look Hike kind-hearted woman
who would be glad of the opport unity TO
purchase and give woman to eat for
herself any pAsce OF meat you might
consider good enough only for your dog.
There is woman upstairs dyins m
poverty, who would be thankful for It -
And the woman dying there was Lady
Hamilton. ct whose feet kings and duHcf
earls and princes had bowed. They had
fought for her smile. Her smile meant
success. Her frown meant defoR'.
o, no, personal charms won't do It.
Hope VIII stan he Far Away.
When the poet shiller was II boy he
would gaze at his native mountains and
wonder at their beauty. One day he
said:
those mountains. Some day when grow
old / will climb to the top and knock
at the door OF heaven. and when the
angel opens will peek In.
Schiller became a man. He climbed To
the top, and torn. bleeding and thirsty
he reached the top. He gazed at the
heaven above him. and heaven was just
as far away as possible.
You can climb the ladder OF fame
drink of the springs of pleasure. amass
and pile you wealth like King Coresus,
and after you have climbed to the great
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hope that youyr soul reaches after will
be just as far away as ever.
What will II profit man II ne gain
the whole world and lose his own soul7''
A few years ago the astronomers
thought they knew where they could dis
cover a new star. and the great tele-
scope of Yerkes observatory was used.
They turned the lens OF this ponderous
-. e.. s.tN -
verse and caught a faint glimpse OF the
new planet
And W hen / take this old book I look
beyond wealth and p leasure and fame
and get a glimpse OF heaven itself. l
shall be satisfied when I gave on His
likeness.
BE ready to give an answer TO every
one that Rsketh thee; a reason for the
hope that is within thee"
You take the opinion of a man on a
subject when he has s pent lifetime
in studying this subject. You take an
opinion on law from a lawyer and no,
from a blacksmith. Pou go to a doctor
for advice on medicine.
II can do this / ought to take what
God says, rather than what some 2
reacher or some blatant. whisky-soaked
skeptic says When you lie you send
for the p reacher and not some drunken
skeptic.
DOn't he in Doubt About Eternity.
BE ready always to give an answer
to everyone that seeketh three, a reason
for the hope that is within thee"
You cannot tell by church membership.
The saddest day a lot of people will ever
see will be the day when the trumpet OF
Gabriel will sound and they will stand
before God and He will say, Depart, l
never knew you" Although your name
is on the record.
You Trust Men, why Not GOdt
There are some fellows who think they
are on the way to hell when they are 90
close to heaven they can almost hear the
angels sing. And there are some who
think they are going to heaven who are
so near to hell they can almost smell the
sulphur fumes.
In business you readily take the word
OF a man who has had years OF expert
ence. Some years ago an insurance agent
wrote to me that my premium must be
paid by certain date. ! wrote him and
asked him 10 pay II and leave the receipt
for me 70 take up when l came back. He
wrote me that he had done SO.
When l appeared to take up the receipt
they said: We'll You must have had