The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-31

"If every year we could root out one vice we
would sooner become perfect men," Impatience
is at the root Of many defeats. 1t is customary
nowadays to sheer at the virtue for which the
name of Job is synonymous. but those who say
that patience is the virtue of an ass or a beggar's
virtue are not so wise as the Spanish proverb-
maker, who said:
Patience! and shuttle the cards" Most people
shuttle the cards eagerly enough, but the patience
is lacking. Seeking to grasp the stars at a bound
they fall back to the earth.
And SO, IL people at The commencement Of a
New Year adjusted their desires in accordance
with their abilities, and instead of signing for the
unattainable made the very most OF the oppor-
tunities vouchsafed to them. one would hear less
of broken resolutions and wasted lives.
do the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knowest to be a duty said Carlyle. Thy
second duty will already have become clearer"
The Turning Of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out OF fash.
ion. On the last night of the year we no longer
sit down to review our past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than we have been in the
past. 1T is of no use making resolutions, l never
can keep them" is the plea that is usually prof
fered. This is a mistake, however. 1t is COM
mendable to resolve ian alarm clock helping one)
to get up half an hour earlier than usual in the
morning, even though 1t results-as, alas! 1t too
often does-in one getting up half an hour later.
1t is what one aspires to be that counts.
II people could live more in the present it
would help them enormously in the keeping of
good resolutions. So many people persist in be-
ing just a little ahead all the time.
Tomorrow they say, I'VE will REFORM" but
the tomorrow of their imaginings never dawns.
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination. Such wide
~ diverse people as Horace, the Latin poet who
fourished in IS B. c., and pushful persons who
UOur1Sl (eXceed1nP1vl at fha praoopf lay Ioir
issue in this particular.
Who begins, possesses half the deed" saya
Horace.
Dare to be wise; make a commencement"
D 1t now" Is the curt command of the mod.
en apostle OF Hustle" Again, Horace says, III
you are ignorant how to live Alright, give place
to those who have learned the lesson"
Get on or get out" says a manikin. following
IN more concentrated, If less courteous language
the same line of thought on a somewhat lower
plane. The one was concerned with the things
or the soul and the spirit; the other with worldly
advancement. lhere are some who contend that
the two cannot go together. but IL las has been
commended by many men of wisdom, what a mo-,
Is is or more importance than what he has II 20
well TO make spiritual advancement as the years
eo n.y. II we nave not made progress, we have
gone BACK. The soul never stands still. Time has
no terror for those who have learned wisdom
Pass thou, wild heart,
Wild heart of youth that still
Hast half a mind to STAY.
l grow too old a comrade.
Let us part,
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the follies and imuatr.,..
OF youth into old age. There is wisdom IN IA.
1ustlng oneself to time, to profit by past experi.
ences' and to acquire that sense of promotion
wh,cn refuses to magnify trifies into tragedies.
and to worry over the inevitable.