El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-04

~ resolve TO be good. 10 have the
courage of your convictions, re-
Il quires as much heroisn as was
ever displayed upon the field Of battle,
amid the glitter Of cold Steel and tbs
rattle Of musketry.
When a man has 10 fight with pow
erty. with losses. with bad debts. with
bad habits. with disappOintmeEts. with
temptations. and still keeps his head
to the wind. battles on bravely, refuses
10 knock under. VOWS still TO trust il
cod and do the right. though he has
no epaulettes on his shoulder nor
medals on his breast. ne is as truly a
man and hero as though ne had
stormed a citadel
Would you make full assertion Of
your personal character?
Have faith in the significance OF
your life,s IL is an earnest, essential
vital affair
Life is mean only to him who makes
IL SO.
Comparatively few pepole know how
To- live The man who has no SySte IN
in his life who is regulated by no
definite principal and proposes TO him
self no great and honorable end, is not
likely 10 show "a satisfactory result
Even If you have done your BEST
you have fallen short Of perfection.
nut hau many do not even attempt 70
make something OF themselves
The present is yours the future -
iu sense yours the past is yours
also in SO far as IL may have moulded
the present and may be throwing its
momentum into the future. in all other
respects the past Is gone. the seal Ct
eternity Is on every word you have
uttered. every thought you have har-
bored and act you have done since the
moment you became d respouslb BILE be
ing How necessary therefore that " z
~ our knowledge into PRACTICAL ef-
One who had learned to appreciate
the value OF time exclaimed. Il have
lost a day But how shall il be with
you, standing on the verge Of your
mortal existence. II you Will be com
PEELED 70 eNclalm- II have lost a life
time I have thrown Il away. I have
missed its purpose I have mistaken its
meaning ] have missed its aim" And
when YOU remember that your life
might have risen to an honorable i'm
mortality, how the sadness Of the ruin
is augmented
When a human life utterly fails. a
life God made glorious an dsurrounded
with all that is magnificent in motion.
sublime in magnltude, and grand in
order and obedience such failure Is
NOT only q reprOach upon creation, out
upon God, who in man wrought his
uoblest work
Form az the outset OF your career
lue solemn purpose 20 make the most
and the best of the powers which
God has given YOU and turn to the
best possible account every outward
advantage within your reach
Let This invincible purpose carry
with il the assent OF your reason. the
judgment of your intellect and the
approval Of your conscience. embody-
ing within itself whatever is vehement
in desire. inspiring in hope. thrilling
in enthusiasm and intense in desperate
resolve
such plan Of life will guard you
against temptations, regulate your
recrea lions. hold your eyes waking as
you improve your leisure moments. jog
you a the appointed hour and summon
YOU 10 the cheerful duties OF your
chosen pursuit, lahorinE earnestly.
steadfastiy, confidently you viii become
famous for greatness Of some sort-the
world wiz wonder. admire. but you
won't be surprised-it is just what
YOU had a right 10 expect-wnat every
man may eNepect II he takes hold OF
life with a purpose