The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-02-24
oPPORTUN MITES

does not find work and opportunities
waiting for him. There is always
work and there are always tools
with which 10 work for those who
will All common things, each days
events that with the hour begin and
end our pleasures and our discon-
tents are rungs by which We may
ascend.
The world today is, you might say,
Just awakening 10 the fact that OPP
portunities are not 10 be waited for.
The small things come first. and are
then followed by greater ones. Great
Things are gained by intelligent and
patient preparing for them. But
the man who stands by the high
way Of life waiting for something
which he has not prepared % re-
ceive. hut for something which ac-
cident may throw in his way will
never be overtaken by fortune
And when fortune comes his way,
she will pass by without recognizing
him. because he is not prepared to
entertain her. Shall We. while in
school. do rs this man did or shall
we be- prepared Ia grasp the oppor-
tunitics "a they come and not allow
them 90 pass by on the other side,
UNDECIDED. unrecognized. because
~ our Indifference. laziness. coward
ice lack ~ energy and purpose.
We not only have many opportun-
tiles 81 lettering ourselves. as have
been seized by so many 81 our young
classmates in accepting Jesus Christ
as their True Friend and Savior. but
Of helping the other fellow. A most
blessed opportunity was taken adj
vantage 81 by great army Of people
during the last week. If we would
become great we must be constantly
reaching out and helping others.
\ small thing II is Ia help n fellow
friend become Christian and yet
how great. As the creation of thou
sands 81 forests is in one acre: so the
doing Of little things makes possible
great ones.
Opportunities are created by the
development NJ the power which
deals with them They come 20 us
as rule in proportion 90 our ability
To recognize and handle them. As
a rule the great opportunities on
which success turns come in al
unexpected times and ways. No one
knows inst when his opportunities
are coming. but we should be ready
Ia seize'them when they do come.
We doubt IL opportunities hunt us
M. We rather think they are made.
We should not wait for things that
merely come Ia us. The world is al
ways hunting for men Of ability and
character 10 MI places II responsible
lity. Water does not more naturally
seek its level than do the best men.
The Editor of Success Magazine in
speaking Of the opportunities Of the
century says-"The whole world is
expecting great changes in the ac-
tlvities Of trade. commerce. inven-
ton: politics will have a new basis:
agriculture will feel the impetus OF
a wider range Of foreign demand.
The stimulus Of competitor will give
greater attractiveness to labor and
which have been hitherto
neglected and the best Of young peo-
pie who are now cudgeling their wits
To find an open course 10 make
competent livelihood will find not
a gate closed across the path of him
who has conscientiously trained
his Head and his Hand and who has
made good use of those opportunities =
that he has had"
We Of today. fellow students. find
our careers beginning on the rim Of
n profoundly interesting period and
the golden loop Of splendid new
age lies before us cncircling such
possibilities Of stimulating diseOv-
cry, change, readjustments and en-
terprise throughout the many val
leys and communities from which
we come and that have been so sadly
neglected. Listen. young mountain
boys and girls, at the call from the
country home: from the country
school; from the country church;
and from the country public offices,
as never before presenting them
selves TO brave and earnest set OF
workers; for workers who know the
Held and the situation; for workers
who can feel the heart throbs OF the
people because through their veins
Irickle the same pure blood as ours;
Tor workers who are prepared and
trained TO react 10 the situations.
They are our people. they are our
hills and valleys and these are our