South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-17

OF the field and the fowl Of the air.
Imagination is the handspring
Of all progress Even material pro-
gress is the touch OF the magic wand.
A machine is "a dream hammered
into steam and steel II turns prose
into poetry. drudgery into pleasure.
and will become ultimately the tire
less toiler OF the human race.
Imagination can make you rich
and can make YOU wealthy For
tunes come from seeing things first.
Millionaires look a hundred years
ahead OF the mass.
But ] do not care To get rich.
I'd rather be wealthy, and there's
vast difference.
Wealth l. Mind.
Riches are things. wealth's
mind.
Riches take wings and fly away.
Wealth is treasures laid up in
heaven.
Riches are of the earth. earthly.
Wealth is Of the spirit. spiritual.
Riches last but a day Wealth
lasts an eternity. And there shall
come a dramatic time when YOU
shall be stripped of your riches as
if they were garments, and be sent
naked TO God i'm soul qualities only.
Wealth is health. hope. happi-
ness. character. conscience and con-
duct. All these are yours.
Take health. II consists largely
OF two things Sanitation of your
surroundings and sanitation of your
thoughts. We all believe in clean
clothes. but have we given due en-
phasis TO clean minds. 4 vicious.
sensual filthy Imagination is more
deadly than typhoid germs. for il
hath power 10 Kill both body and
soul
But searchlight without pow
erful engine back OF il IS worthless
is will power Will power is. the
power that will count the cost, pay
the price. put in the blood. and
hang on like the grip of a bull dog
Avoid Militarism.
This nation should sell a pork
and buy a bull dog. ] believe that
the country must prepare itself or
perish. But we must avoid militar-
ism. This old ship of state is today
sailing in most perilous waters. be
tween two whirlpools of death
Scylla and Charybdis. one is supine
defenseless. be-good -and-you1l-be-
happy. and the other is a maelstrom
of blood.
Il believe in program OF defense,
but not one OF offense However
much of the big noise that is being
made today about preparedness
comes from those who would make
the most money if the scheme goes
through. Much comes from those
who are out politically and want to
get back. Three things must come
TO pass before we can be prepared
even 10 defend ourselves.
we must knock private profits
out OF preparedness. We must re-
fuse 20 allow it 10 become mere
partisan scheme. and we must pull
the pork out Of politics.
Conscience makes towards of as
all. and will some day captain the
ship. Conscience can be chloform-
ed for while. but every crook
leaves track and conscience comes
out Of the closet like a skeleton.
The Man who Can takes his
bearings often for direction de-
termines destiny"
Here the speaker pointed out two
stars in the sky of destiny. Success
and progress. The success star
stands still, but the star Of progress
goes ahead. The great man follows
the flying goal always, while small
people succeed and then go 10 seed.
The tragedy of success was dra-
matically driven home in the speak
er's wonderful story Of The Chase
Of the Black Wolf" where an old
man spent a lifetime i'm the madden
ing chase. finally 10 catch the prize
of his heart but = lose his horse
and the faithful hounds and TO fall
and freeze 10 death as ne tried TO
find his way back home.