La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1916-05-27

own selfish nature You suffer NOR
al auto poisoning. Our Lord fully
understood the viciousness OF this
selfish philosophy. He that will
save his life shall lose II. and he that
will lose his life for my sake" that is
in the accomplishment OF the great
purpose for which he came into the
world Shall save it" II is like
putting the little pittance OF money
We may have into some great guar
anteed enterprise where II is ALSO
lutely secure, and from which it will
be returned TO us by and by with gen
erous aCcumulations. God asks us
to invest our lives in His grea, en-
,erprise OF redeeming this sin-cursed
world He guarantees the security
of the Investment and insures ample
returns This is absolutely secure
"old line insurance. Have you a
policy
Viewing life as an opportunity. in
stead OF looking for the opportunities
OF life. does not mean that you shall
disregard any equipment for lies
service. II does not mean that you
shall refuse to hold commanding
position among your fellows. II
means that you shall share this good
with them. Such sharing will make
HES feast double sweet As Ten
nyson In the Holy Grail makes the
Lord say. He that feeds the poor
feeds three. himself. the poor and
me
The world has large budget of
unsolyed problems. They are special
challenge TO you who stand with Gag
er feet ON life's starting line. There is
still the unsolyed problem OF the re-
iatioH between capital and labor.
Capital would treat labor as a com
modify to be purchased at the lowest
market figure. The laborer demands
his rights as man. There is the sigh
OF the child OF the sweat shop and
the factories. robbed of the bliss of
childhood at the behest OF greedy
commerce Capital must be human
lied and humanity capitalized.
There are the slums OF our cities.
the Cesspools OF civilization. to be
cleaned. Just now. the world runs
red with the blood OF savage strife.
Something must be done to stop this
suicide OF civilization. To sum II all
up. there is the crying need OF the
world for the fuller blessings OF the
Christianity that alone saved (, from
complete wreck. In view OF such pro
gram there IS no need that any young
man or young woman should sit
down and weep. Alexander like. be
ca there are no more worlds to
conquer. The opportunities for
profitably investing life were new
er greater than they are today. II II
were permissible to envy any one. 1t
would be you. young men and wo-
men with so much to do. and so
much with which to do ii.
Permit me TO speak a word Of
warning against mistaken ideals of
success. on an occasion OF this kind
! once heard a preacher paint in won
derfully glowing coIors the possibili-
ties OF life. Hitch your wagon to a
star" Aim high" and so on. all of
which Is correct enough with GER
tain qualifications. The clear i'm
plieation of all that he said was thai,
unless those. whom he was address
ing. reached places OF transcending
eminenes. they were to be written
down a. failures. Success. as have
already intimated. is not to be meas
ured by the brillisncy of the lime
light in which you may pose. but by
the contribution you may make.
measured by the investment made In
you.
Such advice reminds me very WV
idly OF the visits We used to have oc-
casionally from the directors OF dis
trict No. I. These fathers OF the
community would drop In to see
How the teacher was age,ting
along" or course they always made
4 speech. the gist OF which was.
Mind your teacher and larn your
lessons and some day you viii be
presiden, of the United States" Ey.
cry mothers son Of US was certain
b. meant him. Most OF these ,ows-
ley headed. freckledfaced. wart-hand-
"a boys have succeeded. Tn. ma
iority OF them are successful farm
ers. The girls have succeeded also.
Most Of them 20, married and some
% them are grandmothers now. But
zone Of the crowd has ever gotten
within calling distance OF the Whit.