The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-08-10

say, but they live and their works do
follow them,
There are hundreds of thousands of
men in the world today, in an hum
BILE capacity, whose worth to society
is unknown outside the limits of their
narrow acquaintance. There are men
and women who by the righteousness
of their example, unknown to them
selves perhaps, who are teaching les
sons of justice, honesty, patriotism
and religion, whose worth is greater
to The world than that of the millions
of gold accumulated by men who are
the possessors of large fortunes.
From such as these comes the ma
terial from which society is ceme nted
and formed into a common whole and
held together by a spirit of confidence
of men in mankind. 1t is through
SUCH instrumentality that the chasm
between the fortunate and the unfor-
tunate is spanned and that makes for
the creation of a unity that gives
strength to nation or to a commun-
ity.
The press and the pulpit, the teach
er, and every class that has the ear
of The public can serve the world no
better than by impressing upon those
who hear them, that world peace
and world happiness, can come and
stay in no other way than through
the inspiration of confidence in the
minds and hearts of men in the righ:e
GUS less of mankind. Whatever tends
to inspire doubt as to the existence
of social justice, will have the effect
of creating strife and detracting from
the peace that is the product OF
brotherly kindness.
For our own beloved country, II
will be for our lasting good, once
when it may be conceded that there
are other things that are of greater
value to the race than the pursuit OF
the almighty dollar. 1t is well fol
men to make all they can honestly
to save all they can and to give all
they can. But the life devoted solely
to tie accumulation of wealth, backed
by purpose to put money in ones
purse without respect to honesty, will
prove a life that is worth little to its
poss ssor, and nothing to the country
the state or the community in which
such life is lived.
The worth of the individual lies in
large measure with the individual
The state may trust him and heap
honors upon his head, but that will
add nothing to his worth unless he
measures up to his opportunities.
prince can make a belted knight,
A marquis. duke and a that;
But an honest mans aboon his
might,
Guild faith he mamma IA that.
1t is the privilege of the individual
to live, and dying be soon forgotten;
it is also his privilege to so live that
when he is gone his works will go
on living through the years and the
centuries to come. 1t is every one S
privil ge to so bear the burdens and
wear The habilaments of duties done,
of work performed, as to leave in his
achievements, be they transformations,
or sci upon a hill so they cannot be
hid, that which will attest he has
not lived in vain. Titles do not mkae
honor. Riches do not make manly
worth. Fame not built upon justice
and righteousness, is ephermeral. Self
ishness is tyrant and q blot. Sor-.
didness is repulsive. Ambition may
lead to self-deception and snare.
Service is noble. Mankind are Gods
creatures; the individual who serves.
well the creatures of the Infinite.
serves their Creator. He who serves
well will be well served. 9is worth will
be measured by the extent and quail
ity of service and the spirit in which
it is rendered. The worth of a man
will, in the end, be based upon the
service he has rendered to the world
in which he has lived. And when he
is gone the memory of valuable SER
vice will be to him more lasting
than what may happen to
be the inscription upon the stone that
marks the spot where his dust has
been returned to the earth from
whence it came.