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

Life Is not a ditty, a song. piece
of ragtime. or play. II is serious
piece OF business. Its fullest JOY Is
In most completely meeting It's re-
sponsibilities. DO something worth
while and do IL as though II were
worth the doing. The Joy OF achieve
ment viii be yours.
Life may be glorious victory or
II may be dismal failure. That
depends on you. Others man con-
tribute TO your success. add to your
failure. but the responsibility OF the
issue rests on you. II you are de-
termined to succeed. no one can de-
feat you; and II you are unwilling to
pay the price OF persevering effort,
no one can boost you to success. Be
fore God. the responsibility is yours.
To your own master you stand or
fall.
The first essential OF victory Is
conquest OF self. Among the old
Greeks. the highest attainment was
considered to be knowledge OF self.
"Knw myself" Measured by the
Christian standard IL is Rule thy
self He that ruleth his spirit is
mirhtier than he that taketh a city"
Paul said. 1 keep my body under.
With many. the body is on top and
the mind and soul under. crushed
beneath the weight. How many
magnificently endowed men have
failed because they have not kept
the body under. Alexander conquer
ed the world. but died prematurely
because OF self indulgence Poor
old Bobby Burns. whom we all love.
sleeps In a drunkard's grave. Edgar
Allen Poe cut short his brilliant ca
reer with the wine cup. Lord Byron
at the age OF thirty-five bitterly sang
OF himself that Life was in the yell
low leaf The license that brillian-
cy claims. has frequently been its
downfall. II life is to be a success.
the higher powers must dominate
the lower: mind must rule body and
soul guide intellect. The command
ing power Of life must be from the
top down, not from the bottom up
Any habit that ensIayes is detri-
mental. II for no other reason than
It does enslaye The young man
welded to the cigarette Is its slave.
David Starr Jordan. OF Leland Stan
ford University has forecast the fu-
ture OF cigarette smoking young men
after this fashion: The young man
who smokes cigarettes need not wor-
~ about his future. he has none"
So far as real worth is concerned, he
is cipher with the rim rubbed out.
II there is any consolation in that
for the young sport that swaggers
about town making his nostrils
smoke stack for nicotine fumes. he
is welcome 10 II free OF charge. And
in the crime OF self defeat. he is no
worse offender than the woman. be
she young or old. who devotes the
principal energies OF her life 10 the
empty friyolities of an inane social
life, the index OF which L. the card
able. No life can be victory whose
major energies are not devoted to
things true and noble. things that
will live after We are through with
this life.
Partnership with the divine in
sures victory We are iaborers to-
gether with Cod" Every worker is
a partner with God. the junior part
ner II he follows the primitive oc-
cupation OF cultiyating the soil. God
furnishes the acres. supplies the sun
shine and the moisture. and gives
life TO the seed. II he Is manufac-
turer OF any OF the thousand and one
necessities or Injuries OF life. he
draws his material from Gods great
store house. II he propells his ma
sages over the sea. or calls Hello"
TO hts neighbor across ! continent. IL
Is because God has admitted him into
partnership In the use OF the wonder
full froces with which He has stored
the world, II he il moved with sym.
PATTY for the sufferings OF his fell
lows, {, Is because he has caught a
few notes from the great Messiah
OF Gods compassion for a sin blight
ed world. For where the evangic OF
the gospel has no, sounded forth its
note OF compassion. the groans OF
suffering and the signs OF sorrow
have not moved men to action on
behalf OF their fellows. The victory
OF humanity over inhumanity that
has made countless thousands
mourn" IL either directly or Indirect