The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-04-12
EDUCATION AND PRINCIPLES OF
LIFE

Never before has there been such
demand for trained workers. The
world is constantly calling for train
ed workers. Every profession in
life wants those who have had train
ing. and real success demands that
one must be educated for his work.
II is not the lack Of opportunity to
get employment that confronts peo-
pie to-day, but the lack of efficiency.
There are opportunities open and
waiting for those who are Efficient
ly prepared.
What is your life? This question
will he asked you wherever you go.
II YOU go to New York where you
are stranger your life principles
and vocation follow you. ~ you
are merely n beggar the question
arises. what is your life?' The
principles Of your life follow you
and YOU are known merely as a
bcgyar. If you go to Chicago your
life principles follow you. II you
are lawyer YOU will ba known as
n lawyer and your success there
depends upon the kind of lawyer
YOU are.
You may go to Boston and the
question faces YOU. What is your
life?' II you are doctor YOU will
be known as a doctor. and the
principles you hold in life will de-
tcrminc your standard as a doctor.
You can not get away from the
standard Of your life. A life is as
great as its purpose is great. We
can not make success in life I'M
Ill We have dominant purpose. Life
then takes on a new purpose. We
can not live unto ourselves. Edu-
cation develops a standard. a prep
aration for life. How essential IL
j. then that We see To the needs OF
education, and when the will OF
God is made clear in our minds "be
obcdicnt to the Heavenly vision.
The great work Of the nineteenth
century was establishing the ma
chinery of education. We are
living in an advancing age. Every
child should be- trained as an indi-
vidual. Let boys and girls he
taught first what is necessary 10
ihafn for thn
duties Of life. Then if possible TO
gain as much Of the higher educa-
ton as will be Of utmost value.
Education should have reference
to the whole man. the head, heart,
and hand. Train these to work in
harmony. and when rightly con-
Quoted its effect is to make him a
complete creature Of his kind.
Strictly speaking. il covers the
whole area of life. II means all
that God asks of us. all we owe the
world or ourselves.
In this day with so many advan-
tages for an education ii is within
the reach Of all. even the most hum
BILE. Ignorance can not be excused.
For those who must spend most OF
their time at work. the night and
halliday schools have been pro-.
vided.
II one is made mp Of the right
principles. he will strive for an
education. He will see 10 il that
nothing prevents him from getting
an education. The great men OF our
country are educated men, and
many Of them came from very poor
homes. Abraham Lincoln is a very
true example Of what poor am
bilious youth may do il he has that
high ideal set before him for which
he is striving: but where is one to-
day that would have TO sit and read
by the flickcring light Of a pine
knot. The sentiments Of the fol-
lowing little poem are beautiful,
and worth remembering:
Heights by great men gained
and kept
Are not attained by sudden
flight,
But they, while their compan-
ions slept,
Were toiling upward through
the night"
The attaining Of an education is
not such a short easy way, II is
not on "nowery beds Of ease' that
we accomplish il, but il is gradual
and continued process. II begins at
birth and ends with death. II be-
gins in our homes with our parents
as first teachers.
How different is the life Of the
educated and the uneducated. The
uneducated lives within the bounds
Of his knowledge which is narrow.
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