The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-14
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS


In the multitude of words there
wanteth not sin. Prov. 1919.
1 will behave myself wisely in
perfect way. Psalm 1912
Learning to die is the secret of
of success. Strange this may sound:
Only as you are willing to die to all
things will you be able to live for all
things. Your death to many things
is victory to one
Many men spend their time study
ing how to take advantage of other
mems weakness. But astounding as
this may seem, men everywhere are
now saying, ''who takes advantage of
another's weakness is not a good citi-
zen." Never before in the history of
humanity is man beholding so fully
the Golden Rule in its relation to
humanity. 1t seems to be the guiding
star for all future hopes. Men are
saying it is only workable, it is
democratic, and any one who will
use it makes the finest and truest type
of an American. The world cannot
be truly democratized save by teach
ing and exempllfying the Golden
Rule.
AS l look down the long roads of
the cruel, bitter past, looking, then
behOlding the records made by blind,
stumbling man, it seems to me that
Want and Pain have been led by the
gods of Selfishness and Stupidity
Men have never been willing to learn
that real happiness can only come by
unselfiSh service.
Somtimes I stroll through a ceme-
terry and read what a stone cutter
has been forced to chisel. l am pur-
suaded money and motives forced
many lie to stare you and the COM
ing visitors in the face. You come to
a stone and read, Here lies an hon
est man." Your attention it attract
ed at once. You read the name, and
you remember character-you
know some of the shady deeds that
were done in the past, and conclude
epitaphs are very misleading. They
camOufage the future,
We harp upon the words of the
dreamy old poet ct might have been"
and often make ourselves sick at
heart by repeating them. When IN
der given circumstances a man does
his best, and it is safe to say he uses
his best judgment, no matter how
poor that judgment may have been,
then the Knight have BEEN philoso-
ply loses all of its meaning, and only
carries a tale of hopeless, helpless
woe.
What you think and do today be-
come tool with which you open the
mysteries of tomorrow
If you continually cling to and play
with the obvious dead past, as most
people do you will find when the new
awakening dawns upon you, you will
not be able to go far into the future.
My friend, you may not be zone
of the six best" sellers in your pro-
fession. Do not be discouraged
about that; for this zone of SIX
tabulating tests never gives you the
real merit of book or man. Usually
that formula zone of six' is used to
push book or man out of his natural
place. 1t has the clank of dollars
back of it.
When you read your morning pa
pers read the head lines, and dump
the dirty slush and crime into the
waste basket. To read it all is too
hard on soul-life.
When you let the incidental and
| the transient obscure your main
work of life you lose your bearings
and drift in all kinds of doubts. The
greatest task you have today is to
constantly keep your eyes on the
| Golden Rlue. In this worlds con-
fusion it becomes the ruling law OF
action. If you fail to use it, you viii
find that in ten years you will be
crushed. It is the heart of the new
democracy.
On last Sunday evening the Lin
coin Day program was given. Rep
resentative men from various parts Of
the state have on this occasion beer
invited TO deliver the message Thi:
year, Judge S. N. Hawks, assistant at.
torney Geenral was the orator.
large audience listened for more
than one hour to Mr.. Hawks. He
knew his theme. He, in a masterfu
way, took the spirit of Lincoln anC
used it to stir the hearts of the
great audience for present day ser
vice. Mr.. Hawks, is genial, master
full, logical and scholarly He is one
of the great men of our state. It i.
to be hoped that he will be our mex
State Attorney General.