The Washington herald., 1918-02-23

One is labelled "Retrospection" and
another, Memories"
Iaam's ass when he tried to kick
the rim of the milky way.
II you are not willing to deliber-
ately take the risk Of becoming
good-for-nothing sot, settle the
question at once and finally that
you will never take your first drink.
Not to do this is to have about half
decided that you will yield when
the temptation comes.
II you are not willing TO take the
risk of becoming social outcast.
decide as Joseph did long before
he reached Potiphar's house that
you will live a white life.
Some fathers are woefully def
cient Their sparker and gasoline
don't work together. They can't
make the grade. II every man lived
tight today no boy would go to hell
tomorrow.
Like Water on Ducks Back.
David's counsel to Solomon would
have been like water on a ducks back
If he hadn't lived it. Solomon knew
what his father meant by his fathers
life when he told him to be strong
and show himself q man.
To train boy in the way he should
go. go that way yourself. If you
want your boy to go to heaven. go
that way yourself. Every boy tries
to be like some man. Every man is
hero to some boy. Every man Is a
moral sign post on the highway of
life, pointing the way to heaven or
hell for some boy. Be a Christian
man to give your boy a chance.
The trouble is that we are trying TO
make a living and not a life. A
whiskey barrel is more dangerous
than a gun barrel We reach the
wrong conclusion because our vision
Is wrong. d.! = .''I
Don't be a moral tramp, afraid to
go to Gods bathhouse because He
viii turn the hose on you and clean
you up. t-....
You go into the halls of capital.
There they are blind to the rights of
labor blind to the gospel teachings.
You go into the halls of labor. And
they are blind to the rights OF capital,
blind to the fact that strikes and lock-
outs make COST to be paid by the
suffering of the laborer. They both
forget that only good is right, that
only by treating each other right are
they doing right.
Sees Goliath, E'MaIn Cheese,
with his sling, bing! and David
had Goliath on the ground. David
was the youngest of the brothers,
and had to herd sheep and wear his
brothers old clothes. Being the
youngest son, he got the hand-me-
downs. One day his father told him
to take some food to his older
brothers who were fighting the
Philistines in Saurs army. When
David got to the battlefield he saw
Goliath coming out.
David asked who's that big lob
,ster?' They told him That's Goliath,
the main cheese of the Philistines."
And they told him how strong he was.
David said "Are you fellows letting
that guy pull a bluff like that? Does
he think he can get away with that?
lie me at him"
Then King Saul sent his armor to
avid, and David got into it and felt
like fellow with a suit four sizes
too large for him. So he threw off the
armor, went down to the brook, pick
ed up four or five smooth little stones
and went out to get Goliath. When
Goliah saw him, he laughed: well.
who are you2" But David Just took
that sling, whirIed it around and
soaked him on the coca between the
lamps, and the giant went to the mat
and took the count. Then David took
the sword. chopped of Goliath's head
and the gang beat It." That's dress
ing Old Testament stories in twentieth
century language. so we can all get
next,
David never practiced any gumshoe
methods. The great men of the Bible
were made of the same stun that we
are. But they didn't wait for hot
/ temptation to draw them into evil.
The man today lets his manhood stay
buried under doubt and beer. Dig 1t
out. Manhood must sign its own dec
laration Of independence. fight it's own
revolutionary war before you can
celebrate your Fourth of July.
A Gettysburg I'm Every Life.
There's a Gettysburg in every
mans life which he has to fight.
Having oil or no oil in your lamp
is the difference between light and
darkness, between happiness and de-
spair.
If you are not willing to run the
risk of losing your soul, take the
only step that can make 1t safe by
taking Christ into your heart and
life at once. Join the church of
your choice and commit yourself to
a religious life.
II you do not want to deliberate
ly build your house on the sand,
where it is only a question of time
as to when destruction will come,
decide that you will never go in
bad company.
The man who lets the devil choose
his company for him will soon do
anything the devil wants him to
do.
Strive for seH-eontrol by forming
good habits before bad ones fasten
themselves upon you. A thread can
be broken. but! a; rope win hang
you. .,.
Before you get into the hopper
take a look at the grist that Is
coming out.
Before entering life of sin sit
down and have a talk with YOUR
self. Before going to sleep on the