El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-14
Self Reliance
Indispensable
To Obtain Success You Must Go
After II and Keep After II I'm
til You Catch Up and Put
Your Arms Around II.
BY MADISON c. PETERS.


it 50 that you put your arms around it.
When a man by his own unaided
effort. by his work. skill. courage. pa
thence. and sticltoitiveness is enabled
to seize this universally desired thing.
the world terms success. thoughtless
people mutter-"he was lucky" and
go on in their own old way. never
thinking that they, too. might bag
success by following the methods OF
the fellow who captured It
sible. engendered by the oxygen of
imagination and the carbon OF fancy,
the exhalations Of silly brains.
Initiate Examples.
We aften see self made men. men OF
achievement. men who have gained
heights TO which they aspired pointed
out as examples TO be initiated.
Every man is self made-the archi-
tect OF his own destiny
No man ever achieved anything
worthy without effort
Old Aesop's fable OF the lark and
her young, illustrate our thought. The
lark built her nest in a field Of corn.
the farmer and his sons came TO cut
the corn before her young were able
10 fly. The mother lark heard the
farmer talking to his boys-'Let US
put the job off for another day" may
be the neighbors will help US tomor-
row"
'Hoi hol" chuckied the lark. "chiI-
dren, were's safe-they're depending
upon their ueighbors."
The next morning. the nslghbors
didn't appear but the farmer was stili
hopeful OF their assistance. so the cut
ting OF the corn was postponed.
Safe for Another Day.
safe for another day" laughed the
old lark. they still depend on their
neighbors"
But the third morning her tune
changed when she heard the farmer
saying: Boys. we must do the Job
ourselves. We must depend on our own
strong arms, so let US set 20 IL"
Children. children" screamed the
mother lark in terror, get ready at
once. we must move for the farmer
and his sons are depending upon them
selves and the corn viii surely be cut
down"
Depend on yourself-that's the Sc
cret Of achievement.
Had NeiEhbOring Farms.
jerks and Robins held neighboring
farms OF equally good soil jerks
farm blossomed as the rose with pro-
ductiveness from good culture. while
that OF Robins was overrun with
weeds from neglect and a large part
Of Il lay failow. jerks was well to
do while Robins lived from hand TO
mouth. Wherefore the DISPARITY
jerks was industrious. was up early.
down late and depended upon HIS
own efforts. Robins was shiftless.
lazy and depended upon the neighbors
to help him. He was always wait
ing for something to turn up. while
jerks went and turned up something.
Robins was always expecting a visit
from Fate or fortune but jerks helped
himself out
So. there you re-self-reliance
means progress. achievement. realiza-
ton, It ever leads to the desired end,
TO the fullfillment OF endeavor and
the attainment OF the possible.
Self-confidence Is a fine quality. II
is strong on theory. but weak on
practice, whereas self-reliance is
wholly practical and when a theory
presents Itself it buckles down to
work It out.
self Reliance Final.
Self-confidence sees the possibill-
ties, but self-reliance works them
out to a realization
seIf-confidence looks on a block Of
marble. pictures the figure OF an
angel in the rough unshapely mass,
but self-reliance does more than
picture II in the imagination-it picks
up the chisels. knocks off the
corners, chips away until II brings
out the outlines anu LnE4 CHIPS On,
refines and polishes until the beauti-
full thing appears like a living being,
beEotten OF the cold marble. Self
confidence without self-reliance IS as
useless as a cooking recipe without
the Ingredients to carry out the IN
structions-
Depend on Efforts.
That man must depend upon his
own efforts is a divine law In the be-
ginning the fiat went forth-''Thou
shalt earn thy bread in the sweat Of
thy face" God made man to work out
his own salvation. He gave him a body
animated with a spirit, two feet e
work with. two eyes to see, two ears
to hear and other physical attributes
70 carry out the end in view.
So a man must work out his owl
destiny and live his own life. no other
can do il for him. Every man mus
is an individual problem that eaef
man must solve.
In spiritual as in worldly activity
there must be self reliance. Ever
Christianity is merely a speculation II
morals, a theory of salvation until Il
is proved and demonstrated by living
a life in harmony with it. according L
the laws OF morality.
Work Out Salvation.
You must work out your own sal
walton. that is the universal. mex
orable law OF time and eternity. Some
leave the working out Of their saliva.
ton 10 others, to preachers ant
prayers, they would storm heaven BY
the intercession Of others. No, every
tub must stand on its own bottom.
All the prayers Of all the preacher;
in the world won't get you from
seat in the Celestial Gallery to lister
to the Golden Harp orchestra and the
Cherubim and Seraphin bands. You
must purchase the ticket yourself BY
paying for IL with good deeds. with
the record Of a life Of virtue, honor
honesty in which you have rendered
to Caesar the things that are Caesar
and 10 God the things that are Gods
The lesson to learn from this is that
salvation in whatever form. throws
the man ever on his own reliance.
You are not mere passenger ir
the salvation car. you are the engineer
and the train you have in charge are
your life deeds.
To get the best. the greatest. al
that is divine out OF life you must live
your life in accordance with the divine
and eternal plan. Otherwise life In
stead OF a blessing viii be a curse
instead Of a glorious success II viii
be a dismal failure.
Success or failure depends upor
yourself. II you achieve the formel
you can thank yourself. if you merit
the latter you will have yourself e
blame. God gives you the opportunity
and that's enough. Thank Him fol
| that
| Life Is a series OF opportunities FOL
good and evil as We improve them
Know myself" was inscribed OF
l the old oracle at Delphos and II en-
bodied the wisdom OF the ancients-
Discover Your Weakness.
] Discover your own weakness. INT