News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-06-26

to him. In his heart he knows the real
cause OF the failure. He knows that he him
SELF mas not been sinsere in his work.
lie knew hat he hi d been
preaching to his people ideals that he was
III hoWlse living up to himself Losing
control OF himself, he condemns his wife
Tor what she has made him. He condemns
hlmsel1 also as liar and hypocrite and a
| slave TO selfish ambition. He resolves that
even tho he might lose his wife's love and
ueVotlon' from that time on, he is going to
i've honestly 10 the sight of God. And
| from that moment life begins to look
| bright and he becomes not only master of
| himself but his strength gradually begins
TO nave effect upon his wife. Gradually
he wins her over to his high ideals and for
the first time there is real joy and happi-
ness in that family.
| My friends, remember that real success
and strength are not measured by the size
OF the purse but by the heart of the man.
GU ana know people of wealth; we en-
Wy them their riches; their opportunities
| TO travel and to purchase what thy desire
! Sometimes we find ourselves saying, ''Pd
| IKE to exchange places with that man."
| Listen! III the opportunity came would
we do 1t without considering the character
OF the man; without knowing the quality
of his heart?
have here in my hand a pearl handled
KNIFE Suppose one of you fellows happen
| to have knife wi, h plain wooden han
! die. Will you swap even? Why not? The
handle of my knife is of pearl, yours is
only of wood. My knife is a much better
| looking one than yours Why do you hes
| ltate? Oh! You want to see The blades,
you do not care about the handle. You
are right! 1t is the quality of the blade
ana not the handle that decides the value
| of knife.
Well, as you would judge knife, so
ought you to judge man. A rich man
without righteous heart is like a pearl
handled knife with tin blades.
So friends, whether rich or poor, a sue
! cess or failure in business, keep the heart
right with 7od. That will win for you
the great victory; it will give you strength
and make you masters of yourselves.
What though l live with the winners
Or perish with those who fall.
| Only the towards are sinners
Fighting the fight is all.
| Proud is my foe, he advances;
Snapped is my blade, o Lord.
| See the proud banners and lances,
On, spare me this stub of a sword.
More than half beaten but fearless,
Facing the storm and the night,
! Breathless and reeling but fearless
Here in the full of the fight,
l who bow not but before Thee,
Goa OF the hghtlng clan,
! Lifting my hands [ implore Thee
Give me the heart of man.
Finally | wish 10 say that when there is
any great task that is worthwhile and it
calls for strong men and women to do it,
| that call is sent out to the young. And
never in the history Of the world has God
given the young man and woman q
greater opportunity than today. Have
we stopped to realize the importance of
the day in which we are living Do we
realize that the world is being remade,
and do you realize that we have a tremen-
dous part to play in Ihe rebuilding? Do
you realize that the spirit in which we
enter upon this tremendous proposition,
will have an influence upon the whole
world for centuries to come? We are
living in the greatest age in history. And
it is the young people of today who have
the honor and the privilege to make this
new world what it ought to be. And the
young people cannot do it unless they are
strong, and unless their ideals are the
highest.
This great transformation is a task for
the young. The greatest blessings that
the world has ever known, have been per-
formed by the young. Perhaps the
A9d 70 wbem dfd God give
the task? Jesus Christ, q young man.
He revolutionized ethics and religion and
placed the worlds thinking on a much
higher plane. He realized that he could
not do it alone. Being in constant COM
munion with God he received aid from
above. He knew he could not succeed
without that. He also knew that he
would need men to help him and who were
those chosen ones? YOUNG MEN OF
STRENGTH
John, in writing his first epistle says,
81 write unto you little children because
your sins are forgiven you for his name
sake.
l write to you fathers because you have
known him that is from the beginning.
l write to you young people because
because We are strong, and the word of
God abideth in you"
Back in the early days of this country a
great task had to be accomplished that we
might become free nation. Back of that
task stood high ideals and if it was to
succeed it had to be done by strong hands. |
1t was the young who were given the |
honor OF founding nation of LIBERTY. !
A little over a half century ago the |
ideals of that nation were put to the test. |
Was this high ideal for which the |
founders of the nation fought and died to |
secure, to be matter of tradition or was |
it to live? The people cried, it shall |
live" 1t was a mighty task. And it |
did live. Because there were young folks |
of high and noble ideals ready to die that |
liberty might rule. And the young people |
of that day were given the honor of pre- |
serving the nation of LIBERTY AND |
And then today! The greatest day in |
the history of the world, we who are |
young are indeed blessed. With whom
would we change places? Little children? |
No! They are too young to understand. /
The rich? mol Wealth cannot buy the |
victory. The old? No! They have fought |
their good fight for nation In the days of
long ago. Oh, the glory and the honor
and the privilege which is ours-not to
FOUND a nation of liberty or to PRESERVE
a nation of liberty and democracy, but the
glory and honor and the privilege of
building WORLD in which ALL MEN
SHALL BE FREE.
And so the challenge comes to the young
and the strong. Are you ready to face
hat task and win? Are you prepared to |
90 out into the world TO BE and be wor-
Thy of being young men and young women
IN this great day in which it is an honor
md privilege to live?
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