The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-26
EVENING LAKELAND FLA SATURDAY APRIL 1918

boss, If you amt got any money whal
difference does it make On which side
Of the river you are on" / do moi
mean to discourage you from the
practice of economy. the making o.
money or the accumulation OF wealth
but do not make that your sole OF
chief aim in life.
You may expect to get out Of thii
world exactly what you put into It;
as you sow, so shall you reap. not only
in kind but in quantity, II you SOW bu,
little you may expect to reap but little
if you sow much and the right kind Of
seed, you may expect to reap rich
harvest.
My second text, were to take one
would be, seek the truth and live it,
Everything in life, animate or mani
mate has flourished and grown OF
crumbled and decayed to the same
proportion as 1t lived or conformed to
the truth. Man dies because of his
failure in the beginning to conform to
the, truth and the divine plan. The
great discoveries and inventions were
great only because they revealed a
truth. The power Of steam and cleo
tricity have existed since the begin.
ming of time, but it required the reve-
lation of great truth for us to know
OF them. The American continent
has been here since the foundation of
the world, but it required discovery
OF great truth before the world
knew it. Governments, peoples and
individuals have f1ourished, prospered
and gone forward in exactly the same
proportion as the lived and adhered
10 the truth and its eternal never
changing principles. Germany TODAY,
les PROSTATE and begging at the feet
If the allied powers because she re.
fused and failed to regard the trutf,
Ind the principles of truth, right and
Justice Our courts administer Justice
n the same degree as they ascertain
md apply the truth. There has
never been an age or time when the
world was more in need of true men
Ind true women than the present.
am not a pessimist or skeptic, but
sometimes fear for the future wei.
are of our land, for 1t sometimes
'eem that such men as Washington,
Jefferson, Adams, Patrick Henry and
'ther great statesmen, who sought for
Ind lived the truth, who put love OF
country above love of self, is no
more to be found. Yet on the other
land when think of the great sacri.
ices made by the true men and true
women during the late war, with no
ther aim or purpose than that jus-
ice, right and truth might prevail;
nd when truth was victorious over
II that would destroy her, l take new
ope and feel secure that you young
nen and women to whom will soon /,
e handed the affairs of state and ma
ion will keep alive the eternal prin-
iples of truth.
When you have found the truth live
!; what the world needs most today
n her legislative halls, at her coun.
II tables, in the field of journalism
nd letters, on the platform and in
he political arena is men and women
Tho are willing to die il need be for
ne principles of truth. Seek out the
ruth for yourself and then stand by !,
regardless Of who stands with or
gainst you. Have the courage of
our convictions. Do not be afraid
criticism or that you may not be
18th the majority, for its easy enough
, drift with the current, but It takes
manhood and courage to go
gainst the current of public opinion
r to be classed with the minority.
let nothing deter you from standing
Y and for the truth as God gives you
le power to discern the truth. Our
ountry leads all other nations today
ecause its founders and those who
anne after have ever stood for and
dhered to the principles of truth,
ad the courage of their convictions.
No doubt many of you would be
lrprised at the great mass of the
eople who today have no lasting ori
xed opinion of their own, who are
illing to go with the majority /
neither the majority is right or
rong, who will do a wrong because
,me one else does wrong, who
nly does right because it is the pop
lar thing to do. In politics, in relig.