South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-13

lnelIloNr lu the WOT4Q OF commerce
or other occupations: 10 enter upon
Ife
over In Highland Park. Detroit.
there is q factory which turns out
hundreds Of thousands Of automo-
biIcs every year. The have been
inspected and tested. They are
standardized. and are all after the
same pattern. Yet these may not
prove Of the same value when they
are put 20 the test Of real service.
But you are not machines You
have been taught 10 think In what
ever position you may be continue
20 exercise that power. Some Of
YOU may no longer have the teachers
90 place before you the problems and
ask YOU what result you frd. The
problems will be numerous that you
meet in life. and YOU must answer
them for and TO. yourselves. Think.
think well. and TO "A purpose.
But there ia more TO be consider
cd than tho meeting Of difficulties as
they come. Think on that which
SIS worth while. Set before you
something definite. unto which YOU
viii turn the powers OF your mind.
So long as God gives YOU the ability
10 reason. turn your thinking 20 tho
best account In the formation Of
ideals, and the consequent develop
mcut OF your own character.
Think then on these things. The
true. there is such thing as truth.
To is a precious thing. The world
cannot go on without it. The bust
ness world depends upon the fact
that there are men If truth. Some
must be trusted. II confidence be
lost. every tting goes 70 destruction.
How highly do YOU value true
friends? You depend upon them.
10 is not merely the friend in need; it
+ is the console BUSINESS that will be true
under all circumstances You have
I confidence in others. and they in
YOU. Be true o your country; loyal
under all circumstances. BE true
20 Cod. who is Himself The Truth.
/ II YOU think then on truth. you will
/ find an ideal of it growing in your
+ mind and your soul Will be strength
ened.
/ 1T is beyond question the tend
ency Of the times TO consider nothing
sacred or holy. Yet the safety OF
/ civilizat a. and the world depends
upon this. The government is de-
pendent upon respect to authority.
| The principle of loyalty. upon devo-
tion 10 the memory of the great and
good who have defended the people.
and made their sacrifices for the
welfare OF others Honor thy father
and thy mother. is strl the command
of Cod Honor. goodness and worth,
/ wherever it may be found.
just to All.
1--WE are so ready 20 judge our
fellows on insufficient evidence Do
not b hasty in allowing your prciu-
dice to control your actions, or pre-
vent your giving honor wherever 1t
is due Be just 10 all, and fair in
/ the expression Of your opinion.
''The things that are pure. lovely
and OF good report. Thinking on
these certainly are essential TO
8 blameIess lives. The purity Of
heart and mind; the graces Of char
acter, the consideration of others.
/ are essential TO true living. ana 10
/ happiness of society and must be
/ found IN the one who is to stand
before the Holy one az the last day.
Virtue is innocence which has
been tried and found true. The
trials and temptations encountered
and overcome. develop the strength
of the man, just as training and
struggle develop the muscles of the
body. These qualities are the ones
we hope 10 find in others. and the
ones they hope TO find in US.
Thinking on such principles and
virtues as these have helped TO form
the ideals of men. Upon these ideals
the character of the individual de-
Ponds As a man thinketh i'm his
heart so is he. A high ideal devel-
ops the strong and beautiful char