Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-06-23

majestic ruins Of the Parthenon speak
Of a golden age long since gone; the
Roman Forum, worn by the footsteps
Of great statesmen is discovered 20
feet below the streets of modern
Rome; the once splendid empire OF
Karl the Great lies broken into frag-
ments on the map Of Civilization.
Why have they gone? They died not
upon the battlefield in conquest for
righteousness, neither did they pass
away i'm the midst Of program To
serve humanity, nor did they cease to
exist for the lack of men, but Tor
want Of manhood. The man of Wis
dom says, righteousness exalteth
nation He whose kingdom shall en-
dure forever established that king
dom i'm the hearts Of men. lie
who spoke as never man spoke
taught the power Of righteousness,
the peril Of selfishncss and the
strength Of brotherhood.
"Again | cali attention TO the fact
that worthy purpose will awaken the
latent powers of the soul. Why does
one man make clay into brick ana
another mould clay into beautiful
vase? 1t is because each has touched
| the clay with a different spirit OF
purpose. The great Lincoln is re-
nowned as the rail-splitter of the
Sangamon, but had he been satisfied
to remain rail splitter, par excel
lence. he would have continued I'M
known, but with the spirit of rail
splitter he excelled in service for his
country and became immortalized.
Overcome Handicaps
"No Individual can do everything
equally well, for in some things he
] will excel, while in others he will
fail. Success is largely due to your
liability to choose the best. The good
is sometimes the enemy Of the best,
why stop with the mediocre when it
is possible to attain the best. There
there are self-madc men. II you must
fail, fail successfully. Hawthorne
failed in business, but he gave us the
Scarlet Letter and the Marble Fawn;
Dickens failed as 4 solicitor, but out
Of his failure came the immortal
David Copperfield and Martin Chuz-
zlewitt. When a door slams shut be-
hind you enter the one God is opening
before you. The door Of unselfish
service is Gods door and it is never
closed, discover it and it is your OPP
portunity.
Be a good sport No, Not the
kind that shifts the hat to one side
Of the head and allows the highest
ambition to go up in smoke. q might
make this more literaD. A coach
Of college football team told me this
year, that he could not expect to win
anything with a team composed of
cigarette fiends. A good sport is a
his best, when he has lived his best. 4
good sport is one who is clean phys
good sport is one who is claen phys
ically, mentally and morally.
Lest | should leave the impression
that am partial to one class or to
one sex, again | say be a good sport
Not the kind that hides the fem
mine beauty Of the face in talcum
! powder and exposes the naked knee
TO the long suffering public. This
kind Of sport has already brought
down the wrath Of some city officials.
Aspire la Sacrisicial Service
"'Prescnt your bodies a living sac
rificc, wholly acceptable unto God
which is your reasonable service Tho
lowly task is not drudgery, neither is
it degrading.
This is tho day for the man who can
hive lowly lifc amid the strife
For the high place of honor and power,
While competitors strive hour by hour
To reach the laurols the top rung
OF the lonely ladder where fame is hung.
Why compete for the place where there's
room
For. only one to stand all alone?
Somewhere. some place in the world Of space
. Achievement awaits the slow in the race.
No need To mantle the soul in rlOom,
For at the bottom there's ever room.
reward * not always to- Inc Strong,
Whose triumph rs chocrcd by great throng
Honest effort in judgment prevails.
For reward to one who tries but fails,
Can never be counted a. naught-
As long as a noble aim is sought
No failure was Ger recorded Of men
/ Who truly strove for others To win
In the struggle 'painst sim doubt and gloom
On tho level with men there Is room
J Ia which TO labor. long over time.
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"Others have sacrificed that you
might succeed. All about you are CO.
p operative and friendly forces that
contribute to your success. You have
fallen heir TO all progress OF the
. past. Every century has saved It's
best for you. 1t has cost much. You
are living in the greatest age IN the
worlds history, in the greatest coun-
try on earth. You have much to live
for, the golden age lies not in the past
history of Greece or Rome but it pro
= iects itself far into the future.
Learn To Love
Love and you will succeed. / dc
not mean that frivolous kind of love
described by the young man who said
Love is an inward inexpressiveness
of an outward alloverishness." mean
the kind Of love that expresses itself
in way that it can be understood
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