The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-28
BUILDING
DISCUSSED BY RORER
AT KIWANIS SESSION

al MWANlO OEOOiUN
Character is that which determines
a mans destiny" declared DR.. Virgil
Il. Rorer. pastor of the Meridian
Street church of indianapolis, who ad
dressed the Kiwanis club Thursday.
Coo looks at the character in a man.
He does not judge him by the clothes
which he wears, nor does He judge
him by his wealth"
DR.. Rorer related the story of Hor-
ace Greeley's life Horace Greeley
worked hard and lived in simple
manner He apparently saved every
thing he made, except a few cents
each week on which to live. Greeley
laid aside $25 for a rainy day One
day position higher up was open in
the firm in which Greeley was en-
ployed. but the employer advanced
subordinate ahead of Greeley, merely
because the latter had shown signs
of being close hoarder of money.
Greeley wore but one suit of clothes
for several years, and it wore SO shiny
that he was called looking glass
1.-The truth of the situation came
out finally. Horace Greeley was saw
ing all he could and sending it to his
father out west to pay off mort
gage on his fathers property. The
employer saved Greeley's suit and
put it in glass case as reminder
of the great character which was rem
resented in that garment God looks
at the character in a man, and not at
The clothes which he wears. Char
acter is the greatest thing in two
worlds
Making Of Character.
Prof. James, of the physychologv
department of Harvard, once said,
AS the wheels of the wagon cuts the
rut in the roads, so do our acts cut
ruts in our life. The character of the
man will be imbedded into the soul
as his life continues
value, power and influence of life
depend upon what a man is in char
acter." DIR. Roren continued. Car
lyle labored all night on his manu-
script OF. the French revolution and
as the day was breaking, ne neared
the finish. After the precious paper
had been finished he retired A SER
want came through the room and
sought material with which to start
fire in the CRATE. Seeing the soiled
AdHuSCIIDI Oh the tdDlp, lile servant
proceeded to start the fire with it and
il was soon up the chimney in smoke.
Carlyle attempted to rewrite the
manuscript, but gave up the task III
despair But one day, Carlyle saw q
brick worker building up chimney
'on the building across the street He
could not see how the man could work
at such a firing task and whistle as
he did. An influence devedoDed from
the brick layer which instilled into
Carlyle the ambition to go on and re-
write the French revolution and he
did.
Live Worthy Life
$50 i've that your life will be worthy
Of universal imitation" DIR. Rorer urg-
ed further. Suppose that all men
we're as you. what about the charactef
Of the world? Everything which we
strive for in this world is dropped az
the grave except character When :,
man dies, it is often asked. how much
did he leave?' The reply would be
All that he had imagine how ter
rible that is. that man would leava
al that he had. HeAhad not even tax
en- with him character standing
1--WE reap as we have sown. Every
man will go to his own place I hold
IN eagle. worm, muskrat and a balloon
in my hand. let them CO. Each will
20 to its own place. The eagle will fly
to its abode. the worm to its hole, the
muskrat to its dwelling and the bal
loon TO the currents in the air. So will
4 man so TO his place.
"A multi-millionaire once sought tC
reward a superintendent who had beer
working for him for nearly % years
The superintendent built a house az
the millionaire had instructed him t.
DO But in the absence of the million
aire on an European trip. the superin
tendent substituted inferior materia
into the building in place of the best
IS has been the wish of his employer
The house was completed and wheI
the millionaire returned, he called th,
superintendent 10 him, handed him
brown envelope and stated that house
was his. 1t was bad night outsid,
and as the superintendent wendell hi
way homeward he said over and owe
10 himself Ny house, my house TAX
IT. live in it. l have cheated byself, no
my master
When we stand in the great whit
road. that is what God will say to us
Here is the house you have built: TAX
II and live in it. In conclusion | say
Build ii well what ere YOU do Bull
il straight, strong and high. Build
for the eye OF God"