South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-01


is ching which belongs 10 the blood
and vision Of a man. We count time
not by figures on the dial plate or
calender. but By the heart throbs
he lives longest who lives best. There
Is always a place for the man with
youth and vision OF the future. II al
ways spells disaster for any man 70
be unable 20 adapt himself 10 the
times. How quickly our rulers. such
a. Kings, Cars. etc, are forgotten
they have passed away-they re-
fused 20 see the handwriting on the
wal--they refused TO look forward
II is Only little time until they
al VIII be gone and as soon as gone
they viii be forgotten.
When the Civil war was over, hun,
dreds OF that gallant army OF South
ern men lmIed back 10 their homes
helpless cripples. though their bod
les We're strong and without scar,
but the defeat OF their cause had
made them slaves OF discourage
ment and they went back 20 their
homes and petrihed while others
made their very defeat yield them
success. they had vision, they look
ed forward and not back. Generals
Gordan. Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee
were fine examples OF this type IL
has been the preachers misfortune
20 meet and TO know intimately some
men who at one time had been very
rich men and then by the turn OF
fortune had been reduced 10 poverty
and most miserable men were they.
Helpless and alone they stood ike
infants taking their first steps. They
had no power TO make circumstances
serve them, no matter what these
circumstances were II Is a very
hard thing for a man who has been
depending on his money 10 carry
him through life 10 find that his
money has taken wings in the night
and flown away. He cannot learn
that "a mans life CONSISTENT not
in the abundance of things he pos
setheth."
Religious dogma becomes many a
mans Sodom. He sits down and
sings that old hymn, IT'S the old
time religion, it was good enough
for Mother and is good enough for
me" Then he goes out and tries 10
live that old idea and finds that it
will not hold for this age. His.
Mother did not have to meet the
rroblems Of this modern day. and
hence her religion. good enough for
her day. Will not do for today. Each
generation must improve on the last.
The man who is not better than his
Father or Mother is not doing much
for the advancement OF the world
Improve or loose" is the law or
life. You must be better than the
preceding generation or you are in
the road.-you are Of no use to this
world. The message Of the new
world is Come up higher and high
err"
Perhaps one Of the hardest things
in our life today is TO catch gold
en- mean. II IS either Menasticism
or Pelf when neither is desirable.
To live in Sodom is to live in the
seen and temporal Too many lives
must be a continual feast or they
are dreary and dead. The time of re-
tirement is almost a lost art. We
need to mediate and 10 think and
% pray if we are 20 be men or vision
and power Men are leaving the
farm because they are attracted by
the cities Of Sodom, they like the
crowd. publicity, the serging life OF
a great city and here they die and
are forgotten. They thirst for the
flesh pots Of Egypt. They take not
into account the soul. They wander
in the wilderness of sin and failure
all their days and they die in dis
grace. Why not today return to the
Fathers house and catch vision OF
the possibility Of the man who looks
forward and with that forward look
goes on TO victory.
Look out and not in.
Look az and not down.
Look forward and not back,
Lend a hand