South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
TODAY'S TALK
FIRSTS
b. George Matthew Adams


Before VIC can possibly understand life, we mus
first get into ourselves become daily discoveries
Of our d. dden resources.
And before intelligenty walk up TO God
and tell Him that to become living part
Of His pian we must frs. walk up 10 ourselves and
pledge honest allegiance.
It Is much more profitable to look first after ones
soul than ones fortune.
Tor what shall it profit a nan If he gain the whole
world and lose this soul Of his-in the thought Of
the Bible.
And how character stands high and dry and
grand against estate Of mere lands and moneyed
possessions
Before you possibly succeed, YOU must first
learn the simple principles on which success de-
pends-work honesty. enthusiasm loyalty love
Unselfshness.
II you have no belief in life, how can immortali-
ty have any appeal for you?
And If you have confidence in yourself. how
can you hope for the confidence Of others?
First become expert in the handling OF little
hings-efIc!ently-and then the big things will
loom before you and you will enter into them with
confident enthusiasm and full OF faith in eher ulti-
mate accom- plishment
First have love IN your own heart for others-and
the love of others for you win naturally follow.
Harbor clean thoughts and the entire world viii
look clean to you.
II you want to measure the life of building
first look over foundation.
Give first consideration 70 your health if you
would live long and well, and do much.
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the place-well when he's called and commanded
generally sounds if he ATTAINED dog that
had TO be handled roughly the theory that, give
him an inch, hell take mile.
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stern rebuke difficult for a grown-up to "sval-
Iow"-despite the callouses accumulated by the
sensibilties during years Of toll and contact with
the hostile pack that trying get the dol
lar we're after ourselves.
The boy fresh from home and just striking out
for himself has none Of these callouses HIS nature
is sensitive without insulation And making him the
target Of the unnecessary sharp work lack of con
sideration is about the lowest-down that the
called human being is guilty Of
When it comes to girls, a thousand times more So.
Maybe you remember, years ago. the heartaches
and spiritual injuries and disaFpointments that
were yours when you first began making your own
living Probably there were things that occasionally
brought a your eyes
If we all kept this memory fresh before us, the
boys who work today would get a better deal
Considering the harsh and thoughtless treatment
that most boys get on their jobs it's wonder thai
so many of them grow up brutal cynical and de-
nant toward their fellows.
You can tell how much Of real manhood there is
In a grown-up by the way he treats the boys who
work around him. And you spot the bully,
roughing the lads in a way he'd not have the cour-
age to try his size.
Another thing These boys now working with US,
and making mistakes due to inexperience Gas VIC
all did in turn,) the future leaders of the
world For all some Of us know our only claim to
greatness may be IN having worked with great
man of the future now a boy nervousy fumbling a.
his first job
A certain baggageman didn't realize this years ago
when he permanently injured train-boy's hearing
by boxing him on the for cluttering up the
baggage car with electrical apparatus The train
boy was Thomas A. Edison.