,stepping ,stones to ,manhood ,illustration3 ,william ,p4 ,pearce ,,stepping ,,stones ,,to ,,manhood ,a ,,book of ,,inspiration for ,,boys and ,,young ,,men ,by ,,william ,p4 ,,pearce ,,author ,,of 8,,the ,,master',s ,,greatest ,,monosyllables10 8,,the ,,tabernacle10 8,,the ,,master',s ,,love10 ,,etc41 ,,etc4 ,illustration3 ,logo ,,philadelphia3 ,,harper ,,brother ,,company #aijc ,,copyright1 #aijc1 ,,by ,,harper ,,brother ,,company4 ,linotyped and ,printed by ,harper ,brother ,company ,,to ,,wesley ,p4 ,,pearce ,,my ,,son ,,who ,,affords ,,me ,,much ,,comfort ,,in ,,these ,,his ,,boyhood ,,days ,,and ,,to ,,the ,,boys ,,of ,,this ,,great ,,nation ,,this ,,work ,,is ,,lovingly ,,dedicated4 ,,contents4 ,,part ,i4--,,relation ,,to ,,self4 ,,chapter4 ,,page4 #a4 ,,be ,,neat4 #ae #b4 ,,be ,,polite4 #bc #c4 ,,be ,,truthful4 #cc #d4 ,,be ,,choice ,,of ,,language4 #de #e4 ,,be ,,ambitious4 #ee #f4 ,,be ,,industrious4 #fg #g4 ,,be ,,studious4 #gi #h4 ,,be ,,temperate4 #ic #i4 ,,be ,,free ,,of ,,the ,,weed4 #ajc #aj4 ,,be ,,persevering4 #aae ,,part ,,ii4--,,relation ,,to ,,others4 ,,chapter4 ,,page4 #aa4 ,,be ,,dutiful4 #aca #ab4 ,,be ,,honest4 #ada #ac4 ,,be ,,just4 #aea #ad4 ,,be ,,kind4 #aei #ae4 ,,be ,,generous4 #aga #af4 ,,be ,,careful ,,of ,,your ,,company4 #aha #ag4 ,,be ,,cautious ,,of ,,baneful ,,amusements4 #aia #ah4 ,,be ,,chary ,,of ,,bad ,,books4 #bja #ai4 ,,be ,,attentive ,,to ,,details4 #bac #bj4 ,,be ,,patriotic4 #bbe ,,part ,,iii4--,,relation ,,to ,,god4 ,,chapter4 ,,page4 #ba4 ,,be ,a ,,christian4 #bci #bb4 ,,be ,,prayerful4 #bdi #bc4 ,,be ,a ,,bible ,,student4 #bfa #bd4 ,,be ,a ,,sabbath ,,observer4 #bge #be4 ,,be ,a ,,church ,,member4 #bhg #bf4 ,,be ,a ,,worker ,,for ,,jesus4 #bii #bg4 ,,be ,a ,,witness ,,for ,,jesus4 #cji #bh4 ,,be ,,loving4 #cai #bi4 ,,be ,,hopeful4 #cbi #cj4 ,,be ,,faithful4 #cci ,,list ,,of ,,those ,,who ,,have ,,written ,,introductions ,,to ,,chapters4 ,,chapter4 #a4 ,,robert ,j4 ,,burdette4 ,one of ,america's moral humorists4 #b4 ,,adolph ,,sutro4 ,former mayor of ,san ,francisco4 #c4 ,,joshua ,,levering4 ,a noted ,christian business man4 #d4 ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard4 ,general during the ,civil ,war4 #e4 ,,booker ,t4 ,,washington4 ,the foremost colored educator and orator of the day4 #f4 ,j4 ,t4 ,,rich4 ,a beloved ,governor of ,michigan4 #g4 ,,george ,s4 ,,cull4 ,the author's instructor during boyhood4 #h4 ,,george ,w4 ,,bain4 ,colonel in the ,civil ,war1 and a temperance orator4 #i4 ,,asa ,,clark1 ,m4 ,d4 ,supt4 ,state ,insane ,asylum1 ,stockton1 ,california4 #aj4 ,,marshall ,,field4 ,one of ,chicago's most honored and prosperous business men4 #aa4 ,t4 ,t4 ,,geer4 ,governor of ,oregon4 #ab4 ,f4 ,w4 ,,warren4 ,member of the ,united ,states ,senate4 #ac4 ,,aaron ,s4 ,,zook4 ,a widely known lawyer and lecturer4 #ad4 ,,george ,t4 ,,angell4 ,president and founder of the ,american ,humane ,educational ,society4 #ae4 ,,thomas ,j4 ,,morgan4 ,general in ,civil ,war1 ,commissioner of ,indian affairs under ,president ,harrison4 #af4 ,,neal ,,dow4 ,former ,governor of ,maine4 ,the 8,grand ,old ,man0 of temperance4 #ag4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,hadley4 ,colonel in ,civil ,war4 ,general of the ,inter-,state ,blue ,ribbon ,army4 #ah4 ,,anthony ,,comstock4 ,secretary of the ,new ,york ,society for the ,suppression of ,vice4 #ai4 ,,lyman ,j4 ,,gage4 ,a prominent banker and a member of ,president ,mc,kinley's cabinet4 #bj4 ,,john ,,clark ,,ridpath4 ,historian of the ,united ,states4 #ba4 ,,samuel ,,fallows4 ,bishop ,reformed ,episcopal ,church4 #bb4 ,,george ,c4 ,,lorimer4 ,minister1 author and lecturer4 #bc4 ,,james ,h4 ,,brookes4 ,an able ,bible expositor and writer4 #bd4 ,,wilbur ,f4 ,,crafts4 ,a noted defender of the ,lord's ,day4 #be4 ,,wayland ,,hoyt4 ,a writer and preacher of prominence4 #bf4 ,c4 ,c4 ,,mccabe4 ,bishop of the ,m4 ,e4 ,church4 #bg4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,warren4 ,an eminent clergyman4 #bh4 ,,warren ,,randolph4 ,a minister of prominence4 #bi4 ,h4 ,l4 ,,hastings4 ,editor and preacher4 #cj4 ,,opie ,,rodway4 ,evangelist to whom the author owes much4 ,,preface4 ,boyhood is one of the happiest periods of life4 8,ye little know10 said ,robert ,burns1 8the ill ye court when manhood is your wish40 ,taking a look backward ,lord ,byron cried1 8,ah1 happy years once more1 who would not be a boy80 ,thomas ,moore says1 in his beautiful poem3 8,oft in the ,stilly ,night30 8,the smiles1 the tears of boyhood's years1 ,the words of love then spoken2 ,the eyes that shone now dimmed and gone1 ,the cheerful hearts now broken6 8,thus in the stilly night ,ere slumber's chain has bound me1 ,sad mem'ry brings the light ,of other days around me40 8,there is no boy so poor10 said ,phillips ,brooks1 8so ignorant1 so outcast1 that ,i do not stand in awe before him40 8,i feel a profounder reverence for a boy than a man10 said ,president ,garfield4 8,i never meet a ragged boy on the street without feeling that ,i owe him a salute1 for ,i know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat40 8,why1 bless me6 ,is that the boy who did so gallantly in those two battles80 asked ,president ,lincoln as a lad from the gunboat ,ottawa was introduced to him4 8,why1 ,i feel as though ,i should take off my hat to him1 and not he to me40 8,get out of my way6 ,what are you good for anyhow80 asked a cross man to a lad who happened to be standing in his way4 ,the boy replied1 8,they make men out of such things as ,i am40 ,how true4 ,that dirty boy taken by a philanthropist in ,new ,orleans1 only for the reason that he was an orphan1 became ,sir ,henry ,m4 ,stanley1 who found ,livingstone and opened ,africa4 ,about fifty years ago1 when ,new ,york ,city sought to aid her homeless children1 an agent called on ,judge ,john ,green1 of ,tixston1 ,indiana1 to inquire if he would take a boy4 ,mr4 ,green said1 8,i will1 if you will bring me the raggedest1 dirtiest and ugliest one of the lot40 ,a boy by the name of ,john ,brady more than filled the bill4 ,he was accepted1 educated and became a missionary to ,alaska4 ,so suitable a man was he for commissioner of that unexplored land of wealth1 that ,president ,harrison appointed him governor4 ,who can value the worth of a boy8 ,like ,moses1 ,luther1 or ,lincoln1 he might rise to bless a nation4 ,boyhood is the blossom that ripens into manhood4 ,it is the formative period of one's character4 ,said ,lord ,collingwood to a young friend1 8,you must establish a character before you are twenty-five that will serve you all life40 ,the building of such is the greatest earthly task1 and he is the greatest man 8who chooses right with the most invincible resolution1 who resists the sorest temptation from within and without1 who is most fearless under menaces and frowns1 whose reliance on truth1 on virtue1 and on ,god1 is most unfaltering40 ,to aid in the growth of such is this work written4 ,it is hoped that it will be transformed into an epitome1 a registry of the reader's own life--a compilation and condensation of the best things he shall finally leave to those who survive him4 ,for it should --8to one of these four ends conduce1 ,for wisdom1 piety1 delight or use40 ,incorporated herein are the best things of many books2 the thoughts of noble men which by the power of a just appreciation and of a retentive memory may be made one's own4 ,of those who have written introductions to this work1 some have since retired from their official positions1 and some are dead4 ,the stories gathered from many sources illustrate great principles1 which1 if carefully heeded will conduce to a happy and manly life2 for --8,he most lives ,who thinks most1 feels the noblest1 acts the best40 ,illustration3 ,yours truly4 ,william ,p4 ,pearce4' ,success ,maxims #a4 ,have a definite aim4 #b4 ,go straight for it4 #c4 ,master all details4 #d4 ,always know more than you are expected to know4 #e4 ,remember that difficulties are only made to be overcome4 #f4 ,treat failures as stepping stones to further effort4 #g4 ,never put your hand out farther than you can draw it back4 #h4 ,at times be bold2 always be prudent4 #i4 ,the minority often beats the majority in the end4 #aj4 ,make good use of other men's brains4 #aa4 ,listen well1 answer cautiously1 decide promptly4 #ab4 ,preserve1 by all means in your power1 8a sound mind in a sound body40 ,,part ,i ,relation to ,self ,,chapter ,i ,be ,neat ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,i ,,by ,,robert ,j4 ,,burdette ,you can make yourself look an inch taller by neat1 well-fitting dress4 ,you can actually make yourself taller by an erect1 manly carriage4 ,slovenliness is contagious4 ,it communicates itself from the dress to the character4 ,the boy who slouches and slumps in figure and gait1 is dangerously apt to slump morally4 ,the dust and grime on your clothes is liable to get into your brain4 ,the dirt under your finger-nails is likely to work into your thoughts4 ,grease spots down the front of your coat will destroy self-respect almost as quickly as a habit of lying4 ,tidiness is one of the cheapest luxuries in the world4 ,it is also one of the most comfortable4 ,when you know1 when you are 8dead sure0 that you are just right--8perfectly correct0--from hat to shoe-tie1 the ,king of ,england couldn't stare you out of countenance2 he couldn't embarrass you1 and1 he wouldn't if he could4 ,illustration3 yours ,sincerely1 ,robert ,j4 ,burdette ,,chapter ,i ,,be ,,neat ,a high column was to be built4 ,the workmen were engaged1 and all went to work with a will4 ,in laying a corner1 one brick was set a trifle out of line4 ,this was unnoticed1 and as each course of bricks was kept in line with those already laid1 the tower was not built exactly erect4 ,after being carried up about fifty feet1 there was a tremendous crash4 ,the building had fallen1 burying the men in the ruins4 ,all the previous work was now lost1 the material wasted1 and several valuable lives sacrificed1 all through the misplacement of one brick at the start4 ,the workman at fault little thought what mischief he was making for the future4 ,it is so with the boy1 building character4 ,he must be careful in laying the foundation4 ,just so far as he governs1 guards and trains himself1 just so far will he succeed or fail in the estimation of others4 ,tennyson wisely wrote3 8,self-reverence1 self-knowledge1 self-control1 ,these three alone lead life to sovereign power40 ,,american ,,boys4 ,never in the history of any people did boys have so much in their favor to assist them in reaching the pinnacle of success as ,american boys4 ,back of them is an ancestry of the best blood of the leading nations of the world1 an ancestry noted for persistence1 reverence1 piety and patriotism4 ,the educational institutions of the land have 8turned out0 thousands of young men who have beaten their pathway upward in spite of adverse circumstances1 all of which seems to say to the boy to-day1 8,there's room at the top in whatever profession you may follow40 ,a good beginning is the most necessary thing1 for 8it is half the battle40 ,in any race a man can well afford to miss applause at the starting-line1 if he gets it at the goal4 ,a slow but determined start is not incompatible with a swift conclusion4 ,experienced mountain-climbers seem almost lazy1 so calmly do they put one foot in front of the other2 but they stand well-breathed on the summit1 while their comrades are panting at the halfway station4 ,one must not swerve to the right or left1 but1 setting his face toward duty1 like ,marcus ,curtius who rode to death in the ,roman ,forum1 he must push forward1 with an honest ambition to reach the goal of success4 ,it is not always the boy of aristocratic birth1 wealthy parentage or social standing that wins the world's laurels1 but usually those boys who are unfortunately situated1 who hew their way in the world instead of having it laid out and smoothed for them4 ,one of our ,presidents1 when asked what was his coat-of-arms1 remembering that he had been a chopper of wood in his youth1 replied1 8,a pair of shirt-sleeves40 ,lord ,tenterden was proud to point out to his son the shop in which his father had shaved for a penny4 ,a ,french doctor once taunted ,flechier1 bishop of ,nimes1 who had been a tallow-chandler in his youth1 with the meanness of his origin1 to which ,flechier replied1 8,if you had been born in the same condition that ,i was1 you would still have been a maker of candles40 ,where is the boy with nobility of soul and purpose1 who1 though poor1 is not tidy2 who1 being of humble origin1 is not industrious2 who1 ridiculed by others1 is not kind2 and who1 cramped by circumstances1 is not heroic8 ,that boy will rise to honor and fill an important place in life4 ,he1 like other boys of this country1 may be a star rather than a flashing meteor in the realm of society4 ,,aspiring ,,boys4 ,from a farm to the ,presidential chair seems a long distance1 but ,abraham ,lincoln traveled it1 and left behind him a name and reputation never to die4 ,andrew ,johnson began life as a tailor and subsequently rose to be the chief officer of the nation4 ,george ,peabody was an apprentice in a country store1 and ended as a millionaire philanthropist4 ,cyrus ,w4 ,field was in early life a clerk1 but the world is indebted to him for the successful completion of the ,atlantic cable4 ,samuel ,f4 ,b4 ,morse1 from an artist1 became the inventor of the electric telegraph4 ,charles ,dickens1 the great novelist1 began life as a newspaper reporter4 ,levi ,p4 ,morton was a clerk1 ,john ,wanamaker a messenger-boy1 ,lyman ,j4 ,gage a night-watchman and ,james ,whitcomb ,riley a wandering sign-painter4 ,the record1 instead of being in the tens1 could be increased to thousands of statesmen1 governors1 generals1 business and professional men who have risen from the farm1 the shop1 the store1 to important offices within the nation's gift4 ,there is no reason why a boy cannot make his way in the world4 ,he may not be ,president1 or banker1 or lawyer1 but he can fill an honorable position4 ,he may be a master mechanic1 a model business man1 a useful educator1 if he is willing to begin at the lowest round in the ladder1 namely1 neatness4 ,boys are men of a smaller growth1 and if they fail to cultivate self-respect1 it means the blighting of manhood1 the ostracism of society1 and the closing of the gate of opportunities to success4 ,self-respect is a robe with which every boy should clothe himself4 ,it lies at the root of all virtues4 ,it begets a stability of character1 is the sentinel of the soul as the eyelid of the eye1 and the corner-stone of all virtues4 ,,neatness ,,shows ,,itself ,,by ,,cleanliness4 ,there is no need in this day and country for a boy to go around with dirty face and hands4 ,it is injurious to health1 unbecoming and repulsive to any self-respecting person4 ,on the other hand from 8,the body's purity1 the mind ,receives a secret1 sympathetic aid40 ,when ,isaac ,hopper1 the ,quaker1 met a boy with dirty face or hands1 he would stop him1 and inquire if he ever studied chemistry4 ,the boy1 with a wondering stare1 would answer1 8,no40 8,well then1 ,i will teach thee how to perform a curious chemical experiment4 ,go home1 take a piece of soap1 put it in water1 and rub briskly on thy hands and face4 ,thou hast no idea what a beautiful froth it will make1 and how much whiter thy skin will be4 ,that's a chemical experiment2 ,i advise thee to try it40 ,there is great virtue in soap and water vigorously applied1 which doubtless gave rise to the old adage1 8,cleanliness is next to godliness10 for virtue never dwells long with filth4 ,an eminent man said1 8,i believe there never was a person scrupulously attentive to cleanliness who was a consummate villain40 ,the singing birds are remarkable for the neatness and cleanliness of their plumage4 ,the gay and cheerful animals of the fields avoid filth1 and are usually of a clean appearance4 ,the beauty and fragrance of the flowers owe all to this characteristic1 and so also does the boy who is bright1 intelligent1 moral and ambitious4 ,you will not find his finger nails long1 but carefully trimmed and devoid of dirt1 his ears and neck will be spotless1 and his teeth clean and white like 8drops of snow in banks of pretty pink roses40 ,,neatness ,,in ,,dress4 ,self-respect will also show itself in neatness of dress4 8,it has10 says ,barrington1 8a moral effect upon the conduct of mankind4 ,let any gentleman find himself with dirty boots1 soiled neck-cloth1 and a general negligence of dress1 he will1 in all probability1 find a corresponding disposition by negligence of address40 ,to be tidy does not mean to have costly attire4 ,it is no mark of neatness for a boy to deck his fingers with rings1 to sport a gold-headed cane1 to wear flashy neck-wear1 to have a bouquet of flowers on the lapel of his coat1 for while these are not unbecoming in themselves1 they give the impression of that sin which overthrew the angels1 pride4 ,dean ,swift was an enemy of extravagance in dress1 and particularly of that destructive ostentation in the middle classes1 which led them to make an appearance above their condition in life4 ,of his mode of reproving this folly in those persons for whom he had an esteem1 the following instance has been recorded3 ,when ,george ,faulkner1 the printer1 returned from ,london1 where he had been soliciting subscriptions for his edition of the ,dean's works1 he went to pay his respects to him1 dressed in a lace waistcoat1 a big wig and other fopperies4 ,swift received him with the same ceremonies as if he had been a stranger4 8,and pray1 sir10 said he1 8what can be your commands with me80 8,i thought it was my duty1 sir10 replied ,george1 8to wait on you immediately on my arrival from ,london40 8,pray1 sir1 who are you80 8,george ,faulkner1 the printer1 sir40 8,you1 ,george the printer6 why1 you are the most impudent barefaced scoundrel of an impostor ,i have ever met6 ,george ,faulkner is a plain sober citizen1 and would never trick himself out in lace and other fopperies4 ,get you gone1 you rascal1 ,i will immediately send you to the house of correction40 ,away went ,george as fast as he could1 and having changed his dress he returned to the deanery1 where he was received with the greatest cordiality4 8,my friend ,george10 said the ,dean1 8,i am glad to see you returned safe from ,london4 ,why1 there has been an impudent fellow just with me dressed in lace waistcoat1 and he would fain pass himself off for you1 but ,i soon sent him away with a flea in his ear40 ,dress is certainly an index to the mind4 ,it shows the spirit and internal quality of the soul1 and 8there cannot be a more evident gross manifestation of a poor1 degenerate breeding1 than a rude1 unpolished1 disordered and slovenly outside40 ,the boy that does not polish his shoes1 comb his hair1 brush his clothes1 is in all probability morally affected4 ,to consider such things matters of small importance is a grave mistake1 for they often prove to be hinges on which the doors of opportunity swing4 ,,the ,,boy',s ,,recommendation4 ,said a friend to a business man on coming into the office1 8,i should like to know on what ground you selected that boy1 who had not a single recommendation40 8,you are mistaken10 said the gentleman1 8he had a great many4 ,he wiped his feet when he came in and closed the door after him1 showing that he was careful2 he gave his seat instantly to that lame old man1 showing that he was thoughtful2 he took off his cap when he came in1 and answered my questions promptly1 showing that he was gentlemanly2 he waited quietly for his turn1 instead of pushing and crowding1 showing that he was honorable and orderly4 ,when ,i talked to him ,i noticed that his clothes were brushed1 his hair in order1 and when he wrote his name1 ,i noticed that his finger-nails were clean4 ,don't you call those things letters of recommendation8 ,i do1 and ,i would give more for what ,i can tell about a boy by using my eyes ten minutes than all the letters he can bring me40 ,be neat and clean in appearance1 and not less so in habit4 ,at home never throw your hat in one chair and your coat in another4 ,have a place for everything and put everything in its place4 ,in school or at work let the same principle govern you1 for 8what is worth doing is worth doing well40 ,the boys now wanted are 8,boys of neatness1 boys of will1 ,boys of muscle1 brain and power1 ,for to cope with anything ,these are wanted every hour40 ,,chapter ,,ii ,be ,polite ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,ii ,,by ,,adolph ,,sutro4 ,conduct is three-fourths of life4--,matthew ,arnold4 ,character makes the man2 character and politeness mark the perfect man4 ,the first is the diamond in the rough2 the second the cut stone4 ,the former may attract the attention of a few1 the latter discloses hidden beauties and compels the admiration of all4 ,the 8grand old name of gentleman0 can only belong to him who unites the qualities of gentleness and manliness1 and politeness is essentially gentleness4 ,the exercise of politeness benefits all1 chiefly him who practises it1 and this is a sure road to success4 ,illustration3 ,matthew ,arnold ,,chapter ,,ii ,,be ,,polite4 ,william of ,wickham1 ,bishop of ,winchester1 and founder of ,winchester and of ,new ,college1 ,oxford1 was so convinced of the value of manners that he had the phrase 8,manners ,make a ,man10 inscribed in several places upon the walls of those structures4 8,good manners10 said ,emerson1 8are made up of petty sacrifices40 ,pleasant expression and action1 pleasing exterior and true kindness are gentle delights which win the esteem of others and often contribute to one's advancement more than real merit4 ,coarseness and gruffness1 loose habits and 8don't-care0 manners1 never fail to lock doors and close hearts4 8,you had better10 wrote ,chesterfield to his son1 8return a dropped fan genteelly1 than give a thousand pounds awkwardly2 better refuse a favor gracefully than grant it clumsily4 ,all your ,greek can never advance you from secretary to envoy1 or from envoy to ambassador2 but your address1 your air1 your manners1 if good1 may40 ,these will give1 as ,emerson says1 8,the mastery of palaces and fortunes wherever one goes without the trouble of earning or owning them40 ,cultivation of politeness is like putting the finishing touch upon the picture1 it sets one off to the best advantage4 ,like a flower bed encircling the lawn1 it beautifies character4 ,like a lamp in a dark room1 it makes one's presence cheerful4 ,nothing has greater influence1 and as ,matthew ,arnold said1 8,it is three-fourths of life40 ,as honey on the skin is a protection from the sting of the bee1 so politeness will be a safeguard from the stings of the world4 ,doors will open at its knock4 ,sunbeams will sparkle in its presence1 and everywhere1 with everyone1 it will act as a magic passport4 ,,definition ,,of ,,politeness4 ,politeness has been defined in various ways1 but all meet at the same point1 like the spokes of a wheel which center in the hub4 8,it is the art of showing1 by external signs1 the internal regard we have for others40 8,it is10 said ,lord ,chatham1 8benevolence in little things10 as the giving others the preference in every enjoyment at the table1 walking1 sitting or standing4 8,it is a willingness to please and to be pleased40 8,it consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself40 ,henry ,,iv1 ,king of ,france1 was once taken to task for returning the salute of a poor man as he was passing through a village4 ,he replied1 8,would you have your king exceeded in politeness by one of his meanest subjects80 ,because ,nicholas ,i1 ,czar of ,russia1 saw an officer of his household treat an old beggar woman discourteously1 he summoned him to his imperial presence4 ,the official was quite pleased4 ,nicholas soon undeceived him1 and in the presence of a dozen courtiers cut him to the quick with his indignant reproof4 8,enough60 he said1 finally1 8you will walk up and down that corridor all night1 and every time you turn you will say1 in a loud voice1 #8,i am a puppy6 ,i am a puppy6'0 8,i treat him as well as he treats me10 said a boy to his mother4 ,she had just reproved him because he did not attempt to amuse or entertain a boy friend who had gone home4 8,i often go in there and he doesn't notice me10 said the boy4 8,do you enjoy that80 asked the mother4 8,o6 ,i don't mind1 ,i don't stay long10 was the reply4 8,i should call myself a very selfish person10 remarked the mother1 8if friends came to see me and ,i should pay no more attention to them40 8,well1 that's different1 you're grown up10 answered the son4 8,indeed60 replied the mother1 8then you really think that politeness and courtesy are not needed among boys80 ,the boy thus pressed1 said he didn't mean exactly that4 ,his father1 having overheard the conversation1 turned to him and said3 8,a boy or a man who measures his treatment of others by their treatment of him1 has no character of his own4 ,he will never be kind or generous4 ,if he is ever to be a gentleman1 he will be so in spite of the boorishness of others4 ,if he is to be noble1 no other boy's meanness will change his nature4 ,remember this1 my son1 you lower yourself every time you are guilty of an unworthy action because someone else is4 ,be true to your best self1 and no boy can drag you down1 nor will he want to40 ,years ago1 when ,queen ,victoria began her reign1 the famous ,lord ,john ,russell was the minister in attendance upon her majesty at her ,scottish home4 ,there came late one evening a messenger--a little old man buried in a greatcoat--to the ,aboyne telegraph office1 and delivered to the clerk a message from ,lord ,john ,russell to one of the officials of the government in ,london4 ,the message did not bear a signature4 ,on seeing this1 the ill-mannered clerk flung it back to the old man1 and said1 8,put your name to it2 it's a pity your master doesn't know how to send a telegram40 ,the name was added and the message handed back4 8,why1 you can't write either10 cried the enraged clerk1 after vainly trying to make out the signature2 8here1 let me do it for you4 ,what's your name80 8,my name10 said the little old man1 very deliberately1 8is ,john ,russell40 ,through his impoliteness that clerk lost his position4 ,,politeness ,a ,,badge ,,of ,,true ,,gentility4 ,in some ,european countries the word gentleman stands for a titled or wealthy man4 ,when ,sir ,lawrence ,alma-,tadema was knighted a lady expressed herself to his lordship thus3 8,o1 dear ,sir ,lawrence1 ,i am awfully glad to hear of the honor you have received2 ,i suppose now that you have been knighted you'll give up painting pictures and live like a gentleman40 ,many are they who have this idea of gentlemanship4 ,but in our land the real gentleman stands for such personal qualities as honesty1 truthfulness1 gentleness and gracefulness which characterize a boy or man4 ,such a gentleman subjects his appetite1 refines his taste1 subdues his feelings and controls his speech4 ,when accidentally running against or passing before another1 it will be1 8,i beg your pardon40 8,please excuse me40 ,when receiving a gift or extending a favor1 it will be1 8,i thank you40 ,some boys are not careful in their expressions4 8,sir10 said ,doctor ,johnson1 8,a man has no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down40 ,a young man once accosted ,zachariah ,fox1 a ,quaker1 a rich merchant of ,liverpool1 with 8,old chap1 how do you make all your money80 ,the ,quaker replied1 8,by dealing in an article that thou may'st deal in if thou wilt--civility40 ,monroe was so polite that he was called 8,a ,gentleman of the ,old ,school40 ,henry ,clay was said to make the most engaging bow of any gentleman of his day4 ,madison made it a point to touch his hat to everyone who bowed to him1 and the front part of it was always worn threadbare in consequence of his lifting it4 ,william ,penn's formal but kindly politeness impressed even the ,indians with whom he dealt1 so that they named him3 8,the ,good-,big ,chief40 ,james ,russell ,lowell was as courteous to a beggar as to a lord1 and was once observed holding a long conversation in ,italian with an organ-grinder whom he questioned about scenes in ,italy with which both were familiar4 8,you should not have returned their salute10 said the master of ceremonies1 when ,clement ,,xiv bowed to the ambassadors who had bowed in congratulating him on his election4 8,oh1 ,i beg your pardon10 replied ,clement1 8,i have not been pope long enough to forget good manners40 ,a number of years ago a company of workmen was standing before a store in ,oxford street1 ,london1 looking at some pictures4 ,the ,honorable ,william ,e4 ,gladstone1 who was then at the height of his popularity1 halted a moment to look at the artist's work4 ,one of the workmen recognized him and stepping up1 said1 8,excuse me1 ,mr4 ,gladstone1 but ,i should like to shake hands with you40 8,why1 of course1 ,i shall be glad to do so10 the ,premier of ,england responded1 as he extended his hand not only to the man who had accosted him but also to the little group of men who stood near1 taking no notice of soiled hands or garments4 ,then he directed their attention to a fine engraving in the window1 quietly pointing out not only its beauty1 but some special feature in its execution that constituted its charm4 ,then raising his hat with a smile he bade the men 8,good morning10 and passed on his way up the street4 ,no wonder that in later years his fellow-countrymen called him 8,the ,grand ,old ,man10 8,the ,people's ,william40 ,he was a gentleman1 exhibiting a lovely spirit of true friendship and absolute equality4 ,,politeness ,,should ,,be ,,first ,,practised ,,at ,,home4 ,what one is in the home is a fair criterion as to what he will be away from home4 ,the manner in which a person conducts himself in the home determines largely his course and conduct in life4 ,he who is polite and kind to his parents1 considering their wishes1 and heeding their advice and counsel1 paves the way to future happiness and success4 ,but he who spurns paternal suggestions1 speaks and acts disrespectfully1 is seldom respected and is always at a disadvantage4 ,when ,prince ,bismarck was a boy1 he was rebuked by his father for speaking of the ,king as ,fritz4 8,learn to speak reverently of his ,majesty10 said the old squire of ,varzin1 8and you will grow accustomed to think of him with veneration40 ,bismarck laid the advice to heart and from that day profited by it4 ,the truly polite boy is not only respectful to his parents but also to his sisters and brothers1 always returning a pleasant 8,thank you0 for any kindness received at their hands1 and showing as much courtesy to all at home as to those in the home of a neighbor4 8,a beautiful form10 says an ,american essayist1 8is better than a beautiful face1 and a beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form2 it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures2 it is the finest of the fine arts10 it gives grace to one's bearing and enables one to look on the bright and beautiful side of things4 ,,politeness ,,should ,,be ,,accorded ,,all4 ,politeness is a universal debt that each boy owes to every person4 ,the matter of caste1 sex1 position and intelligence have nothing whatever to do with it4 ,it should be the rule of conduct wherever and in whatever society one may be1 to practise politeness4 ,charles ,v was renowned for his courtesy4 ,when he passed ,john ,frederick1 ,elector of ,saxony1 he took off his hat and bowed to him1 though his prisoner1 who had been taken by him in battle4 ,the poet ,burns was one day walking in the street of ,edinburgh when an honest farmer saluted him1 which salute he returned1 when some one rebuked him4 ,mr4 ,burns replied that it was not the greatcoat1 the scone bonnet or the saunders boot-hose that he spoke to1 but the man that was in them4 ,daniel ,webster was once walking with a friend in ,washington when a colored man passing by bowed very low to him4 ,mr4 ,webster promptly returned as deep an obeisance4 8,do you bow in that way to a darky80 asked his friend4 8,would you have me outdone in politeness by a negro80 replied the great statesman4 ,,what ,,politeness ,,did4 ,mr4 ,winans1 of ,philadelphia1 became independently rich through his courteous manner4 ,one day two strangers called on him4 ,one was a foreigner who had visited some larger establishments in the city1 but on their coming to ,mr4 ,winans'1 a third or fourth rate factory1 he took so much pains to show all its parts and workings1 and was so patient in his explanations and answers to their inquiries1 that within a year he was surprised by an invitation to transfer his labors to ,st4 ,petersburg and manufacture locomotives for the ,czar of ,russia1 ,he went1 accumulated a large fortune1 and ultimately received from his ,russian workshops a hundred thousand dollars a year4 ,investing his money in real estate he laid the foundation of one of the largest private fortunes in ,philadelphia2 and all this was the result of civility4 ,it pays to cultivate politeness4 ,to this day the ,japanese people revere the memory of ,general ,grant4 ,while visiting the emperor1 he was invited to cross the imperial foot bridge near the palace at ,tokyo1 across which none but the blood royal had ever trod4 ,general ,grant accepted the invitation and walked beside the ,mikado until they reached the center of the bridge4 ,then he stopped1 profoundly saluted the emperor1 and said3 8,your majesty1 ,i have come so far to show you that ,i was not insensible to the honor you would do me1 but ,i cannot violate your traditions4 ,let us return the way we came40 ,politeness serves one well4 ,it is keener than sharpened steel4 ,it is more magnetic than loadstone and worth more than jewels4 ,at home or abroad1 among young and aged1 employers or teachers1 inferiors or superiors1 this glorious characteristic is a diadem from which sparkles a jewel1 which is1 as ,chesterfield said3 8,the treatment of others just as you love to be treated yourself40 ,in the words of ,one greater than he1 it is1 8,do unto others as ye would they should do unto you40 ,all other things being equal1 the boy who adheres to these mottoes is the one who succeeds4 ,it makes him an acceptable companion1 wins friendship and creates popularity4 8,give a poor boy fine manners and accomplishments10 said ,voltaire1 8and he will become the master of fortunes and palaces1 while princes stand upon their threshold to solicit his friendship40 ,charles ,,ii4 is described by ,macaulay as being 8the grandest rascal and most popular man in ,england40 ,hume in giving the reason of this says1 8,he was the best bred man alive40 8,what thou wilt1 ,thou must rather enforce it with thy smile1 ,than hew to it with thy sword40 ,,chapter ,,iii ,be ,truthful ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,iii ,,by ,,joshua ,,levering ,once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide1 ,in the strife of ,truth with ,falsehood1 for the good or evil side4 --,lowell4 ,it is related of ,cyrus1 that when asked what was the first thing he learned1 he replied1 8,to tell the truth40 ,truthfulness is the foundation stone of character4 ,without it1 a life1 as it is developed1 becomes more and more marred and falls short of its highest opportunity and calling4 ,all qualifications that go to make up noble manhood count for naught1 where there is not a persistent adherence to truthfulness4 ,therefore be true to yourself and the nobler impulses and yearnings of your heart by always speaking the truth1 acting the truth1 and living the truth4 ,illustration3 ,yours sincerely ,joshua ,levering ,,chapter ,,iii ,,be ,,truthful ,while a vessel was crossing the ,english ,channel1 a gentleman stood near the helmsman4 ,it was a calm pleasant evening1 and no one expected a storm4 ,the flapping of a sail as if the wind had suddenly shifted1 caught the ear of the officer on watch1 and springing to the wheel1 he examined the compass4 8,you are half a point off the course10 he sharply said to the man at the wheel4 ,the deviation was corrected1 and the officer returned to his post4 8,it must be necessary to steer very accurately10 said the observer1 8if half a point is of so much importance40 8,ah60 remarked the officer1 8a half a point1 sir1 is liable to bring us directly on the rocks40 ,what a lesson for every boy4 ,the half a point deviation from strict truthfulness strands one on the rocks of falsehood4 ,,what ,,is ,a ,,lie8 ,the shortest definition of a lie is1 8,the intention to deceive40 ,it may not be telling an out-and-out falsehood to conceal a crime1 or to shield one's self1 but telling it to mislead or deceive others4 8,the essence of the thing10 said ,dewey1 8lies in the intention10 and if the intention is to mislead1 such1 as ,immanuel ,kant says1 8is forfeiture of personal worth1 a destruction of personal integrity40 ,as he contends1 8a lie is the abandonment1 or1 as it were1 the annihilation of the dignity of man40 ,it will undermine the noble instincts of any boy and cause his character to collapse4 ,,tell ,,the ,,truth4 ,a story of ,abraham ,lincoln shows his love for truth4 ,it was a bright autumn evening1 when ,abraham1 a great awkward boy of sixteen or seventeen said to his mother1 8,i'm going to the woods to-morrow4 ,i've got a good job at ,laird's and as ,i shall be obliged to start by day-break1 ,i thought there might be some chores you wished to have done40 8,you are a good boy1 ,abram1 always thinking of helping me10 said his step-mother4 8,if ,i was your own mother you could not be more kind1 and ,god will reward you sometime4 ,to-morrow1 ,i am going to wash1 and ,i would be very thankful if you would bring me a few buckets of water from the spring40 ,back and forth the tall boy hurried1 until all the tubs and kettles about the cabin were filled4 ,early next morning1 when ,abraham was ready to start for the place where the rails were to be split1 his little sister ,sally said1 8,can't ,i go1 ,abram80 8,just as mother says10 replied he1 pausing to give the little girl an opportunity to consult her mother4 ,the mother would not consent4 ,no sooner had ,abram started than she determined to follow him1 and at once cut across the field intending to reach the ravine before him and give him a genuine surprise by jumping out unannounced in the path as he came up4 ,she carried out her plan successfully1 and when she heard his merry whistle in the distance she climbed upon the bank to be ready to make the spring for his shoulders when the proper moment arrived4 ,but the poor child had forgotten all about the sharp axe which he carried1 and although she gained her coveted seat on his broad shoulders1 her little bare foot received a gash from the cruel axe1 which changed her merry laugh into a bitter cry4 8,why1 ,sally6 ,how did you get here80 was all the boy could say as he placed her tenderly on the bank and began an examination of the wounded foot4 ,finding it to be a deep cut1 he gathered some broad plantain leaves which grew near1 and by their aid soon succeeded in staunching the flow of blood4 ,this accomplished1 he tore the sleeve from his shirt1 and in his clumsy way bandaged the injured foot4 ,carrying her home1 he learnt the story of her disobedience4 ,she would have been willing to evade the truth in order to screen herself from her mother's displeasure1 but honest1 truthful ,abraham would not permit this4 8,tell the truth1 ,sally1 no matter what the consequences may be10 he insisted2 8better suffer punishment than lie about it4 ,i don't think mother will be hard on you when she sees how sorely punished you are2 but never tell a lie to shield yourself1 never40 ,such was the course taken through life by that boy who later became the honored ,president of these ,united ,states4 ,,white ,,and ,,black ,,lies4 ,much is said nowadays about degrees in lying4 ,that is lying in a small way4 ,there is the so-called white lie of custom when a certain article is slightly misrepresented to make a bargain2 the white lie of courtesy when one makes politeness the garb behind which he deceives2 the white lie of necessity1 when one would evade the truth by nodding the head1 or giving a wrong impression4 ,some men1 and even great men1 have maintained that this is sometimes a necessity1 but would it not be a fine moral precept to say1 8,you must speak the truth generally1 but you may utter a falsehood when it suits your convenience80 ,who ever licensed one thus8 ,justin ,martyr said1 8,is life at stake8 ,we would not live by telling a lie40 ,when ,atillius ,regulus was a prisoner of the ,carthaginians he was sent by that great people to ,rome with several ambassadors to arrange for peace1 on the understanding that if peace-terms were not agreed upon he was to return to prison4 ,he took the oath and swore to return4 ,arriving at ,rome he urged his countrymen to continue in war and not agree to the exchange of prisoners4 ,this meant to him the return to ,carthage4 ,the senators and priests held that as his oath had been forced from him he ought not to return4 ,then came the answer from ,regulus which has made him imperishable3 8,have you resolved to dishonor me8 ,i am not ignorant that death and tortures are preparing for me4 ,but what are those to the shame of infamous action1 or the wounds of a guilty mind8 ,slave as ,i am to ,carthage1 ,i have still the spirit of a ,roman4 ,i have sworn to return4 ,it is my duty to return4 ,let the gods take care of the rest40 8,one should never lie10 said ,crispi1 the great ,italian statesman4 8,i will not stain speech with a lie10 said ,pindar4 8,the genuine lie is hated by all gods and men10 said ,plato4 8,that man has no fair glory10 said ,theognis1 8in whose heart dwells a lie1 and from whose mouth it has once issued40 ,a lie is never justifiable1 and to lie a little1 is1 as ,victor ,hugo remarked1 8not possible40 ,the person who lies tells the whole lie1 lying in the face of the fiend1 and 8,satan has two names1 ,satan and lying40 ,therefore 8,let falsehood be a stranger to thy lips2 ,shame on the policy that first began ,to tamper with the heart to hide its thoughts6 ,and doubly shame on that inglorious tongue ,that sold its honesty and told a lie40 ,,what ,,lying ,,does4 ,nothing so corrupts early simplicity1 quickly destroys the nobler instincts1 and depraves the heart as falsehood4 ,if a boy will lie about one thing1 can he be trusted in anything8 ,if he is branded as a liar1 what teacher will respect him1 what business man will engage him1 and what court will accept his testimony8 8,i have seldom known anyone10 said ,paley1 8who deserted truth in trifles1 who could be trusted in matters of importance40 ,oliver ,wendell ,holmes said3 8,sin has many tools1 but a lie is the handle which fits them all40 ,it destroys confidence1 establishes false relations among men1 blights the bloom of life1 and saps the vital springs of existence4 ,it is the progenitor of all wrongs1 oppressions1 cruelties and crimes1 and what boy is there who dare do it when ,god prohibits it8 ,,what ,,lying ,,brings4 ,like begets like1 thus lies beget lies4 ,said ,owen1 8,one lie must be thatched over with another1 or it will soon rain through40 ,lying brings misery4 ,it troubles the conscience1 destroys the peace of mind and makes one suspicious of others4 ,because of this1 ,eugene ,field1 when a young man1 walked thirty miles to confess to his employer and to ask forgiveness for an untruth he had told him4 ,lying brings punishment1 for 8lying lips are an abomination unto the ,lord40 ,because of this ,elisha's servant was struck with leprosy1 ,ananias and ,sapphira with death1 and many others have had the seal of ,god's wrath placed upon them4 ,one day1 as ,archbishop ,leighton was going from ,glasgow to ,dumblane1 a storm of lightning and thunder burst upon him4 ,he was observed1 when at a considerable distance1 by two men of bad character4 ,they had not the courage to rob him2 but1 wishing to extort money from him1 one said1 8,i will lie down by the wayside as if ,i were dead1 and you shall inform the archbishop that ,i was killed by the lightning and beg money of him to bury me40 ,when the ,archbishop arrived1 the wicked wretch told the fabricated story4 ,the ,archbishop sympathized with the pretended survivor1 gave him money1 and proceeded on his journey4 ,but when the man returned to his companion1 he found him really lifeless4 ,immediately he began to cry aloud3 8,oh1 ,sir6 he's dead6 ,oh1 ,sir1 he's dead60 ,on this the ,archbishop discovered the fraud and turning to the living man said1 8,it is a dangerous thing to trifle with the judgment of ,god40 ,how much better and safer to speak the truth1 for 8,there is nothing so kingly as kindness1 ,and nothing so royal as truth40 ,truthfulness is the foundation of character4 ,it is the basis of true manhood4 ,its spirit pervades the closest relation and highest intercourse1 its law holds the planets in their course1 and it is the presiding principle of every true and noble life4 ,a greater tribute could not be paid to anyone than 8his word is as good as his bond40 ,no more worthy epitaph or eloquent remark could be uttered of ,colonel ,huchurin1 than when a friend1 attesting the simplicity and nobility of him1 said3 8,he never professed the thing he intended not40 ,no eulogy can surpass ,xenocrates of ,petrarch1 who1 standing before an ecclesiastical tribunal where an oath had been required of others1 said1 8,as for you1 ,petrarch1 your word is sufficient40 ,an important conference was being held in the ,executive ,mansion in ,washington4 ,a caller had sent in his card1 but either the caller was unwelcome or the time was quite unsuitable for his admission4 ,one of the persons turned to a servant and said1 8,tell the person who sent up the card that the ,president is not in40 8,no10 said ,general ,grant1 8tell him no such thing40 ,then1 turning to his friends1 he remarked3 8,i don't lie myself1 and ,i don't want any of my servants to lie for me40 ,a 8,mental ,photograph0 book was once presented to ,charles ,kingsley in which to write4 ,one question was 8,what is your bte noire80 8,a lie10 he penned4 ,in dedicating her delightful biography of him his wife wrote3 8,to the beloved memory of ,a righteous man ,who loved ,god and truth above all things4 ,a man of untarnished honor-- ,loyal and chivalrous--gentle and strong-- ,modest and humble--tender and true-- ,pitiful to the weak--yearning after the erring-- ,stern to all forms of wrong and oppression1 ,yet most stern toward himself-- ,who being angry yet sinned not40 ,,truthfulness ,,is ,,the ,,most ,,honorable ,,and ,,safe ,,course4 ,truthfulness underlies all honest and faithful work1 all social confidence1 all right fulfillment of relations and self-respect4 ,it regulates lives and improves and elevates those it characterizes4 ,it is one great secret of success in business1 a magnet that draws confidence and wields a power second to none in the universe4 ,a poor ,persian boy was about to leave his mother's home1 to engage in business in the city4 ,within the lining of his coat she sewed forty golden dinars which she had saved during years of labor4 ,before the boy started she cautioned him to beware of robbers as he went across the desert1 and as he left the home1 she said3 8,fear ,god1 and never tell a lie40 ,the boy started1 and toward evening saw in the distance the glittering minarets of the great city1 but between the city and himself he saw a cloud of dust4 ,it came nearer4 ,presently he saw that it was caused by a band of robbers4 ,one of them approached him1 and unceremoniously inquired what valuables he had4 ,the boy answered with candor3 8,forty golden dinars are sewed up in my garments40 ,discrediting the boy's story he wheeled his horse around and rode back to his companions4 ,soon another robber came and said3 8,boy1 what have you got80 8,forty dinars sewed in my garments10 he answered4 ,the robber laughed and rode away4 ,at last the chief came and asked him what he had4 ,the boy replied1 8,i have already told two of your men that ,i have forty dinars sewed up in my clothes40 ,the chief ordered his clothes torn open1 and the money was found4 ,he was then asked what induced him to make such a revelation4 8,because10 said the boy1 8,i would not be false to my mother1 whom ,i solemnly promised never to tell a lie40 ,the robber leaned upon his spear and after reflecting said1 8,wait a moment40 ,he mounted his horse and rode back to his comrades1 but soon returned dressed as a merchant4 8,boy10 said he1 8art thou so mindful of thy mother1 while ,i am insensible at my age of that duty ,i owe ,god8 ,give me thy hand1 that ,i may swear repentance on it40 ,he did so1 and his followers were struck with the scene4 ,said he1 8,i am a merchant4 ,i have a large business house in the city4 ,i want you to come and live with me to teach me about your ,god1 and you will be rich1 and your mother some day shall come and live with us40 ,then one of the robbers turned to the chief and said1 8,you have been our leader in guilt1 be the same in the path of virtue40 ,and taking the boy's hand1 they all promised to lead new lives4 ,boys1 speak only that which is true4 ,you may do much good by it1 although you may never lead a band of robbers to ,god and honesty4 ,but-- 8,nothing good shall ever perish1 ,only the corrupt shall die2 ,truth1 which men and angels cherish1 ,flourishes eternally40 ,,truthfulness ,,is ,,the ,,winning ,,side4 ,good old ,matthew ,henry used to say1 8,truth is mighty and will prevail40 8,falsehood10 as one of the kings of ,prussia said1 8sometimes does good for twenty-four hours1 but like a battle well fought1 right comes off more than conqueror40 ,falsehood is always defeated4 ,it shrinks at detection and in due time is compelled to confess4 ,truth is sure and has a firm foundation because it is an attribute of ,god4 ,and 8,god and truth10 said ,theodore ,parker1 8are always on the same side40 ,therefore 8,seize upon truth1 where'er 'tis found1 ,amongst your friends1 amongst your foes1 ,on ,christian or on heathen ground2 ,the flower's divine where'er it grows40 ,,chapter ,,iv ,be ,choice of ,language ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,iv ,,by ,,general ,o4 ,o4 ,,howard 8,maintain your rank1 vulgarity despise1 ,to swear is neither brave1 polite nor wise2 ,you would not swear upon a bed of death2 ,reflect--your ,maker now may stop your breath40 ,anonymous4 ,one moonlight night ,i was passing near a sentinel's post4 ,it was during the winter of #ahfa-b1 in front of ,alexandria1 ,virginia1 at ,camp ,california4 ,the sentinel1 in some trouble1 used rough1 coarse language1 closing with an oath4 ,approaching him1 till ,i could see his face1 think of my astonishment to find him1 instead of a burly man of low life1 a handsome boy of seventeen4 ,i said to him pleasantly3 8,how could your mother have taught you to swear80 ,dropping his head with a sudden shame1 he answered1 8,she didn't1 ,general4 ,i learned it here40 ,and indeed1 it came from the influence of his associates4 ,one's language always gauges him4 ,illustration3 ,oliver ,o4 ,howard ,,chapter ,,iv ,,be ,,choice ,,of ,,language ,few things are more important and far-reaching than the use of words4 ,if good1 they --8have power to 'suage ,the tumults of a troubled mind ,and are as balm to fester'd wounds40 ,if bad1 they corrupt and may flourish1 as ,carlyle said3 8,like a hemlock forest after a thousand years40 8,immodest words admit of no defence1 ,for want of decency is want of sense40 ,one of the most historic structures in the world was the ,campanile1 or the bell-tower of ,st4 ,mark's ,cathedral in ,venice4 ,not long since it fell4 ,one aged ,lugui ,vendrasco knew its danger4 ,for ten years he had not ceased to beg the government to allow him to put the ,campanile in better order4 ,but his warnings were unheeded4 ,one ,sunday morning he took his son to see it4 ,as the young man looked upon the crack he said1 8,that's nothing4 ,a small crack like that can really do no harm to such a building40 ,replying1 the father said1 8,son1 it is not the crack4 ,it is that of which the crack is the effect and symbol4 ,our ,campanile is doomed40 ,the next morning it fell with an awful crash4 ,in like manner many a man has come tumbling down4 ,his character was not safe because of some flaw in it4 ,improper words prove its great defect as the crack did the weakness of the ,campanile4 ,stephen ,price1 once ,mayor of ,new ,york1 and a warm friend to boys1 lost his life in a steamboat disaster4 ,when his body was recovered1 a scrap of paper was found in his pocket-book4 ,it was so worn with oft reading that the words were scarcely legible1 but two paragraphs were finally made out1 one of which was3 8,good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue40 ,in fact1 these are inseparable4 ,conversation is a reflex of character1 and no boy can associate with another who delights in slangy1 smutty talk without being more or less contaminated4 ,,improper ,,words4 ,a very common and bad habit of some boys is the attachment of improper words to a sentence1 as if it made it more binding4 ,these in no sense give grace or beauty to language4 ,they do not round out a period or enrich a metaphor4 ,they define nothing1 bound nothing1 measure nothing1 mean nothing1 accomplish nothing1 and he who uses them should be shunned4 ,vulgar expressions are never in order4 8,they help10 as ,south says1 8no one's education or manners4 ,they are disgusting to the refined1 abominable to the good1 insulting to those with whom one associates1 degrading to the mind1 unprofitable1 needless and injurious to society10 and beneath the dignity of any self-respecting person4 8,are there any ladies around80 said a young officer to a group of others1 8,i've a splendid story to tell40 8,there are no ladies present10 said ,general ,ulysses ,s4 ,grant1 who overheard the remark1 8but there are gentlemen here1 sir1 and what is not fit for a lady to hear1 is unfit for a gentleman40 ,when ,coleridge ,patterson1 the martyred bishop of ,melanesia1 was a boy at ,eton1 he was enthusiastically fond of cricket1 at which he was an unusually good player4 ,at the cricket suppers at ,eton1 it was the custom to give toasts followed by songs1 and these songs were often of a very questionable sort4 ,before one of these suppers1 8,coley0 told the captain that he would protest against the introduction of anything that was vulgar or indecent4 ,his protest apparently had no effect1 for during the evening1 one of the boys arose and began to sing a song which 8,coley0 thought was not fit for decent boys to hear4 ,whereupon1 rising from his seat1 he said1 8,if this sort of thing continues1 ,i shall leave the room40 ,it was continued and he left4 ,the next day he wrote to the captain of the eleven1 saying unless he received an apology1 he should withdraw from the club4 ,the apology was sent and ,patterson remained4 ,by that stand he showed his character1 which won the admiration of the rest and brought about a new state of affairs4 ,no boy need answer another who addresses him in unbecoming language4 ,he might say as ,stephen ,a4 ,douglas1 when denounced in the ,senate in improper language1 8,what no gentleman should say1 no gentleman need answer40 ,and as to keeping the company of anyone who is inclined to be vulgar1 there is no law to compel it4 ,far better be a ,coleridge ,patterson in shunning such company4 ,,avoid ,,profanity4 ,the true gentlemanly boy has a sense of honor1 scrupulously avoiding profane words as he would profane actions4 ,no habit is more unbecoming1 useless and contagious than swearing4 ,it is the fool's impulse and the coward's fortification4 ,it neither helps one's manners nor education1 and no boy with the least personal pride will be guilty of indulging in it4 ,louis ,,ix of ,france punished everyone who was convicted of swearing by searing his lips with a hot iron4 ,george ,washington made the following law ,august #c1 #aggf1 which he caused to be read to the men under his command3 8,the general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing1 a vice heretofore little known in an ,american army1 is growing into fashion2 he hopes the officers will1 by example as well as influence1 endeavor to check it1 and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have but little hope of the blessing of ,heaven on our armies if we insult ,him by our impiety and folly2 added to this1 it is a vice so mean and low1 without any temptation1 that every man of sense and character detests and despises it40 ,years ago the ,hon4 ,john ,finch visited an asylum in the ,east and asked to see a certain professional gentleman committed there4 ,he had been a good and true man1 but by overwork1 physical and mental1 had wrecked himself and become a raving maniac4 ,the superintendent of the asylum said1 8,you will not want to see him again1 he swears so40 ,as they entered the room in which the man was locked in a 8straight jacket10 the most vulgar oaths came from his lips4 ,touching the superintendent ,mr4 ,finch said1 8,what can this mean8 ,when ,i knew that man he was one of the grandest ,christians1 true1 noble and good in every respect2 and now to hear such vile language coming from him surprises me40 ,the superintendent said1 8,he learned to swear when a boy4 ,the impressions made on his brain at that period of life when the brain most readily receives impressions now become the governing ones4 ,in this asylum we can almost uniformly tell what have been the habits1 customs and abuses of insane people when they were children4 ,the brain at such times receives impressions readily1 the impressions are permanent1 and if they have indulged in vile practices1 or used bad language1 the dethronement of reason and intelligent conscience will give to early impressions and habits the control of the mind40 ,this being true1 how careful every boy should be1 for who wants the bad habits of youth noticeable in age8 ,,avoid ,,blasphemy4 ,there are many ways in which language may be improperly used1 but none more unbecoming and attended with more serious consequences than blasphemy1 or using the name of ,god or ,christ with disrespect4 ,it is a presumptuous sin against which ,god has declared3 8,thou shalt not take the name of the ,lord thy ,god in vain10 declaring with emphasis1 8for the ,lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh ,his name in vain40 ,sometimes1 as ,jacob ,knapp said in his autobiography1 8,god steps aside from ,his ordinary course and smites presumptuous sinners dead1 that they may stand as beacon lights to warn others to shun the rocks on which they struck40 ,during the ,black ,hawk war1 in ,illinois1 at the time when ,god sent the cholera among the people1 an officer cursed ,god for sending the disease into their midst4 ,with an awful oath he opened his mouth1 and ,god smote him down even as the word trembled on his lips4 ,such cases are rare1 yet the words1 8will not hold him guiltless10 show that ,he forgets not and that sometime ,he will hold the blasphemer accountable4 ,howard1 the philanthropist1 on hearing anyone use blasphemous expressions1 always buttoned up his coat4 ,being asked the reason1 he replied1 8,i always do this when ,i hear men swear1 as ,i think that anyone who can take ,god's name in vain can also steal40 ,nothing so chills one's blood as-- --8to hear the blest ,supreme ,rudely appealed to on each trifling theme2 ,therefore maintain your rank1 vulgarity despise1 ,to blaspheme is neither brave1 polite nor wise4 ,you would not do so upon the bed of death2 ,reflect6 ,your ,maker now could stop your breath40 8,,amen60 ,many years ago when the ,duke of ,gordon was spending the day in a ,scotch village a company of soldiers was drawn up under the window of the room in which the duke and a party of friends were enjoying themselves4 ,the officer in command was inspecting his men's arms and clothes1 and if anything displeased him he berated the soldier with blasphemous oaths4 ,the duke1 who abhorred such language1 expressed a wish that the inspection might soon be over4 8,if your ,grace desires it10 said one of the company1 8,i will clear the coast of this man of oaths without noise or bloodshed40 8,do so1 and ,i'll be obliged to you10 said the duke4 ,the gentleman stepped into the street1 took his station behind the officer and pulled off his hat4 ,as the officer swore1 the gentleman1 with the grave solemnity of a parish clerk1 said in a loud voice 8,amen40 8,what do you mean80 asked the officer1 hastily turning around4 8,i am joining with you in prayer10 answered the gentleman with a grave face4 8,i thank you1 sir10 rejoined the officer1 8but ,i have no further need for a clerk4 ,soldiers6 to the right-about1 march60 ,and he and his soldiers departed1 much to the amusement and happiness of the duke1 after teaching an important lesson to the officer that it is wrong to call upon ,god to do this or that1 or to belittle others by vile epithets which never fail to bring in due time just retribution4 ,my boy1 the only language to use is the pure and refined4 ,by-words1 slang phrases1 profanity and blasphemy are only uttered by lips whose heart is bad1 for 8out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh40 ,let your tongue utter sound sentences1 choice words and pleasant expressions1 then will they be musical to the ears of the good1 sweet to the soul of the pious1 educational to those who associate with you1 and beneficial to all4 ,from this day put into practice the last words of the eloquent ,john ,b4 ,gough4 ,he was lecturing in the ,presbyterian ,church1 ,frankford1 ,pa41 on the night of ,february #ai1 #ahhf4 ,in the course of that lecture he said3 8,i have seven years in the record of my own life when ,i was held in the iron grasp of intemperance4 ,i would give the world to blot it out1 but alas6 ,i cannot40 ,then1 stepping forward1 with an impressive gesture1 he added1 8,young man1 keep your record--0 but he was unable to finish the sentence1 for he sank insensible into a chair from which he was never able to rise4 ,evidently he meant to say1 8,young man1 keep your record clean40 ,do not forget that improper words have a reflex influence4 ,a fable is told how a bee took an offering of honey to ,jupiter1 which so pleased him that he promised to grant the bee whatever it should ask4 ,the bee said1 8,o glorious ,jove1 give thy servant a sting1 that when anyone approaches my hive to take the honey1 ,i may kill him on the spot40 ,jupiter answered1 8,your prayer shall not be granted in the way you wish1 but the sting you ask for1 you shall have2 and when anyone comes to take away your honey1 and you sting him1 the wound shall be fatal1 not to him1 but to you1 for your life shall go with the sting40 ,so is it to this day4 ,he that curseth others1 curseth himself4 ,therefore my boy1 control your tongue1 and keep the door of your lips1 remembering3 8',tis reason's part ,to govern and to guard the heart1 ,to lull the wayward soul to rest1 ,when hopes and fears distract the breast2 ,reason may calm this doubtful strife1 ,and steer thy bark through various life40 ,,chapter ,v ,be ,ambitious ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,v ,,by ,,booker ,t4 ,,washington ,our natures are like oil2 compound us with anything1 ,yet will we strive to swim to the top4 --,beaumont4 ,writing of the gentleman who introduces this chapter--the ,washington of his people in industry1 education and religion1 ,paul ,dunbar1 the negro poet1 says3 8,a poor ,virginia cabin gave the seed2 ,and from its dark and lowly door there came ,a peer of princes in the world's acclaim1 ,a master spirit for the nation's need4 ,strong1 silent1 purposeful beyond his kind1 ,the ark of rugged force on brow and lip1 ,straight on he goes1 nor turns to look behind1 ,with one idea foremost in his mind ,like the keen prow of some on-forging ship40 ,i would say to every young man1 no matter what his color1 to choose as early as possible a good1 clean-cut business1 something that will help make the world better1 and then strive in every worthy way to make that business the most successful of its kind in the world4 ,the boy who lets obstacles overcome him will not succeed4 ,the great thing is to succeed in spite of discouragements4 ,illustration3 ,booker ,t4 ,washington4 ,,chapter ,v ,,be ,,ambitious ,many a pen has been used against this inward passion1 declaring it a 8secret poison1 a gallant madness and the mother of hypocrisy40 ,the great ,wolsey cried1 8,i charge thee1 fling away ambition40 ,bowes said1 8,the most aspiring are frequently the most contemptible10 but there are exceptions to the rule4 ,where there is no aspiration1 there is no endeavor4 ,it is not wrong to strain mental and physical energies to succeed1 provided it is to be good and to do good4 ,the ambition of ,napoleon to lay waste the town of ,acre was wrong1 that of ,wellington to intercept the 8scourge of ,europe10 right4 8,to be ambitious of true honor1 of the true glory and perfections of our natures1 is10 as ,sir ,philip ,sidney said1 8the very principle and incentive of virtue40 ,one of the customs of the ,norsemen was that of wearing a pickaxe crest with the motto1 8,either ,i will find a way or make one40 ,an adage of the day reads1 8,where there's a will there's a way40 ,what one wills to do can usually be done4 ,george ,stephenson determined to make an engine to run between ,liverpool and ,manchester at the rate of twelve miles an hour4 ,the ,quarterly ,review ridiculed the idea1 saying1 8,as well trust one's self to be fired off on a ,congreve rocket40 ,he did it1 nevertheless4 ,prince ,bismarck's greatest ambition was to snatch ,germany from ,austrian oppression and to gather round ,prussia1 in a ,north ,german confederation1 all the ,states whose tone of thought1 religion and interest1 were in harmony with those of ,prussia4 8,to attain this end10 he once said1 8,i would brave all dangers--exile1 even the scaffold4 ,what matters if they hang me1 provided the rope with which ,i am hung binds this new ,germany firmly to the ,prussian throne80 ,and1 he did it4 ,,aspire ,,high4 ,there is nothing wrong in aspiring high4 ,george ,washington proposed to carve his name higher than any other on the ,natural ,bridge in ,virginia1 and did it4 ,alfred ,harmsworth1 8king of the penny press10 said on entering journalism1 8,i will master the business of editing and publishing40 ,at twenty-one he had a little capital1 at thirty he was a millionaire1 and later became head of the largest publishing house in the world4 ,emerson once said1 8,hitch your wagon to a star40 ,it is but a natural condition of a healthful life when energies seek an outlet in some lofty activity4 ,better endeavor if but to fail1 than never try at all4 8,i know10 says ,morris1 8how far high failure overleaps the bounds of low successes40 ,the sense of such makes us capable of a grave and holy sense of the real soberness and meaning of life4 ,george ,eliot in writing the last words of her most powerful book1 exclaims1 8,it is so much less than what ,i hoped for40 ,a great artist was once highly praised for a beautiful painting which he had just completed4 8,ah1 do not praise me60 he sadly said1 8it may be very beautiful1 but ,i aimed at perfection40 ,when ,napoleon started on his campaign he was ridiculed and nicknamed 8,the ,little ,corporal10 which cut him to the quick1 but it proved to be a goad which stirred him to become a great general4 ,in one of our courts a poor carpenter was once planing a magistrate's bench1 when an onlooker inquired1 8,why are you so careful with such a rough piece of furniture80 8,because ,i wish to make it for the time when ,i shall sit as judge upon it10 was the reply4 ,and that time came4 ,,instances ,,of ,,successful ,,ambition4 ,in #ahje there was born in ,london a boy of a hated and branded people4 ,when sixteen years of age he became a clerk in a solicitor's office1 and1 to the amusement of his companions1 he was wont to say3 8,i intend to be prime minister of ,england40 ,he had no liberal education1 yet he won honors of literary skill and scholarship4 ,he was ambitious1 and eventually won his way to ,parliament4 ,when he attempted to deliver his first speech1 his highflown style and extravagant gestures provoked laughter and hisses1 so that he took his seat with great mortification4 ,in doing so1 he uttered a remarkable prophecy1 8,i shall sit down now1 but the time will come when you will hear me40 ,true to the utterance1 that time came to ,benjamin ,disraeli1 when1 in ,shakespeare's words he could have said1 8,people and senators6 be not affrighted2 fly not2 stand still2 ambition's debt is paid40 ,years ago a poor ,german boy named ,schliemann read of the siege of ,troy1 and made up his mind to find the ruins of that ancient city4 ,he procured books and taught himself six or seven languages4 ,he persevered and prospered until as a merchant he made a fortune4 ,every step of his study and money-making was taken with the aim of fulfilling the vow of his boyhood4 ,in due time he started eastward with a company of laborers1 and for long years pursued his search4 ,at last success crowned his efforts4 ,troy was discovered and the gold1 silver and bronze articles of the ,trojan king were dug out of his palace1 and placed on exhibition at ,south ,kensington1 ,england4 ,one day while wandering about ,cincinnati a young artist saw a sign which read1 8,peter ,skinner1 ,chairmaker40 8,why can't ,i make chairs80 he asked himself4 ,he straightway entered the establishment1 resolved to ask for a position4 ,in order to get to the office1 he had to pass through the paint room1 and the sight of several busy workers prompted him to inwardly exclaim1 8,anyway ,i can paint chairs40 ,the firm wanted a hand1 and he was engaged to come the next morning to work in the paint shop4 ,as he wended his way back he tarried a moment to see how the painters did their work4 ,that evening when he reached his room in the boarding-house1 he borrowed a brush and an old chair1 and began practising4 ,next morning he was on hand at the chair factory and there continued to work for two months at nine dollars per week4 ,no one ever discovered that he was not an experienced chair-painter4 ,during his leisure time at the boarding-house he made pencil drawings and dropped them carelessly on the floor so that they would attract attention4 ,the landlord1 a colonel in the militia1 possessed a strong1 characteristic face and the artist drew him in uniform1 and dropped this picture on the floor of his room4 ,his chief ambition was to return to portrait painting4 ,he thought the drawing would please the colonel1 and it did2 so much so1 that it led to his receiving a commission to paint the portraits of the colonel and his family1 consisting of five members1 at five dollars each4 ,with this work to occupy him he left the chair factory1 and soon the reputation of ,james ,h4 ,beard1 the celebrated portrait and animal painter1 was made4 ,history records thousands of those who have pressed their way upward until they were crowned with success in spite of the distressing1 discouraging1 circumstantial law of gravitation1 in which poverty and uncouth ancestry have played an important part4 ,what these have done1 any other boy can do1 providing he argues not 8,against heaven's hand or will1 not 'bate a jot ,of heart or hope1 but still bear up and steer ,right onward40 ,,the ,,spirit ,,of ,,discontent4 ,there is1 however1 a spirit of discontent manifested by many who envy those a few rounds higher on life's social or business ladder1 and who are determined to surpass them at whatever cost4 ,such ambition is justly foredoomed to disappointment1 like ,alexander's1 who wept because there were no more worlds for him to conquer2 and like ,pisistratus1 to whom the ,athenian law-giver said1 8,were it not for your ambition1 you would be the best citizen of ,athens40 ,ambition that rises from discontent or selfishness is false4 ,it lacks conscience to engineer it4 ,a boy is only fit to go higher as he demonstrates faithfulness where he is4 ,a boy that simply wants to climb without endeavoring to do well in the position he holds is1 as ,beecher said1 8,neither fit to be where he is1 nor yet above it2 he is already too high1 and should be put lower40 8,out of the frying-pan into the fire10 though not his motto1 will doubtless be his result4 ,,master ,,of ,,his ,,craft4 ,not long ago1 at ,ellis ,island1 a large number of immigrants were awaiting examination4 ,among them was a tall ,polish lad with a little black bag under his arm4 ,when his turn came to answer the inevitable question1 8,how much money have you80 he smiled1 and frankly answered 8,none40 8,but don't you know you can't come in here if you have no money1 and no friend to speak for you8 ,where are you going80 asked the inspector4 8,to ,fall ,river first4 ,i have a friend there4 ,then ,i shall see the whole country4 ,you will hear of me10 he answered4 ,the inspector proceeded rather sharply1 8,how will you get to ,fall ,river8 ,where will you eat and sleep to-night80 8,i shall be all right10 replied the lad confidently4 8,with this10 tapping the black bag1 8,i can go anywhere40 8,what is it80 ,the ,pole laughed1 and opening the bag1 took out a cornet4 ,it was a fine instrument1 and gave evidence of loving care4 8,can you play it well80 asked the officer1 kindly4 ,in answer the young man stepped out into an open space1 and lifting the horn to his lips1 began the beautiful intermezzo from 8,cavalleria ,rusticana40 ,at the very first note every one in the great building stood still and listened4 ,the long lines of immigrants became motionless4 ,the forlorn waiters in the pit looked up1 and their faces became tender4 ,even the meanest among them seemed to feel the charm of the pleading notes4 ,when the music ceased1 there was a burst of applause4 ,shouts of 8,bravo10 8,good boy10 8,give us some more10 came from every side4 ,the physicians1 who a few moments before had made their hurried and not over-gentle examination1 joined in the applause4 ,the officer who had questioned him so sharply slapped him on the back4 ,the commissioner himself had come up from his office at the sound of the horn1 and asked for particulars4 ,when he had heard them1 he turned to the agent of the ,fall ,river boats1 and said1 8,give this lad a passage1 including meals1 and charge it to me40 8,i will charge it to myself10 said the agent1 and he took the young ,pole by the arm and led him away4 8,with this ,i can go anywhere10 showed not only his ambitious spirit1 but demonstrated faithfulness in the prosecution of his studies1 which now stood him in good stead and made him master of the situation4 ,how true1 as ,massinger sang1 8,man was marked ,a friend in the creation1 to himself1 ,and may1 with fit ambition1 conceive ,the greatest blessings and the highest honors ,appointed for him1 if he can achieve them ,the right and noble way40 ,,hints ,,to ,,successful ,,ambition4 ,ambition1 to succeed1 must seize opportunity by the forelock4 8,behind she is bald2 if you seize her by the forelock1 you may hold her2 if suffered to escape1 not ,jupiter himself can catch her again40 8,do that which lies nearest you10 is an injunction worth obeying1 and though not the most satisfactory1 may be the stepping-stone to something higher4 ,john ,d4 ,rockefeller1 who is computed to be worth three hundred million dollars1 earned his first money hoeing potatoes1 and when thirty-five years of age owned but a thousand dollars4 ,when ,edison was a very poor young man1 walking the streets in search of work1 he happened to step into an office in ,wall street4 ,the telegraph recording machine was out of order1 and no one could make it work4 ,instead of pleading his case in general statements1 he simply asked if he might try his hand on the balky machine4 ,he was permitted1 and was successful4 ,this was the turning point in his career toward fortune4 ,he not only had knowledge and skill enough to make a machine go1 but he had wit enough to perceive the opportunity just at hand4 ,some things are difficult to perceive because they are close to us4 ,but this is all the more reason why we should look for them and with the barest possibility seize them4 ,ambition which ennobles1 must do well whatever there is to be done4 ,gladstone's advice to boys was1 8,be thorough in what you do1 and remember that1 though ignorance often may be innocence1 pretension is always despicable40 ,president ,garfield tells of a schoolmate who established a factory for the single purpose of making hammers1 which he had brought to great perfection1 and in which he took a great pride4 ,the statesman said to his old friend1 8,by this time you must be able to make a pretty good hammer40 ,the hammer-maker1 who was shipping his wares by the thousands to all parts of the earth1 replied3 8,no1 we do not make any pretty good hammers2 we make the best hammers that can be made40 8,i commission thee1 my son10 said an aged artist1 whose eye was failing and hand trembling1 8do thy best40 ,the young man hesitated1 thinking the duty too vast to finish his master's work1 but the injunction 8do thy best0 rang in his ears4 ,with prayer for help and high purpose in heart1 the young man began4 ,as he wrought1 his hand grew steady1 his conception cleared1 each stroke became a master-stroke until with tearful exultation1 the aged artist gave over into the hand of ,leonardo da ,vinci the task from which his own trembling hand was dropping1 which task for da ,vinci meant a world-wide reputation4 8,i was invited10 said the late ,d4 ,w4 ,richardson1 8to give an address at ,st4 ,andrew's ,university1 and to listen in the evening to a lecture by another man--like myself1 an outsider4 ,i was not personally acquainted with this other man1 but ,i knew that he filled an important judicial office in ,scotland1 and was considered one of the most able and learned1 as well as one of the wittiest men in that country4 ,he chose for his subject #8,self-,culture1' and for an hour held us in a perfect dream of pleasure4 ,for my own part1 ,i could not realize that the hour had fled4 ,the lecture ended at seven o'clock1 and at eight ,i found myself seated at dinner by the side of the lecturer1 at the house of one of the university professors4 ,in the course of the dinner ,i made some reference to the hall in which the exercises of the day had been held1 how good it was for sound1 and what a fine structure to look upon4 #8,and did you like the way in which the stones were laid inside8' asked my new friend4 #8,immensely1' ,i replied1 #8the man who laid those stones was an artist who must have thought that his work would live through the ages4' #8,well1 that is pleasant to hear1' he said1 #8for the walls are my ain daein'4' ,he had the ,scottish accent when in earnest4 #8,fortunate man1' ,i replied1 #8to have the means to build so fine a place1' for ,i thought1 naturally enough1 that1 being a rich man1 he had built this hall at his own expense1 and presented it to the university4 #8,fortunate1 truly1' he answered1 #8but not in that sense4 ,what ,i mean is1 that ,i laid every one of those stones with my ain hand4 ,i was a working mason1 and the builder of the hall gave me the job of laying the inside stone-work2 and ,i never had a job in my life in which ,i took so much pride and so much pleasure4' 8,while this man was working with his hands he was working also with his brain4 ,he took his degree1 went to the bar1 and became a man honored throughout the country4 ,we applauded his brilliant lecture2 but those silent1 beautiful stones before him1 which echoed our applause1 must1 ,i think1 have been to him one cheer more1 and a big one40 ,be ambitious1 my boy4 ,embrace every opportunity1 for such 8is the small end of a big thing40 ,the small end comes first and may be good as a handle4 8,my chance has come10 said ,commodore ,dewey to a naval captain with whom he dined just before leaving ,washington to assume command of the ,asiatic squadron early in #ahih4 8,you know1 ,farragut did not get his chance till he was over sixty1 but he took it1 and--0 something interfered with the conversation and the sentence was never finished in words1 but the rest of it reverberated around the world from the roar of ,dewey's guns at ,manila4 ,keep your eyes open4 ,hear1 but say little4 ,count the cost before you bargain4 ,weigh matters before you buy1 and if there is a possibility of success1 grasp it4 ,spare no labor1 nor shrink from danger1 for in the words of ,montrose1 8,he either fears his fate too much ,or his deserts are small1 ,that dares not put it to the touch ,to gain or lose it all40 ,,chapter ,,vi ,be ,industrious ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,vi ,,by ,,john ,t4 ,,rich ,industry-- ,to meditate1 to plan1 resolve1 perform1 ,which in itself is good--as surely brings ,reward of good1 no matter what be done4 --,pollock4 ,industry stimulates honesty1--honesty for its own sake1 not because it is the best policy4 ,such sweetened by courtesy1 seasons our attainments with a delightful relish and portends a rich reward4 --,h4 ,d4 ,wilson4 ,industry means success in life4 ,without it1 genius1 ability1 scholarship and good intentions are of no avail4 ,by industry1 poverty1 lack of opportunity and the greatest obstacles in human life may be overcome1 and success in life assured4 ,illustration3 ,john ,t4 ,rich ,,chapter ,,vi ,,be ,,industrious 8,the best thing ,i remember10 said ,chauncey ,depew to a company of young men in ,new ,york1 8was my graduation from ,yale4 ,i made up my mind that day that ,i would lead a life of scholastic ease4 ,i thought ,i would read a little1 write a little1 take it easy and have a good time4 ,i had a hard-headed father of sturdy ,dutch ancestry4 ,he had enough money to take care of me1 and ,i knew it1 and when he discovered that ,i knew it and intended to act accordingly1 it was a cold day for me4 ,said he1 #8,you will never get a dollar from me except through my will4 ,from this time forth you have to make your own way4' ,well1 ,i found ,i had a hard lot of it--nobody had a harder one--and my father stood by and watched me tussle and fight it out4 ,i bless him for that to-night with all the heart and gratitude ,i have4 ,if he had taken the other course1 what should ,i have done8 ,i should have been up in ,peekskill to-night nursing a stove1 complaining of the men who have succeeded in the world1 and wondering by what exceptional luck they had got on2 but having my way to dig alone1 ,i got beyond everything my father dreamed of1 but it was done by fourteen1 or sixteen1 or eighteen hours' work a day1 if necessary40 ,the path to any notable achievement1 whether business or professional1 is not easy4 8,no pains1 no gains10 is an old ,english proverb1 which is akin to the well-known one1 8,no sweat1 no sweet40 ,few are the royal roads to fame4 ,every house ,beautiful is situated on a hill ,difficulty1 the pathway to which is lion-guarded4 ,he who has not the hardihood to climb the one and face the other1 will never cross the threshold of the palace4 ,former ,chief ,justice ,chase used to say that when he came to ,washington1 a poor boy1 an uncle of his was a member of the ,cabinet4 ,he went to him and said1 8,i want to get a place under the government40 ,his uncle answered1 8,salmon1 if you want money to buy a pickaxe and shovel to go to work out here on the street1 ,i will furnish you with the money2 but you shall never have a position1 under the government1 with my consent40 ,to that act of his uncle ,chief ,justice ,chase said he owed his successful career4 8,your royal highness10 said ,paderewski when told that he was surely inspired1 8will be surprised when ,i tell you that ,i remember the day when ,i was quite an indifferent player4 ,i was determined1 however1 to be what the world calls a genius1 and to be a genius ,i well knew that ,i must first be a drudge1 for genius and drudgery always go hand in hand4 ,genius0--and ,paderewski spoke excitedly--8is three-quarters drudgery--that's what genius is4 ,i at one time practiced day after day1 year after year1 till ,i became almost insensible to sound--became a machine1 as it were4 ,now1 #8,paderewski is a genius1' says the world6 ,yes1 but ,paderewski was a drudge before he was a genius60 ,just as the acorn goes slowly toward the oak1 so does the babe journey toward the sage4 ,haydn and ,handel were years before they presented the world with perfect music4 ,some of the pages of ,tennyson's manuscript have as many as fifty corrections4 ,only by filling barrels with manuscripts and steadily refusing to publish1 ,robert ,louis ,stevenson attained his exquisite style4 ,millet described his career as ten years of daubing1 ten years of despair1 and ten years of liberty and success4 ,of the late ,professor ,joseph ,h4 ,thayer of ,harvard ,divinity ,school1 it was said1 8,his greatness was the result1 not of native ability alone1 but of life-long tireless industry40 ,addressing his students he once asked1 8,do you wish to become great8 ,remember it means more hours at your desk4 ,the greater you desire to become1 the more hours you must work40 ,genius is not only the capacity for keeping at it1 but taking pains in its accomplishments4 ,wellington's military genius was said to have been perfected by encounters with difficulties of apparently the most overwhelming character1 yet such trained him to self-reliance1 courage and the highest discipline4 ,a boy once wrote to ,henry ,ward ,beecher soliciting his aid in securing an easy place wherein he might make his mark4 ,mr4 ,beecher replied1 8,you cannot be an editor2 do not try the law2 do not think of the ministry2 let alone all ships1 shops and merchandise2 abhor politics1 don't practice medicine2 be not a farmer nor a mechanic1 neither be a soldier nor a sailor2 don't work1 don't study1 don't think4 ,none of these are easy4 ,my son1 you have come into a hard world4 ,i know of only one easy place in this world1 and that is the grave40 ,,indolent ,,boys4 ,indolence is a characteristic of some boys4 ,some one wrote3 8,a boy will hunt and a boy will fish1 ,or play baseball all day2 ,but a boy won't think and a boy won't work1 ,because he's not built that way40 ,doubtless this is a gross exaggeration4 ,all boys are not 8made that way10 though there are some1 who1 at the thought-- 8--of an errand are as #8tired as a hound'1 ,very weary of life and of #8tramping around'2 ,but if there's a band or a circus in sight1 ,they'll follow it gladly from morning till night4 ,if there's work in the garden1 their heads ache to split6 ,and their backs are so lame that they #8can't dig a bit'2 ,but mention baseball1 and they're cured very soon1 ,and they'll dig for a woodchuck the whole afternoon40 ,the father of ,daniel and ,ezekiel ,webster on leaving the home for a short time gave these boys some special work on the farm4 ,on his return he found the labor unperformed1 and frowning1 demanded1 8,what have you been doing ,ezekiel80 8,nothing1 sir10 was the reply4 8,well1 ,daniel1 what have you been doing80 8,helping ,zeke1 sir10 he answered4 ,how many boys are likewise disposed4 ,they care not1 and1 if they can help it1 will not work4 ,they are like --8a watch that wants both hands1 ,as useless when it goes as when it stands40 ,,mischief ,,for ,,idle ,,hands4 ,idleness has been well expressed by the ancients as 8the burial of a living man40 ,it is 8the very rust and canker of the soul1 the devil's cushion1 pillow and chief reposal40 ,the boy who courts it will experience no little personal feeling of disgust in after years4 ,when along in life1 he will be able to say with a ,french beggar1 who1 while undergoing a long imprisonment1 tattooed upon his right arm1 8,the past has deceived me1 the present torments me1 the future terrifies me40 ,better heed ,plato's advice1 8,prefer diligence before idleness1 unless you esteem rust above brightness1 for idleness is the hour of temptation40 8,wanted1 a well-grown boy who can make himself generally useful4 ,salary moderate to start with40 ,this was the advertisement that had called together some twenty-five boys4 ,the merchant talked with one after another until only two remained in the outer office4 8,come in1 both of you10 called the merchant1 8,i can tell you what ,i want and what ,i'm willing to pay40 ,then followed an enumeration of the services expected with the promise of two and a half dollars a week with an increase at the end of each six months4 ,one of the two boys turned on his heel and said1 8,that settles it6 ,i can't afford to work for any such wages as that40 8,i'll try it10 said the other1 8and if ,i suit you six months will soon pass4 ,the two-fifty will pay my actual expenses1 for ,i live at home2 then when ,i get to earning more ,i can help more40 ,five years passed4 ,the first boy idled away his time and went from bad to worse4 ,at last he stood in the prisoner's dock awaiting trial for forgery4 ,what was his astonishment to behold his former friend ranged on the side of the prosecution as junior member of a firm of eminent lawyers4 ,there was no need for argument on either side1 for the poor fellow broke down at the sight of his former schoolmate1 and rising1 said1 8,i'll tell the truth and take my punishment4 ,if ,i'd begun as that young man did five years ago ,i might have been somebody to-day1 but ,i was above low wages and didn't believe in small beginnings4 ,now ,i am a living example of what pride and indolence can do for a boy40 ,satan is sure to find mischief for idle hands1 and the only way to keep clear of his work is to be busy at something1 pay or no pay4 ,industry is one of the pet laws of nature1 and as ,periander1 one of the ,seven ,wise ,men of ,greece1 said1 8,nothing is impossible to industry40 ,it has conquered our ,american forests1 built cities as by magic1 improved prairies and valleys until they blossom like the rose1 and made our civilization rich with the arts1 both liberal and fine4 ,long before the ,indians owned ,california the gold fields were there4 ,before ,franklin found electricity in the clouds1 it was there4 ,before ,marconi discovered the unseen waves of air to carry his messages across the sea1 they were there4 ,all that was needed was concentration1 careful thinking and earnest1 persistent effort to bring them into use4 ,all great men have had the gift of laboring intensely1 continually and determinedly before succeeding1 many of whom won their way against heavy odds4 ,arsaces1 who founded the ,parthian empire1 against which the mighty hosts of ,rome long contended in vain1 was a mechanic of obscure origin4 ,andersen1 the popular ,danish author1 was the son of a cobbler1 and in his earlier years worked on the bench1 doing his literary work on scraps of paper during the moments of rest from his regular duties4 ,cararra began his life as a drummer boy and driver of cattle1 but subsequently rose to the presidency of the ,republic of ,guatemala4 ,demosthenes1 the ,greek orator and 8prince of eloquence10 was the son of a blacksmith4 ,in his first attempt at public speaking1 he displayed such a weakness of voice1 imperfect articulation and awkwardness that he withdrew from the speaker's platform amidst the hooting and laughter of his hearers4 ,giotto1 one of the founders of ,italian art1 was a shepherd boy whom ,cimabue discovered drawing sheep in the sand with a pointed stone1 with such accuracy that he took him as a student4 ,herschel when a boy1 played for balls1 and while the dancers were lounging round the room he would go out and take a peep at the heavens through his telescope4 ,it was while doing this that he discovered the ,georgium ,sidus1 which made him famous4 ,samuel ,richardson1 the novelist1 was a poor bookseller4 ,he sold his books in the front part of the store1 while he wrote them in the rear4 ,it was a hard struggle4 8,my own industry and ,god's providence10 said he1 8have been my whole reliance40 ,lough1 the ,english sculptor1 reached success only through self-denial and hard work4 ,he followed the plough by day and modelled by night4 ,at length he went to ,london and took lodgings in an obscure house in a back street above a grocer's shop1 and there began his statue of ,milo4 ,while working on it he went three months without meat4 ,all the coal he used that winter was a bushel and a half4 ,when ,peter ,coxe found him he was tearing up his shirt and dipping the strips into water to keep the clay moist4 ,at last the statue was finished4 ,the roof had been removed to finish its head4 ,his work was soon noised abroad and sculptors took great interest in it4 ,the ,duke of ,wellington went to see it and ordered a statue1 and the boy who had struggled and suffered so much became the greatest sculptor of ,england4 8,i ,,see ,,it60 ,james ,ferguson1 the ,scotch astronomer1 was very anxious when a boy to understand the mechanism of watches4 ,his father refused to allow him to play with his watch1 and so ,james waited until a stranger called with a watch4 8,will you be good enough to tell me what time it is80 asked the boy4 ,the gentleman told him4 8,would you be willing that ,i should look at your watch80 continued ,james4 8,certainly10 replied the gentleman4 ,the boy took the watch eagerly4 ,after examining it for a moment he asked1 8,what makes that box go round80 8,a steel spring10 replied the owner4 8,how can a steel spring in a box turn it round so as to wind up all the chain80 ,the gentleman explained the process4 8,i don't see through it yet10 answered the boy4 8,well1 now10 said the visitor1 who had become interested1 8take a long1 thin piece of whale-bone1 hold one end of it fast between your thumb and forefinger1 and wind it around your finger4 ,it will then attempt to unwind1 and if you fix the other end of it to the inside of a small hoop and leave it to itself it will turn the hoop round and round and wind up a thread tied to the outside40 8,i see it6 ,i see it60 exclaimed the boy1 enthusiastically4 8,thank you1 very much60 ,it was not long before he had made a wooden watch1 which he enclosed in a case about the size of a teacup4 ,soon after this he was set to watching sheep by night4 ,here he took an interest in the stars with as great a zeal as in the watch and ere long became noted as a great astronomer4 ,,past1 ,,present ,,and ,,future4 ,boys of to-day are living in the most enlightened age1 when everything is an improvement of the past4 ,time was when man lived in caves1 now in mansions2 when he sailed the rivers in dug-outs of trees1 now in steamers2 when he traveled overland in ox-carts1 now on steam cars2 when he depended on fire or candle light to banish darkness1 now electricity2 when he spun cotton and wove it by a crude hand machine1 now the spinning jenny and power loom2 when he wrote on the bark of a tree with a sharpened iron or stick1 now on the finest paper with a typewriter2 when he sent messages by swift runners1 now by telegraph4 ,he now holds communication with other continents by cable1 brings distant worlds near with the telescope1 examines a single hair of a fly with the microscope and harnesses the elements of nature in his forward movement4 ,all things are conquered1 utilized and perfected by industry4 8,fortune10 as one said1 8is ever on the side of the industrious1 as winds and waves are on the side of the best navigators40 ,there is no reason why any industrious boy should not reach the pinnacle of success4 ,to do so will doubtless mean struggles1 hard thinking1 careful planning1 but the end pays for all4 ,my boy1 remember there is a place for you in the world4 ,a place honorable1 useful1 influential1 but it demands tireless exertion1 steadfastness of purpose1 carefulness of detail to reach and hold it4 ,to neglect is to invite suffering in the future4 8,if ,i neglect my practice a day10 said ,malibran the singer1 8,i see the difference in my execution2 if for two days1 my friends see it2 and if for a week1 all the world knows my failure40 ,don't wait my lad1 for something to 8turn up40 8,things10 said ,garfield1 8don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up40 ,while ninety-nine persons wait for chances that never come1 the one hundredth realizing upon his irresistible strength and determination1 makes his chance4 8,never mind4 ,what is the next thing to be done80 asked young ,huxley1 when he failed to pass the medical examination on which he thought his future depended4 ,looking back in after years at his defeat1 the great scientist wrote1 8,it does not matter how many tumbles you have in life1 so long as you do not get dirty when you tumble4 ,it is only the people who have to stop and be washed who must lose the race40 8,when ,i was a boy on my father's farm in ,connecticut10 said ,collis ,p4 ,huntington1--the man who had a hundred thousand people in his employ1 8,i worked hard1 utilizing every moment1 for there was plenty to do4 ,but if ,i had any spare time ,i did chores for the neighbors4 ,i never wanted for anything ,i needed6 ,i always got it4 ,but many buy things they do not need4 ,when ,i went to ,new ,york in #ahcf ,i had quite a sum of money1 the result of my savings1 judicious investments1 and little tradings about the neighborhood40 ,he had an aim in life1 and he worked till he accomplished it4 ,that person who has not a definite purpose cannot expect to succeed4 ,philip1 ,king of ,macedon1 lost his eye from a bowshot4 ,when the soldiers picked up the shaft they perceived upon it these words1 8,to ,philip's eye60 ,the archer had an aim that accomplished something1 and he that has not1 cannot4 8,it's the boys to shape the path for men1 ,boys to guide the plow and pen1 ,boys to forward the task begun1 ,for the world's great task is never done4 8,it's the boys who'll work that are needed ,in sanctum or office or shop1 ,remembering the low lands are crowded ,but there's room for the industrious1 on top40 ,,chapter ,,vii ,be ,studious ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,vii ,,by ,,george ,s4 ,,cull ,the boy who would be an intelligent and wise man needs to be studious4 ,what may now seem irksome employment will prove a delight in after years4 ,through study he will not be a burden to himself1 nor will 8his society be10 as ,seneca said1 8insupportable to others40 ,study whenever and wherever you can4 ,pliny in one of his ,letters relates how he used spare moments4 8,sometimes ,i hunt2 but even then ,i carry with me a pocket-book1 that whilst my servants are busied in disposing of nets and other matters1 ,i may be employed in something that may be useful to me in my studies2 and that if ,i miss of my game1 ,i may at least bring home some of my thoughts with me1 and not have the mortification of having caught nothing40 ,in choosing subjects you will not have to combat with the difficulties our forefathers met1 for in these days of cheap paper and cheap printing the whole world of literature is open to you4 ,but here1 my lad1 let me warn you against the worthless1 the pernicious trash with which the literary market is flooded4 ,study history with its descriptions of growth and decay of nations2 science with its marvels and recent revelations1 biographies of good and great men and nature whose pages are always open to view4 ,study everything which will lead you to look higher and feel nobler4 ,illustration3 ,g4 ,s4 ,cull4 ,,chapter ,,vii ,,be ,,studious ,the impression that study is only for those who attend school is decidedly wrong4 ,if carried into practice it would prove disastrous to one's success4 ,there is no period in life when one can afford to be otherwise than studious4 ,had ,henry ,clay after learning to write by filling a box with sand and tracing letters with a pointed stick1 or had young ,daniel ,webster1 after plucking his pen out of the wings of his mother's pet goose and making ink out of the soot scraped from the fireplace1 ceased to go farther1 their names as great speakers and writers would not be known4 ,john ,quincy ,adams was considered the most learned man of his day4 ,when his parents intended to keep him in school1 he plead so earnestly to leave that they gave him his choice between two things1 work on the farm or school4 ,john said he thought he would work and he was therewith assigned with other help in ditching4 ,after working three days he became weary of his job and coming to his father said3 8,father1 if you are willing ,i guess ,i'll go back to school40 ,in after life he confessed1 8,if ,i have accomplished anything as a scholar1 ,i owe it to those three days' work in the abominable ditch40 ,general ,lew ,wallace1 according to his own words1 was a poor student in his young manhood4 ,he grew tired of his college course after six weeks1 and returned home4 ,calling him into his office1 his father took from a pigeonhole in his desk a package of papers neatly folded and tied with red tape4 ,these were the receipts for his tuition4 ,after reading the items the father said1 8,that sum represents what ,i have expended to provide you with a good education4 ,after mature reflection ,i have come to the conclusion that ,i have done for you1 in that direction1 all that can reasonably be expected of any parent2 and ,i have1 therefore1 called you in to tell you that you have now reached an age when you must take up the lines yourself4 ,if you have failed to profit by the advantages with which ,i have tried so hard to surround you1 the responsibility must be yours4 ,i shall not upbraid you for your neglect1 but rather pity you for your indifference which you have shown to the golden opportunities you have been enabled to enjoy through my indulgence40 ,lew left the office thinking4 ,the next day he set out with a determination to accomplish something for himself4 ,he secured employment of the ,county ,clerk to copy the records of the courts4 ,for months he worked in a dingy1 half-lighted room1 receiving as compensation ten cents per hundred words4 ,the tediousness and regularity of the work was a splendid drill besides teaching him the virtue of persistence as one of the avenues of success4 ,he had a desire to become a lawyer1 but realizing his deficiency in education he was compelled to study evenings4 8,i was made to realize10 said he1 8the time ,i had spent with such lavish prodigality could not be recovered1 and that ,i must extract every possible good out of the golden moments then flying by all too fast40 ,this he did until 8,ben ,hur10 one of the greatest books ever published1 show how well he did it4 ,,what ,,it ,,is4 ,to be studious is to be ambitious1 to excel1 to be anxious for the acquisition of such knowledge as will be beneficial4 ,from any source it will be gathered as the bee gathers honey from any flower4 8,drink deep or taste not the ,pierian spring of knowledge10 wrote an eminent poet4 8,study chiefly10 said ,lord ,bacon to ,cecil1 8what you can turn to good account in your future life40 ,james ,russell ,lowell once counselled his nephew1 8,a man is valuable in our day for what he knows1 and his company will be always desired by others in exact proportion to the amount of intelligence and instruction he brings with him40 ,william ,e4 ,gladstone in counselling boys said1 8,get all the knowledge you can40 ,and ,theodore ,roosevelt declared1 8,shiftlessness1 slackness1 indifference to studying are all most certain to mean inability to get on in other walks of life40 ,a ,,good ,,aim4 ,a boy accompanied an old hunter through the woods in search of game4 ,suddenly a partridge whirred from before their feet4 ,the huntsman with steady nerve1 quick eye and calculating brain brought the bird down at the first shot4 8,how could you aim so quickly80 the lad inquired4 8,i didn't wait till ,i got into the woods to learn10 was his chaffing reply4 ,he had done what ,stone1 the author of 8,the ,mathematical ,dictionary0 did when perusing scientific works while aiding his father1 who was gardener to the ,duke of ,argyll1 had done2 what ,david ,livingstone did before he became ,africa's explorer1 while in the old ,blantyre cotton works with a ,latin grammar on his spinning jenny2 had done1 what ,ezra ,cornell did before he built a two-story dwelling for his father's family when only seventeen years of age2 had done1 what ,henry ,clay did with 8these off-hand efforts0 as he called his speeches in the corn field before he stirred the country with his orations1--made careful preparation beforehand4 ,what one will be in manhood depends largely on what he is in boyhood4 ,the loftiest attainments are nothing more than fruits of earnest study4 ,there is no perfection1 no great excellence without great labor4 8,it is the deepest soil10 said ,dewey1 8that yields not only the richest fruits1 but the fairest flowers2 it is the most solid body which is not only the most useful1 but which admits of the highest polish and brilliancy2 it is the strongest pinion which not only carries the greatest burden1 but which soars to the highest flight40 ,it is the best education which fits a person for a responsible position4 ,if a man succeeds who has had no education he does so in spite of his misfortune and not by reason of it4 ,dickens owed less to education than probably any literary man4 ,he was not in school two years in his whole life1 but he was a genius by right divine4 ,few are so richly endowed1 hence 8a good education is a young man's best capital40 ,,the ,,dunce4 ,he was called the dunce4 ,his teacher would stand him apart from his class1 for he could not or would not learn4 ,one day a gentleman came into the room and seeing the lad standing1 inquired the reason4 8,oh1 he is good for nothing10 replied the teacher4 8,there's nothing in him4 ,i can make nothing out of him4 ,he is the most stupid boy in the school40 ,the gentleman was stirred to pity4 ,going to him1 he placed his hand on the head of the humiliated lad and said1 8,one of these days1 you may be a fine scholar4 ,don't give up1 but try1 my boy1 try40 ,the boy's soul was aroused4 ,his dormant intellect awoke4 ,a new purpose was formed4 ,clinching his teeth1 he said1 8,i will40 ,from that hour he became ambitious and studious4 ,he became a great scholar1 an author of a well-known commentary on the ,bible1 and was beloved and honored by many4 ,this dunce was the celebrated ,adam ,clarke4 ,the same was true of others4 ,isaac ,newton was kicked by the brightest boy in the school because he was the most ignorant1 but he said1 8,never mind1 ,i'll repay him by beating him in my studies40 ,after a long time of earnest effort he did it4 ,oliver ,goldsmith in his boyhood was very stupid1 but he resolved to surprise his fellow students1 and this he did by writing that popular book1 the 8,traveller40 ,sir ,walter ,scott was nicknamed the 8blockhead0 when a student1 but he declared1 8,i'll make them change it10 and change it they did4 ,through close study he attained such eminence that he was afterward styled1 8,the ,wizard of the ,north40 ,sir ,william ,jones1 the greatest scholar of ,europe1 was not a bright student4 ,he was put into a class beyond his years1 and where all the scholars had the advantage in that they had previous instruction that had been denied him4 ,the teacher accused him of dullness1 and all his efforts could not raise him from the foot of the class4 ,he was not daunted4 ,procuring for himself grammars and other elementary text books1 which the rest of the class had gone through in private terms1 he devoted the hours of play1 and some of the hours of sleep1 to the mastering of them4 ,by this he soon shot ahead of his fellow pupils1 and became the leader of the class and the pride of ,harrow ,school4 ,dean ,stanley was declared by ,mr4 ,rawson1 his schoolmaster1 to be the stupidest boy at figures who ever came under his care1 save only one1 who was yet more hopeless1 and was unable to grasp simple addition and multiplication1 yet ,arthur ,stanley rose like a rocket at ,rugby1 achieved fame in ,oxford and became a blessing to mankind4 ,the other developed a phenomenal mastery of arithmetic4 ,years after he would make a budget speech of three hours' length and full of figures4 ,he is known throughout the world as ,william ,e4 ,gladstone4 ,,how ,,to ,,study4 ,boys of studious mind may achieve an education if they desire4 ,it may not be such as will enable them to secure a diploma from a college1 but such as will make them successful and useful4 ,all should strive for a college education4 ,it is an investment1 the returns of which in after years will be worth more and may do more than gold4 ,kitto1 who was one of the greatest ,biblical scholars in the world1 receiving from the ,university of ,geissen the degree of ,doctor of ,divinity1 craved for the greatest knowledge of his day4 ,notwithstanding his affliction of deafness he begged his drunken father to take him from the poor-house and let him struggle for an education4 ,said he1 8,i know how to stop hunger4 ,hottentots live a long time on nothing but gum4 ,sometimes when hungry they tie a band around their bodies4 ,let me go4 ,i can do as they do4 ,there are blackberries and nuts in the hedges1 and turnips in the fields and hay-ricks for a bed4 ,let me go40 ,and go he did with the already mentioned result4 ,should circumstances1 however1 prevent a college education1 every boy should use the margins of time in reading books and studying principles until he attains a cultured mind4 ,reading is one of the great means of education1 and whether it be a blessing or curse1 depends on what is read4 ,by reading one communes with the mightiest and wisest minds4 ,great men have usually been great readers4 ,abraham ,lincoln and ,james ,a4 ,garfield used to read and study lying flat upon the floor before the fire4 ,hugh ,miller1 after working from early morn to night as a stone-mason1 managed to find time after his hours of work to read every good book he could secure1 pondering over them during the day4 ,in this way he became eminent as a scholar1 and when the time came in ,scotland's history that some man should plead for her ecclesiastical freedom from ,state domination1 ,hugh ,miller stepped to the front1 though until he was thirty-three years old he was nothing more than a studious stone-mason4 ,to remember what one reads is of great importance4 ,it is not the amount of matter read but the amount remembered4 ,lord ,macaulay always stopped at the foot of each page and gave a verbal account of what he read4 ,said he1 8,at first ,i had to read it three or four times before ,i got my mind firmly fixed4 ,but ,i compelled myself to comply with the plan1 until now1 after ,i have read a book once through1 ,i can almost recite it from beginning to end4 ,it is a very simple habit to form early in life1 and is valuable as a means of making our reading serve the best purpose40 ,granville ,sharp was only an apprentice to a linen draper in ,london4 ,to know the exact meaning of the ,scriptures he mastered the ,greek and ,hebrew languages4 ,a poor lame and almost blind ,african who had been cured by his brother's medical skill was recognized on the streets of the metropolis by his old master and claimed as a slave4 ,granville resolved that the negro shall never more be in bondage4 ,but what can he do8 ,slavery was then a legal right4 ,lord ,chief ,justice ,mansfield was of the opinion that a slave did not become free by coming to ,england4 ,granville ,sharp soon decided on his course4 ,for two years he read and memorized law4 ,then came the tract from his pen1 8,injustice of ,tolerating ,slavery in ,england10 which changed the mind of ,mansfield and eventually made the slave-trade of ,england illegal4 ,every boy should study by concentrating his mind4 ,the reason of so much ignorance is not through a lack of educational facilities1 but lack of will force and mental force to master a subject in hand4 ,many a boy commits his lessons parrot-like1 with little or no disposition to understand the whys and wherefores1 while another studies and inquires until he comprehends the reason of all that he learns4 ,the result is1 one masters his study1 the other is mastered by his study4 ,when ,sir ,isaac ,newton was asked 8how he had discovered the true system of the universe0 he replied1 8,by continually thinking upon it40 ,,eyes ,,open4 ,every boy should study with eyes open4 ,the inspired penman declared1 8,the wise man's eyes are in his head10 not in his elbows or feet1 though multitudes act as if they were4 ,but 8in his head10 just where they ought to be4 ,in other words1 the 8wise man0 is a careful observer2 he possesses this faculty of comprehending the nature and reason of things4 ,not that observation alone insures success but this is one of the leading1 indispensable elements of it4 ,professor ,morse1 who was judge of pottery at the ,world's ,fair1 ,chicago1 being asked to what he attributed his knowledge1 answered1 8,to the habits of close inspection acquired in my boyhood when collecting shells40 ,general ,sherman explains his victorious march to the sea by saying that during his college days he spent a summer in ,georgia4 ,while his companions were occupied with playing cards and foolish talk the young soldier tramped over the hills1 made a careful map of the country and years later his expert knowledge won the victory4 ,many persons go through life without an observation that is educative4 ,ten men will observe a steam engine only to admire its novelty1 one studies each valve and screw until he understands the principle on which it is constructed4 ,ten travelers will pass through the country without noticing special peculiarities1 one observes each tree1 flower1 hill1 valley and river4 ,ten readers will skim over a book1 catching only its general drift1 one criticises style1 expression and thought and is rapt with its beauties and sensitive to its faults4 ,these are they who profit themselves and benefit others4 ,,using ,,the ,,moments4 ,every boy should study by utilizing the moments4 ,as success in business depends upon the small margin of profit secured and retained1 rather than upon the large volume done1 so success in life may depend upon our ability to save the moments1 the precious 8margin0 that is left after we have done the things which are necessary in order to discharge our duties or earn our daily bread4 ,dr4 ,cotton ,mather would express his regret after the departure of a visitor who had wasted his time1 8,i would rather have given my visitor a handful of money than have been kept so long out of my study40 ,csar1 it is said1 would not permit a campaign1 however exacting1 to deprive him of minutes when he could write his ,commentaries4 ,schliemann standing in line at the post-office and waiting for his letters when a boy1 saved the fragments of time by studying ,greek from a pocket grammar4 ,heine1 the noted classicist of ,germany1 while shelling peas with one hand for dinner1 held his book in the other4 ,matthew ,hale's 8,contemplations0 was composed while he was traveling as circuit judge4 ,henry ,kirke ,white learnt ,greek while walking to and from a lawyer's office4 ,elihu ,burritt is said to have mastered eighteen languages and twenty-two dialects by improving the fragments of time in his blacksmith's shop4 ,william ,e4 ,gladstone and ,lord ,lyttelton in their younger days always carried one of the smaller classics in their pockets to read if they had a leisure moment4 ,sir ,james ,paget1 in his youth1 made tables of ,cuvier's classifications while dressing1 which he posted in his bedroom4 ,cardinal ,manning1 when an undergraduate at ,oxford1 acquired a satisfactory ,italian vocabulary during the time spent in shaving4 ,phillips ,brooks combined the processes of shaving and study1 and1 it is said that ,theodore ,roosevelt carries constantly a small volume of ,plutarch or ,thucydides to read in spare moments4 ,fifteen minutes thus saved1 or utilized1 four times a day1 gives us thirty hours in a month1 the working time of about sixty days of six hours each in a year1 or about five years' study in thirty years' time1 and five years well used yield more fruit than a whole lifetime squandered4 ,,pleasure ,,and ,,profit4 ,every boy should study for the pleasure and profit there is in it4 ,knowledge is power1 and sometime1 somewhere1 the information will come useful4 ,when ,sherman's troops were passing through a critical experience during the ,civil ,war1 they captured a telegraph line of the enemy4 ,hastily cutting the wire1 the ,general inquired if any of his men understood telegraphy4 ,a young officer stepped forward saying1 8,one vacation ,i studied this art just for the pleasure of it40 ,when ,bishop ,whipple came to ,chicago to preach he was anxious to reach the many artisans and railway operatives4 ,he called upon ,william ,mc,alpine1 the chief engineer of the ,galena ,railway1 and asked his advice as to the best way of approaching the employes of the road4 8,how much do you know about a steam engine80 asked ,mc,alpine4 8,nothing40 8,then10 said ,mc,alpine1 8read #8,lardner's ,railway ,economy' until you are able to ask an engineer a question about a locomotive and he not think you a fool40 ,the clergyman had the practical sense to see the justice of that advice4 ,so he 8read up10 and in due season went to the round-house of the ,galena ,railway1 where he found a number of engineers standing by a locomotive which the firemen were cleaning4 ,he saw that it was a ,taunton engine with inside connections1 and asked1 at a venture1 8,which do you like best1 inside or outside connections80 ,this brought out information about steam heaters and variable exhausts1 and in half an hour he had learned more than his book had ever taught him4 ,when he said good-by1 he added3 8,boys1 where do you go to church8 ,i have a free church in ,metropolitan ,hall1 where ,i shall be glad to see you1 and if at any time you need me1 shall be glad to go to you40 ,the following ,sunday every man was in church4 ,years ago1 when ,mr4 ,gladstone was in active political service1 he made some public addresses during a parliamentary recess that gave offence to the leaders of the opposite party4 ,they thought it necessary to discipline him by what would be regarded as an official rebuke1 when ,parliament should reassemble4 ,he was to be convicted of breach of courtesy and violation of constitutional rights4 ,in due course the reprimand was administered4 ,a ,conservative statesman of distinction was set up to chastise the offending lion4 ,he rejoiced as a strong man to run a race4 ,a splendid audience was present to see the thing done properly1 and the ,conservative orator's wife had taken with her a party of friends to the ,house of ,commons to aid in swelling the triumph4 ,through a long speech ,mr4 ,gladstone sat in silence4 ,he was accused of ignorance of ,english history and disregard for the ,english ,constitution1 rightly so sacred to every ,englishman4 ,after midnight he arose to reply4 ,for two hours he poured forth his matchless eloquence4 ,not a point had escaped him4 ,not a fact or a sentiment of the arraignment had been overlooked or misplaced4 ,he did not indulge in invective4 ,he made no counter charges4 ,he emptied out his stores of history4 ,he unfolded and eulogized the provisions of the ,british ,constitution4 ,he left no loophole of retreat for his adversaries4 ,he overwhelmed them with the fulness of his knowledge and his oratory1 and routed them most ignominiously4 ,the noble lady and her friends had no occasion to celebrate a triumph4 ,mr4 ,gladstone's victory was largely due to his marvellous power of early study4 ,my boy1 be studious4 ,you will find sometime a market for everything you know4 ,be patient in your studies4 ,if things do not seem clear1 do not give up4 ,a dull1 hazy morning often turns out a bright day4 ,dryden would think for two weeks in the composition of one of his odes4 ,there are few things which patient labor will not enable one to accomplish4 ,difficulties like spectres melt when approached4 ,it is not one stroke of the axe that fells the tree1 or one blow of the hammer that demolishes the rock1 but the repetition4 ,study everything of advantage1 but bend energy and mind mostly in the line of your life work4 ,study for what it will do for you4 ,study for what you can do for others1 and never give up study4 8,the boy that by addition grows1 ,and suffers no subtraction2 ,who multiplies the thing he knows1 ,and carries every fraction2 ,who well divides his precious time1 ,the due proportions giving1 ,to secure success aloft will climb1 ,interest compound receiving40 ,,chapter ,,viii ,be ,temperate ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,viii ,,by ,,george ,w4 ,,bain ,intoxicants are like anger1 they make us strong1 ,blind and impatient1 and they lead us wrong2 ,the strength is quickly lost1 we feel the error long4 ,crabb4 ,temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle1 the strength of the soul1 and the foundation of virtue4 ,jeremy ,taylor4 ,in all the world there is not to be found an old man1 who has been a total abstainer from intoxicating liquors through all his life1 who regrets the rule he adopted and kept4 ,such a man was never heard to say3 8,i am sorry ,i did not learn to love wine1 whiskey1 ale1 beer or brandy when ,i was young40 ,this is a very safe rule for young men1 that has not a single exception in all the wide world4 ,on the other hand1 how many have said3 8,drink has been my curse08 ,take the pledge1 boys1 keep it1 and you will find it a jewel in nature1 a comfort through life1 and a consolation in death4 ,illustration3 ,geo4 ,w4 ,bain4 ,,chapter ,,viii ,,be ,,temperate ,one of the great curses1 if not the greatest in our land1 is intemperance4 ,it is productive of murder1 lawlessness and crime2 the chief agency in the corruption of the ballot1 legislation and administration of the law2 the voracious consumer of purity1 reputation and health1 and the chief architect in establishing mad-houses1 orphan asylums1 prisons and county farms4 ,it demands and controls annually more than a billion dollars by which bread1 meat1 clothing1 shoes and sugar could be purchased for the poor1 and all schools and ,christian missions supported4 ,in silver dollars this money could be laid side by side on the equator till it formed a band around the earth1 while the liquor it purchased would fill a canal twenty feet wide1 twenty feet deep and forty-six miles long4 ,the grain alone used by distilleries in the manufacture of the destructive drink is fifty million bushels1 enough to furnish three hundred one-pound loaves of bread to each family in the ,united ,states4 ,no wonder that 8ninety-nine of every hundred men10 as ,john ,b4 ,gough said1 8are ruined morally1 intellectually and religiously by the use of drink10 and that fifty of every hundred insane persons1 seventy-five of every hundred prisoners1 and ninety-six of every hundred tramps are made thus by this evil4 ,far better that every boy 8touch not1 taste not40 ,longfellow said3 8,it will make thy heart sore ,to its very core6 ,its perfume is the breath ,of the angel of death4 ,and the light that within it lies ,is the flash of his evil eyes4 ,beware6 ,oh1 beware6 ,for sickness1 sorrow and care ,are all there40 ,a ,,great ,,statesman',s ,,downfall4 ,in one of the older colleges in ,massachusetts years ago1 there was a boy of great promise1 bearing an honored name1 and concentrating in his own intellect the mental power of generations of ancestors4 ,he was a prodigy in learning4 ,he seized a language almost by intuition4 ,his person was faultless2 his hair like the raven's wing1 his eye like the eagle's4 ,on the day of his graduation he married a charming young lady4 ,his profession1 the law1 led him to the highest office of advocacy in the ,state4 ,he was ,attorney ,general at an age when most students are admitted to the bar4 ,suddenly1 when as yet no one knew the cause1 he resigned his high appointment1 giving no reasons4 ,he was a secret drunkard4 ,too high was his sense of honor1 and the importance of his station1 to intrust himself longer with the destinies of society4 ,as years rolled by he sunk like a mighty ship in mid-ocean1 not without many a lurch1 many a sign of righting once more to plow the proud seas that were destined to entomb him forever4 ,his lovely wife left him1 and1 returning to her parents1 died of a broken heart4 ,with bowed head at the grave1 he wept bitterly on the head of a dear boy she had left behind4 ,friends of his1 men of talent and piety1 prayed over him1 and at times he would get the better of the demon that ruled him1 and again put forth his gigantic powers4 ,the greatest effort he exerted during this period was in an important case before the ,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states4 ,marshall1 the patriarch of ,american judges1 gazed with wonder on the barrister1 as burst after burst of eloquence and oratory followed4 ,george ,briggs1 member of ,congress from ,massachusetts1 seeing his splendid portrait hanging in a conspicuous place at ,washington1 inquired who it was1 and was told 8that is the portrait of ,talcott1 the brilliant genius1 the most talented man in the ,united ,states40 ,in his last spasm of temperance he wrote a beautiful tract3 8,the ,trial and ,condemnation of ,alcohol40 ,after a fatiguing argument before a court in the city of ,new ,york1 he was over-persuaded by a friend to take a glass of beer4 ,it was his last sober moment till he was in the agonies of death4 ,down1 down he went and never rose to assume manliness again4 ,as the fabled phnix is said to rise from the ashes of its parent1 one of the most noble and eloquent advocates of temperance proved to be the son of this ruined genius4 ,a ,,great ,,delusion4 ,it is a great delusion for boys to think it manly to drink4 ,manliness implies strength and courage4 ,a drunkard lacks both4 ,he might be brutal1 but he is a coward4 ,manliness also implies reason1 and when we consider that liquor robs one of this1 a boy shows his manliness by letting it alone and helping others do the same4 ,liquor is a poison4 ,incorporated in it is a deadly drug known as alcohol4 ,drop a little on the eye and it destroys the sight4 ,sprinkle a few drops on the leaf of a plant and it will kill it4 ,immerse a tadpole in it and it ceases to live4 ,drink it and its action produces weakness1 and its reaction nervousness4 ,in a word1 alcohol is the devil's best drug and the boy's worst enemy4 ,said ,general ,harrison1 8,i was one of a class of seventeen young men who graduated at college4 ,the other sixteen now fill drunkards' graves4 ,i owe all my health1 my happiness and prosperity to a resolution ,i made when starting in life1 that ,i would avoid strong drink4 ,that vow ,i have never broken40 ,,what ,,temperance ,,did ,,for ,a ,,man4 ,in #ahab the town of ,farmington1 ,new ,hampshire1 saw a poor boy4 ,when old enough he was bound out to a farmer4 ,afterward he learned a trade4 ,he worked well and studied evenings4 ,a friend took an interest in him and encouraged him to attend and speak at a political meeting4 8,how can ,i be anything when my father is a drinking man80 he was wont to say4 ,he solemnly signed the pledge of total abstinence and began speech-making4 ,soon the young men said3 8,let us send him to the ,legislature40 ,at every step he did his best4 ,finally ,massachusetts sent a petition by him to ,congress4 ,john ,quincy ,adams invited him to dinner4 ,while at dinner1 ,mr4 ,adams filled his glass1 and turning to the young man1 said3 8,will you drink a glass of wine with me80 ,he hated to refuse1 there was the ex-,president of the ,united ,states1 and a company of great men4 ,all eyes were upon him1 and so he hesitated and grew red in the face1 but finally stammered3 8,excuse me1 sir1 ,i never drink wine40 ,the next day the whole account came out in the ,washington papers4 ,it was copied all over ,massachusetts1 and the people said3 8,here is a man who stands by his principles4 ,he can be trusted4 ,let us promote him40 ,he was made ,congressman and ,senator4 ,finally he became ,vice-,president of the country4 ,that farmer-boy was ,henry ,wilson4 ,when elected to this office1 he gave his friends a dinner4 ,the table was set without one wine-glass upon it4 8,where are the glasses80 asked several of the guests1 merrily4 8,gentlemen10 said ,mr4 ,wilson1 8you know my friendship and my obligation to you4 ,great as they are1 they are not great enough to make me forget the rock whence ,i was hewn and the pit whence ,i was dug4 ,some of you know how the curse of intemperance overshadowed my youth4 ,that ,i might escape ,i fled from my early surroundings4 ,for what ,i am1 ,i am indebted to ,god1 to my temperance vow and to my adherence to it4 ,call for what you want to eat1 and if this hotel can provide it1 it shall be forthcoming2 but wine and liquors can not come to this table with my consent1 because ,i will not spread in the path of another the snare from which ,i escaped40 ,at this1 three rousing cheers rent the room for the man who had the courage to stand by his noble convictions4 ,,be ,a ,,total ,,abstainer4 ,it pays to be a total abstainer4 8,abstinence10 said ,bishop ,spalding1 8is but negative1 a standing aloof from what hinders or hurts40 ,the tendency of drink is to deaden the moral sensibilities4 ,it weakens the nerves1 impairs the brain1 feeds disease and at last 8bites like a serpent and stings like an adder40 ,on the other hand1 8temperance is a bridle of gold1 and he who uses it rightly is more like a god than a man40 ,nothing is so conducive to one's happiness and success in life4 ,burdette said1 8,honor never has the delirium tremens2 glory does not wear a red nose2 fame blows a horn1 but never takes one40 ,there is a story told of ,hannibal1 the great ,carthaginian1 who fought so long and so successfully against the ,romans1 that when he was still a boy of nine years1 his father ,hamilcar asked him if he would like to go to the wars with him4 ,the child was delighted at the thought4 8,then10 said his father1 8you must swear that you will1 as long as you live1 hate the ,romans and fight against them40 ,young ,hannibal took the oath1 and all through life was the bitter enemy of ,rome4 ,he took sides with his father and his country against the proud foes4 ,the boy who wishes to succeed in life must incorporate 8no liquor0 in his resolutions1 and under all circumstances refuse it1 choosing rather to be an advocate of ennobling temperance4 ,it pays to be a total abstainer1 because it is right4 ,it is not so much a question of dollars saved or happiness promoted as a question of right4 ,said ,amos ,lawrence1 8,young men1 base all your actions upon a sense of right1 and in so doing1 never reckon the cost40 ,in the army1 drinking and treating were common occurrences4 ,one noble captain had the heroism to decline the oft-proffered treat4 ,an observer asked1 8,do you always reject intoxicating liquor80 8,yes40 8,do you not take it to correct this ,yazoo water80 8,never40 8,you must have belonged to the cold water army in your youth40 8,yes1 but ,i learned something better than that2 my mother taught me that what is right is right1 and coming to ,mississippi makes no difference4 ,it would not be right for me to accept an invitation to drink at home1 it is no more right here2 therefore ,i don't drink40 ,some time after an officer met a lady who wanted to see one who had met her boy1 naming his office and regiment4 ,he told her of the noble examples of piety which were found in the army and related the case of the captain4 ,she exclaimed1 8,that's beautiful6 ,that's beautiful6 ,his mother must be proud of him40 8,yes1 she is1 and you are that mother40 ,amid grateful tears she exclaimed1 8,is that my boy8 ,is that my ,will8 ,it's just like him2 ,i knew he would do so4 ,he was a good boy4 ,he told me he always would be and ,i knew he would40 ,beautiful trust4 ,excellent commendation4 ,would that it could be said of every boy4 ,it pays to be a total abstainer for the sake of those who suffer through intemperance4 ,the good and wise ,governor ,buckingham1 of ,connecticut1 gave as his reason for being a total abstainer1 8,if ,i indulge1 ,i am not safe4 ,there is no degradation so low that a man will not sink to it1 and no crime so hellish that he will not commit it1 when he is drunk4 ,but if it could be proved conclusively to my own mind that ,i could drink and never be injured1 yet ,i could not be certain but others1 seeing me drink1 might be influenced to drink also1 and1 being unable to stop1 pass on in the path of the drunkard40 ,were many more as considerate there would be less drinking husbands1 and less despised and taunted children because of drunken fathers4 ,,two ,,sad ,,cases4 ,who would ever think of a two-dollar bill relating a sad story and giving a pathetic warning8 ,yet such a bill was brought to the office of a ,temperance ,union recently4 ,written in red ink a poor man told what liquor had done for him1 and what it would do for others4 ,here is what it said1 8,wife1 children and #dj1jjj all gone4 ,i alone am responsible4 ,all have gone down my throat4 ,when ,i was twenty-one ,i had a fortune4 ,i am now thirty-five years old4 ,i have killed my beautiful wife1 who died of a broken heart2 have murdered my children with neglect4 ,when this bill is gone ,i do not know how ,i am to get my next meal4 ,i shall die a drunken pauper4 ',tis my last money and my history4 ,if this bill comes into the hands of any man who drinks1 let him take warning from my ruin40 ,when ,colonel ,alexander ,hogeland was sitting in his room at ,louisville some years ago1 a lame boy knocked at the door4 ,said he1 8,my father is to be hung to-morrow4 ,the ,governor will not pardon him4 ,he killed my mother when he was drunk4 ,he was a good father1 and we were always happy only when he drank4 ,won't you go and talk and pray with him1 and then come to our house when his body is brought to us80 ,the ,colonel did as requested1 and found that the demon drink was the sole cause of that family's ruin4 ,the father was hung1 and when the body was taken to the home1 he was there4 ,six worse than orphans were curled up on a bundle of straw and rags1 crying with a grief that would make the stoutest heart quail4 ,the crippled boy but fourteen years of age was the sole support of the little family4 ,the father's body was brought in by two officers4 ,the plain board coffin was rested upon two old chairs1 and the officers hurried out of the room and away from the terrible scene4 8,come10 said the crippled boy1 8come and kiss papa's face before it gets cold20 and all six children kissed the face of that father1 and1 smoothing the brow1 sobbed in broken accents1 8,whiskey did it4 ,papa was good1 but whiskey did it40 ,my boy1 be temperate4 ,do your best to stop another such scene4 ,sign the pledge4 ,talk against1 work against1 and when able1 vote against the liquor interests4 8,woe to the man or boy who becomes a slave to liquor10 said ,general ,phil4 ,sheridan4 8,i had rather see my son die to-day than to see him carried to his mother drunk4 ,one of my brave soldier-boys on the field said to me just before a battle1 #8,tell mother1 if ,i am killed1 ,i have kept my promise to her4 ,not one drink have ,i ever tasted4' ,the boy was killed4 ,i carried the message with my own lips to the mother4 ,she said1 #8,general1 that is more glory for my boy than if he had taken a city4'0 ,,chapter ,,ix ,be ,free of the ,weed ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,ix ,,by ,,asa ,,clark ,the influence of example is always a powerful one4 ,with such wide-spread habits as those of tobacco smoking and chewing it is little wonder why so many boys indulge4 ,they see only the pleasureable side of these habits2 but it devolves upon us1 from our daily experience with 8the ills that flesh is heir to0 to make known to you young friend the dangers lurking in these seductive vices4 ,we doctors are often consulted by victims of these habits1 who are quite surprised upon stopping the use of tobacco to find to what a degree they have become enslaved4 ,that the baneful effect from the use of tobacco is universally recognized is evidenced by the fact of its prohibition in schools and naval academies1 and by the laws now in force in several of the ,states and also in ,germany1 making it illegal to sell tobacco to any under sixteen years of age4 ,tobacco is especially injurious to those subjected to severe mental strain or physical training1 and to such as are engaged in delicate manual work4 ,the symptoms are many4 ,digestion is sometimes greatly impaired4 ,on the heart the effect is very noticeable4 ,my advice to boys is1 not to use tobacco in any form4 ,illustration3 ,asa ,clark ,,chapter ,,ix ,,be ,,free ,,of ,,the ,,weed ,an old monk was once walking through a forest1 with a scholar by his side4 ,he suddenly stopped and pointed to four plants that were close at hand4 ,the first was just beginning to peep above the ground1 the second had rooted itself well into the earth1 the third was a small shrub1 while the fourth was a full-sized tree4 ,turning to his young companion he said3 8,pull up the first40 ,the boy easily did so4 8,now pull up the second40 ,the youth obeyed1 but not so easily4 8,and now the third40 ,the boy had to put forth all his strength1 and use both arms1 before he succeeded in uprooting it4 8,and now10 said the master1 8try your hand upon the fourth40 ,but although the lad grasped the trunk of the tree in his arms1 he scarcely shook its leaves1 and found it impossible to tear its roots from the earth4 ,then the wise old man explained to his scholar the meaning of the four trials4 8,this1 my son1 is just what happens with our bad habits and passions4 ,when they are young and weak1 one may1 by a little watchfulness over self1 easily tear them up2 but if we let them cast their roots deep down into our souls1 no human power can uproot them4 ,only the almighty hand of the ,creator can pluck them out4 ,for this reason1 my boy1 watch your first impulses40 ,,origin ,,and ,,poison ,,of ,,tobacco4 ,tobacco-using is frequently the beginning and stepping-stone to other vices4 ,many who have hesitated in entering a saloon or gambling place have not done so in the use of tobacco4 ,the origin of tobacco is shrouded in mystery4 ,mezen was of the opinion that the ,chinese used it from antiquity4 ,dr4 ,lizards says it existed in ,asia from early times4 ,columbus in his discovery of ,cuba tells how he found the natives 8carrying with them firebrands1 puffing smoke from their mouths and noses1 which he supposed to be the way they had of perfuming themselves40 ,an ancient tradition relates that there was once a ,mohammedan passing along who found a viper lying in his path1 almost chilled to death4 ,in pity the ,moslem stooped1 picked up the serpent1 and put it into his bosom to warm it4 ,after a while the viper fully revived and became aware of its situation4 ,he said to the man1 8,i'm going to bite you40 8,o1 no6 please don't10 said the man4 8,if ,i had not taken you up and warmed you1 you would even now have been chilled to death40 ,the viper replied1 8,there has been a deadly enmity existing between your race and mine ever since the world began1 and by ,allah1 ,i am going to bite you40 8,very well10 said the man1 8since you have sworn by ,allah ,i will not prevent you1 but bite me here on my hand40 ,he did so1 and the man immediately placed the wound to his lips and sucked the venom out and spit it on the ground2 and from the place where he spit the poison a little plant sprang up which was--tobacco4 ,though this story be not true1 yet true it is that tobacco contains a very strong poison1 known as nicotine1 supposed to be 8the juice of cursed ,hebanon10 referred to in ,hamlet4 ,in one pound of ,kentucky and ,virginia tobacco1 there is1 according to ,dr4 ,kellog1 an average of three hundred and eighty grains of this poison1 which is estimated to kill two hundred and fifty people if applied in its native form4 8,a single leaf of tobacco dipped in hot water10 said ,dr4 ,coles1 8and laid upon the pit of the stomach will produce a powerful effect by mere absorption from the surface4 ,by being applied to a spot where the scarf skin1 or external surface of the skin is destroyed1 fearful results are liable to follow1 and no man can use it without being affected by it40 ,,how ,,tobacco ,,injures4 ,tobacco injures physically4 8,no less10 said ,dr4 ,shaw1 8than eighty diseases arise from it1 and twenty-five thousand lives perish annually from it40 ,a young man asked ,wendell ,phillips if he should smoke1 and that statesman answered3 8,certainly not4 ,it is liable to injure the sight1 to render the nerves unsteady1 to enfeeble the will and enslave the nature to an imperious habit likely to stand in the way of duty to be performed40 ,many professors of leading colleges have asserted with figures to prove that boys who begin the tobacco habit are stunted physically and never arise to the normal bodily development4 ,tobacco injures mentally4 ,beecher said1 8,a man is what he is1 not in one part1 but all over40 ,and to have a strong mind1 one needs a strong stomach4 ,by the use of tobacco1 the stomach is outraged and the brain becomes narcotized1 8the intellect of which10 said ,prof4 ,gause1 8becomes duller and duller until at last it is painful to make any intellectual effort and one sinks into a sensuous or sensual animal1 whose greatest aspiration is to benumb the nerves and befog the intellect40 ,such assertions may be ridiculed1 but as two and two make four1 they are facts4 ,the ,french government prohibits its use by students in the public schools4 ,the ,swiss government prohibits its sale to juniors4 ,during the last fifty years no user of it has graduated from ,yale1 ,harvard or ,amherst at the head of his class4 ,professor ,seely1 of the ,iowa ,state ,normal1 said1 8,i have not met a pupil who is addicted to the habit who will go through a single day's work and have good lessons4 ,i have had numbers of cases in which they have remained in the same grade for four successive years and then they were not ready to be advanced into the next higher grade40 ,dr4 ,herbert ,fisk1 of the ,northwestern ,university1 ,chicago1 declared1 8,a somewhat careful observation of facts has convinced us that students who get low marks do so through the use of tobacco4 ,last year not one of the boys who used tobacco stood in the first rank of scholarship4 ,this has been the usual rule4 ,one year1 out of thirty-three pupils in the first rank of scholarship1 there was but one user of tobacco40 ,dr4 ,charles ,a4 ,blandchard1 ,president of ,wheaton ,college1 said1 8,among our former students who are now physicians1 the one who has the largest income never touched tobacco4 ,two are now judges of courts in large cities1 with salaries of six or seven thousand dollars4 ,they do not and have not for years used tobacco4 ,other men1 who after graduation1 became smokers1 do not exhibit the same mental ability4 ,they are1 some of them1 very able men1 but they suffer in mind from the use of tobacco40 ,tobacco injures morally4 ,it heads the list of vices4 ,it is the first step to bad companionship1 lewd conversation and liquor drinking4 ,the latter and tobacco-using are twin habits2 and do you wonder at it when tobacco is saturated with ,jamaica rum2 while 8plug0 tobacco which is composed of licorice1 sugar1 cabbage1 burdock and the refuse of tobacco leaves and other weeds1 is often found nailed at the bottom of whiskey barrels8 ,said ,horace ,greeley1 8,show me a drunkard who does not use tobacco1 and ,i will show you a white blackbird40 ,many medical witnesses testify that tobacco using and drinking are kindred habits4 ,when an investigation was made in the ,state prison at ,auburn1 ,n4 ,y41 some years ago1 out of six hundred prisoners confined there for crimes committed when they were under the influence of strong drink1 five hundred testified that they began their intemperance by the use of tobacco4 8,in all my travels10 said ,john ,hawkins1 8,i never saw but one drunkard who did not use tobacco40 8,pupils under the influence of the weed10 said ,professor ,seely1 8are not truthful1 practice deception and can not be depended upon4 ,the worst characteristic of the habit is a loss of personal self-respect and of personal regard for the customs and wishes of ladies and gentlemen1 especially when among strangers40 ,,how ,,tobacco ,,is ,,used4 ,tobacco is used in two ways1 smoking and chewing4 ,both are filthy1 sickening habits1 the latter being the more disgusting4 ,for any boy to chew is to exemplify bad manners doubtless influenced by bad morals4 ,a few years ago a call was issued from ,london1 to the scientists of the world to assemble for the discussion of whatever scientific subjects might be presented1 every statement to undergo rigid scrutiny4 ,one member said3 8,tobacco is not injurious4 ,i have chewed it for fifty years1 and my father for sixty years1 without perceptible damage4 ,all this cry about it is nonsense40 ,the chairman answered3 8,step forward1 sir1 and let us canvass this matter thoroughly4 ,how much do you chew80 8,i chew regularly three quids per day1 of about this size10 cutting off three pieces from his plug4 ,one of these was given to a ,russian and another to a ,french chemist1 with 8please return the extract40 ,then the presiding officer said1 8,will any young man unaccustomed to the use of tobacco1 chew this third quid before the audience8 ,here are four pounds 7#bj7 to anyone who will40 ,a young man stepped forward4 ,the audience was requested to scan his looks1 cheeks1 eyes and general appearance1 before he took it1 and closely watch its effects4 ,he soon became pale from sickness1 then vomited and fainted before the assembly4 ,the extract from one quid was given to a powerful cat4 ,he flew wildly around1 and died in a few minutes4 ,the other extract was put upon the tongue of a premium dog1 which uttered a yelp1 leaped frantically1 laid down and expired4 ,,pipe1 ,,cigar ,,and ,,cigarette4 ,smoking tobacco is used in three ways1 in the pipe1 cigar and cigarette4 ,neither adds beauty to the face or is conducive to health4 ,it is stated on good authority that ,senator ,colfax was stricken down in the ,senate chamber as the result of excessive smoking and from that time smoked no more4 ,it caused the death of ,emperor ,frederick through cancer of the lip1 killed ,henry ,w4 ,raymond1 of the ,new ,york ,times1 through heart failure1 and struck ,president ,orton and ,general ,dakin down with paralysis of the heart4 ,rousseau says1 8,excessive smoking cut short the life of the poet ,berat through nervous effect40 ,it wielded its sceptre over ,royer ,collard who died in the dawn of a most brilliant career through his loved cigar4 ,it produced cancer of the throat1 which ended the life of ,president ,grant and ,robert ,louis ,stevenson4 8,out of one hundred and twenty-seven cancers cut from the lips of persons in a short time10 says the ,medical ,times1 8nearly all were from the lips of smokers40 ,what a dangerous luxuriant weed6 ,how quaintly yet truthfully 8,billy0 ,bray1 the ,cornish miner1 said3 8,if ,god intended a man to smoke1 ,he would have placed a chimney at the top of his head to let the smoke out60 ,tobacco smoke is poisonous4 ,it contains one of the deadliest vapors known to man1 which so frequently injures the throat4 ,it has also a poisonous oil which secretes itself in the stem of the pipe4 ,dr4 ,brodie says that he applied two drops of this oil to the tongue of a cat1 which killed it in fifteen minutes4 ,fontana made a small incision in the leg of a pigeon and paralyzed it by applying a drop of this oil4 ,the reason for so many pale-faced1 nervous men can be traced to this cause4 ,but supposing that smoking a pipe is not injurious1 is it not unbecoming a gentleman8 ,napoleon said1 8,it was only fit for sluggards40 ,gouverneur ,morris1 being asked if gentlemen smoked in ,france1 replied1 8,gentlemen1 sir6 ,gentlemen smoke nowhere60 ,horace ,mann when addressing the teachers of an ,ohio school1 said1 8,the practice is unfit for a scholar or a gentleman40 ,to smoke a cigar may be considered more refined than the use of a pipe4 ,but whoever heard of refining a vice8 ,horace ,greeley1 when addressing a class of young men on the subject1 said1 8,a cigar is a little roll of tobacco leaves with a fire at one end and a fool at the other40 ,at which end should refinement begin8 ,the cigar is more directly injurious than the pipe because the user inhales more of the smoke1 sucks the weed1 and a greater proportion of the poisonous substance is drawn into the mouth and filtered through the system1 causing dyspepsia1 vitiated taste1 congestion of the brain1 loss of memory1 nervousness and many other diseases4 ,,the ,,cigarette4 ,the worst of all1 however1 is the cigarette4 ,sometime ago in ,new ,york1 an ,italian boy was brought before a justice as a vagrant4 ,he was charged with picking up cigar stumps from the streets and gutters4 ,to prove this the policeman showed the boy's basket1 half full of stumps1 water-soaked and covered with mud4 8,what do you do with these80 asked his honor4 8,i sell them to a man for ten cents a pound1 to be used in making cigarettes40 ,this is not all4 ,in the analysis of cigarettes1 physicians and chemists have been surprised to find opium1 which is used to give a soothing effect1 and creates a passion for strong drink4 ,the wrapper warranted to be rice paper is manufactured from filthy scrapings of rag pickers1 and is so cheap that a thousand cigarettes can be wrapped at a cost of two cents4 ,by the use of this dangerous thing1 thousands of boys have been mentally and morally ruined4 ,a distinguished ,french physician investigated the effect of cigarette-smoking in thirty-eight boys between the ages of nine and fifteen4 ,twenty-seven presented distinct symptoms of nicotine poisoning4 ,twenty-two had serious disorders and a marked appetite for strong drink4 ,three had heart affection4 ,eight had very impure blood4 ,twelve were subject to bleeding of the nose4 ,ten had disturbed sleep and four had ulceration of the mouth4 ,several years ago ,representatives ,cockran1 ,cummings and ,stahlnecker1 of ,new ,york1 petitioned the ,government to suppress cigarettes by imposing an internal revenue tax upon them4 ,during one year they cut clippings from the papers concerning one hundred young men1 mostly under sixteen1 who died from the effects of these murderous things1 while another hundred were consigned to insane asylums for the same cause4 ,because of such harmful effects ,germany has legislated against it4 ,france1 ,west ,point and ,annapolis have closed their doors to the boy that uses it and more than a score of ,states in the ,union have prohibited their sale4 ,,why ,,he ,,failed4 ,a young man who had failed by only three points in an examination for admission to the marine corps appealed to his representative in ,congress for assistance1 and together they went to see the ,secretary of the ,navy1 in the hope of securing what is known as a 8re-rating0 of his papers4 8,how many more chances do you want80 asked ,secretary ,long4 8,this is your third time40 ,and before the young man had a chance to answer1 the ,secretary continued1 8,how do you expect to get along in the world when you smoke so many cigarettes8 ,your clothes are saturated with their odor4 ,pull off your gloves and let me see your fingers4 ,there1 see how yellow they are60 pointing to the sides of the first and second fingers4 ,before the young man found his tongue to offer an explanation the ,secretary asked if he drank4 8,only once in a while10 was his sheepish reply4 ,mr4 ,long then invited the ,congressman into his private office1 and while offering to do everything that he could added1 8,i am sick of trying to make anything of these boys that are loaded with cigarette smoke and #8drink once in a while4' ,they are about hopeless1 it seems to me40 ,as they left the department building the young man1 half apologizing for his poor showing1 remarked1 8,drinking1 my father says1 is the bane of the navy40 8,i guess it is10 replied the ,congressman4 8,it is the bane everywhere else1 and ,i should think quite likely it would be in the navy40 ,my boy1 let tobacco in any form alone4 ,it is a dirty1 dangerous1 expensive habit4 ,it costs this country six hundred and fifty million dollars annually4 ,worse than the cost1 however1 is the injury to body1 mind and soul4 ,figures cannot enumerate nor scales estimate the evil it produces4 ,a story is told of a giant who fell in with a company of pigmies4 ,he roared with laughter at their insignificant stature and their magnificent pretensions4 ,he ridiculed with fine scorn and sarcasm their high-sounding threats4 ,when he fell asleep they bound him with innumerable threads and when he awoke he found himself a helpless captive4 ,my boy1 ridicule not the contents of this chapter4 ,they are all important4 ,heed the warning cry and shun the weed4 ,many a fair lad has been stunted in development1 lost to ambition1 sunk to all appeals to honor when once in its grasp2 therefore let it alone4 ,the ,god that made your mouth made the weed1 but ,he did not make the mouth for the tobacco1 nor the tobacco for the mouth4 ,if addicted to it1 ,i charge you stop right now4 8,to do so1 is to succeed--our fight ,is waged in ,heaven's approving sight-- ,the smile of ,god is victory40 ,,chapter ,x ,be ,persevering ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,x ,,by ,,marshall ,,field ,a boy should carefully consider his natural bent or inclination1 be it business or profession4 ,in other words1 take stock of himself and ascertain1 if possible1 for what he is adapted1 and endeavor to get into that vocation with as few changes as possible4 ,having entered upon it1 let him pursue the work in hand with diligence and determination to know it thoroughly1 which can only be done by close and enthusiastic application of the powers at his command2 strive to master the details and put into it an energy directed by strong common sense so as to make his services of value wherever he is4 ,be alert1 and ready to seize opportunities when they present themselves4 ,the trouble with most young people is1 that they do not learn anything thoroughly1 and are apt to do the work committed to them in a careless manner2 forgetting that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well1 they become mere drones1 and rely upon chance to bring them success4 ,there are others who want to do that for which they are not fitted1 and thus waste their lives in what may be called misfit occupations4 ,far better be a good carpenter or mechanic of any kind than a poor business or professional man4 ,illustration3 ,marshall ,field ,,chapter ,x ,,be ,,persevering 8,all things come to him who waits10 is a pretty sentiment1 but practical application hews the way4 ,no great book was ever written at one sitting4 ,edward ,gibbon was twenty years composing 8,the ,rise and ,fall of the ,roman ,empire10 and ,noah ,webster was thirty-five years in producing the dictionary that bears his name4 ,no great address was the result of a moment's inspiration4 ,when ,dr4 ,lyman ,beecher was asked how long he was preparing a certain speech which had electrified his audience1 he answered1 8,forty years40 ,no great invention sprang from a dream4 ,george ,stephenson was fifteen years making improvements on his locomotive before he won the victory of ,rainhill1 and when asked by a company of young men how they might succeed1 answered1 8,do as ,i have done2 persevere40 8,attempt the end1 and never stand to doubt2 ,nothing's so hard but search will find it out40 ,,the ,,chief ,,foreman4 ,one of the great manufacturing firms in ,glasgow1 ,scotland1 owes its prosperity largely to a boy whom they engaged4 ,the story runs that thirty years ago a barefoot1 ragged boy presented himself at the desk of the chief partner and asked for work as an errand boy4 8,there's a deal of running to be done1 and you will need a pair of shoes first10 said ,mr4 ,blank4 ,the boy1 with a grave nod1 disappeared4 ,he lived by doing odd jobs in the market and slept under the stalls4 ,two months passed before he had saved money enough to buy the shoes4 ,he then presented himself to ,mr4 ,blank and held out a package4 8,i have the shoes1 sir10 he quietly said4 8,oh60 the proprietor remarked1 8you want a place8 ,not in those rags1 my lad4 ,you would disgrace the house40 ,the boy hesitated a moment and then went out without a word4 ,six months passed before he returned1 decently clothed in coarse but new garments4 ,mr4 ,blank's interest was aroused4 ,for the first time he looked at the lad attentively4 ,his thin1 bloodless face showed that he had stinted himself of food in order to buy those clothes4 ,on questioning him1 the manufacturer found to his regret that he could not read or write4 8,it is necessary that you should do both before we could employ you in carrying home packages10 he said4 8,we have no place for you40 ,the lad's face grew paler1 but without a word of complaint he left4 ,he now found employment in a stable and went to night school4 ,at the end of a year he again presented himself before ,mr4 ,blank4 8,i can read and write10 he joyfully said4 8,i gave him the place10 the employer remarked1 years after1 8with the conviction that in process of time he would take mine1 if he made up his mind to do it4 ,men rise slowly in ,scotland1 but to-day he is our chief foreman40 ,how true as ,st4 ,paul says in ,myer's poem3 8,let no man think that sudden in a minute ,all is accomplished and the work is done2 ,though with thine earliest dawn thou shouldst begin it ,scarce were it ended in thy setting sun40 ,,what ,,it ,,means4 ,no word should be more prominent in any boy's vocabulary than perseverance4 ,industry is a good word1 but one may be industrious1 without being persevering1 but he cannot be persevering without being industrious4 ,perseverance means persistence in any design1 steadiness in pursuit1 constancy in progress4 ,it is the bending of all energies in one direction till the thing is accomplished4 ,demosthenes was a stammerer4 ,he would be an orator1 and with pebbles in his mouth walked the seashore articulating1 until when ,philip threatened to invade ,athens1 he with matchless oratory so appealed to the ,athenians that they cried1 8,let us fight ,philip40 ,fight they did1 and ,greece was saved4 ,james ,watt was poor and unlettered4 ,he sees the lid of the kettle rise and fall by the power of steam1 and from that day bends his mind and hand until in after years he creates a steam engine4 ,gutenberg beholds the coarse types of ,lawrence ,coster and declares he can do better4 ,after much persecution by superstitious persons1 he shuts himself up in a cell of ,st4 ,arbogast monastery and works early and late till he has carved lead type1 made an ink roller and built a printing press4 ,marcus ,morton wants to be ,governor of ,massachusetts4 ,seventeen times he runs for the position and at last succeeds4 ,cyrus ,field spends eleven years before he succeeds in designing and laying the ,atlantic cable4 ,edison makes eighteen hundred experiments before he discovers the proper substance for the incandescent light1 and six thousand before he solves the problem of preparing the products of the great iron mills for the blast furnace4 ,the boy who expects to succeed may have to try many times and face many opposing forces1 but as adverse winds aid the kite to fly1 so difficulties are usually blessings in disguise4 ,to climb ,alpine peaks 8will put to proof the energies of him who would reach the summit40 ,,perseverance ,a ,,necessity4 ,nothing guarantees success like persistency2 it is more effective than brilliancy4 ,the faculty of sticking and hanging on when everybody else lets go is one of the secrets of success4 ,when ,congress and the country were excited over ,president ,johnson's effort to drive ,mr4 ,stanton from the ,cabinet because he opposed the ,president's policy in the ,south1 ,charles ,sumner sent the ,secretary this message1 8,stanton stick40 ,he did so to the benefit of the nation4 ,the boy who expects to make his mark in the world must be a 8sticker40 ,he must 8keep everlastingly at it40 ,with determination he must conquer opposition and annihilate obstacles4 ,with ,pitt he must trample on so-called impossibilities4 8,impossible is not found in the dictionary of fools10 said ,napoleon1 when told that the ,alps stood in the way of his conquest4 8,impossible10 cried ,chatham1 when confined to his room with gout1 8who talks to me of impossibilities80 ,lord ,anson had sent word that it was impossible to fit out a naval expedition within a prescribed period4 8,tell him that he serves under a minister who treads on impossibilities40 ,when ,daniel ,webster was speaking at ,bunker ,hill1 the crowd became so large and pressed so near to him that he shouted3 8,keep back6 ,keep back60 8,it is impossible10 cried some one in the crowd4 ,the orator looked at them a moment and then said1 8,nothing is impossible at ,bunker ,hill40 ,and few things are impossible to persevering lads4 ,tamerlane was once forced to take shelter from his enemies in a ruined building1 where he sat discouraged for hours4 ,his attention was at last attracted by an ant that was carrying a grain of corn larger than itself up a high wall4 ,sixty-nine times did the grain fall1 but the insect persevered1 and the seventieth time it reached the top4 ,that sight instilled courage in the bosom of ,tamerlane4 ,robert ,bruce1 of ,scotland1 had a similar experience4 ,on one occasion he was so harassed by the ,english that he was compelled to take shelter in a barn over night4 ,in the morning he saw a spider climbing a beam of the roof4 ,twelve times in succession did it fall but the thirteenth time it succeeded in gaining the top4 ,the object lesson impressed ,bruce4 ,rising1 he said3 8,this spider has taught me perseverance4 ,i will follow its example4 ,twelve times ,i have been beaten1 and the thirteenth time ,i may succeed40 ,he rallied his forces1 met and defeated ,edward and was crowned king4 ,christopher ,columbus conceived the idea that undiscovered continents existed west of the ,atlantic1 and he determined to test the truth of his theory4 ,he had many difficulties to contend with1 such as poverty and repeated discouragements4 ,the ,court of ,portugal disappointed him1 his native city of ,genoa would not render him aid1 and the city of ,venice refused him4 ,at last he laid his cause before ,ferdinand and ,isabella1 ,king and ,queen of ,spain1 and he was about to give up and repair to ,france1 when the ,queen sold her jewels to defray the expenses of the expedition4 ,thus assisted1 he turned his ships westward and started4 ,on board his vessel he had ignorance1 superstition and mutiny to contend with1 and this continued until the cry of 8,land6 ,land60 came from the lookout at the top of the mast2 then a new world and a glorious triumph crowned his efforts4 ,,perseverance ,,is ,,rewarded ,,if ,,patiently ,,pursued4 ,great results are not accomplished in a moment4 ,sowing precedes reaping4 ,the wheat must first be sifted and crushed in the mill before it is baked into bread4 ,the railroad that runs from the ,atlantic to the ,pacific coast is but numerous steel rails placed one before the other4 ,the ,president in the ,white ,house1 the general in the army1 the judge on the bench1 the orator on the platform reached their positions1 not by a hop-skip-and-jump manner1 but by perpetual pushing and concentration of their energies in one direction4 ,there might have been times when these were side-tracked and their procedure necessarily slow1 but as soon as the main track was clear1 or as soon as they had cleared it1 they went forth with undaunted persistence realizing as the ,italian proverb reads3 8,who goes slowly goes long1 and goes far10 and contentment was not theirs till the goal was reached4 ,to such of like determination1 in ,richelieu's words3 8,fail6 ,fail6 ,in the lexicon of youth1 which ,fate reserves ,for a bright manhood1 there is no such word as fail60 ,true1 many persevering persons fail as men call failure1 but it is only like the tiger's crouch before a high leap4 ,discovering the bounds through a sense of such1 life thenceforth turns all its capacities into right and effective uses4 8,to change and to change for the better1 are two different things10 says an old ,german proverb4 ,pestalozzi1 the great educator1 made several failures in early life1 which he made stepping stones to success4 ,washington's military career was a series of failures4 ,he shared in ,braddock's defeat at ,fort ,duquesne4 ,he was beaten at ,long ,island1 driven from ,new ,york and forced to retreat through ,new ,jersey and across the ,delaware1 when he suddenly turned like a lion at bay1 recrossed the icy stream and overwhelmed the ,hessians at ,trenton4 ,this rapid movement and his attack at ,germantown first led observers like ,frederick the ,great to recognize his military genius4 ,peter ,cooper failed in making hats1 failed as a cabinet maker1 locomotive builder and grocer1 but as often as he failed he tried and tried again until he could stand upon his feet alone1 then crowned his victory by giving a million dollars to help poor boys in time to come4 ,horace ,greeley tried three or four lines of business before he founded the ,tribune1 and made it worth a million dollars4 ,patrick ,henry failed as merchant and farmer1 but resorting to law and politics was a brilliant success4 ,stephen ,a4 ,douglas made dinner tables1 bedsteads and bureaus many a long year before he made himself a 8giant0 on the floor of ,congress4 ,abraham ,lincoln failed to make both ends meet by chopping wood1 failed to earn his salt in the galley-slave life of a ,mississippi flat-boatman2 he had not even wit enough to run a grocery1 and yet he made himself the grandest character of the nineteenth century1 an emancipator of four million slaves4 ,general ,grant failed at everything4 ,at the age of thirty-nine he was obscure1 at forty-three his picture hung in the homes of the grateful millions4 ,he first learned to tan hides1 but could not sell leather enough to buy a pair of breeches1 then teamed for forty dollars a month1 then entered his father's store at ,galena1 ,illinois1 as clerk1 and to use his own words 8nor had ,i any capacity to become one40 ,then he enlisted as a soldier1 was the hero of ,appomattox1 and eventually reached the highest position of honor this country can give--the ,presidency4 ,when ,daniel ,webster was told that his profession of law was overcrowded and that the chances were against him1 he replied1 8,overcrowded8 ,there is always room at the top40 ,the condition of affairs is still the same4 ,no reason can be produced why a persevering lad cannot make his way in the world to-day as in any other day1 for as the philosopher ,young declared1 8,any man can do what any other man has done40 8,there is always a way to rise1 my boy1 ,always a way to advance6 ,yet the road that leads to ,mount ,success ,does not pass by the way of ,chance1 ,but goes through stations of ,work and ,strive1 ,through the valley of ,persevere1 ,and the man that succeeds1 while others fail1 ,must be willing to pay most dear4 8,for there's always a way to fail1 my boy1 ,always a way to slide1 ,and the men that you find at the foot of the hill ,all sought for an easy ride4 ,so on and up1 though the road be rough ,and the storms come thick and fast1 ,there is room at the top for the man who tries1 ,and victory comes at last40 ,,begin ,,now4 ,my boy1 be persevering4 ,form good resolutions4 ,they mean success1 triumph1 victory4 8,he who resolves upon doing a thing1 by that very resolution scales the barriers to it1 and secures its achievement4 ,to determine upon attainment is often attainment itself40 ,aim high and pursue the path accordingly4 ,let others be indolent and indifferent1 but press toward the goal of your ambition4 ,as ,mr4 ,dickens' friend would have us understand1 8,it's dogged does it40 8,eustace10 said ,william ,carey1 the founder of modern missions1 to his wife1 8if they write my life1 and say ,i am a genius1 they will say falsely2 but if they say ,i can plod1 they will tell the truth4 ,yes1 ,eustace1 ,i can plod40 8,yes1 sir10 said ,whitcomb ,riley to one who was nearly heartbroken1 because his manuscripts were constantly returned1 8through years1 through sleepless nights1 through almost hopeless days1 for twenty years ,i tried to get into one magazine2 back came my manuscripts eternally4 ,i kept on4 ,in the twentieth year that magazine accepted one of my articles4 ,i was not a believer in the theory that one man does a thing much easier than any other man4 ,continuous1 unflagging effort1 persistence and determination will win4 ,let not the man be discouraged who has these40 8,peg away1 keep pegging away10 was ,lincoln's reply to one who wanted to know what he intended to do concerning the cessation of the ,civil ,war4 ,plan carefully and begin planning now4 ,when ,alexander was asked how he had been able to conquer the world1 he said1 8,by not delaying40 ,sir ,robert ,peel became a great orator and statesman by practising when a boy before his father1 repeating to the best of his ability any address he heard4 ,kepler solved the laws of the planetary system1 and exposed the absurd notions of the ,ptolemic theory of axles and cranks by which the planets were strung together2 but it took him seventeen years from the time he began until he met success1 and then he exclaimed in his enthusiasm3 8,nothing holds me6 ,the die is cast6 ,the book is written to be read now or by posterity1 ,i care not which4 ,it may well wait a century for a reader1 since ,god has waited six thousand years for an observer40 ,to be wavering and dilatory is to close opportunity's gate and not infrequently make life unsuccessful4 ,a young man1 the son of an old friend of ,mr4 ,vanderbilt1 once solicited his influence in aiding him to secure a certain very desirable clerkship in a railroad office4 ,mr4 ,vanderbilt1 who liked the young man and believed in his ability1 agreed to help him4 8,be here to-morrow morning at ten o'clock10 he said1 8and ,i will go with you to see the president of the road and say a good word for you40 ,the next morning at twenty minutes after ten the young man appeared in the anteroom of ,mr4 ,vanderbilt's office4 ,he was informed that ,mr4 ,vanderbilt had left fifteen minutes before to attend a meeting4 ,a few days later he called on ,mr4 ,vanderbilt1 and said1 with a shade of annoyance in his tone3 8,why1 ,mr4 ,vanderbilt1 ,i was here just after ten40 8,but the appointment was ten10 replied ,mr4 ,vanderbilt4 8,it was only a matter of fifteen or twenty minutes10 said the young man4 8,well10 answered ,mr4 ,vanderbilt1 8the twenty minutes in your case have lost you the position1 for the appointment was made the very day on which you were to have met me4 ,furthermore1 let me tell you1 you had no right to assume that twenty minutes of my time was of so little value that ,i could afford to wait for you4 ,why1 sir1 ,i managed to keep two other appointments of importance within that time40 ,be prompt4 ,keep in mind the words ,edmond ,burke wrote on a tablet for the ,marquis of ,rockingham1 8,remember-,resemble-,persevere40 ,judson when completing the translation of the ,bible into the ,burmese language said1 8,thanks be to ,god1 ,i can now say ,i have attained40 ,arago1 the great ,french astronomer1 tells how he became so discouraged in the study of mathematics that he almost resolved to abandon his efforts4 ,he was just about ready to give up when he happened to notice something printed or written under the paper binding of his book4 ,he unfolded the leaf1 and found it was a letter from ,d',alembert1 which read1 8,go on1 sir2 go on6 ,the difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance4 ,persevere1 and the light will dawn and shine with increasing clearness upon your path40 ,this striking passage made an impression upon the young mathematician's mind which he never forgot4 ,it was a perpetual spur to his ambition1 and came to him just in the nick of time4 ,he resolved then and there that he would surmount every difficulty2 that he would become a great mathematician and ere long ,fame crowned him as one of the greatest astronomers of his time4 ,go on1 my boy6 ,there's not a profession or business but --8,wants a lad who has no fear ,of steady1 plodding work2 ,who does not wait for luck or fate ,who scorns a task to shirk4 ,who slowly1 surely1 digs his way ,through problems hard a score1 ,and still has grit and courage left ,to try as many more4 ,who does not wait for help to come ,from fairy1 witch or elf1 ,but laying hold on ,fortune's wheel ,turns it around himself4 ,who knows that luck is but a myth ,and faith is but a name2 ,that ,plod and ,push and ,perseverance ,at last will win the game40 ,,triplet ,,maxims4 ,three things to do--think1 live1 act4 ,three things to govern--temper1 tongue1 and conduct4 ,three things to cherish--virtue1 goodness and honor4 ,three things to hate--cruelty1 arrogance and ingratitude4 ,three things to like--cordiality1 goodness and cheerfulness4 ,three things to delight in--beauty1 frankness and freedom4 ,three things to avoid--idleness1 loquacity and jesting4 ,three things to cultivate--good looks1 good friends and good humor4 ,three things to shun--,satan1 sin and selfishness4 ,,part ,,ii ,relation to ,others ,,chapter ,,xi ,be ,dutiful ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xi ,,by ,t4 ,t4 ,,geer ,happy the boy1 and happy he alone1 ,he1 who can call to-day his own2 ,he who1 secure within1 can say ,to-morrow do thy worst1 for ,i have lived to-day4 --,dryden4 ,disobedience to parents is one of the fruitful sources from which our ,reform ,schools are filled1 and1 afterward1 as a result of which1 many young men drift into our penitentiaries4 ,we often find fault with our lawmakers1 and sometimes justly1 but it is a comforting thought1 that if all our laws1 bad as some of them may be1 were obeyed at all times by everybody1 there would be no inmates of our ,reform ,schools or ,penitentiaries1 provided there should be no violation of parental authority1 as well4 ,obedience to law1 parental and governmental1 would bring absolute happiness to our homes and hearts as nearly as such a condition is possible with our earthly surroundings4 ,let the boys remember this at all times1 and build on this foundation early in life a structure that will always prove a valuable and invaluable investment4 ,illustration3 ,t4 ,t4 ,geer ,,chapter ,,xi ,,be ,,dutiful ,in this second portion of our subject1 we find that relationship broadens4 ,instead of dealing only with ourselves1 we deal with others4 ,man is a social being1 but is only worthy of that name as he seeks to make society happier and better by his presence4 ,each day every boy is compelled to choose between two courses of conduct1 duty and disobedience4 ,the one1 however great the cost1 is accompanied by a sense of right2 the other1 which demands no effort1 by anguish and peril4 ,no boy need hesitate to be dutiful4 ,conscience dictates1 reason approves1 and though the triumphs of genius might be more dazzling1 the chances of good fortune more exciting1 yet he who heeds the counsel will profit thereby1 daring nobly1 willing strongly and succeeding admirably4 ,,true ,,to ,,the ,,last4 ,in the ,museo ,brobonico1 at ,naples1 are seen the helmet1 lance and breastplate which were used by a pagan sentinel at ,pompeii4 ,it is thought that the soldier who used them was on duty when ,mount ,vesuvius began to rain burning lava upon the city4 ,while others fled1 he stood by his post4 ,of ,wellington it was said3 8,he never boasted of a higher motive and perhaps never thought of one1 than duty40 ,admiral ,nelson while standing on the deck of his vessel received a mortal wound1 and on being afterward assured that the conquest was theirs1 exclaimed3 8,thank ,god1 ,i have done my duty10 and died4 ,when ,frederick the ,great was about to engage in the great battle of ,lutzen he ordered all his officers to a conference at which he said3 8,to-morrow ,i intend giving the enemy battle1 and the battle shall decide who are hereafter to be masters of ,silesia4 ,i expect every one to do his duty4 ,now1 if any of you are cowards1 step forward before you make others cowardly1 and you shall immediately receive your discharge without ceremony or reproach40 ,as none stepped forward he said3 8,i see there is none among you who does not possess true heroism1 and who will not display it in defence of the king1 the country and himself4 ,i will be in the front and rear1 and will fly from wing to wing2 no company of my soldiers shall escape my notice1 and whomsoever ,i find doing his duty1 upon him will ,i heap honor and favor40 ,,what ,,duty ,,implies4 8,duty0 may be defined as the thing that can be done1 because it is the thing that ought to be done4 ,to be dutiful implies a respect and reverence for others who are placed in authority in whatever capacity1 parental1 official or governmental4 8,it is10 said ,gladstone1 8coextensive with the action of our intelligence4 ,it is the shadow which cleaves to us1 go where we will1 and which only leaves us when we leave the light of life40 ,fortunate the boy who is not an orphan1 and blessed is he who knows how to appreciate his parents4 ,if ,god has been kind to spare father and mother1 every boy should be good enough to respect them4 ,nothing is more unbecoming than forward or contemptuous conduct toward them4 ,the great proverb writer1 thousands of years ago1 said3 8,the eye that mocketh at his father1 and despiseth to obey his mother1 the raven of the valley shall pick it out1 and the young eagles shall eat it40 ,that is1 he shall come to an untimely end4 ,the boy who heeds parental counsel shall be included in the promise of the first commandment3 8,honor thy father and thy mother1 that thy days may be long upon the land which the ,lord thy ,god giveth thee40 ,,why ,a ,,boy ,,should ,,obey ,,his ,,parents4 ,a boy should obey his parents because ,god commands it4 ,it is a law written in our natures as well as in the ,bible4 ,general ,hancock once hastily rose from his table and exclaimed1 8,i left my boy on ,london ,bridge1 and told him to wait there till ,i came back40 ,he hastened to the spot1 and there the brave boy was1 and had been for several hours6 ,such obedience was the groundwork of a noble character4 ,obedience to parents is an evidence of ,christian piety4 ,it ought to be prompt1 cheerful and without protest4 ,such gives great pleasure to them1 and no less to the boy4 ,when ,epamimondas1 one of the greatest generals of ,greece1 conquered ,sparta and delivered his own country he was greatly applauded4 8,my joy10 said he1 8arises from my sense of that which the news of my victory will give my father and mother40 ,disobedience produces the keenest suffering in them1 which sooner or later reacts on the boy4 8,a wise son heareth his father's instruction2 but a scorner heareth not rebuke40 8,a foolish son is a grief to his father1 and bitterness to his mother40 ,samuel ,johnson was a disobedient lad4 ,his parents were poor and he had difficulties sometimes which seemed almost insurmountable1 till he passed his fifteenth year4 ,his father was a bookseller in ,litchfield1 ,england4 ,on market-days he used to carry a package of books to the village of ,uttoxeter1 and sell them from a stall in the market-place4 ,one day he was sick and ,samuel was asked to go in his place4 ,from a silly pride he refused to comply4 ,fifty years after this boy became the celebrated author and compiler of the ,english ,dictionary1 and one of the most distinguished scholars in ,england1 but he never forgot his unkindness to his hard-toiling father4 ,when he visited ,uttoxeter he determined to show his sorrow and repentance4 ,going into the market-place at the time of business1 he uncovered his head and stood there for an hour in a pouring rain1 on the very spot where the book-stall used to stand4 8,this10 said he1 8was an act of contrition for my disobedience to my kind father40 ,a boy should obey his parents because ,god's law contains a reason3 8,that thy days may be long upon the land40 ,obedience is here shown to be conducive to long life and prosperity4 ,by it the boy learns self-control1 and a prompt submission as a principle of action4 8,such a boy in all probability will soon become a man of like character4 ,he will obey the laws of health4 ,entering business1 he will obey the laws of success1 industry1 perseverance1 economy and enterprise4 ,his powers under full control1 he also will be a law-abiding citizen in society4 ,such character tends to long life and the enjoyment of the gift of ,god40 ,,obedient ,,sons4 ,when ,washington was a young man he wanted to be a sailor1 and his mother gave a reluctant consent4 ,all things were ready4 ,the ship lay off in the river4 ,his trunk was in the boat which waited to take him to it4 ,going to bid his mother good-bye he found her in tears4 ,at once he ordered his trunk returned and sent word to the ship that he would not go4 8,i will not break my mother's heart to gratify myself10 he said1 and his mother replied1 8,george1 ,god has promised to bless those who honor their parents and ,he will surely bless you40 ,did ,he not do it8 ,he lived to be nearly seventy years of age and became not only a prosperous man1 but the first ,president of his country4 8,i was sure10 said his mother1 8that ,george would be a great man1 because he was a good boy40 ,coming home from the hay-field1 a tired and hungry youth was met by his father at the gate and requested to go on an errand to the town1 two miles away4 ,his first impulse was to refuse4 ,a better thought came into his mind1 and he consented cheerfully4 8,thank you10 said the father2 8you have always been good to me4 ,i was going myself1 but somehow ,i don't feel very strong40 ,again the father thanked his son and turned to the house4 ,the son hurried away1 and soon returned4 ,as he neared the house he saw that something unusual had occurred4 ,the farm hands instead of being at the barn as usual at that time of the day were standing about the door of the house4 ,as the son approached1 one of the men turned to him with tearful eyes and said1 8,your father is dead4 ,he fell just as he reached the door4 ,the words he spoke to you were the last he uttered40 ,years passed1 and that son relating this incident said1 8,i have thanked ,god over and over again for the last words of my father on earth1 #8,you have always been good to me4'0 ,a boy should obey his parents because of the happiness and influence that come through it4 ,a disobedient boy can in no wise be happy1 while he who loves his parents and seeks their pleasure will have no reason to the contrary4 ,in ,st4 ,stephen's ,church1 ,philadelphia1 one ,sunday a tramp was numbered among the worshippers4 ,his face was seamed by the lines caused by dissipation4 ,his shabby clothes were in striking contrast with the handsome attire of those in the audience4 ,when ,dr4 ,wood1 the blind organist1 touched the keys of his instrument1 and began to play a soft1 sweet melody1 the man's eyes filled with tears and he buried his face in his hands4 ,during the singing of the ,litany he sobbed aloud1 but when ,dr4 ,mc,connell in reading the commandments came to 8,honor thy father and thy mother10 the man1 unable to restrain himself longer1 cried1 8,would to ,god ,i had done so1 ,i would not be where ,i am40 ,when ,charles ,lamb was a lad his father sent him to the school of ,christ's ,hospital4 ,he was very unfitted to make his way among the boys1 for he was small and delicate4 ,there was a great dislike throughout the school against certain articles of food2 ,charles was seen to gather up the morsels left after dinner and carry them away4 ,persevering in this practice two of his school fellows determined to follow him and find out the mystery4 ,charles entered a large old building in ,chancery ,lane1 went upstairs and knocked at one of the doors at which an old man and woman presented themselves4 ,the boys went back and triumphantly told the steward what they had discovered4 ,he1 being a just man1 investigated the matter and found that the old people were ,charles' parents1 who had been reduced to great need4 ,the news went from one to another4 ,his fellow pupils immediately fell in love with him1 the governor heard of it1 and gave relief to the parents1 and presented the boy with a silver medal4 ,,did ,,what ,,napoleon ,,could ,,not ,,do4 ,in this connection a few words are not amiss regarding one's duty to those in authority4 ,honor is becoming those who are set over us at school or work4 ,the spirit of obedience is not so much in words as deeds4 ,deeds show what we are1 words what we claim to be4 ,on one occasion an ,english farmer saw a party of horsemen riding over his farm4 ,he had a field he was particularly anxious they should not enter as the crop was in condition to be greatly injured by the tramp of horses4 ,he therefore dispatched one of the young farm hands1 a lad of about thirteen years of age1 to shut the gate and on no account permit anyone to open it4 ,the boy went as bidden1 but was scarcely at his post when the hunters came up and ordered the gate opened4 ,this the boy declined to do1 stating the orders he had received and his determination to obey them4 ,neither threats nor bribes would move him4 ,after a while one of lofty dignity advanced and said in commanding tones1 8,my boy1 do you not know me8 ,i am the ,duke of ,wellington4 ,i am not accustomed to be disobeyed1 and ,i command you to open the gate that my friends and ,i may pass through40 ,the boy lifted his cap and stood uncovered before the man whom all ,england delighted to honor1 and in firm tone said1 8,i am sure the ,duke of ,wellington would not wish me to disobey the orders of my master1 who has told me to keep this gate shut1 and not suffer anyone to pass40 ,greatly surprised and pleased at this reply1 the sturdy old warrior lifted his own hat and said1 8,i honor the man or boy who is faithful to his duty1 and who can neither be bribed or frightened into doing wrong4 ,with an army of soldiers as trustworthy as that1 ,i could conquer not only the ,french but the world40 ,then handing him a glittering sovereign1 the old ,duke put spurs to his horse and galloped away with his companions1 while the boy ran off to his master shouting at the top of his voice3 8,hurrah6 hurrah6 ,i've done what ,napoleon could not do4 ,i've kept back the ,duke of ,wellington60 ,,dutiful ,,to ,,all4 ,society can only exist under certain regulations which pure-minded and noble legislators have enacted1 and which everyone pronounces right4 ,it therefore devolves upon every boy to do his part in sustaining these laws and to have a care for those who may have no tie binding them to us except the common tie of humanity4 ,his motto should be1 8,do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you10 desiring in life and asking in death no epitaph greater than that of the ,earl of ,shaftesbury1 who1 being presented with a donkey by the coster-mongers of ,london said1 8,i ask nothing beyond this1 that with patience as great and a resignation as unmurmuring as that of this donkey ,i may do my duty40 ,what a phrase6 8,my duty40 ,not my brother's duty1 or my chum's1 but my duty4 ,my duty to ,god1 to parents1 to others and to myself4 ,when once the son of the ,czar of ,russia was visiting ,america some years ago as a subordinate officer of the ships of the ,russian fleet1 a citizen of ,philadelphia1 who was entertaining the admiral in command1 asked him as to the position of the ,grand ,duke on board4 8,how is he addressed80 was asked4 8,always as #8,lieutenant1'0 was the reply4 8,does he do regular duty as an officer1 on watch in his turn80 8,certainly4 ,there is only one difference between him and the other officers4 ,he is always more faithful to duty than anyone else40 ,what a tribute6 ,what was said of this royal son1 may be said of every boy4 8,let us be found doing our duty1 if this be the day of judgment10 said ,colonel ,davenport in the legislative council of #aghj at ,hartford4 ,an eclipse of the sun so darkened the room and surrounding country that many thought it was the day of ,god's wrath4 ,live such a life that no matter when the judgment comes1 you may be found doing your duty1 thus meriting the eulogy conferred upon ,colonel ,hutchinson3 8,he never professed the thing he intended not1 nor promised that he believed out of his power1 nor failed in the performance of anything that was in his power to fulfill40 ,in all circumstances of life and dealings with others 8,do noble things1 not dream them all day long1 ,and so make life1 death1 and that vast forever1 ,one grand sweet song40 ,,chapter ,,xii ,be ,honest ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xii ,,by ,,francis ,e4 ,,warren ,to be honest1 as this world goes1 ,is to be one picked out of ten thousand4 --,shakespeare4 ,all other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good nature4--,montaigne4 ,the best that a boy or man can do is to be honest4 ,he will find honesty profitable2 not only will it pay in a material way1 but it will bring satisfaction with self1 and will command the esteem and admiration of all with whom he comes in contact4 ,without honesty of purpose and act1 there can be no substantial or lasting success either in business or any other undertaking in life4 ,be honest1 in order that you may be successful and content1 as well4 ,illustration3 ,francis ,e4 ,warren ,,chapter ,,xii ,,be ,,honest 8,honesty is the best policy0 cannot be excelled as a moral maxim4 ,as an aphorism it cannot be revoked4 ,he who heeds it will avoid wrong1 but he who disregards it will cease to do right4 ,the word is sometimes used in a legal sense as that which is determined and enforced by law1 sometimes in a worldly way as that which looks to public opinion as its motive and end1 but ,webster defines it 8to be upright1 just1 fair in dealing with others1 free from trickishness and fraud2 acting and having the disposition to act at all times according to justice or correct moral principles40 ,that boy who adheres to these1 is1 as ,pope declared1 8,the noblest work of ,god40 ,that there are tricks in all trades is an acknowledged fact1 and when resorted to to secure advantage over another1 it is nothing less than theft1 which is fraught with peril and liable to bitter remorse4 8,a little theft1 a small deceit1 ,too often leads to more2 ',tis hard at first1 but tempts the feet ,as through an open door4 ,just as the broadest river runs ,from small and distant springs1 ,the greatest crimes that men have done ,have grown from little things40 ,,dishonesty ,,and ,,its ,,result4 ,at a general election in ,england1 a candidate personally unknown to the voters of a certain borough was asked by party leaders to do his best for election4 ,he belonged to a good family and was a lawyer of promise in ,london4 ,his path to success was open1 as the borough belonged to his party4 ,when he mounted the platform to address the electors1 his eyes fell upon a board opposite1 on which was scrawled with charcoal3 8,forty ,pounds60 ,he suddenly became pale and confused1 stumbled through a short speech1 and then hurriedly left the stand4 ,a few days later he rose to speak in another town1 and again the mysterious words written on the wall confronted him4 ,again he left the platform1 and that night retired from the contest for the seat in ,parliament4 ,not long after he disappeared from public life1 and retired to an ,english colony where he hid himself on a ranch4 ,it was found that the words referred to a theft committed in his youth1 which he supposed had been forgotten1 but which had clung to him all these years4 ,lapse of time had not concealed it1 and when on the verge of victory1 defeat through someone's reminder and a gnawing conscience pushed him from the race4 ,,examples ,,of ,,honesty4 ,honesty is a trait of character which sets a boy off to advantage4 ,he has no dark shadows or corroding memories to fear4 ,the idea that some boys have1 8,make money1 honestly if you can1 but if not1 make it anyway10 is wrong4 ,madison ,c4 ,peters says1 8,capital is not what a man has1 but what a man is40 ,he who is honest will not take a pin from another1 would not represent an article to be what it is not1 gives the equivalent for the price paid whether seen or unseen4 ,the boy when exhorted to steal some fruit as no one would see him1 had the right idea of honesty when he remarked3 8,yes1 there would1 for ,i should see myself1 and ,i don't intend ever to see myself do a dishonest thing40 ,abraham ,lincoln1 when a clerk in a grocery store1 made a mistake of a few ounces when selling tea to a little girl4 ,in the evening he walked between two and three miles to rectify the mistake4 ,when the ,state officials of ,illinois advocated the policy of repudiation of a part of the public debt1 ,stephen ,a4 ,douglass was carried on a mattress from his hotel to the meeting where the repudiation was about to be adopted4 ,he wrote a resolution which he offered as a substitute for the repudiation ordinance1 which carried3 8,resolved1 ,that ,illinois will be honest1 although she never pays a cent40 ,adam ,clark when a boy worked in a linen factory4 ,in company with his master he was working in the folding room1 when one of the pieces was found short of the required number of yards4 8,come10 said the merchant1 8it is but a trifle4 ,we can soon stretch it and make out the yard40 ,he thereupon unrolled the cloth1 taking hold of one end of it himself1 and the boy the other4 8,pull1 ,adam1 pull10 he said1 pulling with all his might1 but the boy stood still4 ,the master said3 8,pull1 ,adam40 8,i can't10 replied the boy4 8,why not80 asked the master4 8,because it is wrong40 ,a long argument followed1 in which the usages of the trade were strongly and variously enforced1 but all in vain4 ,upon this the master told him that such a boy would not do for a linen manufacturer1 and would better look out for some other employment more congenial to his own mind4 ,he did so1 and in after years1 through hard work1 became eminent as a writer and preacher4 ,,how ,,he ,,became ,a ,,millionaire4 ,years ago1 in a town of ,germany1 a poor boy lived in an old house4 ,he formed this resolution3 8,honesty in everything and with everybody40 ,the street in which he lived was in the middle of the city1 yet quiet and retired4 ,this boy was eager to make money2 but1 dearly as he loved it1 he loved honesty and integrity more4 ,when he reached manhood1 he married a young woman of sterling character4 ,she was beautiful and good4 ,their house was neat and their furniture simple4 ,in one of the closets was a set of old ,dresden china4 ,behind the china closet there was another1 which no one would ever have suspected being there4 ,to get to it the china had to be lifted out and the tight-fitting panels taken apart4 ,one night1 as they were about to retire1 a faint knock was heard at the door4 ,the young man opened it1 and who should be there but the prince4 ,he was invited to enter4 ,after the young man had stirred up the fire and made things pretty comfortable1 the prince told his errand4 ,he was about to leave his home in the city1 to go he did not exactly know where4 ,he did not care to have any person know his whereabouts4 ,the officers of the government were angry with him1 and he was about to leave to get out of their way4 ,but he had some valuable treasures which he did not wish to carry with him2 and1 having heard of the integrity of this young man1 he desired to leave them in his care1 offering to pay him for his trouble4 ,the young man declared himself pleased to accommodate his prince4 8,i have it here10 said the prince1 and he drew a wide girdle from under his vest4 ,it was double1 and was held together by springs which could not be seen4 ,it was lined with soft wool1 and in the wool lay the treasure1 a collection of the most precious and dazzling stones4 ,the young man closed the window shutter tight1 then with his wife took down the china from the closet1 slipped aside the closely-fitting panels and secreted the girdle in a little place under one of the shelves4 ,then the panels were carefully put back1 the china put in its place and the closet doors shut4 ,to look at it1 one would never have dreamt that there was any treasure there more than the old china4 ,the prince thanked his new friends1 shook their hands heartily and started off4 ,months and years passed4 ,the couple worked early and late4 ,indeed they had to1 as by this time their family had increased and their little sons would some day need education4 ,after a time the ,french made war on the ,germans4 ,frankfort1 the city of this family1 felt it sadly4 ,a great many people had to flee for their lives1 amongst whom were these honest folks4 ,the soldiers went into their house1 searched and carried off everything that was worth taking4 ,then the war closed1 and the people returned4 ,years after this the prince came back4 ,he had heard as a wanderer about the different countries how many of the poor of his city had suffered4 ,he quietly settled down in a country home1 not far from the city1 and never thought of going after his treasures1 supposing they had either been stolen in the ransacking of the house1 or that the young man in whose care he had left them had used them for his own wants or those of his family4 ,he was not thoroughly acquainted however with the character of him to whom he had committed his treasures4 ,one morning while he was at breakfast he was told that a person wished to see him on business4 ,the man was ordered to be conducted to his presence4 ,who should it be but his old friend8 ,the prince was as glad to see him as he was surprised4 8,i came10 said the man1 8to talk with you about the treasure you left me40 8,oh1 don't mind that at all10 interrupted the prince1 8but come and take some breakfast with me4 ,i pray1 don't mention the affair4 ,i am glad it was there to do you good at a time when you must have needed it so much4 ,sit down and let us drink this coffee and forget all about it40 ,the man took the chair which was offered him1 and as he sat down1 he said3 8,believe me1 ,prince1 your treasure is safe4 ,the robbers went again and again to the old china closet1 and took every dish and cup away1 and1 indeed1 almost everything else that belonged to us1 but1 thanks to ,god1 they did not find your treasure4 ,when we went back to our house we found it in exactly the same spot where you saw us place it1 and there it is now4 ,it only awaits your order to be restored to you as you gave it40 ,the prince was astonished1 and said1 8,really1 my friend1 ,i scarcely believed that such virtue was to be found anywhere4 ,but ,i see now that a man's integrity may stand the hardest trial4 ,you have taught me to have a better opinion of human nature40 ,a few days later the prince called at the house and received his girdle without a stone missing4 ,so delighted was he that not only did he reward him liberally1 but everywhere he went he told the story4 ,he did not think that all the presents he could give him would reward him sufficiently1 so he wished to make him famous4 ,he succeeded4 ,the world heard the tale1 and the humble man soon became the friend of princes and nobles4 ,his sons were educated in the same principles of honesty and integrity1 and the whole commercial world learnt to honor his name4 ,at this day the families are scattered about in the greatest cities of ,europe and are able to control the wealth of nations4 ,their possessions are immense4 ,that poor boy was no other than ,rothschild1 and his sons and grandsons have been and still are the world's greatest bankers4 ,,be ,,eminent ,,in ,,honesty4 ,my boy1 be honest4 ,nothing is safer1 more honorable or right4 ,as such it is better than might and worth more than gold4 ,it hurts no man1 but wields an influence that commands the admiration of man and ,god4 ,when ,longfellow was seventeen years of age he wrote to his father3 8,whether nature has given me any capacity for knowledge or not1 she has1 at any rate1 given me a very strong predilection for literary pursuits1 and ,i am almost confident in believing that1 if ,i can ever rise in the world1 it must be by the exercise of my talent in the field of literature4 ,whatever ,i study ought to be engaged in with my soul1 for ,i will be eminent in something40 ,it is possible1 practical1 yea1 absolutely necessary for any boy who would be eminent in any vocation to be first of all eminent in honesty or purpose in dealing with himself and others4 ,lowell was built on the ,merrimac river4 ,dams and canals were constructed to conserve the water power4 ,at that time there was no competent engineer in ,america1 so a young ,englishman by the name of ,francis was brought over4 ,after looking over the work done1 he went to the directors of the company and said1 8,gentlemen1 you must rebuild ,lowell and the works40 8,we can't do that10 was the answer1 8we have spent large sums and must take a risk40 8,then1 gentlemen10 said ,francis1 8here is my resignation40 ,the directors after thinking of the awful flood that had swept that valley years before1 reconsidered and rebuilt under the young man's direction4 ,one year later a flood came and the town and works stood the test4 ,honesty always does4 ,,chapter ,,xiii ,be ,just ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xiii ,,by ,a4 ,s4 ,,zook 8,be just10 is a mandate from the ,court of ,conscience4 ,the law of that forum is the 8,golden ,rule30 8,all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you1 do ye even so unto them40 ,if you would be just1 never change the venue of your cases from the forum of your conscience1 even though you might1 outside the vicinage of conscience1 be the winner every time4 ,venue changes from one civil forum to another1 often brand the taker as a coward4 ,frequently it happens in the business world and in social trials1 if one shies around the court of conscience in selecting his tribunal1 he may win a verdict that will bear no scrutiny thereafter in the ,court of ,error1 ,supreme on ,high6 ,be just to self1 unmarred by vice2 just to parents as admonished by the words3 8,honor thy father and thy mother20 just to brother and sister1 and thus respect the home that sent you forth4 ,the animals that serve us nobly should be treated justly4 ,shame and indignation rest upon the one who harshly treats the noble horse4 ,justice rules the throttle of the heart of him who glides along the way of life1 and teaches him to render unto man his proper dues at every station on the journey4 ,illustration3 ,a4 ,s4 ,zook ,,chapter ,,xiii ,,be ,,just ,archbishop ,abbot of ,canterbury when preaching the funeral sermon of ,lord ,buckhurst1 did not dwell on his merits as a statesman1 or his genius as a poet1 but upon his virtues as a man in relation to the ordinary duties of life4 8,how many rare things were in him10 said he1 8one of which was justice40 ,the first and most essential exercise of love toward other persons is respect of their rights4 ,it is a virtue that will govern one's thoughts1 engineer one's actions1 influence one's life1 and command the universal esteem of mankind4 ,to be just means to deal fairly with others4 ,it is conformity to the principle of right1 truthfulness to promise1 faithfulness to engagement and trustworthiness in every capacity4 ,true1 it is not always done4 ,in business1 wrong methods1 short measures1 false weights are often used4 ,in society misrepresentation seems to hold an important part1 but no boy need resort to such measures1 for he can succeed without them4 ,,justness ,,possible ,,and ,,profitable4 ,when ,athens was governed by the thirty tyrants1 ,socrates was summoned to the ,senate ,chamber and ordered to go with others whom they named1 to seize one ,leon1 a man of rank and fortune whom they determined to slay that they might enjoy his estate4 ,this commission ,socrates positively refused4 8,i will not willingly10 said he1 8assist in an unjust act40 ,one of the tyrants sharply replied1 8,dost thou think1 ,socrates1 to talk in this high tone1 and not suffer80 8,far from it10 replied he1 8,i expect to suffer a thousand ills1 but none so great as to do unjustly40 ,percy tells of a ,persian king who desired a little salt to season some venison while on a hunting expedition4 ,one of his attendants went to a neighboring village and took some by force4 ,the king1 suspecting the theft1 ordered that he should immediately go and pay for it1 saying3 8,this is a small thing in itself1 but a great one as regards me1 for a king ought always to be just1 because he is an example to his subjects1 and if he swerves in trifles he will become dissolute4 ,if ,i cannot make all my subjects just in the smallest thing1 ,i can at least show them that it is possible for me to be so40 ,,the ,,injustice ,,of ,a ,,moorish ,,king4 ,injustice in word or deed1 however small1 is a crime1 which may benefit the doer for a time1 but which will eventually pain him more than him to whom it is done4 8,if thou hadst10 said ,carlyle1 8all the artillery of the world marching at thy back in the support of an unjust thing1 it would not be a success4 ,if the thing is not just thou hast not succeeded40 ,a ,moorish king desired to purchase a piece of ground from a woman who preferred to keep it4 ,thereupon the king seized it and built upon it a pavilion4 ,the poor woman complained to the cadi and he promised to do all in his power to make it right4 ,one day1 while the king was in the field1 the cadi came with an empty sack and asked to fill it with the earth on which he was treading4 ,having obtained leave he filled the sack1 and then requested the king to complete his kindness by helping him load it on his horse4 ,the monarch laughed1 and tried to lift it1 but soon let it drop1 complaining of its great weight4 8,it is however10 said the cadi1 8only a small part of the ground thou hast wrested from one of thy subjects2 how then wilt thou bear the weight of the whole field1 when thou shalt appear before the great ,judge laden with thine iniquity80 ,the reproof was severe4 ,the conscience of the king troubled him now like a rawhide lash1 and he restored the field to its owner1 together with the pavilion and the wealth it contained4 ,,to ,,whom ,,to ,,be ,,just4 ,when ,william the ,conqueror left the shores of ,france eight centuries ago1 to make conquest of ,england1 the figure-head of the royal galley in which he sailed1 and which led the fleet1 was a golden boy pointing the way across the channel to ,england and to victory4 ,significant the symbol6 ,what the future will be depends on the boys of the present1 and if they point with justness toward themselves and others1 it will mean the ushering in of a golden era4 ,in being just1 every boy should love himself to that extent to deal honorably with every faculty of his nature1 giving it due authority in the government of his conduct4 ,he should not allow his affections to be loose1 his will to run haphazard like a clock without a pendulum1 or his appetite to be always gratified1 like the voracious whirlpool of ,niagara1 but with self-respect he should make them subservient to his better nature4 ,in his early political days1 ,president ,garfield was urged to do some doubtful political action4 ,he replied3 8,it is impossible1 ,i must eat and sleep and live constantly with ,james ,a4 ,garfield2 and ,i am bound to have his good opinion of my conduct1 even if ,i must forfeit that of everybody else40 8,here1 sir1 clean my boots10 said a ,british officer to ,andrew ,jackson1 who1 when a boy of thirteen was captured in the ,revolutionary ,war4 8,i am a prisoner of war1 sir1 and ,i look for such treatment as ,i am entitled to40 ,the officer flew into a rage1 and1 drawing his sword1 aimed a blow at the boy's head4 ,to ward it off ,andrew raised his arm and the sharp blade cut the flesh to the bone4 ,years after when ,andrew was ,president of the ,united ,states he would point to it as an evidence of the officer's injustice to him1 when the rules of war acknowledged that he was simply exercising justness to himself4 ,every boy should also be just to others4 8,do unto others as ye would they should do unto you0 is a good motto4 ,following this1 what a delightful world this would be4 ,better wages would be given1 the poor1 crime and criminals would decrease2 less trickery would be associated with business1 and a better standard in measuring one's conduct would be used4 ,there once lived in ,marseilles an elderly man who was considered a miser1 because he carried on a flourishing business1 yet never seemed to spend any more than he could help4 ,he lived alone in one room1 dressed poorly and never allowed himself any luxuries4 ,people pointed the finger of scorn at him on the street1 children mocked him as he passed1 yet he never resented their unkindness4 ,at last he was missed4 ,search being made1 he was found dead in his room4 ,in his hand was a paper4 ,it proved to be a will by which the whole of his great fortune was given to provide the city of ,marseilles with free and pure water for the use of all4 ,for this object he had spared and saved and suffered shame and abuse1 that the very people who had ill-treated him might be given this blessing for which they suffered4 ,he had been unjustly criticised1 because the people did not understand his motive4 ,how much better to speak and act justly6 ,cruel words wound1 cruel actions crush4 ,they may not be the most severe1 but as a mouse can trouble an elephant1 a gnat worry a lion1 a flea disgust a giant1 so these little unjust words and works make life unpleasant to those to whom they are done4 ,better employ ,maximilian's motto1 8,let justice be done though the heavens fall10 for such will finally triumph for good4 ,,reward ,,of ,,justice4 ,to be just on all occasions demands concentration of one's moral powers1 as the capture of a strong city sometimes demands the forces both of land and sea4 ,it is easy to be just to a friend1 but one cannot afford to be otherwise to an enemy4 ,justice knows no class or caste4 ,thus the ,egyptians represented it as a human form without hands or eyes1 indicating that he accepted no bribes1 knew no difference between friend or foe1 was not influenced by fear or favor1 but decided every case on its merits4 ,a ,,memorial ,,of ,,justice4 ,during the reign of ,frederick1 king of ,prussia1 there was near ,potsdam a mill which interfered with a view from the window of his palace4 ,annoyed by this inconvenience to his favorite residence the king sent to inquire the price for which it would be sold4 8,for no price10 was the reply of the sturdy ,prussian4 ,in a moment of anger1 ,frederick gave orders that the mill be torn down4 8,the king may do this10 the miller quietly remarked1 folding his arms1 8but there are laws in ,prussia10 and forthwith he commenced proceedings against the monarch4 ,the court decided that the king must rebuild the mill1 and pay besides a large sum of money as compensation for the injury which he had done4 ,he was very mortified on learning this1 but instead of disdaining the order1 turned to his courtiers and said1 8,i am glad to find that just laws and upright judges exist in my kingdom40 ,years after1 the proprietor of the mill1 having been reduced in circumstances1 wrote to the king1 stating if his majesty now entertained a similar desire to obtain possession of the property1 it would be very agreeable to him in his present embarrassed circumstances1 to sell the mill4 ,the king immediately wrote the following reply3 8,my dear ,neighbor1-- 8,i cannot allow you to sell the mill4 ,it must remain in your possession as long as one member of your family exists1 for it belongs to the history of ,prussia4 ,i lament1 however1 to hear that you are in circumstances of embarrassment1 and forthwith enclose a check large enough to arrange your affairs4 ,consider me always 8,your affectionate neighbor1 8,,frederick ,,william40 ,my boy1 be just4 ,you can if you will1 and there is no reason in all the varied activities and experiences of life1 why you should not4 8,to thine own self be true1 ,and it must follow as the night the day ,thou canst not then be false to any man40 ,do not be just from a mercenary idea1 for that is only another form of injustice4 ,but be just because it is right1 and right makes men1 and men are the great need of the hour4 8,poise then1 the cause in ,justice's equal scales1 ,whose beam stands sure1 whose rightful cause prevails40 ,,chapter ,,xiv ,be ,kind ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xiv ,,by ,,george ,t4 ,,angell ,whenever a brave1 kind word needs to be said1 say it2 whenever a brave1 kind act needs to be done1 do it4 ,always feed the song birds1 but spare their nests2 sprinkle ashes in icy streets1 that men and horses may not fall2 put the blankets that have blown off the horses on again1 and tuck them under the harness2 protect the useful toad1 and avoid treading on the useful and harmless worm4 8,be kind to dumb creatures1 nor grudge them your care2 ,god gave them their life1 and your love they must share2 ,and ,he who the sparrow's fall tenderly heeds1 ,will lovingly look on compassionate deeds40 ,in our 8,band of ,mercy0 we have a pledge which every boy should heed1 which will make him not only happier but better and more merciful in all the relations of life4 8,i will try to be kind to all harmless1 living creatures1 both human and dumb1 and will try and protect them from cruel usage40 ,do this1 my boy1 and you will be happy in the doing4 ,illustration3 ,george ,t4 ,angell ,,chapter ,,xiv ,,be ,,kind ,the story is related of a king who had a boy in whom he took great delight4 ,he gave him beautiful rooms to live in1 with rich pictures and books1 and servants to wait on him wherever he went4 ,he also provided teachers who were to impart knowledge to him of things which would make him good and great2 but with all this the young prince was unhappy4 ,he wore a frown wherever he went1 and was always wishing for something he did not have4 ,at length one day a magician came to court4 ,he saw the scowl on the boy's face1 and said to the king1 8,i can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles1 but you must pay me a large sum for telling him the secret40 8,all right10 said the king1 8whatever you ask ,i will give40 ,the price was agreed upon and paid1 and the magician took the boy into a private room4 ,he wrote something with a white substance on a piece of paper1 then gave the boy a candle1 and told him to light it1 hold it under the paper1 and see what he could read4 ,he then departed4 ,the boy did as he had been told and the white letters turned into a beautiful blue4 ,they formed these words1 8,do a kindness to some one every day40 ,the prince was very much impressed with these words and undertook to put them into practice1 and this resulted in his becoming very popular and useful in the realm4 ,,kindness ,,and ,,unkindness4 ,few words are greater in the ,english language than kindness4 ,it is as mighty as it is gentle4 ,few things cost so little1 yet benefit so much4 ,but unkindness always arises from a heart inclined more or less to be cruel4 ,because of this the memory of ,nero has been treated with contempt for ages4 ,when a boy1 he delighted in torturing flies by pulling off their legs1 and then watching them struggle to get away4 ,when he became emperor he burnt the ,christians in his gardens1 and wished that all the ,romans had but one neck that he might cut off their heads at one blow4 ,thoreau1 on the other hand1 is revered for his gentle1 loving disposition4 ,though an ardent naturalist he seldom if ever inflicted death for the sake of the furtherance of his scientific observations4 ,about the year #ahde he took to the woods near ,walden ,pond1 ,massachusetts1 and built a house1 to the surprise of the raccoons and squirrels4 ,but the animals soon learned that he meant them no harm4 ,he would lie down on a fallen tree1 or on the edge of a rock1 and at his call they would come to him4 ,even the snakes would wind around his legs1 and the squirrels would hide their heads in his waistcoat4 ,the fish in the river knew him1 and would allow him to lift them from the water4 ,he could pull a woodchuck out of his hole by its tail4 ,rabbits and birds paid no heed whatever to him while he sat and watched them or plied his work by chopping trees and raising vegetables1 and when he built his house over the nest of a woodmouse1 which at first became alarmed1 it soon became so tame as to pick the crumbs at his feet and nibble the cheese in his hand4 ,,the ,,bravest ,,are ,,the ,,tenderest4 ,some years ago1 ,general ,david ,s4 ,stanley was laying out the route for a great railroad across the plains4 ,there were two thousand men1 twenty-five hundred horses and mules1 and a train of two hundred and fifty wagons heavily laden4 ,one day the general was riding at the head of the broad column1 when suddenly his voice rang out3 8,halt60 ,a bird's nest lay on the ground directly in front of him4 ,in another moment the horses would have trampled on the nestlings4 ,the mother bird was flying about and chirping in the greatest anxiety4 ,but the brave general had not brought out his army to destroy a bird's nest4 ,he halted a moment1 looked at the little birds and then gave the order3 8,left oblique60 ,men1 horses1 mules and wagons turned aside and spared the home of the helpless bird4 ,years after1 those who crossed the plains saw a great bend in the trail1 which was the bend made to avoid crushing the bird's nest4 ,george ,stephenson1 when a boy1 would never rob a bird's nest1 because1 as he used to tell his companions3 8,it grieves the old bird40 ,one day when his genius was changing the face of the earth by the railway engine1 he went to an upper room of his house and closed a window4 ,it had been open a long time because of the intense summer heat1 but now the weather was becoming cooler1 and ,mr4 ,stephenson thought it would be well to shut it4 ,two or three days later he chanced to observe a bird flying against it with all its might as if trying to break it4 ,his curiosity was aroused4 ,he went at once and opened the window and as he did so the bird flew straight to one particular spot in the room1 where ,stephenson saw a nest4 ,the poor bird looked at it and then fluttered to the floor1 broken-hearted and almost dead4 ,the great man drew near4 ,there sat the mother bird1 and under her wings four tiny ones1 all dead4 ,tenderly he lifted the exhausted bird from the floor and carefully tried to revive it1 but it speedily died4 ,in its beak was a worm it had long struggled to bring to its home and little ones1 and as ,mr4 ,stephenson looked1 he wept4 ,the brave ,colonel ,john ,sobieski thought the unwanton killing of birds nothing short of murder4 ,speaking of one of his hunting trips he said1 8,sauntering leisurely along under tall elms1 ,i heard a bird singing1 and looking up1 ,i saw a wee bit of a bird perched upon a lofty limb1 singing very sweetly4 ,without a moment's thought1 and without the slightest idea that ,i could hit so small a mark1 ,i up and banged away4 ,i saw some feathers fly1 and the little songster came dropping down from branch to branch1 and fell at my feet4 ,i stooped down and picked it up4 ,it was a tiny little thing1 not much bigger than my thumb1 of a yellowish-green color1 as beautiful as it could be4 ,then1 like a flash1 the thought came to me1 #8,what a contemptible deed ,i have done4 ,here was one of ,god's beautiful creatures that had just as much right to existence as ,i1 and its life1 doubtless1 was as sweet to it as mine was to me1 and at that very moment that it was singing its beautiful songs to make the world more pleasant and glorious1 ,i had brutally shot it to death4' ,i carefully buried it among the leaves1 and then promised myself that ,i would never again wantonly destroy life4 ,i regard this the greatest crime ,i ever committed40 ,,dumb ,,animals4 ,sometimes boys are unkind to dumb animals1 teasing them for sport or imposing on them for gain4 ,few animals show more fidelity and attachment to us than the dog and horse4 ,what warnings the former gives6 ,how faithfully he watches by day and night6 ,with what cheerful alacrity the 8,shepherd0 goes for the cattle and the 8,mastiff0 protects the home6 ,how many lives have been saved from a watery grave by the 8,newfoundland10 or from a snowy one by the 8,st4 ,bernard60 ,walter ,scott tells of a dog which saved his master from being burned alive4 ,the dog of ,montargis vainly defended his master against the enemy1 but successfully led to the discovery of the murderer4 ,a pet spaniel saved the life of ,william the ,silent by scratching his face1 when asleep4 ,a body of ,alva's ,spanish troops surprised ,dutch ,william's camp1 and though his guards perished1 he effected his escape by mounting a horse4 ,in the excavation of the buried city of ,herculaneum1 the skeleton of a dog was found stretched over that of a boy twelve years of age1 which he endeavored to save from death by suffocation or fire4 ,all that remained to tell the story of its fidelity was a collar with an inscription that told how on three occasions it had saved the life of its master1 once from the sea1 once from robbers1 and once from wolves4 ,of the horse many beautiful and pathetic stories are related4 ,it is said they never forget a road once traveled1 and are very loving in their attachment4 ,during the ,peninsular war a trumpeter of ,french cavalry was killed4 ,many days after the engagement1 his body was found1 guarded by his faithful charger1 which had stayed by its dead master1 protecting his body4 ,when found1 the poor horse was in a sad condition2 so great was its grief1 that even after the trumpeter had been buried it required great persuasion to be prevailed upon to eat4 ,some animals can take their part1 as many a boy1 through lacerated fingers and severe wounds and bruises1 knows4 ,but there are many which cannot1 yet every one is entitled to and appreciates kindness4 8,there is10 as ,ruskin said1 8a flash of strange light through which their life looks out and up to our great mystery of command over them1 and claiming the fellowship of the creature1 if not of the soul40 8,i ,,was ,,that ,,boy40 ,boys should be kind to one another4 ,unkind acts are lasting as indelible ink2 they are like letters written in lemon-juice1 which become legible when brought before the fire2 they stir the heart1 awaken memory1 and distress the soul4 ,a prominent lawyer who became attorney general of ,missouri relates that while in ,governor ,steward's office1 a convict was brought in from the penitentiary to receive a pardon at the ,governor's hands4 ,the convict was a steamboat man1 with the rough manners of his class4 ,looking at him the ,governor became greatly affected4 ,then he signed the document which restored the man's liberty1 but before handing it over said1 8,you will commit some crime1 ,i fear1 and will soon be back in prison40 ,the man protested that such a thing should never again happen4 8,you will go back to the river and be a mate again1 ,i suppose80 asked the ,governor4 ,the man said that was his intention4 8,well1 ,i want you to pledge me your word that when you are mate again you will never take a billet of wood1 and drive a poor sick boy out of his bunk to help load your boat on a stormy night40 ,the man promised that he never would1 and in surprise asked the ,governor why he desired such a pledge4 8,because10 answered he1 8some day that boy may become ,governor1 and you may want him to pardon you for some crime4 ,one stormy black night1 many years ago you stopped your boat on the ,mississippi to take on a load of wood4 ,there was a boy on board working his passage from ,new ,orleans to ,st4 ,louis1 but he became sick and was lying in his bunk4 ,you had enough men to do the work1 but you went to that sick boy1 drove him to the deck with blows and curses1 and kept him toiling like a slave till the load was complete4 ,i was that boy4 ,here is your pardon4 ,never again be guilty of so brutal an act40 ,the prisoner took the pardon1 covered his face and went out1 ashamed of his conduct1 and greatly affected by the charity of one who showed mercy when he could have had revenge4 8,,you ,,called ,,me ,,brother40 ,my boy1 be kind4 8,if a man would have friends1 he must show himself friendly40 8,a little thought and a little kindness10 said ,ruskin1 8are often worth more than a great deal of money40 ,of ,cornelius ,vanderbilt it was said1 8,he was a man of the utmost kindliness1 who treated all1 of whatever station1 with courtesy1 and age with deference40 ,julian ,ralph writing of ,general ,wade ,hampton said1 8,he was a gentleman2 and the qualities of mercy1 kindliness and protection to the lowly were strong in his blood40 ,it is kindness in the heart1 on the lips and at the finger-tips1 which wins the affection not only of beasts and birds1 but also of men1 women and children4 ,be kind in voice4 ,no member has more power of good or evil4 ,a single word may sting like an adder1 or soothe like oil4 ,it can thrill to action1 drive to madness1 or lead to despair4 ,it can cut the heart like sorrow1 or cheer like sunshine4 ,look out for your words4 ,take care of the tones4 ,it is not always so much what one says as the manner in which it is said4 ,elihu ,burritt wisely remarked1 8,there is no one thing that love so much needs as a sweet voice1 to tell what it means and feels4 ,one must start in youth1 and be on the watch night and day1 at work and play to get and keep a voice that shall speak at all times the thoughts of a kind heart40 ,during the famine in ,russia when thousands were reduced to the verge of starvation1 ,count ,tolstoi passed a beggar on the street corner4 ,stretching out his gaunt hands1 the miserable creature asked for alms4 ,tolstoi felt in all his pockets for a coin to bestow upon him4 ,he turned his pockets inside out1 but to no purpose4 ,his money had already been spent in charity and he had nothing4 ,taking the beggar's hand in both of his1 he said3 8,do not be angry with me1 brother1 ,i have nothing with me40 ,the gaunt face lighted up1 the man lifted his bloodshot eyes1 his blue lips parted in a smile4 8,but you called me brother2 that was a great gift10 he said4 ,yes1 kind words1 gentle words1 sympathetic words are cheap4 ,they cost nothing1 but profit greatly4 ,they are like oil to machinery4 ,they disarm anger and are a tonic to the disheartened4 ,therefore 8,keep a watch on your words1 my boy1 ,for words are wonderful things2 ,they are sweet like the bees' fresh honey1 ,like bees1 they have terrible stings2 ,they can bless like the warm1 glad sunshine1 ,and brighten the lonely life2 ,they can cut in the strife of anger1 ,yes1 cut like a two-edged knife40 ,,only ,a ,,shilling4 ,be kind in act4 ,hands are deaf and dumb1 but they should be the instruments of a tender heart1 having a soft touch4 ,gladstone1 with an empire on his shoulders1 found time to leave ,parliament and carry flowers to a little sick crossing-sweeper4 ,a small girl selling chestnuts arrested the attention of a young man who gave her a shilling4 ,years after a poor man called upon a rich bank director to ask for a position as messenger4 ,the director's wife recognized him as he passed out4 ,she learned his business with her husband and said with earnestness1 8,give him the situation40 8,why80 he asked4 ,the wife told the story how he had given her the shilling4 ,the husband was pleased to favor his wife and that night the man received a note as he sat by his sick wife4 ,opening it1 he exclaimed3 8,good news1 wife6 ,we shall not starve2 here is a promise of a situation40 ,his wife called his attention to something that fell upon the floor4 ,it was a fifty pound note folded in a paper bearing the inscription1 8,in grateful remembrance of the shilling which a kind stranger bestowed on a little girl selling chestnuts twenty years ago40 ,be kind1 my boy4 ,there is a magic charm connected with it4 ,so thought ,william ,cowper1 who said he would not trust a man who would with his foot crush a worm4 ,so thought the private secretary of ,president ,lincoln1 when he found him in the ,capitol grounds trying to put a little bird back to the nest from which it had fallen4 ,so thought ,george ,dana ,boardman1 who could not enjoy the so-called sports of hunting and fishing1 because of the suffering they wrought upon the innocent and helpless4 ,ah1 my lad1 just as ,androcles extracted the thorn from the lion's paw1 and was afterwards defended by that lion1 kindness seldom goes unrecompensed4 ,it gives satisfaction to the donor and comfort to the donee4 8,you never can tell when you do an act ,just what the result will be2 ,but with every deed you are sowing a seed1 ,though its harvest you may not see4 ,each kindly act is an acorn dropped ,in ,god's productive soil2 ,which you may not know1 yet the tree shall grow ,and shelter the brows that toil40 ,,chapter ,,xv ,be ,generous ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xv ,,by ,,gen4 ,,thomas ,j4 ,,morgan ,god blesses still the generous thought ,and still the fitting word he speeds1 ,and truth1 at ,his requiring taught1 ,he quickens into deeds4 --,whittier4 ,one of the noblest traits which a boy can cultivate in his relations with his fellows is that of generosity4 ,he is a mean fellow who is always thinking and planning for himself only and seeking to get the advantage of others4 ,a noble-hearted1 manly boy thinks of the welfare of those around him1 and is always ready to lend a hand to those that are in need4 ,deeds of generosity tend to develop a character which everybody admires4 ,generosity pays2 it begets self-respect2 enlarges a boy's views and sympathies1 and brings him into delightful relationship with kindred minds4 ,if you have anything especially good don't fail to share it with others who have less1 or none4 ,be generous4 ,illustration3 ,t4 ,j4 ,morgan ,,chapter ,,xv ,,be ,,generous ,during one of his wars ,napoleon captured two ,british sailors and confined them in a prison in central ,france4 ,the men escaped and made their way to ,boulogne on the sea coast1 without being discovered4 ,for a long time they could get no further4 ,the love of home and liberty at length grew too strong to be resisted1 and they resolved to take chances on their departure4 ,with no other tools than their knives the ,englishmen made a boat of small pieces of wood4 ,it was a leaky affair when completed1 and in order to make it float they had to cover it with some old scraps of sail4 ,sure of being shot if discovered1 and with every chance of being drowned if they reached the open sea1 they decided to attempt to cross the stormy ,english ,channel in their rickety skiff4 ,in the afternoon before they were to make the effort they saw an ,english frigate within sight of the coast1 and hastened to launch the crazy craft and tried to reach the vessel4 ,some ,french soldiers discovered them1 and1 leaping into a boat1 soon brought them back4 ,the captors were very much astonished at the daring of the sailors1 and soon the news of their adventure spread throughout the camp1 and the wonderful courage of the two men was the subject of general remark4 ,at length the episode came to the ears of ,napoleon4 ,the great soldier was always attracted by a bold deed1 and went to look at the boat in which the sailors had started4 ,after seeing it he was more impressed than ever1 and had the ,englishmen brought before him4 8,is it really true10 he said1 8that you thought of crossing the sea in this80 8,sire10 said one of them1 8if you doubt it1 give us leave to go and see us depart40 8,i will10 exclaimed the emperor4 8,you are brave men4 ,i admire courage wherever ,i meet it4 ,you are at liberty4 ,but you need not risk your lives4 ,i will put you aboard an ,english ship4 ,when you reach ,london1 tell your countrymen how ,i admire bravery1 even in an enemy40 ,he gave the sailors money and saw that they were well treated4 ,the ,french officers were very much astonished1 for the captives had been condemned to death1 but ,napoleon's generosity granted their freedom1 and with it a safe conduct to their homes4 ,,what ,,it ,,means4 ,what ,napoleon was in this instance every boy can be4 ,generosity is a beautiful characteristic of a noble soul4 ,as the hands of a clock tell the hour of time1 generosity bespeaks heart-felt love and sympathy4 ,and 8,the truly generous is the truly wise2 ,and he who loves not others lives unblest40 ,this word 8generous0 was once supposed to apply to nobility of descent1 but now it applies to nobility of character4 ,it is used in several ways1 yet all fit and depend on each other as joists fit in mortises4 ,some one has defined the word as greatness of mind4 ,mind1 that which ,seneca calls 8the proper judge of man10 8that which makes10 as ,shakespeare said1 8the body rich40 ,but greatness of mind is much more significant4 ,it is like a large number before a cipher4 ,it is1 as ,johnson said3 8,great in great things and elegant in little things40 8,if there is a boy in school10 says ,horace ,mann1 8who has a club foot1 don't let him know you ever saw it4 ,if there is a boy with ragged clothes1 don't talk about rags in his hearing4 ,if there is a lame boy1 assign him to some part of the game that does not require running4 ,if there is a hungry one1 give him part of your dinner4 ,if there is a dull one1 help him to get his lessons4 ,if there is a bright one1 be not envious of him1 for1 if one boy is proud of his talents and another is envious of them1 there are two great wrongs and no more talent than before4 ,if a larger or stronger boy has injured you1 and is sorry for it1 forgive him4 ,all the school will show by their countenances how much better it is than to have a great fuss4 ,and remember ,him who said3 #8,love your enemies1' #8bless them which curse you4'0 ,,meanness ,,and ,,injustice4 ,as the ,north ,pole is the opposite to the ,south ,pole1 so generosity stands over against selfishness4 ,it glories in the right but scorns the wrong4 8,what can ,i do for you1 madam80 asked ,president ,jackson of an early caller at the ,white ,house4 8,mr4 ,president10 replied the visitor1 8,i am a poor widow and keep a boarding-house on ,e ,street4 ,mr4 ,h4 has boarded with me for several months1 but declines to settle his account4 ,he receives a good salary as a clerk in the ,treasury ,department1 but ,i cannot collect any money of him40 8,why not80 8,he won't pay it1 sir40 8,how much does he owe you1 madam80 8,nearly #bjj40 8,what is his salary80 8,almost #b1jjj a year40 8,that is a fair income10 said the ,president1 thoughtfully1 8he ought to live on that40 8,he has paid me nothing for five months1 sir4 ,i need the money and came to ask your advice how to get it40 8,he admits his indebtedness80 8,yes1 sir1 but he avoids me1 on pay days1 and ,i can get no satisfaction from him1 after repeated solicitations40 8,he must pay you1 madam40 8,i hope he can be made to4 ,i can ill afford to lose it40 8,go to him10 said ,jackson1 8and get his note at thirty days for the full amount and interest40 8,his note1 sir6 ,it wouldn't be worth a penny40 8,get his note10 repeated the ,president1 8and come to me again4 ,we shall see how much it will be worth40 ,the widow withdrew4 8,i must have some kind of settlement of our account to-day10 she said to the delinquent boarder at noon1 8if you cannot pay me cash you must give me your note at thirty days for the full amount and interest40 8,note8 ,certainly10 replied the clerk1 carelessly1 8,i'll give you half a dozen notes if that will do you any good4 ,what are you going to do with it80 he continued1 as he handed her the paper1 without the slightest intention of paying it at maturity4 8,collect it10 replied the landlady1 firmly4 8,hope you'll have a good time and be successful at it10 said ,h41 smiling sarcastically4 8,i certainly shall10 said the widow4 8,this note squares our account in full4 ,you will please find other accommodations1 ,mr4 ,h41 from to-day40 ,mr4 ,h4 left as requested1 and next morning the widow called on the ,president a second time4 8,good morning1 madam10 said he1 8did you get the note80 8,oh1 yes1 sir4 ,he was very ready4 ,but he laughed at me for being so easily satisfied with his mere promise to pay40 8,well1 madam10 said the ,president1 as he took the note and wrote boldly across the back1 8,andrew ,jackson10 8put this in the ,washington ,bank for collection4 ,you've got a good endorser1 at all events4 ,the note will be paid at maturity4 ,good morning1 madam40 ,in due time the landlady notified ,h4 that his note for #bjj was due at the bank1 on a certain day1 but he only smiled4 8,but that note will surely be paid10 said the widow1 confidently1 8for ,i've got a good man's name on the back of it40 8,have you1 indeed80 asked the clerk1 with a chuckle4 8,who was fool enough to endorse my note for #bjj80 ,merely out of curiosity to see who the fool was1 he called at the bank the day the note was due4 ,but he did not laugh when he read the endorsement4 ,he could not afford to let that name go to protest1 so he paid the note at once4 ,three days later he received the following letter3 ,treasury ,department4 ,washington1 ,d4 ,c41 4444#ahc44 ,mr4 ,l4 ,h4---- ,sir3 ,your services as clerk in the --th auditor's office will not be required after this date4 ,by order of the ,president4 ,yours1 etc41 444444444444444 ,secretary1 etc4 ,,liberality4 ,the word generous is now generally used for liberality4 ,hon4 ,chester ,kingsley1 who has given freely of his means to benevolent objects1 tells how when a boy he used to pray ,god to give him 8a hand to get and a heart to give40 ,such a prayer was far-reaching4 ,it meant co-operation of hand and heart1 a hand to be industrious1 a heart to be charitable4 ,here is a lesson for every boy4 ,train the hand to make an honest dollar1 the heart to consecrate it to noble purpose and the mind to learn discretion in giving4 ,if there is one thing that creates happiness more than another1 it is making some one else happy4 8,true happiness 7if understood7 ,consists alone in doing good40 ,so wrote the poet ,thomson4 8,it is more blessed to give than to receive10 said the most liberal ,giver of the ages4 ,one needs to give to keep the heart open1 to give without looking for returns1 though such giving1 like the dove of ,noah's ark1 always comes back in due season with the olive leaf of reward4 ,,legend ,,and ,,fact4 ,a poor fatherless boy1 according to a ,german legend1 had gathered in the woods a dish of strawberries4 ,returning home1 a venerable old man startled him by calling out1 8,my lad1 let me have thy full dish and thou take my empty one40 ,pity for the old man's weakness and helplessness overcame the boy's reluctance to part with his berries1 and he made the exchange4 ,soon he filled the empty dish and returned with it to his mother1 to whom he told the story of his adventure4 8,ah1 happy are we1 my child10 she exclaimed1 8the dish is pure gold40 ,though simple the story1 it illustrates this profound truth1 that the simplest and freest gifts return to us in richer and more acceptable favors4 ,then 8,give to the world the best you have1 ,and the best will come back to you40 ,a poor soldier one day called at the shop of a hair-dresser1 who was busy with his customers1 and asked relief1 stating that he had stayed beyond his leave of absence1 and unless he could get passage on a coach1 fatigue and severe punishment awaited him4 ,the hair-dresser listened to his story respectfully and gave him a guinea4 8,god bless you1 sir60 exclaimed the soldier1 astonished at the amount1 8how can ,i repay you8 ,i have nothing in the world but this10 pulling a dirty scrap of paper from his pocket4 8,it is a receipt for making blacking1 and is the best that was ever seen4 ,many a half guinea ,i have had for it from the officers1 and many bottles have ,i sold4 ,may you be able to get something for it to repay you for your kindness to a poor soldier40 ,oddly enough1 that dirty piece of paper proved worth half a million pounds to the hair-dresser4 ,it was no less than the receipt for the famous ,day and ,martin's blacking1 the hair-dresser being the late wealthy ,mr4 ,day1 whose factory is one of the notable sights of the ,english metropolis4 ,be generous1 my boy4 ,not in one thing1 but many4 ,in chemical galvanism1 it is the number1 not the size1 of the cells1 which increases the power of the battery4 ,in generosity1 it is not the large gift1 but the number of little gifts2 not the one kind word1 but the many4 ,not the great acts1 but the continued small ones4 ,to your enemy manifest generosity in forgiveness2 to your opponent1 tolerance2 to your parents1 deference2 to yourself1 respect2 to all1 charity4 8,count that day lost whose low descending sun ,views from thy hand no worthy action done40 ,,chapter ,,xvi ,be ,careful of ,your ,company ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xvi ,,by ,,neal ,,dow ,be cautious with whom you associate1 and never give your company or your confidence to persons of whose good principles you are not certain4--,bishop ,coleridge4 ,,no company is far preferable to bad1 because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues1 as disease is far more contagious than health4--,colton4 ,avoid as if struck with leprosy1 anyone who is profane1 who smokes1 who is untruthful1 who is unmindful of the rights and feelings of others1 and do not forget that strong drink leads directly to all evil4 ,avoid it as you would a fatal disease4 ,illustration3 ,neal ,dow ,,chapter ,,xvi ,,be ,,careful ,,of ,,your ,,company ,there is a well established rule1 by which one is judged by the company he keeps4 ,no word of explanation need be given1 for the companions he selects and in whose circle he moves speak louder than words4 ,the choice of associates is a very important one4 ,as in a vitiated air1 it is hard for a strong constitution to escape sickness1 so however firm and settled a boy's principles might be1 there is danger of losing them by the influence and example of corrupt companions4 ,it is said to be a property of the tree-frog to acquire the color of any object to which it adheres for a short time4 ,thus if found on growing corn it is commonly a dark green1 and if found on the white oak1 it has the color peculiar to that tree4 ,just so is it with boys4 ,one usually resembles those with whom he associates and becomes like them4 ,unconsciously he takes on their image1 thinks and acts like them1 and is a just photograph of them4 ,if the companions are of high moral standard they will prove a blessing1 but if slovenly and unclean in appearance1 unbecoming in language1 impolite in action1 they will be a curse4 ,the boy who associates with these invites an unsavory reputation2 and sooner or later1 no matter what excellent qualities he may have1 will be contaminated as is silver when kept in contact with copper4 ,,impossible ,,to ,,be ,,good ,,and ,,keep ,,bad ,,company4 ,in no little degree is one influenced by the speech1 manners and habits of companions4 8,is example nothing80 asks ,edmund ,burke4 8,it is everything4 ,example is the school of mankind1 and it will learn at no other10 he answers4 ,it is because of this that many lawbreakers come from the best families through evil associations4 8,may it please the ,court10 said a convicted criminal when asked if he had anything to say before sentence of death was passed upon him1 8bad company has been my ruin4 ,i received the blessings of good parents1 and in return promised to avoid all evil associations4 ,had ,i kept my promise1 ,i should have been saved from this shame and been free from the load of guilt that rests upon me4 ,i1 who once moved in good society1 am lost1 and all through evil companions40 ,many inexperienced boys form the idea that by associating with rough1 fast lads they might influence them to be better1 or by seeing the evil effects would learn to abhor wickedness the more4 ,these thoughts are foolish in the extreme1 and if put into practice1 deprave nine times out of ten4 ,there is a poisonous reptile mentioned in 8,in ,tropical ,africa0 that has lived so long in a certain colored gravel that it has taken on the exact color1 so that a traveler cannot distinguish the one from the other unless the reptile moves4 ,to come in contact with it is to risk one's life4 ,so the boy who wilfully courts the company of the bad risks the safety of his character1 for 8vice10 as ,pope said1 8--is a monster with such frightful mien1 ,as to be hated1 needs but to be seen2 ,yet1 seen too oft1 familiar with its face1 ,we first endure1 then pity1 then embrace40 ,chemists tell us that one grain of iodine imparts color to seven thousand grains of water4 ,one bad boy may do more to injure one's character in a day than a lifetime can remedy4 ,goodness and badness will associate no more than light and darkness4 ,a rotten apple will corrupt a barrel of good ones1 but a barrel of good ones will not restore a rotten one4 ,separation is the only safe plan4 ,,the ,,enchanter ,,and ,,the ,,youth4 ,a great magician once took a company of ,bavarian youths to a lonely place and entertained them at their request with his incantations4 ,he drew a circle around them with his sword and warned them not to leave or break over on any account4 ,by his first incantation he surrounded them with armed men1 who dared them to conflict1 but none of them would be lured or drawn beyond the line he had made with his sword4 ,by the second enchantment he surrounded them with a company of beautiful damsels1 who tried every power of attraction they could command4 ,one of the dancing damsels whose beauty exceeded that of the others1 advanced to one of the young men and with her enchantments had such an effect upon him that he entirely forgot the restriction and stretched forth his finger beyond the circle to receive the ring which she offered to place upon it4 ,at once she seized him and drew him after her1 and it was only through difficulty that he was rescued4 ,what an illustration6 ,this circle is the rule of right1 the armed men pride and passion1 and the charmer a fair representative of intemperance1 vice and sensuality4 ,the only safety for a boy is within the circle of right4 ,to step over its boundary is to enter the domain of wrong4 ,it is being enticed onto enchanted ground where evil lurks in every flower1 poison hides in every drink and death watches beside every path4 ,o my son1 8,if sinners entice thee1 consent thou not4 ,walk not in the way with them4 ,refrain thy foot from their path10 and when they bid thee 8cast in thy lot among us10 have the courage to refuse4 ,,company ,,not ,,to ,,keep4 ,avoid vulgar companions4 ,vulgarity is like a blot on a clean sheet of paper4 ,though it does not destroy the whole sheet1 it damages and discounts it to such an extent1 that it is often cast aside as worthless4 ,avoid lazy companions4 ,the 8do-nothings0 are usually the 8good-for-nothings40 ,they are of little use to themselves or anyone else4 ,industrious people shun them and the ambitious have no respect for them4 ,many a man who might have been rich and honorable has spent his last days in the penitentiary or poor-house because the early days were spent in idleness4 ,idleness is the mother of almost every crime1 and he who fellowships the idler runs the risk of being criminal4 ,then 8,eschew the idle life6 ,flee1 flee1 from doing naught2 ,for never was there idle brain ,but bred an idle thought40 ,avoid sceptical companions4 ,making religion a mockery is a bad trait in any boy and the sooner his room is considered better than his company1 the sooner will the boy be protected from the impure and irreligious4 ,he who neglects the house of ,god1 desecrates the ,sabbath and laughs at others who are inclined to be pious is not the right kind of company to keep4 ,an overseer in a mill found a pin which cost the company nearly five hundred dollars4 8,was it stolen80 asked an employe4 8,was it a diamond pin80 8,oh1 no10 answered the overseer1 8it was just such a pin as we use without stint4 ,you see1 it happened this way4 ,calicoes1 after they are printed1 washed and dried1 are smoothed by being pressed over heated rollers4 ,by some mischance1 a pin dropped so as to lie upon the principal roller1 and became wedged in it1 the head standing out a little from the surface4 ,over and over went the roller1 and round and round went the cloth1 winding at length on another roller1 until the piece was measured off4 ,then another piece began to be dried and wound1 and so on until a hundred pieces had been counted4 ,these were not examined immediately1 but removed from the machinery and laid aside4 ,when at length they came to be inspected1 it was found that there were holes in every piece throughout the web1 and only three-quarters of a yard apart4 ,the pieces averaged about forty yards1 which at twelve and a half cents a yard amounted to about five hundred dollars4 ,of course the goods could not be classed as perfect1 so they were sold as remnants at about half the price they would have brought had it not been for that hidden pin40 ,thus it is when a boy takes for his companion one whose language is not the most savory1 who is inclined to be lazy and sceptical1 that he does himself a moral injury which increases with the association4 ,evil seed is planted in his mind1 which1 as ,seneca said1 8is sure to spring up in future resurrection10 discounting his reputation and damaging his character beyond repair4 ,,the ,,kind ,,of ,,company ,,to ,,keep4 ,no boy can be too cautious with whom he associates1 and 8,without good company1 all dainties ,lose their true relish1 and like painted grapes1 ,are only seen1 not tasted40 ,would you acquire a good reputation8 ,seek the companionship of good boys4 ,good begets good4 8,flowers planted by the rose smell of the rose40 8,companionship with the wise never fails to have a most valuable influence on the formation of character1 increasing resources1 strengthening resolves1 elevating aims1 and enabling one to exercise greater dexterity and ability in his affairs1 as well as more effective helpfulness to others40 ,thus ,allan ,cunningham when learning the trade of a stone-mason in ,nithsdale1 walked all the way to ,edinburgh that he might see the face of ,sir ,walter ,scott as he passed along the street4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds1 when a lad of only ten1 thrust his hand through a crowd of people that he might touch the ,pope--the greatest living person to his mind4 ,fox acknowledged very frequently his indebtedness to the example and conversation of ,edmund ,burke2 ,tyndall speaks of ,faraday as a great energy to his life1 and later wrote1 8,his works excite admiration1 but contact with him warms and elevates the heart40 ,carlyle said1 8,hero-worship exists1 has existed1 and will forever exist1 universally among mankind40 ,haydn's hero was ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds2 ,rogers the poet had his hero in the person of ,dr4 ,samuel ,johnson2 ,hallam his in ,tennyson2 ,tennyson's was ,william ,ewart ,gladstone1 and ,henry ,martyn's was a big boy who defended him from others who picked on him1 and who assisted him in his studies at ,cambridge4 ,unknown to the world the great missionary acknowledged that this boy kept and defended him from evil associates and inspired his soul with the love of truth and the work for which he was called upon to sacrifice his life4 ,my boy1 choose carefully your associates4 8,seek at the first10 as ,marshall ,field wrote1 8to cultivate the acquaintance of those only whose contact and influence will kindle high purposes1 as ,i regard the building up of a sterling character as one of the fundamental principles of true success40 ,see to it that they are modest1 studious1 truthful1 moral2 shunning evil places1 avoiding questionable amusements1 without bad habits and in conduct exemplary4 ,choose 8your superiors if possible1 your equals at least1 your inferiors never40 ,associate with boys who will foster your piety and who will make you wiser and nobler4 ,lord ,brooks so esteemed the friendship of ,sir ,philip ,sydney that he chose for his epitaph3 8,here lies ,sir ,philip ,sydney's friend40 8,be careful in choosing companions2 ,seek only the brave and the true2 ,and stand by your friends when in trial1 ,ne'er changing the old for the new4 ,and when by false friends you are tempted ,to do things wrong1 which you know1 ,with firmness1 with patience and kindness1 ,have courage1 my boy1 to say1 #8,no6'0 ,,chapter ,,xvii ,be ,cautious of ,baneful ,amusements ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xvii ,,by ,,henry ,h4 ,,hadley ,the youth who bathes in pleasure's limpid stream ,at well-judged intervals1 feels all his soul ,nerved with recruited strength2 but1 if too oft ,it chills his languid virtue4 --,mason4 ,my boy and my son1 ,i advise you not to touch a card4 ,don't learn the game or watch one4 ,one of my companions fell dead in a gambling house by a pistol shot from his own gun4 ,his name was 8,ben0 ,miller4 ,his partner 8,froom0 ,featherly1 said to me1 8,i wish ,i lay there with poor ,ben4 ,when ,i learned to play cards at mother's dining room table she never thought it would come to this4 ,gambling is so fixed in my mind that ,i cannot stop40 ,drunkenness is insanity of the stomach1 gambling is insanity of the morals4 ,illustration3 ,henry ,h4 ,hadley ,,chapter ,,xvii ,,be ,,cautious ,,of ,,baneful ,,amusements ,it is related that during the reign of the bluff ,king ,hal1 there lived a knight named ,sir ,john ,giffard1 of ,chillington1 who possessed a beautiful leopard4 ,one day the animal escaped from its cage1 and ,sir ,john and his son at once gave chase1 for they knew that the leopard would spare no human being it might meet4 ,at the top of a hill1 a mile from his house1 the worthy knight saw the animal about to attack a woman and child4 ,sir ,john was armed with a bow and arrow1 and rather breathless through running2 his son1 fearing his shot might be too weak1 shouted1 8,take aim1 draw strong60 ,never was surer aim taken1 for ,sir ,john pierced the leopard's heart1 and saved the woman and her babe4 ,in consideration of this brave and skilful deed1 the ,giffards of ,chillington adopted as their crest a leopard's head and an archer with a bent bow1 with the motto1 8,take aim1 draw strong40 ,this is what many good and great men have done in regard to some amusements1 the influences of which have proved destructive to character4 ,to enjoy oneself is a divine right1 provided such enjoyment does not injure health1 weaken morals or lead others to place a false estimate on living4 ,,amusements ,,right ,,and ,,wrong4 ,amusement is not an end1 but a means of refreshing the mind and replenishing the strength of the body1 that the work of life may be easier and better done4 ,when it begins to be the principal thing for which one lives1 or when in pursuing it1 the mental powers are enfeebled1 and health impaired1 it then falls under just condemnation4 ,amusements that consume the hours of the night which were intended for rest and sleep1 thus making one nervous1 besides increasing one's love for romance and adventure1 are wrong4 ,amusements which call one away from study or duty are pernicious1 just to the extent they cause negligence or unfaithfulness4 ,amusements that rouse or stimulate morbid appetites1 suggest wrong things1 cause one to be discontented1 lead into bad company or expenditure beyond one's means1 should always be avoided1 for their tendency is downward rather than upward4 ,care must be taken in choosing amusements4 ,those should be chosen which have some advantage beyond merely supplying a pleasant pastime1 and those avoided which lead to bad company1 drinking1 horse racing1 gambling or any place where so many are allured to destruction4 ,multitudes of boys have gone down morally1 socially1 financially and spiritually under their blasting influences1 never to rise again4 ,there are few amusements so harmless1 but what they may be carried into low association and made an instrument of evil1 hence every boy should look to himself that no dishonesty1 betting or over-exertion be allowed4 ,,card ,,playing4 ,don't play cards4 8,is it possible there is harm in cards80 you ask4 8,is it wrong to shuffle a few pieces of pictured and spotted papers in the parlor80 ,no1 my boy4 ,but it is the harm which comes from them1 with no known excuse to palliate its pernicious consequences4 ,card playing has a fascination connected with it4 ,it seems as innocent a game as swinging the mallet on a croquet lawn1 but it is as dangerous as a revolver in the hands of a child4 ,it has dealt out death and destruction by the wholesale4 8,it has made10 as ,dr4 ,withrow said1 8so many noble lives base1 upright people dishonest1 rich people poor1 poor people painfully impoverished1 and altogether it has a dark indictment against it in the court of heaven40 8,,they ,,cost ,,me ,,my ,,son40 ,on one of the railroads leading out of ,chicago1 four men1 high in position1 one of them a judge1 another a lawyer1 sat passing the time away with a game of euchre4 ,an old lady across the aisle grew restless and at last1 standing and breaking in upon their somewhat selfish hilarity1 said3 8,excuse me1 but is not this ,judge ----80 8,yes1 ma'am10 the man of the bench replied1 a little startled and ashamed to acknowledge it under the circumstances4 ,the old lady continued1 8,i thought so1 and1 ,judge1 it was you who sentenced my boy at ,oshkosh1 to ,state's prison for ten years1 and it was that other man there that pleaded against him1 and he died last year1 ,judge1 in the penitentiary1 and it was cards that led him to it4 ,he was a good boy until he took to playing cards and going down to the village grocery1 and at last ,i could do nothing with him4 ,i know ,i ought not to be talking this way to you1 but1 ,judge1 if such as you only knew how much the young people are influenced by what they see you do1 ,i don't think you would be handling those cards as you and these gentlemen are doing4 ,they cost me my son40 ,so they have cost thousands of parents their boys1 and boys their manliness4 ,they have been the turnkey which has opened the prison gate1 the trap-door of the gallows1 the instrument of many a suicide1 and the decoy which has led many to eternal ruin4 ,therefore don't play cards4 ,,the ,,theatre4 ,don't go to the theatre4 8,what8 ,is there anything wrong in going to a theatre1 and will it injure me80 ,yes4 ,it is a pleasure so dangerous in its tendencies1 that good men for ages have denounced it4 ,long ago1 ,aristotle the philosopher opposed it1 saying1 8,the seeing of comedians ought to be forbidden to young people1 until age and discipline have made them proof against debauchery40 ,theodore ,l4 ,cuyler said1 8,it fascinates as the wine-cup fascinates1 to draw young men into impure associations1 and to destroy everything like healthy spiritual life40 ,edwin ,booth1 who was one of the greatest tragedians1 remarked1 8,i would not be willing for my wife and daughter to attend a play unless ,i knew beforehand the character of the play and the actors40 ,and1 where a lady cannot go1 is it fit for a young gentleman8 ,general ,grant believed this1 for he said1 8,i never go where ,i cannot take ladies4 ,i don't care to go where ladies cannot go40 8,,oh6 ,,that ,,theatre60 8,oh6 that theatre60 said an agonized mother of a felon son1 8he was a virtuous1 kind youth till the theatre proved his ruin40 ,professor ,knowles states that at a juvenile prison1 it was ascertained that a large proportion of the boys began their careers in vice by stealing money to buy theatre tickets4 ,a keeper of another juvenile prison in ,boston gave testimony that of twenty young men confined for crime1 seventeen confessed that they were first tempted to steal by a desire to purchase tickets to visit the theatre4 ,of fifteen young men from the country1 employed in a publishing house in ,new ,york1 thirteen within a few years were led to destruction by the play-houses4 ,o1 my boy1 do as ,bishop ,vincent said when asked by a friend if he should go to such a place of amusement1 8,better not4 ,better not1 because of its fascination which hinders rather than helps2 better not1 because vice is often made to look like virtue2 better not1 because of its many degraded actors and patrons1 whose company one cannot afford to keep2 better not1 because of the hours it consumes which could be more profitably utilized2 better not1 because of vulgar expressions frequently used2 better not1 better not40 ,,the ,,dance4 ,don't go to the dance4 8,why1 the ,bible itself defends this amusement10 is frequently said4 8,did not the ,hebrews dance when they emerged from the ,red ,sea8 ,did not ,david dance before the ark8 ,was not ,socrates taught it by ,aspasia1 and was it not held in veneration by ,plato and other philosophers80 ,yes1 but dancing1 my boy1 was much different in ,bible times than it is to-day4 ,it was because of deliverances from or a victory over an enemy4 ,no case but one is found in the ,bible where promiscuous dancing was indulged in1 and that is called 8the wicked dance40 ,ever since the daughter of ,herodias danced off the head of ,john the ,baptist1 it has degenerated2 and as ,cicero addressed a grave reproach to consul ,gabinus for having danced1 so would the writer sound the danger trumpet with the words3 8,beware6 ,beware60 ,when ,moscow was burning1 the historian tells us1 a party was dancing in the palace right over a gunpowder magazine of which they were ignorant4 ,the flames came on1 and ,carnot said1 8,let us have one dance more10 and they shouted all through the palace1 8,one dance more60 ,the music played1 the feet bounded1 the laughter rang4 ,but suddenly1 through the smoke and fire and thunder of the explosion1 death and eternity broke in4 8,one dance more0 has been the ruin of many a young man1 the deathblow of many a good reputation1 the cause of many a jealousy which ended in crime and the murderer of many a virtue which bid fair to distinguish the noble youth4 ,,be ,,careful4 ,o1 my boy1 be careful of your amusements4 ,if there is a tendency to injure the morals1 shun them as a plague4 ,orange trees cannot live and bear fruit in ,labrador1 neither can piety thrive amidst frivolities and liberties which attack modesty of person and honesty of purpose4 ,shun amusements if they are indulged in for mere killing of time4 8,time is eternity1 ,pregnant with all eternity can give1 ,pregnant with all that makes archangels smile4 ,who murders time1 he crushes in the birth ,a power ethereal1 only not adorned60 ,murillo1 a ,spanish painter1 left a wonderful painting which represents a monk in his cell writing4 ,he had been engaged in writing his life1 but before he had completed it1 death summoned him to the eternal world4 ,he pleaded to return1 and the legend says that he was permitted a certain period to complete his autobiography4 ,the famous ,spanish artist seized the moment when the monk1 seated at the table1 resumes his toil4 ,the intensity of feeling thrown into the wan1 ghastly face1 and into the lips which had talked with death1 and into the eyes that had looked in on eternity1 and the tremendous energy with which he writes1 all portray to us the knowledge and the value of time3 time limited by the all-powerful command4 ,and1 as ,schiller truthfully puts it3 8,the moments we forego ,eternity itself cannot retrieve40 ,shun amusements if they have a tendency to injure health4 ,health is the greatest fortune one can possess4 ,without it1 all joy1 all comfort1 all pomp is but mockery4 8,riches are useless1 honor and attendants are cumbersome1 and crowns themselves are a burden10 8for life is not to live1 but to be well40 ,to take care of one's health is one of the first requirements of nature4 ,this cannot be accomplished by staying up late at night1 by intemperate eating and drinking1 by being out in all kinds of weather1 by wilful neglect of proper clothing1 which various amusements incur4 ,,enjoy ,,yourself4 ,enjoy yourself1 my boy4 8,to dry up the fountains of mirth that are within1 to crush out the spontaneous impulses of merriment which are a part of our complete life1 is a crime against nature4 ,life will have sorrows enough without making ourselves chronically cheerless4 ,the right of enjoyment is a divine right1 and should be lawfully used and enjoyed4 ,not only that1 but it is invigorating40 8,all work and no play makes ,jack a dull boy40 ,running is good exercise1 the bat and ball strengthen the arm and gauge the eye1 the oar and boat broaden the chest and make the liberated lungs beat with life1 and not a few others1 if not too greatly indulged1 prove helpful rather than detrimental4 ,counsel yourself when invited to join in some pleasure3 8,what will this amusement do for my physical development8 ,is there any gymnastic exercise connected with it8 ,what will it do for my intellectual enlightenment8 ,what will it do for the improvement of my morals8 ,will it make me purer1 nobler1 better8 ,will it increase piety1 make me more useful to society1 increase my happiness and benefit my associates80 ,if it will1 then indulge in it1 if not1 discard it4 ,a story is told of two men who were mowing in company4 ,the one in advance thought he saw a hornet's nest just ahead1 and he cautiously paused4 ,the other pooh-poohed his fears and mowed right on exclaiming1 8,the wicked flee when no man pursueth1 but the righteous are bold as a lion40 ,but pretty soon he struck the nest and was fighting the hornets that assailed him1 whereupon the first1 who also had a knack of quoting proverbs1 exclaimed1 8,the prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself1 but the simple pass on and are punished40 ,the prudent man had the best of it as he always does4 ,other gifts and attainments1 however ample and varied1 are negatived and neutralized without it1 therefore in all pleasures be discreet4 8,it is sad ,to think how few our pleasures really are2 ,and for the which we risk eternal good40 ,and1 as ,pope wrote1 8,pleasures1 wrong or rightly understood1 ,our greatest evil1 or our greatest good40 ,,chapter ,,xviii ,be ,chary of ,bad ,books ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xviii ,,by ,,anthony ,,comstock ,in the heart of every boy is a 8,chamber of ,imagery40 ,practically speaking1 this is ,memory's storehouse1 the 8,commissary ,department of thought10 8the ,hall of ,entertainment40 ,bad books1 foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this ,chamber of ,imagery4 ,when once there comes through the doors of this chamber 7eye and ear7 either one of these influences for evil1 the looms of ,imagination and ,fancy 7the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind7 are started in motion and then the ,chamber of ,imagery becomes the ,hall of ,entertainment4 ,charmed by pictures created by ,imagination and ,fancy a boy soon becomes a day-dreamer and castle-builder4 ,led on by these debasing allurements he soon develops into a full-fledged criminal4 ,thoughts are the aliment upon which the mind feeds4 ,if pure and holy1 they are like fertilizing currents flowing through the soul1 enriching1 ennobling and beautifying character and life4 ,if impure1 sensational and sensual1 they are equally degrading1 demoralizing and deadly in their influence4 ,it is as important that ,imagination and ,fancy have pure material to work with1 as that a stream shall originate in a fountain free from deadly poison4 8,blessed are the pure in heart1 for they shall see ,god40 ,the heart cannot be pure if the thoughts are defiled4 ,illustration3 ,anthony ,comstock ,,chapter ,,xviii ,,be ,,chary ,,of ,,bad ,,books ,it is only about four hundred years since the first book was issued from the press4 ,between #adej and #adee ,gutenberg1 the inventor of the printing press1 succeeded in publishing the first copy of the ,bible1 but he was compelled to make the initial letters of the chapters with the pen4 ,as the years passed1 many improvements were made1 until now1 more than twenty-five thousand books are published annually4 ,books are wonderful things4 ,they are companions and teachers4 ,for their authors they cost much thought1 time and expense2 for the reader they are cheap and helpful4 ,they carry the mind fast and safe the world over4 8,in the twinkling of an eye one can be exploring with ,livingstone in ,africa1 or campaigning with ,napoleon or ,grant4 ,one can meditate with ,socrates1 conspire with ,cataline1 steal the ,stratford deer with ,will ,shakespeare1 swim the ,hellespont with ,byron1 weigh the earth with ,newton1 and climb the heavens with ,herschel40 ,there being such an abundance of literary works1 the question often arises1 8,what should a boy read8 ,would it be wise to read everything that comes into his hands80 ,by no means4 ,to eat all kinds of food1 suitable or otherwise1 would be sure to create disease4 ,there are the 8scavengers0 among animals1 but there should not be such among readers4 ,to read everything would be most injurious4 ,good judgment should be exercised in selecting the quality of books read and no less in the quantity perused4 ,there are books1 which1 if read1 would poison thought1 corrupt morals and perchance blast the prospects of the future4 ,on the other hand1 there are books which stimulate the mind1 strengthen the morals1 comfort the heart and prepare the life for usefulness and success4 ,,good ,,books4 ,good books are a blessing to everyone4 ,the principles they inculcate1 the lessons they exhibit1 the ideals of life and character they portray1 stamp themselves indelibly upon the mind and habits of the reader4 8,give a man a taste for good books and the means of gratifying it10 said ,sir ,john ,herschel1 8and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man4 ,you place him in contact with the best society in every period of history1 with the wisest1 the wittiest1 the tenderest1 the bravest and the purest characters who have adorned humanity4 ,you make him a denizen of all nations1 a contemporary of all ages40 8,a good book10 said ,milton1 8is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life40 8,in the best books10 said ,dr4 ,channing1 8great men talk to us1 with us1 and give us their most precious thoughts4 ,books are the voices of the distant and the dead4 ,books are the true leaders1 they give to all who will faithfully use them1 the society and the presence of the best and the greatest of our race4 ,no matter how poor ,i am1 no matter though the prosperity of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling1 if learned men and poets will enter and take up their abode under my roof1 if ,milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of ,paradise1 and ,shakespeare open to me the world of imagination and the workings of the human heart1 and ,franklin enrich me with his practical wisdom1 ,i shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship1 and ,i may become a cultivated man1 though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where ,i live40 ,it was through reading ,cotton ,mather's 8,essays to ,do ,good0 that ,benjamin ,franklin when a boy was influenced to be good and do good4 ,said he1 8,if ,i have been a useful citizen the public owes all the advantage of it to this little book40 ,william ,carey was induced to become a missionary to ,india by reading 8,cook's ,voyage ,around the ,world40 ,adoniram ,judson became a missionary to the ,east ,indies by reading ,buchanan's 8,star in the ,east40 ,richard ,baxter became a ,christian and minister by reading a book called 8,the ,bruised ,reed10 given him by a man who was staying at his father's home4 ,baxter wrote 8,a ,call to the ,unconverted10 which influenced the life of ,philip ,doddridge4 ,doddridge wrote1 8,the ,rise and ,progress of ,religion in the ,soul10 which was the means of the conversion of ,wilberforce4 ,wilberforce in return secured the abolition of slavery in the ,west ,indies1 and wrote 8,a ,practical ,view of ,christianity10 which did much to commend spiritual religion to the higher classes of his countrymen1 and which led not only ,dr4 ,chalmers into the truth1 but ,leigh ,richmond to ,christ4 ,richmond wrote 8,the ,dairyman's ,daughter10 which has been published in a hundred languages and of which over five million copies have been sold4 ,all this resulted from 8,the ,bruised ,reed10 written by an unknown ,puritan minister named ,sibbs4 ,foreign readers of ,lincoln's ,gettysburg speech and his second inaugural address1 asked1 8,whence got this man his style1 seeing he knows nothing of literature80 ,in his boyhood ,lincoln had access to four books1 the ,bible1 8,pilgrim's ,progress10 ,burns' ,poems1 and ,weems' 8,life of ,washington40 ,he so memorized many of the chapters of the ,bible that subsequently he seldom made a speech at the bar or on the 8stump0 in which he did not quote from it4 ,the secret of his literary beauty and ability was his knowledge of the ,english ,bible and ,bunyan's 8,pilgrim's ,progress10 two books which represent the rhythm1 the idiom1 the majesty1 and the power of the ,english language4 8,all ,sorts and ,conditions of ,men10 written by ,sir ,walter ,besant1 was the means of the erection of a 8,people's ,palace0 in ,east ,london4 ,the subtitle of the book was 8,an ,impossible ,story40 ,it presents the hard life of the people of the crowded ,east ,end of ,london1 and tells1 in the form of a novel1 of the ideals and ambitions of a young mechanic who has had a better education than his fellows1 and used it for their advantage4 ,through his efforts1 as related in the book1 a great central building1 a 8,people's ,palace10 is erected in the ,east ,end1 where the social life of the people can express itself2 where they can study and read1 see fine paintings1 hear good music1 have their games and athletic sports1 and1 in general1 meet life on a higher plane than is possible in their own unattractive homes4 ,to-day that 8,palace0 stands as an evidence of the dreamer's dream in which and through which1 the public gain knowledge and recreation4 ,surely the influence of one good book is marvellous4 ,,bad ,,books4 ,bad books are numerous4 ,they force themselves upon us everywhere1 tempting by their cheapness1 alluring by their colored illustrations1 and injuring by their teaching4 ,possibly1 few agencies are working more mental and moral havoc among boys than corrupt books4 ,once allow the mind to be absorbed by their evil influence and the feelings and passions are driven to and fro by the whirlwind of a purposeless life4 ,on one occasion a gentleman in ,india went into his library and took down a book4 ,as he did so1 he felt a slight pain in one of his fingers4 ,he thought a pin had been stuck by some careless person in the cover of his book4 ,but soon the finger began to swell1 then his arm and then his whole body1 and in a few days he died4 ,on investigation it was found that a small serpent had hidden itself among the books4 ,if there is one thing more than another that will poison the mind with the venom of evil1 it is impure literature1 against which every boy should set his heart like flint1 whether it comes in the form of a daily newspaper1 a pictorial periodical or a book4 ,it is as deadly as a serpent4 ,fichte1 the noted ,german philosopher1 was once reading a 8blood-and-thunder0 story1 when1 in the midst of it1 he said3 8,now this will never do4 ,i get too excited over it4 ,i can't study so well after1 so here goes10 and he flung the book into the river4 ,that was a wise act4 ,talmage states that the assassin of ,sir ,william ,russell declared he got the inspiration of his crime by reading what was then a new and popular novel1 8,jack ,sheppard40 ,alexis ,piron1 the ,french poet and satirist1 sought for many years to obtain a seat among the ,forty ,immortals in the ,french ,academy4 ,he was recognized among the poets of his day1 and was confident of his ultimate admission1 when a vile ode1 written when he was a boy1 was brought to light1 and he knew that the door of the ,academy was forever closed in his face4 8,twenty-five years ago10 said ,rev4 ,john ,james1 8a lad loaned me an infamous book4 ,he would loan it only for fifteen minutes and then ,i had to give it back1 but that book has haunted me like a spectre ever since4 ,i have in agony of soul1 on my knees before ,god1 prayed that ,he would obliterate the memory of it1 but ,i shall carry the damage of it until the day of my death40 8,i remember well when ,i was not more than twelve years of age10 said ,dr4 ,leonard1 8that ,i was shown a book--a vile book--by a ,german shoemaker4 ,he came through the region of country where ,i lived1 and the pictures that were in that book are now in my mind to-night as clearly as when ,i first looked upon them4 ,other pictures of beauty have faded1 but somehow those have remained2 ,i have said ,i will turn that picture away from my memory and won't think of it again2 yet1 as often as ,i think of that ,german shoemaker1 that vile book stands out again before my mind40 ,not long ago1 a young man in ,indiana committed suicide4 ,he ascribed his downfall to the influence of 8the vilest kind of novels4 ,if good books had been furnished me10 he said1 8and no bad ones1 ,i should have read the good books with as great zest as ,i did the bad ones4 ,persuade all persons over whom you have an influence not to read novels40 ,such was his parting message to his brother4 8,this is not self-murder4 ,if thine eye offend thee pluck it out4 ,if thy life offend thee1 give it back to ,him who gave it to thee4 ,i ask that this cross be put on my breast in my grave4 ,bury me in this holy robe40 ,such was the letter of ,master ,grosse1 the nineteen-year-old son of an ,english clergyman1 who committed suicide after reading ,marie ,corelli's 8,mighty ,atom40 ,this was the second death by self-destruction caused by reading the book4 ,in like manner not a few have destroyed themselves through the false teaching of infidel books4 ,o the wretchedness1 the misery1 the sorrows that the reading of bad books brings4 ,spurn them1 for they are deadly things4 ,,what ,,to ,,read4 8,what shall ,i read80 may be a question asked in this connection4 ,emerson said3 8,never read a book that is not a year old4 ,never read any but famed books4 ,read only what you like1 or1 in ,shakespeare's famous phrase3 #8,no profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en2 ,in brief1 sir1 study what you most affect4'0 ,the value of a book consists not in what it will do for one's amusement1 but for one's edification4 ,boys are generally more easily persuaded to read fictitious books because there is something captivating about them4 ,some had better not be read1 while others which are amusing may be helpful4 ,abbot's ,histories1 ,scribner's 8,library of ,wonder10 and 8,library of ,travel10 8,aesop's ,fables10 8,robinson ,crusoe10 8,peasant and ,prince10 8,the ,tale of ,two ,brothers10 8,paul and ,virginia10 8,the ,vicar of ,wakefield10 ,scott's 8,tales of a ,grandfather10 the ,indian tales of ,fenimore ,cooper1 the fascinating character stories of ,dickens1 and many others1 are all suitable to read4 ,they will stimulate the fancy1 enlarge the sympathies and improve the taste4 ,there are biographies of great and noble men4 ,they will arouse the spirit1 instruct the mind and influence the life4 8,the good life10 says ,george ,herbert1 8is never out of season40 ,every boy should read such lives as ,washington1 ,lincoln1 ,grant1 and the lives of great statesmen1 lawyers1 poets and ministers4 ,nothing will give a clearer insight of the past with its events and characters1 manners and law1 trades and industries1 modes of government and conditions of people than history4 ,a few good histories like ,thalheimer's 8,manual of ,ancient ,history10 ,macaulay's 8,history of the ,world10 ,gibbon's magnificent drama of the 8,decline and ,fall of the ,roman ,empire10 and ,ridpath's 8,history of the ,united ,states10 bring all the world with its pleasures and sufferings and everything inspired with living reality before us4 ,then there is poetry4 ,the world's highest wisdom1 its profoundest truths and its best philosophy appear in poetic language4 ,leigh ,hunt said1 8,it is the breath of beauty1 flowing around the spiritual world1 as the winds that wake up the flowers do about the material40 ,plato asserts that 8poetry comes nearer the vital truth than history40 ,scarcely do we find a volume of impure stanzas4 8,only that is poetry which cleanses and mans me10 wrote ,emerson4 ,milton is said to have regarded himself as inspired in the conception and production of 8,paradise ,lost0 and 8,paradise ,regained40 ,the poet ,cowper was a man with consecrated heart4 ,his epitaph reads3 8,his virtues formed the magic of his song40 ,wordsworth's poems are medicine4 ,bryant interprets nature in her loftiest thoughts and feelings4 ,longfellow speaks for the holiest affections4 ,whittier sounds the bugle charges against every wrong1 waking the memory of happy olden days with their attendant1 familiar faces4 ,holmes bubbles over with humor and laughter4 ,all these and many more become our best friends and teachers4 ,there is also the philosophical1 which every boy should grapple--,locke's 8,human ,understanding10 ,porter's 8,intellectual ,science10 and ,haven's 8,ancient and ,modern ,philosophy40 ,grapple with scientific books1 such as ,hugh ,miller's ,geology1 ,johnson's 8,chemistry of ,common ,life40 ,in fact1 in the language of ,tulloch1 8,whether you read history or poetry1 science or theology1 or even fiction of a worthy kind1 it will prove a mental discipline and bring increase of wisdom40 ,,how ,,shall ,i ,,read8 8,read not10 says ,bacon1 8to contradict and confront1 nor to believe and take for granted1 nor to find talk and discourse1 but to weigh and consider40 ,carlyle expressed the same thought when he said1 8,pursue your studies in the way your conscience calls honest4 ,more and more endeavor to do that40 ,read with care1 not with a half-mechanical glancing over the pages as we would look over a map or listen to the instructor while the mind is playing hide-and-seek with floating daydreams4 ,read with regularity4 ,have a definite time if possible1 when no one will be likely to obtrude4 ,select some line of knowledge both interesting and useful1 and read with the intention of acquiring a thorough understanding of it4 ,when finishing a chapter1 take a mental review and if not able to give an outline of it1 read it over again4 ,by so doing1 one cultivates a retentive memory4 ,should anything of importance present itself1 underline it4 ,sir ,william ,hamilton underscored4 ,cardinal ,newman wrote in the margin of his books a statement of his own views upon the paragraph he read4 ,gladstone always read with pencil in hand1 marking on the margin those passages he wished to remember1 questioning those about which he was in doubt1 and putting a cross opposite those he disputed4 ,in reading1 use a dictionary to aid in pronouncing and defining large or unknown words4 ,if possible1 read aloud4 ,it aids enunciation and leads to a mastery of inflection4 ,above all1 make it your business1 my boy1 to extract the honey from what you read4 ,read for mental sustenance4 ,read so as to know how to live1 speak and act1 or read not at all4 ,an old pilot was once asked if he knew where all the rocks were along the line of travel4 ,there is a world of wisdom in his answer3 8,i do not need to know where all the rocks are2 it is enough for me to know where the rocks are not1 and keep in the free channel40 ,by reading good books one avoids those dangers to morals which lurk in so much of the literature of the day4 ,by it1 he becomes wiser1 happier1 nobler1 esteeming the words and thoughts of those whose presence may never more be appreciated by mortal man4 ,though dead1 they yet speak4 ,,chapter ,,xix ,be ,attentive to ,details ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xix ,,by ,,lyman ,j4 ,,gage ,it has often been said that1 if a man conceives the idea of becoming eminent in learning1 and cannot toil through the million little drudgeries necessary to carry him on1 his learning will soon be told4 ,or1 if he undertakes to become rich1 but despises the small and gradual advances by which wealth is ordinarily accumulated1 his expectations will1 of course1 be the sum of riches4 ,all successful men have been remarkable1 not only for general scope and vigor1 but for their minute attention to details4 ,attention to details has for its result a 8hitting of the mark10 a realization of our aims4 ,hap-hazard methods result in confusion1 disorder and defeat4 ,illustration3 ,truly ,yours1 ,lyman ,j ,gage ,,chapter ,,xix ,,be ,,attentive ,,to ,,details ,to be successful a boy needs1 as ,arthur ,helps said1 8an almost ignominious love of detail40 ,to dream is not sufficient1 he must learn to do1 and in doing pay special attention to every part4 ,a judge in ,cincinnati wanted a rough fence built4 ,when the carpenter came he said to him1 8,i want this fence mended4 ,there are some unplaned boards1 use them4 ,it is out of sight from the house1 so you need not take time to make a neat job4 ,i can only pay you a dollar and a half40 ,on looking at it later the judge found the boards planed and the work finished with excellent neatness4 ,the judge1 thinking the young man had done it that he might claim more pay1 said somewhat angrily1 8,i told you this fence was to be covered with vines4 ,i do not care how it looks40 8,i do10 said the carpenter4 8,how much do you charge80 asked the judge4 8,a dollar and a half10 said the man4 8,why did you spend all that labor on it1 if not for the money80 8,for the job1 sir40 8,nobody would have seen the poor work on it40 8,but ,i should have known it was there1 sir4 ,no1 ,i'll only take the dollar and a half10 and he went his way4 ,ten years later this carpenter was the successful competitor for a great contract the judge had to give1 successful among a crowd of others seeking it4 8,i knew10 said the judge1 telling the story afterwards1 8we should have only good1 genuine work from him2 ,i gave him the contract1 and it made a rich man of him40 ,,what ,,you ,,do1 ,,do ,,well4 ,whatever is worth engaging one's interest and energies is worth doing well4 ,longworth remarked1 8,i have always had two things before me4 ,do what you undertake thoroughly4 ,be faithful in all accepted trusts40 ,william ,grey1 the celebrated ,boston merchant1 once censured a mechanic for some slovenly work1 whereupon the latter1 who had known ,mr4 ,grey as a drummer in a regiment1 slurred him for it4 8,and so ,i was10 replied ,mr4 ,grey1 8so ,i was4 ,but1 didn't ,i drum well80 ,during a debate in ,congress some years ago1 a member of aristocratic birth replying to an opponent said1 8,when we were boys1 he used to black my boots40 8,and didn't ,i black them well80 asked the other4 8,yes1 ,i must say in justice to the gentleman that he was called the best bootblack in town40 8,thank you1 and let me add that is why ,i am here4 ,i always tried to do as well as ,i could4 ,if the member from ----1 who taunts me with my lowly origin1 had begun life as a bootblack1 ,i fear that he would have been a bootblack still40 ,it is said that the late ,josiah ,quincy was at one time conversing with ,daniel ,webster upon the importance of doing even the smallest things thoroughly and well1 when the great man related an incident concerning a petty insurance case which was brought to him while a young lawyer4 ,the fee promised was only twenty dollars1 yet to do his client full justice1 ,webster found he must journey to ,boston and consult the law library4 ,this involved an expense of about the same amount as his fee2 but after hesitating a little1 he decided to go to ,boston and consult the authorities1 let the cost be what it might4 ,he gained the case4 ,years after this1 ,webster was passing through the city of ,new ,york4 ,an important insurance case was to be tried that day1 and one of the counsel had been suddenly prostrated by illness4 ,money was no object1 and ,webster was asked to name his terms and conduct the case4 8,it is preposterous10 he said1 8to expect me to prepare a legal argument at a few hours' notice40 ,but when they insisted that he should look at the papers he consented4 ,it was his old1 twenty-dollar case over again1 and having a remarkable memory1 he had all the authorities in his mind1 and he took the case and won it4 ,the court knew he had had no time for preparation1 and was astonished at the skill with which he handled the case4 8,so1 you see10 said ,webster1 as he concluded1 8,i was handsomely paid1 both in fame and money1 for that journey to ,boston40 ,to do well anything that is to be done is a test of power1 a proof of efficiency1 a criterion of character and a sure way to promotion4 ,just as the usefulness and value of a stamp depends on its ability to stick1 so concentration of interest and effort is the boy's only secret of success4 ,a burning glass becomes powerful only when focalized on one object1 and a boy becomes master of the situation only when he bends mind and body to each detail1 never yielding to doubt or discouragement4 ,,littles ,,produce ,,much4 ,great achievements1 massive structures1 successful inventions are composed of little things4 ,the steam engine is a wonderful machine1 but it consists of more than six thousand pieces of metal4 ,the huge 8chalk cliffs of ,albion0 were built by insects so small as to be only seen with the help of the microscope4 ,the book we admire is made up of individual letters4 ,the river is formed of many rivulets1 and life consists not in great but numerous little things4 ,a great man once wore a coat of arms which told the secret of his success4 ,it was a mountain at whose base was a workman with coat off and a pickaxe in his hand1 with which he was picking at the mountain4 ,his motto was3 8,little by little40 ,the importance of little things is the only criterion of admission to larger ones4 ,webster's famous reply to ,hayne was made up largely of little reserves which he had picked up here and there in his reading1 from studying men1 and from observation4 8,great1 without small1 makes a bad wall10 says a ,greek proverb4 ,ammi the ,arabian said to his son1 8,bring me the fruit of that tree40 ,then he said1 8,break it open3 what do you see80 8,some seeds10 the boy replied4 8,break one open2 what do you see80 8,nothing10 he answered4 8,where you see nothing10 said his father1 8there dwells a mighty tree40 ,it's the little things that make up character and prepare one's destiny4 ,,neglect ,,of ,,little ,,things4 8,neglect of little things10 said ,samuel ,smiles1 8has ruined many fortunes and marred the best of enterprises40 ,what may be of 8little consequence0 may prove to be disastrous4 ,the ship which bore homeward the merchant's treasure was lost because it was allowed to leave the port from which it sailed with a very little hole in the bottom4 8,for want of a nail1 the shoe of the aide-de-camp's horse was lost2 for want of the shoe1 the horse was lost2 for want of the horse1 the aide-de-camp was lost2 for the enemy took and killed him2 and for the want of the aide-de-camp's intelligence1 the army of his general was lost2 all because a little nail had not been properly fixed in the horse's shoe60 ,when ,conova was about to commence his famous statue of the great ,napoleon he detected a tiny red line running through the upper portion of the splendid block that at great cost had been brought from ,paros4 ,what did he do8 ,work on it8 ,no1 he refused to lay a chisel upon it4 ,in the early struggles of the elder ,herschel1 while working out the problem of gigantic telescopic specula1 he made scores upon scores before he got one to satisfy him4 ,on that one he found a scratch like a spider thread which caused him to reject it1 although he had spent weeks of toil upon it4 ,,little ,,things4 ,moments are little things1 yet upon them much of the future depends4 ,important affairs1 well laid plans1 fortunes and comforts are frequently sacrificed by negligence of the moments4 ,lord ,chesterfield1 writing to his son1 said1 8,every moment you now lose1 is so much character and advantage lost1 as on the other hand1 every moment you now employ usefully1 is so much time wisely laid out1 at prodigious interest40 ,henry ,martyn won the honorable distinction of 8the man who never wasted an hour20 while the famous remark of ,horace ,mann1 was1 8,lost1 yesterday1 somewhere between sunrise and sunset1 two golden hours1 each set with sixty diamond minutes4 ,no reward offered1 for they are gone forever40 ,a condemned man was being led to execution4 ,he had taken the life of another under circumstances of the greatest provocation1 and public sympathy was active in his behalf4 ,thousands had signed petitions for a reprieve1 a favorable answer had been expected the night before1 and though it had not come1 even the sheriff felt confident that it would arrive in season4 ,thus the morning passed without the appearance of the messenger4 ,the last moment was up4 ,the prisoner took his place on the drop1 the cap was drawn over his eyes1 the bolt was drawn1 and a lifeless body swung revolving in the wind4 ,just at that moment a horseman came into sight1 galloping down hill1 his steed covered with foam4 ,he carried a packet in his right hand1 which he waved frantically to the crowd4 ,he was the express rider with the reprieve4 ,but he had come too late4 ,a comparatively innocent man had died an ignominious death because a watch had been five minutes too slow1 making its bearer behind time4 ,,little ,,words4 ,the alphabet is composed of letters4 ,letters constitute words1 and words framed into sentences constitute books4 ,because a word is small it does not follow it is not important4 ,several of the smallest in the ,english language are the most important4 ,should a lawyer in making a deed omit some little words he might involve his client in litigation and perhaps subject him to the loss of his property4 ,two smaller1 yet greater1 words are not used than 8yes0 and 8no40 ,they are decisive and conclusive1 and as such every boy should learn to use them correctly4 ,they are the words of courage1 moral and physical2 they are chivalric1 knightly words4 ,on occasions of supreme moment1 when destiny awaits decision1 they expand to sublime proportions4 8,yes0 to the right1 8no0 to the wrong4 ,of all words hard to say1 doubtless 8no0 is the hardest4 ,of ,william ,mc,kinley1 ,henry ,b4 ,f4 ,macfarland wrote1 8,he could say no1 as positively as he could say it pleasantly40 ,some one wrote of a boy who had stamina enough to say 8no0 when necessary3 8,somebody asked me to take a drink4 ,what did ,i tell him8 ,what do you think8 ,i told him1 #8,no6' ,somebody asked me one day to play ,a game of cards2 and what did ,i say8 ,i told him1 #8,no6' ,somebody laughs that ,i will not swear ,and lie and steal1 but ,i do not care4 ,i told him1 #8,no6' ,somebody asked me to take a sail ,on the ,sabbath day2 'twas of no avail4 ,i told him1 #8,no6' #8,if sinners entice thee1 consent thou not1' ,my ,bible said2 and so on the spot ,i told him1 #8,no6'0 ,,little ,,pennies4 ,a penny may not count for much1 but one hundred make a dollar1 and a dollar saved is a dollar made4 ,too many young men of the day imagine they cannot be manly without spending freely what they make4 ,careful saving and careful spending promote success1 for 8wilful waste makes woful want40 ,john ,jacob ,astor said that the saving of the first thousand dollars cost him the hardest struggle4 8,it is not10 wrote ,philip ,armour1 8what a man earns but what he saves that makes him rich4 ,i deem it of the highest importance to impress upon every young man the duty of beginning to save from the moment he commences to earn1 be it ever so little4 ,a habit so formed in early life will prove of incalculable benefit to him in after years1 not only in the amount acquired1 but through the exercise of economy in small affairs he will grow in knowledge and fitness for larger duties that may devolve upon him40 8,my advice10 said ,enoch ,pratt1 the ,baltimore millionaire and founder of the ,institute that bears his name1 8to a young man just starting in life1 is to take good care of your health1 shun all bad habits1 and save at least #a out of every #e you earn and immediately get that #a out at interest4 ,few people have any idea of the rapidity with which money at interest grows1 and there is no better1 safer way to get it out at interest than to buy some small piece of real estate that is improved and pays rent sufficient to yield a surplus that will pay the taxes2 the interest on the mortgage you will have to give and something on the principal each year40 8,know when to spend and when to spare1 ,and when to buy1 and thou shalt ne'er be bare40 ,,little ,,acts4 ,when the air balloon was first invented1 someone asked ,franklin what was the use of it4 ,he replied by asking another question3 8,what is the use of a new-born infant80 8,it may become a man10 was the significant reply4 ,so little acts may lead to great results1 opening the door of opportunities to greater achievements4 ,baron ,james de ,rothschild once posed as a beggar for ,ary ,scheffer4 ,while the great financier1 attired in the rags of a beggar1 was in his place on the estrade1 a correspondent of a ,french paper entered the studio4 ,the ,baron was so perfectly disguised that he was not recognized1 and1 believing that a veritable beggar was before him1 the newspaper man slipped a louis into his hand4 ,the pictured model took the coin and put it into his pocket4 ,ten years later the correspondent received at his residence an order on the office in the ,rue ,lafitte for ten thousand francs1 enclosed in the following letter3 ,sir3 ,one day you gave a louis to ,baron ,rothschild in the studio of ,ary ,scheffer4 ,he has employed it1 and to-day sends you the little capital with which you entrusted him1 together with its interest4 ,a good action always brings good fortune4 ,,baron ,,james ,,de ,,rothschild4 ,my boy1 the motto of this rich man is certainly true4 ,one cannot show the smallest kindness1 render the smallest assistance1 attend to the smallest detail without profit to himself and to others4 8,i discovered the principle by the merest accident10 said ,edison to a friend who asked him how he discovered the phonograph4 8,i was singing to the mouthpiece of a telephone1 when the vibrations of the voice sent the fine steel point into my finger4 ,that set me to thinking4 ,if ,i could record the actions of the point and send the point over the same surface afterward1 ,i saw no reason why the thing would not talk4 ,i tried the experiment first on a strip of telegraph paper1 and found that the point made an alphabet4 ,i shouted the word #8,halloa6' and #8,halloa6' came in return4 ,i determined to make a machine that would work accurately4 ,that's the whole story4 ,the phonograph is the result of the pricking of a finger40 ,while this may seem very simple1 my boy1 do not overlook the fact that ,mr4 ,edison discovered it by paying attention to little things4 8,is it not the little things10 asks ,william ,matthews1 8that1 in the aggregate1 make up whatever is great8 ,is it not the countless grains of sand that make the beach1 the trees that form the forest1 the successive strata of rock that compose the mountains1 the myriads of almost imperceptible stars that whiten the heavens with the ,milky ,way8 ,and of what is human happiness made up1 but of little things80 ,of ,general ,thomas it was said3 8,he was careful in all the details of a battle40 ,so in home duties1 school work1 business interests1 yea1 in everything you have to do1 do well4 ,resolve-- 8,if any little words of mine ,may make a life the brighter1 ,if any little song of mine ,may make a heart the lighter-- ,god help me speak the little word1 ,and take my bit of singing1 ,and drop it in some lonely vale1 ,to set the echoes ringing6 8,if any little love of mine ,may make a life the sweeter1 ,if any little care of mine ,may make a friend's the fleeter1 ,if any little lift may ease ,the burden of another1 ,god give me love1 and care1 and strength1 ,to help my toiling brother40 ,,chapter ,,xx ,be ,patriotic ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xx ,,by ,,john ,,clark ,,ridpath ,patriotism is the first and best of the civic virtues4 ,it involves more than any of the rest4 ,it involves country1 race1 nation1 kindred1 institutions1 associations1 fellowships1 the kindest of all that man creates and the best of all he hopes in this life4 ,patriotism is broad1 almost universal4 ,it is not a mere local attachment that knows some particular place or section1 some country or ,state1 some ,north or ,south1 some peculiar ancestral stock1 but rather our whole country1 our native land to its remotest border1 our nation1 great as native land1 our ,union over all and our flag as our emblem4 ,patriotism claims no mountain slope1 no river bank1 no range of hills1 no village or town or city1 but rather lifts the eye to a great continent1 reclaimed from barbarism and illumined with the light of a ,christian civilization4 ,he who cherishes such a patriotism in his heart and feels its inspiration in the battle of life will have little cause to fear the onset or doubt the certain victory4 ,illustration3 ,john ,clark ,ridpath4 ,,chapter ,,xx ,,be ,,patriotic ,for centuries nations have employed patriotic songs to inspire courage and love of country4 ,france has long sung her 8,marseillaise10 ,norway the 8,song of the ,battle ,axe10 ,england1 8,god ,save the ,king10 but the best of all is our national hymn3 8,my country1 'tis of thee1 ,sweet land of liberty1 ,of thee ,i sing4 ,land where my fathers died1 ,land of the pilgrim's pride2 ,from every mountain side ,let freedom ring40 ,the ,united ,states is a name1 a synonym for greatness1 richness and beauty4 ,precious memories are clustered about it4 ,great names are associated with it4 ,its praise is eulogized in lyric song1 applauded in legislative halls1 inscribed on gorgeous banners1 lisped by juvenile tongues and honored by all nations4 ,in the year #ahbj ,sydney ,smith1 of ,england1 asked the famous questions1 8,in the four quarters of the globe who reads an ,american book8 or looks at an ,american picture1 or statue8 ,what new constellations have been discovered by the telescopes of ,americans8 ,what have they done in mathematics8 ,who drinks out of ,american glasses8 or eats from ,american plates8 or wears ,american coats or gowns8 or sleeps in ,american blankets80 ,if ,sydney ,smith had lived a half-century longer he would have found the food-stuffs1 clothing1 literature1 inventions1 gold and influence of 8this self-adulating race10 controlling the markets of the world more than any other4 ,america has invaded the business centres of every nation1 has set a pace in civilization and evangelization that few can maintain1 has become a peace factor among the warlike people of all continents and in most everything1 as ,herbert ,spencer said of our mechanical appliances1 is 8ahead of all nations40 ,,size ,,and ,,beauty ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states4 ,the ,united ,states is more than three times the size of ,great ,britain and ,ireland1 ,france and ,germany1 ,italy and ,austria1 ,spain and ,portugal1 ,switzerland1 ,denmark and ,greece4 ,though among the youngest of the family of nations1 its territorial area exceeds that of ,rome when its empire was mightiest4 ,although its population is less than that of some smaller countries1 it has an area of land more than a dozen times as large1 and in the coming future the 8,bad ,lands0 of the ,dakotas1 and the great 8,columbian ,plains0 of ,washington will be adorned with towns and cities1 and what are now barren places will be changed into veritable ,edens4 ,the ,united ,states is not only the largest1 but it is the most beautiful and richest country of the world4 ,its mountain peaks crowned with ice-jewels are as beautiful as those of ,switzerland4 ,its valleys are not exceeded by the valley of the ,nile4 ,its shores equal ,india's coral strand4 ,its towering hills are stored with an abundance of iron and copper1 enough to supply the nations of the globe4 ,its prairies are the granaries of the world4 ,its bowels are full of oil that seems inexhaustible1 and its coal1 silver and gold mines are of inestimable value4 ,the inscription once drilled in the rock on the shore of ,monument ,bay is now becoming a fact because of these many things3 8,the ,eastern nations sink1 their glory ends1 ,an empire rises where the sun descends40 ,the ,united ,states stands unique in the history of civil governments and has illustrated more than any other constitutional freedom in all its beneficence1 power and grandeur4 8,nowhere else has government so ennobled man1 so elevated woman1 so inspired its young men with heroism and ambition1 so helped them in their aims in life1 so made citizenship glorious by the expansion of ,christian morality and intelligence1 so fostered letters1 the arts and sciences1 so protected every creed1 so smoothed the road of life and given to all an equal chance for happiness and homes40 ,for the first time in human annals it has by right-doing and patriotic endeavor demonstrated that freedom1 intelligence and ,christianity1 are of ,god1 and forever blest by ,god4 ,,what ,,is ,,patriotism8 ,many men as well as boys imagine that patriotism means fighting4 ,this is not so4 8,a patriot is a person who loves his land1 honors its history1 applauds its achievements1 does not minimize its motives1 but says1 my heart and hand for its prosperity and perpetuity1 upholding and upbuilding40 ,to cultivate this spirit every boy needs to read and study the history of this nation1 follow the ,pilgrims across the briny ,atlantic1 associate with them and their descendants in their hardships1 fight with them in their battles1 share with them in their victories1 and then will he be thoroughly imbued with this spirit4 ,,boy ,,heroes ,,of ,,the ,,revolution ,,and ,,rebellion4 ,in an old-fashioned farmhouse near the village of ,shoreham1 which was opposite ,fort ,ticonderoga1 lived a farmer and his son by the name of ,beman4 ,it was in the days when the fathers of their country rebelled against ,english tyranny4 ,paul ,revere had ridden with all speed to ,lexington4 ,sixteen patriots had been killed or wounded by the first volley of the soldiers under ,pitcairn4 ,the news aroused the country4 ,notable men leaped to the front to do battle wherever they could1 and amongst these were ,farmer ,beman and his boy4 ,it was in the month of ,may1 #agge1 that ,ethan ,allen at the head of the famous ,green ,mountaineers came up through the forests to surprise and capture the fort and its garrison known as ,ticonderoga4 ,the expedition with which ,benedict ,arnold was connected was composed of three divisions1 one of which was to capture some boats at ,skenesborough and send them down the lake to ,allen and his men1 who were to get them at ,shoreham4 ,when the renowned ,green ,mountain leader reached the little village during the night not a single boat had arrived4 ,this was a bitter disappointment1 for ,allen had but eighty-three men with him and his position was one of great hazard4 ,it looked like madness to assail with his small force so armed a place as ,ticonderoga1 yet it was still more dangerous to remain idle4 8,we can't wait for the boats1 my boys60 exclaimed the intrepid ,allen1 8we must assault the fortress40 ,in looking for a guide the ,vermonter found ,farmer ,beman1 who said as soon as he understood their mission3 8,why not take my boy8 ,nathan knows all about the fort4 ,he's been all over it with the boys whose fathers compose the garrison4 ,he knows the location of every rat-hole1 inside and out40 ,the suggestion delighted ,allen1 and ,nathan was called and questioned4 8,i'll go1 sir10 he said at once4 8,i know the way to ,delaplace's quarters1 too1 if you should want to find him40 ,delaplace was the commandant1 and of course the very person whom ,allen wanted4 ,the little party crossed the lake in such boats as they had at hand4 ,morning was near and every moment had to be put to use4 ,when the patriots reached the opposite shore the commander turned to the young lad and1 laying his hand upon his shoulder1 said quickly3 8,we are ready now4 ,show us the way to the sally port40 ,guided by him1 the mountaineers moved toward the fort1 and1 coming suddenly upon a sentry1 heard the snapping of the fuse-lock and saw him run through a covered way within the walls4 8,quick10 cried the boy1 looking up at ,allen1 and the soldiers sprang after the guard and made their way to the parade ground unopposed4 ,the enthusiasm of the patriots now broke forth into shouts of victory1 which1 reaching the ears of the ,british soldiers1 caused them to spring from their pallets and rush from the barracks1 only to be made prisoners as they appeared4 ,never was a surprise more complete2 thanks to ,nathan ,beman4 ,when ,allen had secured most of the garrison he asked the boy to show the way to the commander's room1 and the two were soon running up the steps leading to it4 ,bang6 bang6 went ,allen's sword against the colonel's door1 and the ,british officer hurried out of bed to answer the command1 8,surrender this fort instantly40 8,by what authority80 inquired the astonished officer4 8,in the name of the great ,jehovah and the ,continental ,congress60 said ,allen1 flourishing his sword4 ,it so happened that ,allen and ,delaplace were old acquaintances1 and the reader can imagine the latter's astonishment when he saw who was hammering at the door4 ,of course there was nothing to do but surrender4 ,the garrison1 numbering forty-eight1 were made prisoners and sent to ,connecticut4 ,a fortress which had cost ,great ,britain a vast amount was captured in ten minutes by a company of undisciplined provincials4 ,by this daring exploit a hundred cannons and great quantities of military stores fell into the hands of the ,americans4 ,amid the general rejoicings that followed this exploit the part played by ,nathan ,beman was not forgotten4 ,his name was on every tongue1 and his services were rewarded liberally4 8,he lived10 said ,lossing the historian1 8to see our confederacy increase from thirteen to thirty stars10 and died at the good age of eighty-nine years4 ,,young ,,howe4 ,when the call for volunteers was made during the ,civil ,war1 two boys1 twelve and fourteen years respectively1 presented themselves and desired positions as drummer boys4 8,our infant drummers10 as ,general ,sherman called them1 attracted much attention on dress parade in the great camps of instruction4 ,the little ,howes drummed well1 proved hardy1 never seemed homesick1 and passed through battle after battle1 and march after march1 untouched by disease1 unscathed by bullet or shell4 ,in the charge of ,may #aith the younger of the two1 like other musicians1 with a white handkerchief tied about the left arm to designate him as a non-combatant1 followed in the rear of the line to assist the wounded4 ,at the advanced position finally held by the regiment1 it was essential not to allow any cessation in the firing1 and the cartridge boxes became rapidly depleted4 ,ammunition1 from the difficulties of the ground1 could only be brought to the ,union men by special messengers and in such quantity as they were able to carry about their person4 ,sergeant-,major ,hartsook was instructed to go back to the regimental ordnance wagon1 take command of the musicians and such other men as he might find detailed near the camp1 and send them to the front one by one with cartridges4 ,this dangerous duty was promptly and well performed4 ,the little drummer1 by his own statement1 was not at this time with the other musicians1 but in the ravine just in the rear of the regiment1 having been ordered back from the front to be out of danger1 by the colonel4 ,about him were several dead and wounded men4 ,collecting the ammunition from their cartridge boxes1 and using his blouse for a sack1 he carried this up to the command4 ,flattered with much praise then received1 he started for the ordnance wagon and returned in safety1 with his small but valuable contribution4 ,again he sped down and across the ravine and up the steep opposite slope1 while a hail-storm of canister and musket balls fell around him4 ,suddenly he dropped1 and hearts sank1 thinking his brief career ended2 but he had only tripped over some obstacle4 ,often he stumbled1 sometimes he fell prostrate1 but was quickly up again1 and finally disappeared limping1 over the summit1 and the ,fifty-fifth saw him no more for several months4 ,as the boy sped away the last time1 the colonel shouted to him3 8,bring calibre fifty-four40 ,general ,sherman's letter to the ,war ,department will tell the rest of the story4 ,headquarters ,fifteenth ,army ,corps1 ,camp on ,big ,black1 ,aug4 #hth1 #ahfc4 ,hon4 ,e4 ,m4 ,stanton1 ,secretary of ,war1 ,sir3 ,i take the liberty of asking through you that something be done for a young lad named ,orion ,p4 ,howe1 of ,waukegan1 ,illinois1 who belongs to the #eeth ,illinois1 but is at present from home1 wounded4 ,i think he is too young for ,west ,point1 but would be the very thing for a midshipman4 ,when the assault at ,vicksburg was at its height1 on the #aith of ,may1 and ,i was in front near the road which formed my line of attack1 this young man came up to me wounded and bleeding1 with a good1 healthy boy's cry3 8,general ,sherman1 send some cartridges to ,colonel ,malmborg1 the men are all out40 8,what is the matter1 my boy80 8,they shot me in the leg1 sir1 but ,i can go to the hospital4 ,send the cartridges right away40 ,even where we stood the shot fell thick1 and ,i told him to go to the rear at once1 ,i would attend to the cartridges1 and off he limped4 ,just before he disappeared on the hill1 he turned and called to me as loud as he could3 8,calibre #ed40 ,i have not seen the boy since1 and his colonel gave me his address as above1 and says he is a bright1 intelligent boy1 with a fair preliminary education4 ,what arrested my attention there1 was1 and what renews my memory now1 is1 that one so young1 carrying a musket-ball wound through his leg1 should have found his way to me on that fatal spot1 and delivered his message1 not forgetting the very important part even of the calibre of the musket1 #ed1 which you know is an unusual one4 ,i'll warrant the boy has in him the elements of a man1 and ,i commend him to the government as one worthy the fostering care of some of its national institutions4 ,i am1 with respect1 your obedient servant1 ,w4 ,t4 ,,sherman1 ,major-,general ,commanding4 ,,be ,,patriotic4 ,it may be1 my boy1 that you will never be able to guide a regiment of soldiers as did ,nathan ,beman1 or carry cartridges as did young ,howe1 but that is no reason why you should not be just as patriotic4 ,that boy who is law abiding1 who opposes everything that tends to undermine the national fabric1 who decries ,sabbath desecration1 vile language1 bad literature1 and all vices1 is a patriot in the true sense of the word1 and can be relied upon in times of peace as well as war to do his best for the country4 ,be patriotic4 ,cultivate the spirit of admiration toward the national flag4 ,dowered with priceless traditions its stars and stripes speak of the sufferings of the past1 the prosperity of the present1 and the glories of the future which shall attend the onward march of this great ,republic4 ,it is the hallowed emblem of the world's greatest nation1 and of its most resplendent civilization4 ,of ,sherman it was said that he never failed to salute the flag by taking off his hat in its presence4 ,that flag is the emblem of all we are and all we expect to be4 8,it floats that all the rights of men may every people bless ,and ,god's own kingdom walk the world in peace and righteousness40 ,be patriotic4 ,study the questions that have a bearing upon the well-being of the people4 ,in the past hundred years1 more than twenty-three million foreigners have settled in this land4 ,many are ,god-fearing men1 but many more are entirely out of harmony with our principles and institutions4 ,truly ,america is 8,the mother with the ever open door1 ,the feet of many nations on her floor1 ,and room for all the world about her knees40 ,of the seventy million inhabitants twenty-five per cent4 are yet in gross ignorance1 thirteen per cent4 cannot read the ballots they cast1 and thousands of such are annually coming to our shores1 imbued with the notions1 failings and vices of their native lands4 ,true patriotism desires and labors not only for a free people1 but an educated one4 ,to be patriotic requires candor4 ,we must be fair in our judgment of others who may differ from us concerning methods of dealing with some vital questions which are always before the nation4 ,we do not always see and understand alike1 but we must strive to promote and preserve the integrity of the nation4 ,in the opening hours of the ,french ,revolution ,mirabeau roused the rabble of ,paris1 which whirled the social order into chaos1 provoking ,madame ,roland's dying words1 8,oh1 liberty1 what crimes are done in thy name60 ,we have ,mirabeaus here1 but as educated lovers of our country1 we must antagonize wrong1 uphold right1 and defend the principles of the ,declaration of ,independence4 ,to be patriotic in the true sense is to permeate every question with ,christianity4 ,it was religious liberty that became the mother of political liberty in ,england4 ,de ,toqueville said1 8,america's liberty considers ,christianity the guardian angel of her struggle and victory1 the cradle of her life1 the ,divine source of her right40 8,god and my country0 is the true patriot's cry4 ,in the words of the almost forgotten ,oliver ,ellsworth to the ,grand ,jury of ,savannah in #aggi1 8,let us rear an empire sacred to the rights of men2 and commend a government of reason to the nations of the earth40 ,,part ,,iii ,relation to ,god ,,chapter ,,xxi ,be a ,christian ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxi ,,by ,,samuel ,,fallows 8,early let me seek ,thy favor2 ,early let me do ,thy will2 ,blessed ,lord1 and only ,savior1 ,with ,thy love my bosom fill2 ,blessed ,jesus1 ,thou hast loved me1 love me still40 ,what is it to be a ,christian8 ,it is to be born again4 ,what is it to be born again8 ,the ,new ,testament gives the answer4 ,he that 8believeth that ,jesus is the ,son of ,god is born of ,him40 7#a ,john #e3a74 ,he 8that loveth is born of ,god40 7#a ,john #d3g74 ,he 8that doeth righteousness is born of ,him40 7#a ,john #b3bi74 ,faith1 love righteousness and trust in ,christ1 love for ,christ1 right deeds through this faith and love in every sphere of life1 deeds of justice1 of mercy1 of goodness1 of purity1 of charity for the welfare of his fellowmen1--these make a ,christian4 ,be such a ,christian1 my boy4 ,be a trusting1 brave1 noble1 strong1 gentle1 pure1 loving and self-sacrificing follower of ,jesus ,christ4 ,illustration3 ,samuel ,fallows ,,chapter ,,xxi ,,be ,a ,,christian ,having fairly embarked on the voyage which ceases not till the port of eternity is reached1 it is an exhibition of good seamanship to take one's bearings4 ,by the log is estimated the progress of the vessel2 by the compass1 the direction the ship is pursuing1 and by the altitude of the stars the latitude in which it is4 ,in like manner the ,moral chapters indicate the progress boys should make2 the ,social1 the course they should take1 and the ,religious1 the latitude in which they should live4 ,of these the religious are the most essential1 for a boy cannot be truly religious without being moral and social4 ,when the ,rebellion began a young man went to his mother and said3 8,mother1 may ,i volunteer8 ,i argue the matter in four plain ways4 ,first1 my country needs me4 ,second1 she calls me4 ,third1 ,i am able to go4 ,fourth1 ,i am willing4 ,this makes the duty very clear to me1 unless you interpose a veto1 and ,i think you are too good a patriot to do that40 ,she gave her consent1 and before he departed1 she said3 8,you know1 my son1 how much ,i have wished to see you a ,christian4 ,now ,i want you to look at the claims of ,jesus exactly as you have looked at those of your country1 simply and honestly1 and see if those same four plain propositions will not lead you into the service of heaven40 8,i'll think of it1 mother10 was his answer1 and they parted4 ,he did not forget his promise4 ,on his first ,sabbath in camp he resolutely set himself to the fulfilment of his mother's request4 ,remembering how he had argued duty to his country1 he brought before his mind in the same manner the subject of the divine claims upon his heart and life4 8,does ,jesus want me8 ,does ,he call me8 ,am ,i able to serve ,him8 ,am ,i willing80 ,with an open ,bible1 the first three questions were quickly answered4 ,at the last one he hesitated1 but duty seemed so clear that he dared not falter1 and falling on his knees he gave himself to ,christ4 ,the next letter home announced him to be a ,christian soldier4 ,a ,,christian4 ,many names and titles are significant1 but none means so much or has so much honor attached to it as the word 8,christian40 ,young said1 8,a ,christian is the highest style of man40 ,a ,christian is a ,christ-lover and a ,christ-worshipper1 because he sees ,god in ,christ1 and in the ,god-man he sees the world's ,redeemer and his own personal ,saviour4 ,he lives in the world1 but is not of the world4 ,while in the world he blesses it by living a godly1 upright life4 ,his life work and influence are a benediction to those among whom he moves4 ,his purpose is 8not to make a living10 as ,governor ,russell1 of ,massachusetts1 used to say1 8but to make a life40 ,he is far more concerned about this than about dying4 ,death is the least of his concerns4 ,to live is ,christ1 and because of this1 his life is proof of his profession4 ,,how ,,to ,,be ,a ,,christian4 ,to become a ,christian is not a hard matter1 though to live the life of one is a battle with the world1 the flesh and ,satan4 ,it is because of the simple rules laid down whereby one can become a ,christian that many of mature life neglect it4 ,were it culture1 polish1 or liberality1 many more would be enrolled as ,christians1 but because a change of heart1 affections or living is demanded1 many cling to their ordinary life1 but at the last deplore it1 earnestly pleading for forgiveness and acceptance by ,christ4 ,three propositions are given in the ,new ,testament1 which1 accepted1 will lead any boy to know what it is to be a ,christian4 ,first1 repentance3 8,jesus came into ,galilee1 preaching 444 repent ye40 7,mark #a3ad1 #ae74 ,repentance means such sorrow for past conduct as leads to amendment of life4 ,second1 confession of sin4 8,if we say we have no sin1 we deceive ourselves1 and the truth is not in us4 ,if we confess our sins1 ,he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins1 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness40 7#a ,john #a3h1 #i74 ,third1 faith in ,christ to save4 ,paul said to the jailer1 8,believe on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 and thou shalt be saved40 7,acts #af3ca74 ,a father and son were once following a perilous path among the ,alps4 ,in passing along they gathered some beautiful flowers1 but the boy1 seeing a lovely one waving in the breeze1 thoughtlessly hurried to secure it4 ,his foot slipped and he rolled down an incline until he was stopped by some tall bushes4 ,with all his strength he seized hold of the shrubbery and commenced to call for help4 ,the brush grew on the brink of a yawning abyss4 ,it was impossible for the father to reach his son with his hands1 but he carried a staff on one end of which was an iron hook4 ,the boy had around him a leathern belt1 so the father reached down and fastened the hook in his girdle4 ,the lad1 however1 could not be drawn up without releasing his hold on the bushes4 ,he could not see his father1 nor did he in his fright even feel that his father held him up2 he only heard his voice3 8,let go of the bushes1 my son1 and ,i will save you40 ,to the boy it seemed as though he would thus hurry himself to destruction1 but1 relying on his father's word1 he forsook his hold and was drawn in safety to his father's side4 ,that boy was saved through faith4 ,his firm belief in his father's word saved him4 ,had he persisted in holding on to the bushes through doubt or hesitation it would have meant his death4 ,to be saved1 every boy must forsake his hold on sin1 yield himself to ,christ's power and mercy1 and then will he find to his joy1 that ,christ saves to the uttermost4 7,heb4 #g3be74 ,,the ,,time ,,to ,,be ,a ,,christian4 ,solomon said there is 8a time to every purpose under the heaven10 7,eccl4 #c3a7 and no purpose is greater and no time more important than when a boy becomes a ,christian4 ,youth is the most important period of one's life4 ,it is the time when the faculties are most susceptible1 heart tender and will pliable2 the time when tastes and biases are created1 habits acquired and character formed for future weal or woe4 ,no other period affords greater possibilities of long usefulness as well as opportunities for peculiar usefulness4 ,a staff-officer1 riding over the field of battle during the ,civil ,war1 was attracted by a body lying under a tree1 handsomely dressed1 with a fancy sword4 ,he removed the covering and looked into the sweetest and handsomest face he had ever seen4 ,it was that of a boy1 a temporary aide to some officer4 ,in his pocket was found a ,testament in which was written 8,james ,simmons1 ,n4 ,y4 ,my son1 #8,remember now thy ,creator in the days of thy youth4'0 7,eccl4 #ab3a74 ,that is it1 youth4 ,the best and most profitable time for piety4 ,jeremiah and ,john the ,baptist loved and worshipped ,god in their youth4 ,josiah knew the ,lord at eight years of age4 ,timothy knew the ,scriptures and loved ,christ from a child4 ,polycarp accepted ,christ at nine1 ,jonathan ,edwards at seven1 ,isaac ,watts at nine1 ,adam ,clarke at four1 ,william ,penn at nine1 ,matthew ,henry at eleven1 ,robert ,hall at twelve1 ,augustus ,toplady at sixteen1 while ,joseph ,griggs not only became a ,christian very young but wrote the hymn-- 8,jesus6 and shall it ever be ,a mortal man ashamed of ,thee60 when but ten years of age4 ,some years ago the 8,golden ,rule0 sent letters of inquiry to prominent men of the land asking several questions1 one of which was3 8,at what age did you become a ,christian80 ,it was found on receiving the answers that out of one hundred and forty-nine less than one in ten became ,christians later than twenty years of age2 twenty-nine were so young that they did not remember2 at least sixty-three professed ,christ before they were eighteen4 ,nine-tenths of all saved persons are saved before twenty4 8,why this80 you ask4 ,physiologists say 8the cells of the brain change as we grow old until finally there are ruts in them40 ,carlyle explains it thus3 8,in younger years the whole mind is1 as it were1 fluid1 and capable of forming itself into any shape that the owner of the mind pleases4 ,the mind is in fluid state1 but it hardens up gradually to the consistency of rock or iron1 and you cannot alter the habits of the old man1 for as he began he will go on to the last40 ,to procrastinate in youth is to jeopardize one's soul in age4 8,,remember40 8,remember now thy ,creator in the days of thy youth10 7,eccl4 #ab3a7 is the most important exhortation of the ,old ,testament4 ,remember is just the opposite of forget1 and the one to remember is the most exalted and important in the universe1 8thy ,creator40 ,remember ,his ,word and believe it1 for the promise is3 8,he that heareth ,my ,word and believeth on ,him that sent ,me1 hath everlasting life40 7,john #e3bd74 ,remember ,his work and accept it1 for ,he was made to 8sin for us1 ,who knew no sin2 that we might be made the righteousness of ,god in ,him40 7#b ,cor4 #e3ba74 ,remember ,his love and return it1 for 8herein is love1 not that we loved ,god1 but that ,he loved us10 7#a ,john #d3aj7 and 8gave ,his only begotten ,son1 that whosoever believeth in ,him should not perish but have everlasting life40 7,john #c3af74 ,remember this ,creator now4 ,only one time is mentioned in the ,scriptures at which eternal life is promised4 ,cowley sang of an 8everlasting now10 but there is no such time1 and no wise boy desires that there shall be4 ,there is an eternity of the past1 an eternity of the future1 but 8now0 is limited to now4 8,behold1 now is the accepted time2 behold1 now is the day of salvation40 7#b ,cor4 #f3b74 ,and this-- 8,opportunity lost1 however deplored ,is eternity gone and is never restored40 ,after the overthrow of the ,french empire by the ,germans1 ,prince ,napoleon joined the ,english army1 and went among the savage tribes of ,south ,africa4 ,one day while with a squad of soldiers outside the camp1 he was warned by one of the company1 who said3 8,we had better return4 ,if we don't hasten we may fall into the hands of the enemy40 8,oh10 said the ,prince1 8let us stay here ten minutes and drink our coffee40 ,before the ten minutes had passed a company of ,zulus came upon them and in the skirmish the ,prince lost his life4 ,his mother1 when informed of the facts1 said1 8,that was his great mistake from boyhood4 ,he never wanted to go to bed at night in time1 nor to arise in the morning4 ,he was ever pleading for ten minutes more4 ,on this account ,i sometimes called him #8,mr4 ,ten ,minutes4'0 ,the habit of delay was to him what it is to thousands who pass the tenth1 fifteenth and twentieth milestone without accepting ,christ1 his ruination4 ,such delay weakens the force of the will1 unfits for action when opportunity presents1 robs the present and blasts the future4 ,,reasons ,,for ,,being ,a ,,christian ,,in ,,youth4 8,if youth10 as ,ruskin said1 8is essentially one of formation1 edification1 instruction10 then is it the proper time to be a ,christian1 for 8,there's never an hour of it but is trembling with destinies1 not a moment of which1 once past1 the appointed work can ever be done again1 or the neglected blow struck on cold iron40 ,a boy should be a ,christian for the sake of safety4 ,as one grows away from boyhood1 he grows away from the opportunities for salvation4 ,he is liable to drift4 ,there is a point on ,niagara ,river called 8,past ,redemption ,point10 where the current is too strong for human power to battle against4 ,manhood and age have no special promise like 8they that seek ,me early shall find ,me40 7,prov4 #h3ag74 ,a boy should be a ,christian that he may be happy4 ,to properly remember ,god1 to lose oneself in adoration of ,him1 is to be like ,him1 to be 8holy as ,he is holy10 7#a ,pet4 #a3ae1 #af7 consequently it is to be happy as ,he is happy4 ,holiness and happiness are inseparable4 ,true love and true joy come together4 ,a boy should be a ,christian to be useful4 ,god's promise to ,abraham was3 8,i will bless thee1 and thou shalt be a blessing40 7,gen4 #ab3b74 ,when ,joseph dwelt in ,potiphar's house1 we read3 8,the ,lord blessed the ,egyptian's house1 for ,joseph's sake40 7,gen4 #ci3e74 ,and the boy who loves ,christ will be a rich blessing in many ways to others4 ,a boy should be a ,christian because it is right4 ,right is better than might1 and worth more than gold4 8,in the matter of right10 said ,martin ,luther1 8,i will take my stand1 ,i yield to none40 8,i'd rather be right than ,president10 said ,henry ,clay4 ,the only proper life to live is the ,christian life4 ,it is sweet on earth1 which makes heaven the sweeter4 ,my boy1 be a ,christian4 8,all men at the head of great movements10 said ,mr4 ,gladstone1 8are ,christian men4 ,during the many years ,i was cabinet officer1 ,i was brought into association with sixty master minds1 and all but five were ,christians40 ,to be a ,christian is the most satisfactory1 honorable1 influential course to pursue4 ,it gives unspeakable joy in life1 peace in death1 and glory hereafter4 ,remember then-- ,god wants the boys--all kinds of boys-- ,to love ,him1 serve ,him1 do ,his will2 ,he wants those boys that make much noise1 ,and those who keep so very still4 ,god sent ,his ,son to die for all1 ,and on the cross ,his blood was shed4 ,no boy need spurn ,his gracious call ,or of the 8,bread of ,life0 be fed4 ,then why not to this ,christ now flee ,and on ,his mercy cast thyself8 ,o hear ,his words3 8,come unto ,me10 ,and answering back1 8,i yield myself40 ,,chapter ,,xxii ,be ,prayerful ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxii ,,by ,a4 ,c4 ,,lorimer1 ,d4 ,d4 ,when ,i was a youth1 ,i loved to climb ,arthur's ,seat early in the morning1 for the purpose of breathing the air borne to our inland home from out the mighty seas2 and so it is well for every lad each day to seek the summit of highest faith1 that he may hold communion with ,god2 that he may inhale something of the atmosphere of eternal worlds4 ,it is said that ,daniel opened his window when he prayed1 toward ,jerusalem4 ,it was doubtless that he might think of the hallowed city4 ,better far1 however1 to open the windows of the soul toward heaven1 not merely that we may think of the hereafter1 but that the invisible1 at the present moment1 may stream into our being4 ,prayer is the soul's voice4 ,it is the aspiration of the highest part of man4 ,it is the sublime confidence1 that1 though foreign1 still it is within the range of possibility to hold communion with the ,creator of us all4 ,every time we bend the knee before the ,throne of ,grace1 we declare our belief in our own ,god-likeness and in our indestructible affinity for the divine4 ,therefore1 pray1 my boy1 and keep on praying2 for it is the true ,jacob's ladder that will lead you1 round by round1 up to the ,everlasting ,throne4 ,illustration3 ,yours ,heartily ,geo4 ,c4 ,lorimer ,,chapter ,,xxii ,,be ,,prayerful ,a noble characteristic of any boy is love for prayer4 ,too many consider common amusements more important than going to some chamber or church to commune with the loving ,saviour4 ,they are not4 ,the former bring transient happiness and with it a weary frame1 the latter an unexplained peace1 rest of body and soul4 ,the former gratifies for a time without changing selfish desires or promoting lofty aspirations1 the latter moulds into the image of the ,christ-character4 ,prayer is not simply a petition or mere forms of a vain repetition4 ,it is a turning of the life toward ,god1 an opening of the soul toward heaven1 a reaching out of one's being with desire to appropriate the ,divine4 ,it was a shoemaker's shop1 with bench1 half-worn shoes and not a few boxes4 ,the proprietor was an old friend of the writer1 so deaf that few could converse with him4 ,visiting the village in which he lived1 ,i called upon him4 ,after a chat by means of the lips1 signs and paper1 he asked if ,i would like to hear his son play the harp4 ,assenting1 he called the lad1 who brought a beautiful instrument4 ,placing his feet on the pedals1 he ran his fingers over the wires and melodious music resounded4 ,when it stopped1 ,i turned to the old man1 and asked by signs3 8,did you hear it80 ,shaking his head1 he answered1 8,not a note40 ,then stepping to the stove1 he picked up a long black poker1 and putting one end between his teeth and the other on the harp1 he motioned the boy to play4 ,the lad's fingers moved as if by magic4 ,the room was flooded with music and passing pedestrians stopped to listen4 ,suddenly the musician stopped4 ,i propounded the same question3 8,did you hear anything80 ,he laughed and answered3 8,all that you heard1 ,i heard40 ,how8 ,that dirty poker was changed into a conductor of sound4 ,it brought harp and listener in contact with each other4 ,in like manner prayer brings ,god and petitioner into near relation4 ,what one pleads1 the other hears1 and answering1 ,god makes music in the soul4 ,,great ,,men ,,great ,,in ,,praying4 ,many great men have been great in praying4 ,men of the ,bible1 men of science1 history and influence have been firm believers in it4 ,charles ,simeon and ,joseph ,alleine spent from four to eight o'clock in the morning waiting upon ,god4 ,wesley gave two hours a day1 ,luther the first three hours4 ,samuel ,rutherford was up at three in the morning to give ,god praise4 ,archbishop ,leighton was so much alone with ,god that he seemed to be in a perpetual meditation4 ,bishop ,ken was so much alone with ,god1 that his soul was said to be ,god-enamored4 ,david ,brainerd prayed hour after hour4 ,john ,fletcher spent whole nights in prayer1 ,john ,welsh often seven to eight hours a day4 ,when the hour for devotion arrived1 ,general ,gordon displayed a white handkerchief outside his tent1 and as long as it remained1 no one was allowed to disturb him4 ,general ,stonewall ,jackson's servant used to say that when his master got up several times during the night to pray there was to be a battle next day4 ,abraham ,lincoln acknowledged that he had been driven to his knees 8by the overwhelming conviction that he had nowhere else to go40 ,gathering his pupils about him at the opening of his school1 ,agassiz said1 8,it is becoming that we first of all bow in the presence of the ,infinite ,one40 ,well might these exclaim with thousands of others3 8,for this cause ,i bow my knees unto the ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ40 7,eph4 #c3ad74 ,,prayer ,,makes ,a ,,boy ,,brave4 ,during the ,civil ,war a dozen soldiers were playing cards one night when one exclaimed3 8,what on earth was that80 ,listening attentively a moment1 he heard a low1 solemn voice1 coming from the next tent1 occupied by several recruits1 who had that day arrived in camp4 ,accompanied by the others he approached the tent on tip-toe4 8,boys1 he's praying1 or ,i'm a sinner60 he roared out4 8,three cheers for the parson60 shouted another man of the group as the prayer ended4 8,you watch things for three weeks4 ,i'll show you how to take the religion out of him10 said the first speaker1 laughing4 ,he was a large burly fellow1 prominent in mischief4 ,the recruit was a slight1 pale-faced boy4 ,during the next three weeks the latter was the butt of the camp4 ,then several of the boys1 conquered by the lad's gentle patience and uniform kindness1 begged the others to stop annoying him4 8,oh1 the little ranter is no better than the rest of us60 answered the ringleader4 8,when we get under fire1 you'll see him run4 ,these pious folk don't like the smell of gunpowder4 ,i've no faith in their religion40 ,in a few weeks1 the regiment broke camp1 marched toward ,richmond1 entered the ,wilderness and engaged in that fearful battle4 ,the company to which the young recruit belonged had a desperate struggle4 ,the brigade was driven back1 and when the line was formed behind the breastworks they had built in the morning1 he was missing4 ,when last seen1 he was surrounded by enemies1 fighting desperately4 ,at his side was the brave fellow who had made the poor lad a constant object of ridicule4 ,both were given up as lost4 ,suddenly the big man was seen tramping through the underbrush1 bearing the dead body of the boy4 ,reverently he laid the corpse down1 saying as he wiped the blood from his own face3 8,boys1 ,i couldn't leave him behind1 he fought so4 ,i thought he deserved a decent burial40 ,during a lull in the battle the men dug a shallow grave and tenderly laid him to rest4 ,then1 as one was cutting the name and regiment upon a board1 the big man said1 with a husky voice1 8,i guess you'd better put the words #8,praying soldier' in somewhere4 ,he deserves the title1 and maybe it'll console him for our abuse40 ,there was not a dry eye among those rough men as they stuck the rudely carved board at the head of the grave4 8,well10 said one1 8he was a praying ,christian soldier if ever there was one6 ,and10 turning to the ringleader1 8he didn't run1 did he1 when he smelt gunpowder80 8,run60 answered the big man1 his voice tender with emotion4 8,why1 he didn't budge an inch6 ,but what's that to standing for weeks our fire like a man1 and never sending a word back6 ,he just stood by his flag and let us pepper him1 he did2 and boys1 ,i have made up my mind if prayer will make a man as bold1 as loving1 as forgiving1 as good1 as it did that boy1 ,i'm going to resort to it4 ,it did him good and it'll do me good10 and as the other fellows bent their heads he prayed for forgiveness and salvation1 at the close of which the others said1 8,amen60 ,,how ,,to ,,pray4 ,prayer is a blessed privilege1 a vital necessity1 an imperative duty1 but many there are who do not know how to pray4 ,a mere repetition of words or reading prayers is not prayer4 ,prayer may be a sigh1 a tear1 a groan1 a bungling utterance1 8a true wish0 as ,phillips ,brooks used to say1 8sent ,god-ward40 ,it is-- 8the soul's sincere desire ,uttered or unexpressed4 ,the motive of a hidden fire ,that kindles in the breast40 ,prayer should always be accompanied by thanksgiving and confession4 ,david said1 8,i will confess my transgressions unto the ,lord10 7,psalm #cb3e7 and ,paul exhorts1 8,giving thanks always for all things unto ,god and the ,father in the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ40 7,eph4 #e3bj74 ,prayer should be offered in faith4 ,faith is taking one at his word and thus ,christ said1 8,if ye ask anything in ,my name1 ,i will do it40 7,john #ad3ad74 ,to pray without faith1 the ,bible informs us1 is sin1 and this is the reason why many of our petitions are not answered4 ,they are like those blossoms which fall blasted to the earth4 ,they had a certain beauty and fragrance1 but for want of some conformity to the law of growth1 they never developed into fruit4 ,they are1 as ,mrs4 ,stowe says1 8drowsy mutterings of unawakened souls1 talking in their sleep40 ,but real prayer is always answered4 ,there may be delays as in ,daniel's petition1 or tests to strengthen faith1 as when ,jesus said to ,jairus1 8,fear not1 only believe10 7,luke #h3ej7 for what ,christ has promised1 ,he will certainly perform4 ,,when ,,and ,,where ,,to ,,pray4 ,prayer should be our vital breath4 ,as with ,paul1 it should be 8without ceasing10 7,thess4 #e3ag7 our inward desire continually going up to ,god4 ,it should be the first exercise of the morning and the last in the evening4 8,it is the first hour of the morning10 says a ,chinese proverb1 8that gives color to all the others that follow40 ,louis ,,xiv4 was awakened every morning with the words3 8,arise1 ,monsieur1 you have great things to do to-day40 ,but how could they be done properly without ,god's blessing1 and how could ,god's blessing be secured without asking8 ,when ,arthur ,p4 ,stanley the first night went to the dormitory at ,eton ,school where he with others had to sleep1 he knelt down to say his evening prayers4 ,instantly a shower of pillows and shoes flew about him4 ,he prayed on4 8,stanley10 said one of the boys next day1 8,i ought to have done as you did4 ,i haven't said my prayers at night because ,i was afraid of the ridicule of the boys40 ,it was not long before a score of them followed his example4 ,president ,garfield when a boy undertook with a number of students from ,williams ,college to climb ,mount ,greylock4 ,their plan was to spend the night on the mount4 ,seated around the campfire they sang college songs and told stories all the evening4 ,at bedtime ,garfield took a ,testament from his pocket and said3 8,boys1 it is my custom to read a chapter in the ,bible and have prayer before going to bed4 ,shall we have it all together80 and though it seemed rather hard to do1 ,garfield did it and all were blessed for it4 ,two places are mentioned in the ,scriptures where a boy should pray4 ,those places are the ,christian's arsenal4 ,one is the secret chamber where communion is sweet because undisturbed1 the other is the church1 where in unity believers call upon ,god4 ,to the devout boy both are the 8,holy of ,holies0 where ,god delights to meet him at the 8,mercy ,seat40 ,blessed is the place of public prayer6 ,never neglect it4 ,but the place of secret prayer is still more blessed4 ,cyprian would resort to a shady arbor where 8no profane listener may hinder my musings1 and no domestic clamor drown them40 ,robert ,murray ,mc,cheyne declared1 8,it is my noblest and most fruitful employment40 ,henry ,martyn mourned at the close of his saintly life1 that he had devoted 8too much time to public works and too little to private communion with ,god40 ,god said1 8,in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength40 7,isa4 #cj3ae74 ,o1 the sweetness of one hour at the feet of ,jesus4 ,it changes dispositions1 purifies character1 overcomes obstacles1 imparts strength to resist temptations1 yes1 it makes life worth living4 8,we kneel1 and all around us seems to lower2 ,we rise1 and all1 the distant and the near1 ,stands forth in sunny outline1 brave and clear2 ,we kneel1 how ,,weak6 we rise1 how full of ,,power60 ,,what ,,prayer ,,will ,,do4 ,more things are wrought by prayer than anything else4 ,it opens heaven's door1 commands ,god's ears to hear and hand to bestow1 makes darkened clouds withdraw1 climbs-- 8the ladder ,jacob saw1 ,gives exercise to faith and love2 ,brings every blessing from above40 ,prayer has brought rain a thousand times since ,elijah prayed1 softened kings' hearts since ,nehemiah won the sympathy of ,artaxerxes1 shut lions' mouths since ,daniel was cast into their den1 given victory to armies since ,amalek was discomfited1 liberated captives since ,peter was delivered from prison1 abated storms since ,christ said to wind and wave3 8,peace6 be still10 7,mark #d3ci7 arrested hundreds of prodigals since ,monica prayed for her wicked son ,augustine1 restored health1 supplied food1 transformed lives and revolutionized nations4 ,prayer is the means that aids to keep in subjection the sinful tendencies of human nature and though living in the world keeps us separated from it4 ,it is the means to aid us in winning souls for ,jesus4 ,john ,wesley was once riding along when he saw a man kneeling by the wayside breaking stones4 8,ah10 cried he1 8,i wish ,i could break the hearts of some who hear me as easily as you are breaking those stones40 ,the man looked up and said1 8,did you ever try to break them on your knees80 ,pleading with ,god should always precede pleading with souls to come to ,god1 and it is a question whether anyone has ever come to ,god who was not earnestly prayed for by some one4 ,prayer will also make a death-bed glorious4 8,yea10 saith the ,psalmist1 8though ,i walk through the valley of the shadow of death1 ,i will fear no evil1 for ,thou art with me1 ,thy rod and ,thy staff they comfort me40 7,psalm #bc3d74 ,a boy was dying at midnight4 ,he had just awakened from sleep4 8,is it near morning80 he asked his father4 8,it soon will be10 replied the parent4 8,do you think ,i will get well80 8,i hope so10 sobbed the father4 ,there was a long silence1 then the lad moved restlessly on the pillow and said1 8,hold me up1 father1 ,i want to say my prayers40 ,then1 clasping his hands together1 he repeated3 8,our ,father1 which art in heaven1 hallowed be ,thy name1 ,thy kingdom come4 ,thy kingdom come4 ,i can't remember1 father6 ,i can't remember60 ,a short time after the morning light stole into the room4 8,forever and forever10 uttered the boy and he fell asleep in death4 ,o1 my boy1 cultivate this glorious habit of praying4 ,to be intimately acquainted with ,god cheers1 inspires1 ennobles4 ,an old man lay dying4 ,his sons stood around his bed to receive his parting counsel1 and his last blessing4 ,he had fought the battle of life successfully2 and1 so far as this world was concerned1 had come out crowned with honors4 ,he had been a pillar in the church2 his seat had never been vacant1 his hand always freely opened to every call4 ,for months he had been laid aside by a lingering and painful illness4 8,boys10 he said1 8,god has been good to me4 ,he has given me many friends1 good children1 a loving wife1 and abundant means2 but what ,i thank ,him for now most of all is this long and painful illness4 ,without it my life would have been a failure2 ,i should have gone hence without knowing as ,i should the only ,one worth knowing4 ,boys1 whatever you do or whatever you leave undone1 whether you make another cent of money or not1 take time to get acquainted with ,god40 ,that's it4 ,so acquainted with ,him that with simple words you can breathe your heart's desire4 ,so acquainted as to talk with ,him the first thing in the morning and the last in the evening4 ,so acquainted as to seek ,his favor in everything and to praise ,him for anything4 8,implore ,his aid1 in ,his decisions rest1 ,secure1 what'er ,he gives1 ,he gives the best40 ,,chapter ,,xxiii ,be a ,bible ,student ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxiii ,,by ,,james ,h4 ,,brookes #a4 ,the command of our ,lord3 8,search the ,scriptures2 for in them ye think ye have eternal life3 and they are they which testify of ,me40--,john #e3ci4 #b4 ,they will make a boy wise3 8,from a child thou hast known the ,holy ,scriptures1 which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in ,christ ,jesus40--#b ,timothy #b3ae4 #c4 ,they will cleanse his way3 8,wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way8 ,by taking heed thereto according to ,thy ,word40--,psalms #aai3i4 #d4 ,they will be a lamp and a light3 8,thy ,word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path4 ,the entrance of ,thy ,words giveth light2 it giveth understanding to the simple40--,psalm #aai3aie1 #acj4 #e4 ,the ,bible will do more for you than father or mother3 8,when thou goest1 it shall lead thee3 when thou sleepest1 it shall keep thee3 and when thou awakest1 it shall talk with thee40--,proverbs #f3bb4 #f4 ,by the ,word you are born again3 8,being born again not of corruptible seed1 but of incorruptible1 by the ,word of ,god1 which liveth and abideth forever40--#a ,peter #a3bc4 #g4 ,by the ,word you grow3 8,as new-born babes1 desire the sincere milk of the ,word1 that ye may grow thereby40--#a ,peter #b3b4 ,illustration3 ,yrs in ,him4 ,james ,h4 ,brookes4 ,,chapter ,,xxiii ,,be ,a ,,bible ,,student ,never was there an age with so many books as the present2 books to amuse and instruct1 books of fact and fiction1 but the greatest and grandest is the ,bible4 8,it has10 as ,locke said1 8,god for its author1 salvation for its end1 and truth without mixture of error for its matter1--it is all pure1 all sincere2 nothing too much1 nothing wanting40 ,the ,bible is the only book in which the best literature of thirty centuries is incorporated1 the only book which has been translated into more than three hundred languages and printed by the hundreds of millions4 ,the only book which has stimulated invention1 advanced education1 given stability1 order and prosperity to homes and nations1 emancipated slaves1 exalted virtue1 and led lost souls to a knowledge of ,christ and everlasting life4 ,the ,bible6 ,bishop ,foster said1 8,exiled1 it has created a new kingdom and shifted the center and balance of power4 ,carried away captive1 it has broken down rival altars and overthrown false gods1 till the right of way has been accorded to it by friend and foe4 ,sold into bondage by false brethren1 it has captured the hearts of its masters1 and ascended the throne of dominion4 ,driven into sea1 it has gone over dry shod1 seeing its enemies overwhelmed in the flood and itself singing the glad song of deliverance4 ,burned on the public square by the public executioner1 it has risen ,phnix-like and floated away in triumph1 wearing the smoke of its own funeral pyre as a flag of victory4 ,scourged from city to city1 it has gone through the capitals of the civilized world1 leaving behind it a trail of light attesting its divine authority4 ,cast into the leper's pest-house1 it has purified the scales of contagion1 restored the soft pink skin of smiling infancy1 quickened the energies of romping youth1 and recreated the sinews of heroic manhood4 ,betrayed by a kiss1 it has stood erect in the calm majesty of eternity1 amid the swarming minions of its enemies4 ,nailed to a felon's cross it has illuminated the darkness by the radiance of its own glory1 and transformed the summits of sacrifice into a throne of universal judgment4 ,sealed into the gloom of a sepulcher1 it has come forth with the echoing footsteps of ,almighty ,god1 rising to dominion over all intelligences40 ,the ,bible6 ,marvelous book6 ,it has illuminated every darkness1 broken the shackles of vicious habits1 and given inspiration along all lines of goodness4 ,the pictures of ,raphael1 the images of ,milton1 the allegory of ,bunyan were all drawn from it4 ,ruskin built his literary productions upon it4 ,the poets ,thompson and ,johnson dipped their pens in the style of the ,orientals4 ,emboldened by its teaching ,howard devoted his life to the amelioration of prisoners1 ,wilberforce and ,lincoln to the emancipation of slaves1 and the ,pilgrim ,fathers forsook their native land to accept the hardships of this untilled country1 where they might worship ,god according to the dictates of their conscience4 ,the ,bible6 ,it is the best book for boys4 ,not only does it tell the story of ,joseph sold into slavery by his jealous brothers1 ,samuel called by ,god in the night1 ,david killing ,goliath with sling and stone1 ,daniel cast into the lions' den1 ,christ confounding the doctors of the law by ,his knowledge of the ,scriptures1 but it makes one rich in things eternal4 ,in ,london a poor man once purchased a second-hand family ,bible1 and was turning over its leaves1 when he found two stuck together4 ,his wife loosened them with hot water1 and found there six crisp five pound bank-notes1 twenty-five dollars each4 ,he was questioning his right to keep them1 when he found these words written on one of them3 8,i have had to work very hard for these1 and1 having no natural heirs1 ,i leave thee1 whoever shall buy this ,holy ,book1 my lawful heir1 ,june #ag1 #ahdj1 ,south ,end1 ,essex40 ,so-- 8,this ,book unfolds ,jehovah's mind1 ,this voice salutes in accents kind2 ,this friend will all your needs supply1 ,this fountain send forth streams of joy4 ,this mine affords us boundless wealth1 ,this good physician gives us health4 ,this sun renews and warms the soul1 ,this sword both wounds and makes us whole2 ,this letter shows our sins forgiven1 ,this guide conducts us safe to heaven2 ,this charter has been sealed with blood-- ,this volume is the ,word of ,god40 ,,read ,,the ,,bible4 ,the ,bible1 being such an excellent book1 should be read with care4 ,there is not a condition or circumstance in life but that some appropriate counsel is given4 8,in this ,book10 as ,dean ,stanley said to the skeptic ,ewald1 8is contained all the wisdom of the world40 ,george ,muller formed the habit of reading it through with diligent attention four times a year4 ,so delighted was ,sir ,william ,jones with it1 that he wrote on the blank leaf of his ,bible3 8,i have regularly and attentively perused these ,holy ,scriptures40 ,if the ,bible is good to read it is better to study4 ,to study is an art and is the couplet to habitual practice4 ,said a talented young man to a musician1 8,tell me how to play the sonatas of ,beethoven in their true spirit40 8,you ask too much of me10 said the musician1 8yet ,i will do what ,i can4 ,what do you play these days80 8,nothing40 8,my friend6 ,how shall ,i tell you how to play ,beethoven when it is not your habit to play anything at all8 ,to know how to play ,beethoven you must first of all know how to play40 ,so with the ,bible4 ,to know how to study it1 we must first of all know how to study4 ,to enjoy a painting one needs more than to glance at it4 ,it should be looked at from every point1 the variety of shading noticed minutely1 and then1 taking a step backwards1 one is better able to appreciate it1 as its whole beauty stands out prominently4 ,there is an ingenious engraving of the first draft of the ,american ,constitution and the ,emancipation ,proclamation1 so finely shaded that at a little distance one presents a perfect likeness of ,george ,washington1 the other an excellent portrait of ,abraham ,lincoln4 ,so after investigating this authentic history1 this library of sixty-six of the world's best books1 the more than a hundred pieces of its best music and double that of pictures1 one cannot fail to see standing out from all the great ,jehovah and ,his beloved ,son1 ,jesus ,christ4 ,,peasant ,,and ,,bible4 ,to study the ,bible was once considered a crime4 ,only priests were allowed to read and interpret it4 ,those who were caught searching its sacred pages were punished by fine1 imprisonment and not infrequently death4 ,on one occasion ,joseph ,,ii4 under the assumed name of 8,count of ,falkenstein0 was traveling in ,bohemia1 and1 being stopped by a rainstorm took shelter at a village inn4 ,during the evening some of the peasants called at the tavern to talk with the landlord about a small house just outside the village1 in which they claimed dark-looking objects1 carrying lighted torches1 were moving about4 ,superstition had such a hold upon the peasantry that they thought the future welfare of the little town depended upon the utter annihilation of that cottage1 together with its occupants4 ,joseph1 overhearing their conversation1 expressed a desire to see the place4 ,accordingly he proceeded thither with his escort4 ,on arriving1 he commanded his attendants to surround the house while he knocked at the door4 ,the summons was answered by an old man who asked1 8,who is it that disturbs an honest man at so late an hour80 ,the ,emperor replied3 8,if you are honest1 no harm shall befall you1 but1 if not1 you shall die this very night40 ,the old man re-entered the room and ,joseph followed and seated himself on the stove-hearth4 ,in the center of the room was a table with a ,bible upon it1 and gathered around were several pious-looking people who had been engaged in divine worship4 ,joseph ordered the master of the house to proceed with his devotions4 ,this he did1 reading from the third chapter of the ,gospel of ,st4 ,john3 8,for ,god so loved the world40 ,after listening a little while1 the ruler1 with tears in his eyes1 exclaimed3 8,i was not aware that there were people who still had the courage to read the ,bible40 ,he invited the pious father to come to ,vienna and inquire at the imperial palace for the 8,count of ,falkenstein40 ,the good man1 in company with his son1 soon after went1 and found the ,count to be the ,emperor himself4 ,joseph grasped both his hands and gave him a scroll which contained the toleration edict1 dated ,october #acth1 #agha4 ,he also handed him a purse of five hundred florins with which to build a chapel4 ,this chapel bearing the inscription1 8,a present from the ,emperor10 is situated in the village of ,lackenstein1 ,bohemia1 while the name of ,senitz is still honored as the one who dared study the ,word of ,god1 though a nation opposed it4 ,,points ,,to ,,remember4 ,to study the ,bible one needs a proper spirit4 ,ezra said1 8,he prepared his heart to seek the law of the ,lord40 7,ezra #g3aj74 ,heart preparation is needed to open the covers of this ,book indited by the ,holy ,ghost4 ,it is ,god's ,book1 and should be handled by clean fingers and a clean heart4 ,without doubt ,ezra prayed before he studied4 8,open ,thou mine eyes10 said ,david1 8that ,i may behold wondrous things out of ,thy law40 7,psalm #aai3ah74 ,every boy should speak to ,god before he looks into the ,bible1 asking that he may reverently and intelligently read its contents4 8,study it carefully1 ,think of it prayerfully1 ,deep in thy heart let its pure precepts dwell4 ,slight not its history1 ,ponder its mystery2 ,none can e'er prize it too fondly or well40 ,to study the ,bible one should have a special time if possible4 ,the early morning is doubtless the best1 for the mind is more active and receptive1 and passages then read may be considered with profit throughout the day4 ,however1 it is a good thing to glance at it whenever there is a spare moment4 ,james ,bonnell made the ,holy ,scriptures his constant and daily study4 ,he read them1 meditated upon them and prayed over them4 ,sir ,john ,hartop1 amidst his many vocations1 kept the ,bible before him night and day4 ,if it is good to read in the morning1 and to meditate upon through the day1 it is just as good to read in the evening4 ,the good ,german expositor ,bengel was seen one night with the open ,bible upon his knees1 and laying his hand upon its sacred page1 was heard to say1 8,lord ,jesus1 we are on the same terms that we were this morning1 now ,i will lie down and sleep1 and ,thou wilt fulfill ,thy ,word in me40 ,blessed confidence6 ,to study the ,bible one might use a few helps to advantage4 ,use a reference ,bible4 ,it is almost indispensable to proper study4 ,a concordance is necessary to turn to any verse with celerity4 ,a ,bible dictionary is a valuable aid to explain many things in history1 antiquity1 customs and manners4 ,a good commentary is often a valuable requisite4 ,it helps in the study1 though it must not be depended upon as a lame man depends upon his crutches4 ,,how ,,to ,,study4 ,what is worth doing is certainly worth doing well4 ,no fitful study has ever mastered any branch of science or art4 ,if constant application of fundamental principles is necessary to achieve the highest results in scientific investigation1 if the ability to make accurate lines and curves is essential to the success of the truest artist1 if practice in five-finger exercises is a daily necessity to the pianist1 the boy who desires to be thoroughly acquainted with the ,bible must diligently search it4 ,study carefully words and verses4 ,frequently one word is a nugget of pure gold4 ,study ideas4 ,as there are veins of silver and gold in the rocks1 so there are veins of truth running through the ,bible4 ,study history4 ,no book deals with nations as far back and shows their rise and fall as the ,bible4 ,study geography4 ,there are rivers and mountains associated with great events4 ,every land seems to have changed except the one where the ,bible was written4 ,egypt1 ,greece and ,rome have little now in common with the days of antiquity4 ,babylon and ,nineveh are not4 ,but ,palestine still remains about the same as a literal explanation of the ,bible4 ,study the books4 ,learn the number and the names of their authors4 8,doctor10 said a convalescent1 8,i'm no judge of books--don't often read one2 but ,i'm reading one now that seems to me a very fine book4 ,i haven't noticed yet who wrote it1 and ,i don't know how you'd pronounce its title1 but it's something like ,i-van-hoe40 8,my friend10 said the physician1 8,i'd give large gold to be in your place long enough to be reading that book for the first time and not knowing who wrote it40 ,in the ,old ,testament there are #ci books4 ,in the ,new ,testament #bg4 ,the first five are laws and political economy1 the next twelve history1 the rest poetry and prophecy4 ,the first four of the ,new ,testament are biography and gospel2 ,acts is history2 the ,epistles theology and philosophy1 and ,revelation is a drama written by ,john on the ,isle of ,patmos4 ,study a whole book asking such questions1 8,who wrote it8 ,where was it written8 ,in what age8 ,what lessons does it teach80 ,by seeking an answer to these questions one cannot fail to gain valuable information in biography1 geography1 and manners4 ,study the teachings of the ,new ,testament4 ,its numerous commands will prompt action1 its invitations inspire confidence1 its promises impart comfort and its doctrines establish one in faith4 ,in a word1 study the ,scriptures methodically4 ,,why ,,study ,,the ,,bible8 ,the question why study the ,bible is of as great importance as how4 ,it is historically worth studying4 ,without it history is incomplete4 ,it is the only book that spans four thousand years1 revealing the origin of the universe and man4 ,it is personally worth studying4 8,in its pages every conceivable condition of human experience is reflected as in a mirror4 ,it puts music into the speech of the tuneless one1 and rounds the periods of the unlettered into an eloquence which no orator can rival4 ,it has martial odes to brace the warrior's courage and gainful proverbs to teach the merchant wisdom4 ,it can translate the doubt of the perplexed1 articulate the cry of the contrite1 and fill the tongue of the joyous with carols of thankful gladness40 ,because of its blaze of eloquence and light of truth ,burke read it1 while ,daniel ,webster turned to it for its rhetoric and poetry4 ,it is this book1 my boy1 which is needed as a guide in the practical duties of life1 and which makes us 8,wise unto salvation through faith which is in ,christ ,jesus40 7#b ,tim4 #c3ae74 ,in fact1 it is the only book which presents ,christ4 ,in the ,old ,testament ,he is seen in prophecy and symbol1 in the ,new in history4 ,in the ,old1 ,he is brought to our hearts in glorious promises2 in the ,new1 ,he comes to us as a living person4 ,he is 8all and in all0 7,col4 #c3c71 insuring peace in this life1 comforting in death and extending happiness beyond the grave4 8,,is ,,all ,,this ,,true80 ,in the northern part of ,england lived a pious widow with her seven daughters and one son4 ,the latter proved ungrateful for her care and became her scourge and cross4 ,he loved worldly company and pursued a wayward course till becoming impoverished it was necessary for him to go to sea4 ,when his mother took leave of him she gave him a ,new ,testament1 inscribed with his name and her own and solemnly and tenderly entreated him to keep the book and read it for her sake4 ,years passed without tidings of his whereabouts4 ,occasionally when visiting the metropolis she would inquire for the ship in which her son had sailed1 but without satisfaction4 ,on one occasion she accidentally met a sea captain1 who informed her that the vessel had been wrecked1 and that ,charles1 whom he knew well1 had gone as all like him should go1 to the bottom of the sea4 ,pierced to the soul1 the unhappy mother withdrew and resolved in future to live in strict retirement4 8,i shall go down to the grave10 she said1 8mourning for my son40 7,gen4 #cg3ce74 ,she moved to a seaport4 ,after the lapse of years a destitute sailor seeking relief knocked at the door4 ,she heard his tale4 ,he had several times been wrecked1 but he had never been so dreadfully destitute as he was some years back1 when he and a fine young gentleman were the only individuals of a whole ship's crew that were saved4 8,we were cast upon a desert island1 where1 after seven days and nights1 ,i closed his eyes4 ,poor fellow1 ,i shall never forget it4 ,he read day and night in a little book1 which he said his mother gave him1 and which was the only thing he saved4 ,it was his companion every moment4 ,he talked of nothing but this book and his mother1 and at last he gave it to me1 with many thanks for my poor services4 #8,there1 ,jack1' said he1 #8take this book1 keep and read it1 and may ,god bless you1 it's all ,i've got1' and then he clasped my hand and died in peace40 8,is all this true80 asked the trembling1 astonished mother4 8,yes1 madam1 every word of it40 ,then1 drawing from his ragged coat a little book1 much battered and time-worn1 he held it up1 exclaiming1 8and here it is40 ,she seized the ,testament1 recognized her own handwriting and beheld the name of her son coupled with her own on the cover4 ,she gazed1 read1 wept and rejoiced4 ,she seemed to hear a voice which said1 8,behold1 thy son liveth60 7,john #d3ej74 ,amidst her conflicting emotions1 she was ready to exclaim3 8,lord1 now lettest ,thou ,thy servant depart in peace1 according to ,thy word1 for mine eyes have seen ,thy salvation40 7,luke #b3bi1 #cj74 ,if my boy1 a book helps one to die1 it must be an excellent book by which to live4 ,make it your constant companion and study1 looking for its precepts as well as promises1 and determine to live up to every duty as you shall discover it4 ,on the day of ,queen ,elizabeth's coronation1 a boy1 skilled in athletic feats1 was dressed as an angel1 with wings on his shoulders and feet1 and on the approach of the royal coach1 he descended as if from heaven1 from the top of ,temple ,bar1 bearing an elegant ,bible1 expressly made for the ,queen4 ,as he descended1 the crowd exclaimed3 8,the ,bible ,bearer60 ,blessed the boy who accepts ,god's call to be a 8,bible ,bearer40 ,said ,david1 8,thy word have ,i hid in my heart that ,i might not sin against ,thee40 7,ps4 #aai3aa74 8,here the tree of knowledge grows1 ,and yields a free repast2 ,here purer sweets than nature knows1 ,invite the longing taste40 ,,chapter ,,xxiv ,be a ,sabbath ,observer ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxiv ,,by ,,wilbur ,f4 ,,crafts 8,we are apt to think10 said ,henry ,s4 ,baker1 8that a rest of twelve hours1 with a sleep of about eight fully recuperates us after a day of hard work at physical or mental labor or both4 ,the microscope shows such a view to be wrong4 ,even twenty-four hours is not quite enough time1 strange as it may seem4 ,the microscope shows that more than thirty hours1 possibly thirty-three or thirty-six1 are needed to restore a cell to its proper size and condition after severe fatigue4 ,in other words1 man is so made that he needs a ,sabbath from ,saturday evening to ,monday morning of complete rest to be as good as new4 ,without this he is never at his best1 physically1 mentally1 morally or spiritually4 ,so we find the fourth commandment is in the nineteenth century echoed from the biological laboratory with tremendous emphasis1 and again we are compelled to admit that ,he who spoke at ,sinai must have made the brain cell and understood its secret workings4 ,again is our faith made firmer that the ,old ,book is not wholly manmade40 ,the ,sabbath was made for man1 body and soul1 as the two railway tracks are made for the two wheels1 and only on the smooth track of ,god's law can your life run smoothly or safely4 ,illustration3 ,wilbur ,f4 ,crafts ,,chapter ,,xxiv ,,be ,a ,,sabbath ,,observer ,a gentleman who had great respect for the ,sabbath was going to church4 ,he was a peculiar man1 and would sometimes do and say singular things4 ,on his way he met a stranger driving a heavily laden wagon through the town4 ,when opposite the wagoner1 he suddenly stopped1 turned around1 and1 lifting up both hands as if in horror1 exclaimed1 8,there1 there1 you are going over it6 ,there1 you have gone right over it60 ,the driver was frightened1 and drew up the horses in an instant1 crying3 8,whoa6 ,whoa60 ,he looked under the wheels1 expecting to see the mangled remains of some innocent child1 or at least a dog1 that had been crushed to death4 ,but1 seeing nothing1 he gazed at the gentleman who had so strangely arrested his attention1 and anxiously asked3 8,pray1 sir1 what have ,i gone over80 8,the fourth commandment10 was the reply4 8,remember the ,sabbath day to keep it holy40 7,exod4 #bj3h74 ,this commandment ,god wrote on 8tables of stone0 7,ex4 #bd3ab7 thousands of years ago1 and not only on stone but also in man's nature4 ,sir ,robert ,peel once said he never knew a man to escape failure either in mind or in body who worked seven days in the week4 ,to observe it is a duty we owe to ourselves and to our ,god4 ,to neglect or disuse it is to incur ,god's displeasure and with it the ills incident thereto4 ,about a century ago1 the ,national ,assembly of ,france1 consisting mostly of infidels1 abolished the ,sabbath4 ,it was not long1 however1 before a wail of distress went up all over the land1 demanding the recognition of this 8,day of ,rest10 and obedience to the will of ,god4 ,it is to the credit of our legislators that they have never suggested such a thing1 yet hundreds and even thousands of men and boys desecrate it4 ,but-- 8,a ,sabbath profaned ,whatever be gained ,is a certain forerunner of sorrow40 ,a ,,picture1 ,,testimony1 ,,fact4 ,hogarth once painted a beautiful picture in which he showed the first step downward of a man who suffered capital punishment4 ,it represented him when a boy playing around the churchyard while the minister was preaching4 ,not that all boys who do so will come to the gallows1 but all are wending their way downward to worse offenses4 ,a gentleman who had charge of a prison1 in which there were more than one thousand prisoners1 took special pains to ascertain the causes of their crimes4 ,he said that he did not recollect a single case of capital offense where the party had not been a ,sabbath-breaker4 ,in many cases the prisoners assured him that ,sabbath-breaking was the first step in their downward career4 8,indeed10 said he1 8nineteen out of every twenty have neglected the ,sabbath and other ordinances of religion40 ,one of the most appalling crimes of the day is ,sabbath desecration4 ,thousands make it a day of pleasure4 ,on car and boat1 with carriage and bicycle1 excursions are made4 ,with bat and ball games are played4 ,with gun and fishing rod life is taken1 all which says1 8,death to the ,sabbath40 ,o1 my boy1 are you aware what that means8 ,it is an evil influence thrown against #ge1jjj ,sunday-schools and #hjj1jjj teachers to stop the religious instruction of #g1jjj1jjj young people4 ,it is an influence arrayed against #fj1jjj pulpits and #fj1jjj trumpets calling sinners to repentance4 ,and more than this1 it is an influence arrayed against the morality and integrity of the nation1 for1 as ,judge ,mc,lean of the ,supreme ,court1 said1 8,where there is no ,sabbath1 there is no ,christian morality2 and without this1 free institutions cannot long be maintained40 ,a ,,brave ,,boy4 ,one lovely ,sunday morning some years ago1 eight young men were walking along the banks of a stream that flows into the ,potomac not far from the ,city of ,washington4 ,they were going to a grove to spend the hours of that holy day in playing cards4 ,each of them carried a flask of wine in his pocket4 ,as they were amusing one another with idle jests the bell of a church in a little village about two miles away began to ring4 ,it sounded in their ears as plainly as though it were only on the other side of the little stream along which they were walking4 ,presently one of them stopped1 and said to his friend near him1 that he would go no farther1 but would return to the village and go to church4 ,his friends called to their companions1 who were a little ahead3 8,boys6 ,boys6 come back here4 ,george is getting religious4 ,we must help him4 ,come on1 and let us baptize him in the water40 ,in a moment they formed a circle about him4 ,they told him that the only way in which he could save himself from having a cold bath was by going with them4 ,in a calm1 quiet manner he said1 8,i know very well you have the power to put me in the water and hold me there till ,i am drowned2 and if you choose to do so1 ,i will make no resistance2 but listen to what ,i have to say1 and then do as you think best4 ,you all know that ,i am two hundred miles from home2 but you do not know that my mother is a helpless1 bed-ridden invalid4 ,i never remember seeing her out of bed2 ,i am her youngest child4 ,my father could not afford to pay for my schooling1 but our teacher1 who is a warm friend of father's1 offered to take me without charge4 ,he was very anxious for me to come1 but mother would not consent4 ,the struggle almost cost her her life4 ,at length after many prayers she yielded1 and said ,i might go4 ,the preparations for my leaving home were soon made4 ,my mother never said a word to me on the subject till the morning ,i was to leave4 ,after breakfast she sent for me and asked if everything was ready4 ,i told her it was and ,i was only waiting for the stage4 ,at her request ,i knelt down beside the bed4 ,with her loving hands upon my head1 she prayed for me4 ,many nights since then have ,i dreamed that whole scene4 ,it is the happiest recollection of my life4 ,i believe1 till the day of my death ,i shall be able to repeat every word of that prayer4 ,when ,i rose1 she said1 #8,my precious boy1 you do not know1 you never can know1 the agony of a mother's heart in parting from her youngest child4 ,when you leave home you will have looked1 for the last time1 on the face of her who loves you as no other mortal does or can4 ,your father cannot afford the expense of your making us visits during the two years that your studies will occupy4 ,i cannot possibly live as long as that4 ,the sands in the hour-glass of my life have nearly run out4 ,in the far-off strange place to which you are going there will be no loving mother to give you counsel in time of trouble4 ,seek counsel and help from ,god4 ,every ,sabbath morning1 from ten to eleven o'clock1 ,i will spend the hour in prayer for you1 wherever you may be during this sacred hour4 ,when you hear the church bells ringing let your thoughts come back to the chamber where your dying mother will be agonizing in prayer for you4 ,but ,i hear the stage coming4 ,kiss me farewell4' ,boys1 ,i never expect to see my mother again on earth4 ,but1 by the help of ,god1 ,i mean to meet her in heaven40 ,as ,george stopped speaking1 the tears were streaming down his cheeks4 ,he looked at his companions4 ,their eyes were all filled with tears4 ,in a moment the ring which they had formed around him was opened4 ,he passed out and went to church4 ,he had stood up for the right against the wrong1 with great odds against him4 ,they admired him for doing what they had not the courage to do4 ,they all followed him to church4 ,on their way1 each of them quietly threw away his cards and wine flask4 ,never again did any of those young men play cards on the ,sabbath4 ,from that day they all became changed men4 ,six of them died ,christians1 the seventh1 who related this story1 has been for years an earnest1 active member of the church1 and ,george became an able1 ,christian lawyer4 ,the same is true of you1 my boy4 ,you will help or hinder1 bless or curse1 encourage or discourage in proportion as you live and act on this day4 ,girard1 the millionaire of ,philadelphia1 one ,saturday ordered all his clerks to come on the morrow to his wharf and help unload a newly-arrived ship4 ,one young man replied quietly3 8,mr4 ,girard1 ,i can't work on ,sundays40 8,you know the rules80 8,yes1 ,i know1 ,i have a mother to support1 but ,i can't work on ,sundays40 8,well1 step up to the desk1 and the cashier will settle with you40 ,for three weeks the young man could find no work1 but one day a banker came to ,girard to ask if he could recommend a man for cashier in a new bank4 ,the discharged young man was at once named as a suitable person4 8,but10 said the banker1 8you dismissed him40 8,yes1 because he would not work on ,sundays4 ,a man who would lose his place for conscience's sake would make a trustworthy cashier40 ,he was appointed4 ,my boy-- 8,dare to do right1 dare to do right2 ,the world will change when you've won the fight4 ,don't mind a laugh1 don't mind a slight1 ,dare to do right1 dare to do right40 ,,god ,,hallowed ,,it4 ,after ,god made the world and all contained therein1 we read that ,he rested4 ,the word 8,sabbath0 is the ,hebrew word meaning rest4 ,we are to remember the 8,rest ,day10 for ,god hallowed it and because of this the one-seventh of our time is to witness a suspension of buying and selling2 a pause in the clatter of the workshop and the anxiety of the desk2 and a serious yielding up of ourselves to devout thought and intelligent worship4 ,this day is absolutely necessary4 ,natural science affirms that man and beast require a day of periodical rest4 ,florists say that the most prolific plants cease to produce beautiful flowers if they are not kept from flowering a part of the year4 ,medical men declare that keeping the ,lord's ,day is of unlimited benefit1 and that man cannot and should not do without it4 ,when ,lord ,castlereagh broke down from overwork on three hundred and sixty-five days per year1 and through insanity took his own life1 ,wilberforce exclaimed3 8,poor ,castlereagh1 this is the result of the non-observance of the ,sabbath40 ,when ,john ,quincy ,adams was ,minister to the ,court of ,holland1 he joined a society of learned men1 who met once a week for mutual improvement4 ,mr4 ,adams1 though one of the youngest members1 soon became a great favorite4 ,on one occasion the meeting was adjourned to ,sunday evening4 ,mr4 ,adams was not there4 ,his fellow-members noticed and regretted his absence4 ,on the third ,sunday evening it met1 ,mr4 ,adams' chair was still vacant4 ,many were surprised that he who formerly was so prompt and punctual should thus break off4 ,at last the meetings were returned to a week-day evening1 and lo6 ,mr4 ,adams was in his place1 brilliant and delightful as ever4 ,the members welcomed him back and expressed their sorrow that press of business or the duties of his office should so long have deprived them of his company4 8,it was not business10 replied he1 8you met on the ,lord's day2 that is a day devoted to religious uses by me1 which imparts unspeakable advantages from a faithful observance of it40 ,james ,a4 ,garfield1 when ,president1 showed his respect for this day by never allowing anything to interfere with his going to church4 ,like ,president ,hayes he would walk in order to give his coachman rest4 ,at the ,chicago ,convention at which ,mr4 ,garfield was nominated for the ,presidency1 many wanted to go on with the balloting after midnight of ,saturday4 ,judge ,hoar1 the chairman1 was pressed to ignore the ,sabbath and let the ,convention proceed4 ,he replied1 8,never6 ,this is a ,sabbath-keeping nation1 and ,i cannot preside over this ,convention one minute after twelve o'clock40 ,on that ,sabbath1 ,garfield attended church and heard a sermon4 ,at dinner the conversation turned upon the suspense of the country4 ,one spoke of the deadlock in business created by it2 another of the suspense in ,washington1 where all were awaiting the further developments of the ,convention4 ,all said something1 and when done1 ,garfield remarked1 quietly but earnestly1 to one sitting beside him3 8,yes1 this is a day of suspense1 but it is also a day of prayer1 and ,i have more faith in the prayers that will go up from ,christian hearts to-day than ,i have in all the political tactics which will prevail at this ,convention4 ,this is the ,lord's ,day4 ,i have great reverence for it40 ,when ,general ,grant was in ,paris1 the ,president of the ,republic1 as a special token of respect1 invited him to occupy a place on the grand stand to witness the great racing which occurs in that country on ,sunday4 ,it is considered a discourteous act to decline such an invitation from the head official of the ,republic4 ,such a thing had never been heard of1 but ,general ,grant in a polite note declined the honor1 and said to the ,french ,president1 8,it is not in accordance with the custom of my country or with the spirit of my religion to spend ,sunday in that way40 ,and when ,sabbath came that great hero found his way to the ,american chapel1 where he was one of its quiet worshippers4 ,if such great men believed and obeyed the command of ,god1 should not every boy do the same8 8,,keep ,,it ,,holy40 ,my boy1 keep this day which so many make a day of social festivity or pleasure holy4 ,do so because ,god asks you4 ,keep it holy by refraining from work or pleasure4 8,i thank ,god10 said ,gladstone1 8for the ,sabbath with its rest for the body and soul40 ,keep it holy by attending divine worship4 ,learn to say with ,david3 8,how amiable are ,thy ,tabernacles1 ,o ,lord of ,hosts4 ,my soul longeth1 yea1 even fainteth for the ,courts of the ,lord40 7,psalm #hd3a1 #b74 8,i feel10 wrote ,coleridge1 8as if ,god had1 by giving the ,sabbath1 given fifty-two springs in the year40 ,keep it holy by doing good1 for it is lawful to do good on the ,sabbath4 ,it is said that a ,spartan youth was holding the censer at a sacrifice when ,alexander was offering a victim4 ,it chanced that while he held it1 a hot coal fell upon his hand4 ,the youth flinched not1 lest by any utterance or cry the company would be disturbed2 8for10 said he1 8,i am in the presence of ,alexander40 ,so1 my boy1 when tempted to neglect home meditation1 the communion of saints at the church1 or the sick or needy in their distress1 do not do it1 remembering you are in the presence of ,jesus4 ,keep this day as a day of anticipation1 looking forward to that holy and eternal ,sabbath that remaineth for the people of ,god4 ,keep it1 honor it1 love it1 for it is-- --8the day that ,god hath blest1 ,the type of heaven's eternal rest40 ,,chapter ,,xxv ,be a ,church ,member ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxv ,,by ,,wayland ,,hoyt1 ,d4 ,d4 ,when once thy foot enters the church1 beware1 ,god is more there than thou2 for thou art there ,only by ,his permission4 ,then beware2 ,and make thyself all reverence and fear4 --,herbert4 ,the boy needs the church and the church needs the boy4 ,why is it that so many young men are on the downward road8 ,is it because they have either greater temptations or less power to resist them than others8 ,whether it be one or both1 young men need the fellowship1 protection and nurture of the church4 ,my advice to every boy is1 join the church4 --,alvin ,a4 ,cober4 ,be a church member1 my boy1 because ,christ commands it2 because the church is on the winning side2 because it is brave and manly2 because to be a member of ,christ's church is the highest honor4 ,do not wait about it4 ,love ,christ1 confess ,him by becoming one of ,his declared people4 ,besides this1 what help there is in the companionship of the church4 ,illustration3 ,wayland ,hoyt ,,chapter ,,xxv ,,be ,a ,,church ,,member ,there are in the ,united ,states about seven hundred different kinds of lodges1 chapters and orders1 but not one of them can take the place of the church1 or do the work this institution was designed to do4 ,the church is divine1 all other organizations man's creation4 ,the latter are temporary1 the former eternal4 ,sometimes the word church is ill-defined4 ,it is used to designate a sect or a place of worship4 ,instead of this1 however1 it is a people1 and a redeemed people1 though used in this connection with people and place4 ,jesus designated the church nucleus as those whom ,god had given ,him out of the world4 ,the first cabinet officers were illiterate fishermen who were taught at the feet of ,jesus1 a school infinitely more important than any college to-day4 ,so true is this that every sceptical antagonist1 whether possessed of the learning and genius of ,voltaire1 the brass and audacity of ,paine1 the polished eloquence of ,hume1 or the wealth and dignity of ,bolingbroke1 has had to bow before it and concede that it is all-powerful4 ,and this1 because its founder ,jesus ,christ is the center of attraction and the predominating influence4 ,,why ,,boys ,,do ,,not ,,go4 ,many boys absent themselves from church4 ,their excuses are without number and many of them without sense4 ,burdette1 the ,christian humorist1 asks3 8,so you are not going to church this morning1 my son8 ,ah1 yes1 ,i see4 #8,the music is not good2' that's a pity6 ,that's what you go to church for1 is it8 ,and #8the pews are not comfortable4' ,that's too bad6 the ,sabbath is a day of rest1 and we go to church for repose4 ,the less we do through the week1 the more rest we clamor for on ,sabbath4 #8,the church is so far away2 it is too far to walk1 and ,i detest riding in a street-car1 and they're always crowded on the ,sabbath4' ,this is1 indeed1 distressing6 ,sometimes when ,i think how much farther away heaven is than the church1 and that there are no conveyances on the road of any description1 ,i wonder how some of us are going to get there4 ,and #8the sermon is so long always4' ,all these things are1 indeed1 to be regretted6 ,i would regret them more sincerely1 my boy1 did ,i not know that you will often squeeze into a stuffed street-car1 with a hundred other men1 breathing an odor of whisky1 beer and tobacco1 hang on a strap for two miles1 and then pay fifty cents for the privilege of sitting on a rough plank in the broiling sun for two hours longer1 while in the intervals of the game a scratch band will blow discordant thunder from a dozen misfit horns right into your ears1 and come home to talk the rest of the family into a state of aural paralysis about the #8dandiest' game you ever saw played on that ground40 ,,what ,,church ,,going ,,did4 ,ah1 my boy1 you see what staying away from church does4 ,it develops a habit of lying4 ,there isn't one man in a hundred who could go on the witness stand and give1 under oath1 the same reasons for not going to church that he gives to his family every ,sunday morning4 ,my son1 if you didn't think you ought to go1 you wouldn't make any excuses for not going4 ,no man apologizes for doing right4 ,a young man from the country went to ,new ,york to engage in business4 ,the first ,sunday he visited the old ,wall ,street church1 and was invited by ,robert ,lenox1 the president of the ,bible ,society1 to a seat in his pew4 ,the next morning he went to buy leather to start shoe-making4 ,when he asked for credit1 the merchant asked3 8,did ,i not see you yesterday in ,mr4 ,lenox's pew80 8,i don't know1 sir2 ,i was at church1 and a kind gentleman asked me to sit in his pew40 8,yes1 young man1 that was ,robert ,lenox4 ,i'll trust anyone that ,mr4 ,lenox invites into his pew4 ,you need not trouble yourself about references4 ,when the goods are gone1 come and get more40 8,the attendance at church that ,sunday10 said this young man in after years1 8was the means of my becoming a prominent successful merchant1 and contributor to the support of ,god's house40 ,a humble brickmason who confessed ,christ united with ,his people4 ,rising in meeting1 he stated the reason that prompted him to this step4 8,i used to think10 he said1 8that ,i could be as good out of the church as in it4 ,i felt that ,i was moral and upright and had as clean a character as the next man2 but one day while walking by a building under construction1 ,i happened to see a new but dirty brick lying in the road useless and neglected4 #8,there1' said ,i to myself1 #8are you1 ,henry ,crane1 thinking you are as good a brick out of the church as if you were in it4 ,but you are of no account to anybody1 and nobody cares anything for you4 ,you are lying around in everybody's way1 and nobody cares to step over you2 they all tread you down into the mud as if you were a stone4 ,if you were built into the wall1 as you ought to be1 you would amount to something1 and have an honest man's place4 ,then you would be of some use4' ,so ,i made up my mind that ,i would not be like that brick any longer4 ,that is why ,i have come out on the ,lord's side and joined the ,lord's people1 that ,i may be built into the wall and have a place in the building of ,god40 ,,why ,,attend ,,and ,,unite ,,with ,,the ,,church8 ,to attend and be a member of a church should be considered a pleasure rather than pain1 a privilege rather than duty4 ,some boys go because they are compelled by parents who are members4 ,they laugh and talk1 instead of worshipping ,god4 ,without a blessing they enter the sacred place1 without a blessing they leave4 ,the most sacred entrance to the ,kremlin1 in ,moscow1 is called the 8,redeemer ,gate10 because there is hung in it a picture of the ,saviour--a picture of great sanctity4 ,even the ,emperor has to uncover his head as he passes through this gate4 ,the passage under the gate is long1 but even in a terrific snow storm every one is compelled to uncover his head4 ,it is said that when ,napoleon refused to take his hat off while passing before the sacred picture1 a sudden gust of wind took it off for him4 ,god's ,house is sacred4 ,there ,he manifests ,himself1 having declared1 8,ye shall reverence ,my ,sanctuary3 ,i am the ,lord40 7,lev4 #ai3cj74 ,and ,jesus said3 8,my ,house shall be called the ,house of prayer40 7,matt4 #ba3ac74 ,the blessedness derived from attending and uniting with the church exceeds the blessedness of everything else4 ,god's ,word approves it4 ,nehemiah said1 8,we will not forsake the ,house of our ,god40 7,neh4 #aj3ci74 ,david said1 8,how amiable are ,thy ,tabernacles1 ,o ,lord of ,hosts6 my heart longeth1 yea even fainteth for the courts of the ,lord2 my heart and my flesh cry out for the living ,god40 7,ps4 #hd3db74 ,paul exhorts not to forsake 8the assembling of ourselves together40 7,heb4 #aj3be74 ,it is at church where ,god says3 8,there ,i will meet with thee1 and ,i will commune with thee from above the mercy seat40 7,ex4 #be3bb74 ,it is there ,god provides a spiritual feast of good things for the soul4 8,he brought me10 said ,solomon1 8to the banqueting house and ,his banner over me was love40 7,cant4 #b3d74 ,it is here ,he reveals ,his glory3 8,i will glorify the ,house of ,my glory10 7,isa4 #fj3g7 said ,god4 ,jesus declared1 8,there am ,i in the midst40 7,matt4 #ah3bj74 ,because of this ,general ,o4 ,o4 ,howard stood the scoffs and sneers at ,west ,point1 and said3 8,i gripped my ,bible1 shut my teeth and went for my mother's and ,jesus' sake40 ,to unite with the church is proper and profitable4 ,it is one of the ways of confessing ,christ4 ,that beautiful character1 ,henry ,drummond1 united with the church at twelve4 ,how interesting to read his first experience in taking part in meeting4 8,in prayer10 he wrote1 8,i trembled in voice and all through4 ,voice seemed not my own4 ,i had outlined the prayer during the afternoon1 but didn't remember it40 ,little by little however he became a man who had great liberty in addressing ,god and pleading with man4 ,many men who live without uniting with the church do not want to die out of it4 ,when the great shipbuilder ,john ,roach was struck with a mortal illness1 he said4 8,i want to be received into the church40 ,let any ,christian boy consider carefully that out of seven millions of young men in this land1 only two-thirds attend church and only one-twelfth belong1 and he will say with ,general ,grant when baptized by ,bishop ,newman1 8,o that ,i might live for years1 that ,i might show the joys of being a consistent member of the church40 ,church relationship1 my boy1 creates holy desires and aspirations1 augments power for doing good1 throws a magic uplifting influence around others and extends the kingdom of ,christ on earth4 ,,results ,,of ,,church ,,relationship4 ,the results of church relationship are too numerous to mention4 ,to be a church member glorifies ,god1 enlarges influence1 and leads others into the broad fields of usefulness1 where ,god can own and bless4 ,in 8,darkest ,africa10 a great man did a great work1 through loving and uniting with ,god's people in youth4 ,in a little village of ,scotland1 stood an old church1 whose pastor had preached therein for many years4 ,one ,sunday morning he was accosted by one of his deacons1 whose face wore a very resolute but distressed expression4 8,i came early to meet you10 he said1 8,i have something on my heart to say to you1 ,pastor4 ,there must be something radically wrong in your preaching and work2 there has been only one person added to the church in a whole year1 and he only a boy40 ,the old minister listened4 ,his eyes moistened and his thin hand trembled on his broad-headed cane4 8,i feel it all10 said he1 8,i feel it1 but ,god knows that ,i have tried to do my duty1 and ,i can trust ,him for the results40 8,yes1 yes10 said the deacon1 8but #8by their fruits ye shall know them4' 7,matt4 #g3bj74 ,one new member seems to me a rather slight evidence of true faith and zeal4 ,i don't want to be hard2 ,i have had this matter on my heart and ,i have only done my duty in speaking plain40 8,true10 said the old man1 8but #8charity suffereth long and is kind3 beareth all things1 hopeth all things6' 7#a ,cor4 #ac3d1 #g74 ,ay1 there you have it3 #8hopeth all things6' ,i have great hopes of that one boy4 ,some seed that we sow bears fruit late1 but its fruit is generally the most precious of all40 ,the old minister went into the pulpit with a grieved and heavy heart1 and closed his discourse with dim and tearful eyes4 ,he wished that his work was done forever and that he was at rest under the blooming trees in the old churchyard4 ,he lingered in the church after the rest were gone4 ,he desired to be alone4 ,the place was sacred and inexpressibly dear to him4 ,it had been his spiritual home from his youth4 ,before this altar he prayed over the dead forms of bygone generations1 and had welcomed the children of succeeding ones2 and now to be told that his work was no longer owned and blessed6 ,no one remained1 no one8 8,only a boy40 ,he watched the trembling man4 ,his soul was filled with loving sympathy4 ,he went to him1 and laid his hand on his black gown4 8,well1 ,robert80 said the minister4 8,do you think if ,i were willing to work hard for an education1 ,i could ever become a preacher80 8,a preacher80 8,perhaps a missionary40 ,there was a long pause4 ,tears filled the eyes of the minister4 ,at length he said1 8,this heals each ache in my heart1 ,robert4 ,i see the divining ,hand now4 ,may ,god bless you1 my boy4 ,yes1 ,i think you will become a preacher40 ,some few years ago there returned to ,london from ,africa an aged missionary4 ,his name was spoken with reverence4 ,when he went into an assembly the people rose2 when he spoke in public there was a deep silence4 ,princes stood uncovered before him1 nobles invited him to their homes1 and on one occasion he was presented with a sum of five thousand guineas in recognition of his great services4 ,he had added a province to the church of ,christ on earth2 he had brought under the gospel influence the most savage of ,african chiefs2 had given the translated ,bible to strange tribes2 had enriched with valuable knowledge the ,royal ,geographical ,society1 and had honored the humble place of his birth1 the old ,scottish church1 the ,united ,kingdom and the universal missionary cause4 ,who was the boy8 ,who was the minister8 ,the latter is forgotten4 ,he sleeps beneath the trees in the humble place of his labors1 but men remember his work because of what he was to that one boy1 and what that boy was to the world4 8,only a boy that had joined the church10 but that boy was the great missionary ,robert ,moffatt4 ,had he neglected church and mingled with bad company and formed bad habits1 what a great work would have been left undone1 what an obscure life he would have lived1 and the name so universally known would never have been uttered with reverence as it is now6 ,,bee ,,hunting4 ,of hunting bees1 one writer has said that the manner of catching them is very ingenious4 ,he puts a piece of honeycomb into a box4 ,then he catches a bee and covers him within the box4 ,as soon as the fright of the prisoner is overcome1 he moves about1 tastes the honey and is satisfied4 ,the prison becomes a home4 ,being loosed1 he finds his way back to the hive and in a little time returns1 bringing others with him4 ,he has told the secret story of his find to his former associates1 and they in turn follow him back until the bee-hunter's box is filled with a swarm of bees4 ,this is ,god's appointed way of building up ,his church and saving the race4 ,he first reveals ,himself to one soul1 entrancing him with ,his love and thrilling his soul with the joys of salvation4 ,this one1 having tasted the sweetness of forgiveness and the joy of hope1 goes to another1 narrating his experience and discovery1 and he in turn finds another1 until one by one he brings them into the great church hive4 ,andrew brings ,peter1 7,john #a3da7 ,philip brings ,nathaniel1 7,john #a3de7 ,joel ,stratton brings ,gough1 ,robert ,eaglen brings ,spurgeon1 and you1 some other boy4 ,o1 my boy1 attend church regularly4 ,if you are not a member1 become one4 ,then tell the story of ,jesus and ,his love4 ,seek to bring others to church1 for if the ,house of ,god is the ,gate to ,heaven1 what must ,heaven be8 ,if the songs of ,zion1 the gospel preached and prayers offered are cheering and helpful1 what must it be to be in the presence of ,him who is the key-note of all songs2 the sum and substance of all truth1 the way1 and the life8 ,can you not say3 8,i love ,thy church1 ,o ,god2 ,her walls before me stand1 ,dear as the apple of ,thine eye1 ,and graven on ,thy hand4 ,for her my tears shall fall2 ,for her my prayers ascend2 ,to her my cares and toils be given1 ,till toils and cares shall end40 ,,chapter ,,xxvi ,be a ,worker for ,jesus ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxvi ,,by ,c4 ,c4 ,,mccabe 8,forth in ,thy name1 ,o ,lord1 ,i go1 ,my daily labor to pursue1 ,thee1 only ,thee1 resolved to know1 ,in all ,i think1 or speak1 or do40 ,the manifold relations that a boy sustains to society forces him to labor in many spheres1 and each has its special compensation1 but the noblest and best rewarded service is for ,jesus4 ,such calls into exercise the purest impulses1 inspires the best deeds1 grants the truest freedom and protects against destroying vices4 --,nevin ,b4 ,mathes4 ,you cannot serve a better ,master4 ,he will set you free and keep you so4 ,any other service is slavery--but ,his service is perfect freedom4 ,work for ,him4 ,let your life count upon the side of ,christ1 and for the welfare of the world4 ,you cannot imagine what a glorious destiny is before you if you give yourself and your life to ,him4 ,illustration3 ,c4 ,c4 ,mc,cabe ,,chapter ,,xxvi ,,be ,a ,,worker ,,for ,,jesus ,the poet ,virgil was said to have cast an enchantment on one of the public gates of ,naples4 ,all who passed the sculptured1 smiling face on one side prospered1 but those who passed under the frowning figure on the opposite side were doomed from the outset to disaster4 ,many now believe in such superstitious ideas1 and 8,chance0 is charged with the ups and downs of thousands4 ,common sense and experience assure us that the one main condition of success is work4 ,the practical person takes no stock in what ,shakespeare calls 8giddy fortune's fickle wheel10 but instead relies on 8,heaven helps those that help themselves40 ,a dying farmer called to his bedside his three lazy sons and said to them3 8,my sons1 a great treasure lies hid in the estate which ,i am about to leave you40 8,where is it hid80 exclaimed the sons in a breath4 8,i am about to tell you10 said the old man1 8you will have to dig for it--0 ,his breath failed him before imparting the weighty secret1 and he died4 ,forthwith the sons set to work upon the long-neglected fields4 ,they discovered no treasure1 but they learned to work1 and when these fields were sown1 and the harvest came1 the yield in consequence of the thorough tilling was prodigious4 ,then was it they discovered the treasure concealed in the estate1 of which their wise old father had advised them4 ,the same rule holds good in the work of ,jesus4 ,work is ordained by ,god1 and should be ordained by us for ,god4 ,the establishment of the religion of ,christ in all lands1 the numberless churches1 the schools of learning and the asylums for the needy owe all to the energy and toil of the adherents of ,christ4 ,in the ,bible ,christianity is represented as a temple1 but ,christians are the builders4 ,life is spoken of as a warfare1 but ,christians are the soldiers4 ,work is shown to be the divine test of greatness1 but ,christians are the workers4 ,to simply love ,god is not sufficient1 for love must prove itself by labor4 ,to have faith is not enough1 for 8,faith without works is dead40 7,james #b3bj74 ,it is like a fish without water and a watch without springs4 ,philip might have said to ,nathaniel3 8,i would not be surprised if we met ,jesus to-day10 but the record tells us he 8findeth ,nathaniel and saith unto him1 #8,we have found ,him of whom ,moses in the law and the prophets did write4'0 7,john #a3de74 ,harlan ,page1 pressed with business cares and battling with ill-health1 might have said1 8,well1 now1 ,i believe ,god will send laborers into ,his vineyard10 but he went to work and led a hundred young men into the ministry by consecrating his personal influence to ,christ4 ,,laying ,,bricks4 ,a little over half a century ago a boy heard his pastor say to the trustees that he would like a new brick walk laid around the old church4 ,they replied it was impossible as there were no funds in the treasury4 ,that boy wanted to do something for his ,master1 so he said to himself3 8,i will do what ,i can to lay the walk about the church40 ,he went to a brickyard section of ,philadelphia1 and asked one of his father's friends to give him a thousand brick1 of another friend he asked a like amount2 and another1 until he thought he had secured a sufficient number to complete the walk4 ,he then asked some of the men and boys whom he knew very well to help place them in position4 ,they did so1 beginning on ,thursday and completing the work at half past ten o'clock ,saturday night4 ,this lad had a great desire to know what the pastor would say1 so he made his way very early ,sunday morning to a place where he could see his pastor and not be seen by him4 ,soon after ,dr4 ,chambers came down the street and started to go to his study1 when he realized that his feet were standing on a new pavement4 ,he took off his glasses and rubbed them4 ,putting them on he began to walk up and down1 first on ,sansom and then on ,broad ,street4 ,he made the journey two or three times4 ,the young man was soon walking along after him apparently unconcerned4 ,the pastor had made his last trip over the walk1 and turning around saw the lad4 ,the tears began to flow as he said1 8,my son1 who did this80 ,the young man looked up and said1 8,dr4 ,chambers1 ,i helped to do it40 ,then ,dr4 ,chambers put his hands on the young man's shoulders and said1 8,god bless you1 my son1 you have made your old pastor's heart glad4 ,you have greatly aided me in my church work40 ,that boy was ,john ,wanamaker4 ,,the ,,command4 ,there is one reason which should prompt every boy to work4 ,jesus says1 8,son1 go work to-day in ,my vineyard40 7,matt4 #ba3bh74 ,he has elected boys as well as men1 and commissioned them to do ,his will4 ,note the loving title which ,he uses4 8,son40 ,not slave1 or servant1 but son1 thus presenting the fact of near relationship4 ,son1 do what8 8,work40 ,that's the philosopher's stone which turns everything to gold1 and the key that unlocks the treasures of nature4 ,by it the muscles are hardened1 the intellect strengthened1 and slumbering genius awakened4 8,son1 go work60 ,when8 8,to-day10 thus showing it is a present need1 for the night cometh when no boy can work4 ,ledyard1 on being summoned before the ,geographical ,society of ,great ,britain was told they desired him to visit and do certain work in ,africa4 ,after enumerating the perils1 the exposure1 the hard work1 they asked when he could be ready to start4 8,to-morrow morning10 was the reply4 ,the learned men were astonished4 ,they thought it would take weeks and months to get ready4 ,but ,god requires even greater promptness than ,ledyard's4 ,he asks1 8to-day40 ,there's not a moment that has not a work assigned to it1 and if neglected it is left undone forever4 ,like a ship at sea1 with compass gone1 the boy loses his bearings4 ,it is by the velocity with which a ball is shot from a cannon that it is kept from the ground4 ,it is by a peculiar law that electricity will keep to the wire till it reaches a break1 and thus an active ,christian boy will keep at the ,master's work until life ends4 ,he will be a ,samuel1 saying3 8,here am ,i10 7#b ,sam4 #c3e7 and a ,paul1 8,what wilt ,thou have me to do80 7,acts #i3f74 ,,equipment4 ,god not only calls us to work1 but ,he also has a definite work1 and equips every worker with ability to do that work4 ,it is not sufficient to testify of being saved and a willingness to be used by ,god4 ,no4 ,god has something especially for every ,christian to do4 ,as surely as we have named the name of ,jesus1 so surely have we been called to do ,his service1--a service that is for each one just as definite as for any who have lived before us4 ,we may not be able to do what we would like1 but we can do a great deal more than we do for the ,master4 ,it is not always-- --8the good thing we accomplish1 but the better thing we plan1 ,not achievement but ,ideal1 is the measure of the man40 ,there was a boy who led thousands to ,christ4 ,he was converted under somewhat peculiar circumstances1 and owed the beginning of his religious life largely to the influence exerted upon him by the silent performance of an act of religious duty on the part of a room-mate and fellow-apprentice4 ,this boy's early years were such as to produce a very unquiet conscience1 but the claims of religion continued to assert themselves in his soul amid all his irregularities of conduct4 ,at last he began to have longings for a better life4 ,sometimes on a ,sabbath he would go away by himself and pray4 8,i wanted to be a ,christian10 he said1 8but knew not how4 ,i prayed that the ,lord would raise up someone in the house to be my guide4 ,i am sure ,i was sincere in this1 and now came the turning point of my life4 ,the gentleman with whom ,i lived was in need of money1 so he took another apprentice for the sake of the premium4 ,this youth had been religiously educated4 ,the apprentices all slept in the same room4 ,the first time this boy lodged with us he knelt down by his bed and prayed in silence4 ,the thought instantly occurred to me as ,i looked with surprise on the youth bending before ,god1 that there was the answer to my prayer4 ,so it proved4 ,i became acquainted with him and with boyish simplicity he told me the love of ,jesus4 ,it was not long before the light of the ,gospel shone in my heart40 ,this boy that did his duty so silently and unconsciously is not known to us1 but the boy he led to ,christ and who became such a great soul-winner was the eloquent ,henry ,james4 ,joel ,stratton was a poor1 unlettered young man1 but he led the great temperance worker ,john ,b4 ,gough to ,jesus4 ,it was a kind word and a hearty handshake that brought the white-headed1 clear-brained1 sweet-spirited1 silver-tongued ,bishop ,simpson to ,christ4 ,robert ,eaglen is unknown but for one thing4 ,one day standing up in meeting he attempted to preach the gospel4 ,before him was ,charles ,haddon ,spurgeon1 of whom the great evangelist ,richard ,knill once said3 8,that voice will be heard by thousands40 ,knill exacted a promise from him1 that when he preached in ,rowland ,hill's great chapel in ,london1 he would announce the hymn1 8,god moves in a mysterious way40 ,this boy heard ,eaglen give out the text1 8,look unto ,me1 and1 be ye saved40 7,isa4 #de3bb74 ,then he caught the eye of the speaker looking at him as he cried1 8,look6 ,look6 ,look6 only look and be saved40 ,through that sermon ,charles ,spurgeon became a ,christian4 ,at sixteen he preached his first sermon4 ,at nineteen he was placed on trial as a candidate for a pastorate4 ,he was greeted by an audience of two hundred persons to hear the first sermon1 but before his three months' trial was over1 the twelve hundred sittings were all taken1 and within a year the house was enlarged4 ,the ,royal ,surrey ,garden ,music ,hall was then engaged while a larger tabernacle was being built4 ,ten and twelve thousand people flocked to hear him4 ,rich and poor1 lords and laborers sat at his feet4 ,men said1 8,what a brilliant meteor40 ,but he proved to be a fixed star4 ,he wrote many books1 built orphanages until five hundred children were sheltered1 erected a college and did a vast amount of good4 ,great honor is his1 but how great that of ,robert ,eaglen who led him to ,jesus4 ,,one ,,boy',s ,,work4 ,mrs4 ,phoebe ,palmer once told of a boy in ,england who went to his pastor and asked him if there was something he could do for the ,lord4 ,the pastor said1 8,why1 ,i don't know4 ,i do not think you are capable of teaching a class1 and hardly old enough to be a judicious tract distributor4 ,i don't know what you can do40 8,seems to me10 said the boy1 8there ought to be something for us boys to do40 ,the pastor thought a moment and then he asked1 8,is your seat-mate in school a ,christian80 8,no1 sir1 ,i think not40 8,then go to work1 as the ,lord shall show you how1 and get him converted4 ,then take another and another4 ,i cannot tell you exactly what to do1 but if you pray1 the ,saviour will show you how to get them saved40 ,some months after when ,mrs4 ,palmer was holding meetings in that place1 this boy was lying very ill4 ,the doctors gave him up to die4 ,his father went to the afternoon meeting1 and coming home1 the boy roused up and asked3 8,was ,ned ,smith at the meeting this afternoon80 8,yes1 my son40 8,did he give his heart to the ,lord ,jesus ,christ80 8,no1 ,i think not40 8,oh1 dear10 said the dying boy1 8,i thought he would40 ,the next day his father again went to the meeting4 ,when he came home the son asked him the same question and expressed the same disappointment that his friend was not converted4 ,the third day he asked the same question and received a different answer4 8,yes1 ,ned gave his heart to the ,saviour this afternoon40 8,i am so glad10 was the answer4 ,after his death1 his parents opened a little box he kept near him1 and found a piece of paper with forty boys' names written upon it4 ,the first one was his seat-mate at the time when he went to the pastor and asked for something to do for the ,lord2 the last name was that of ,ned ,smith4 ,every boy on the list was converted4 ,he had taken them one by one in faith and prayer1 giving them books to read1 showing them texts of scripture1 taking them to church and talking to them about their sins and how ,christ would forgive them1 and the whole forty had been converted through his efforts4 ,,the ,,kind ,,of ,a ,,worker4 ,there is plenty of work a boy can do for ,jesus4 ,there are tracts to distribute1 acts of love to be shown to the sick and aged4 ,there are boys who can be influenced to go to ,sunday-school and church4 ,beethoven's maxim was1 8,not a day without a line10 and the boy's should be1 8,every day this one thing ,i do1 something to lead a soul nearer to ,jesus40 ,be a patient and careful worker4 8,the one prudence in life10 said ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson1 8is concentration2 the one evil is dissipation40 ,paul's exhortation to ,timothy was1 8,show thyself approved unto ,god1 a workman that needeth not to be ashamed10 7#b ,tim4 #b3ae71 a first-class workman4 ,to be this demands judicious planning and careful executing4 ,it is not so much the amount done1 but the way in which it is done4 ,a right motive to a right way is found in the fact3 8,thou ,god seest me40 7,gen4 #aj3ac74 ,hooker1 speaking of ,edward ,,vi4 said1 8,he died young but lived long1 if life be action40 ,john ,summerfield was but twenty-seven when he died1 yet with a frail body1 he lived long enough to tell the ,gospel message to the whole ,english-speaking race of his time4 8,so little done1 so much to do10 said ,cecil ,rhodes on his death-bed4 ,though a man of affairs and a prodigious worker he sorrowed over the fact that he was leaving much unaccomplished4 ,one of ,napoleon's dying veterans received on the battlefield the grand cross of the 8,legion of ,honor0 from the ,emperor's hand and said 8,now ,i die satisfied40 ,my boy1 may you be enrolled in ,god's ,legion of ,honor4 ,let nothing discomfort you4 ,make condition your bond slave1 grasp opportunity by the forelock and work out destinies in sunshine and darkness1 so that you may hear the ,master's voice after the labor and battles of life are o'er4 8,go labor on2 spend and be spent ,the joy to do the ,father's will2 ,it is the way the ,master went2 ,should not the servant tread it still8 ,toil on1 and in thy toil rejoice6 ,for toil comes rest1 for exile home2 ,soon shalt thou hear the ,bridegroom's voice1 ,the midnight peal3 #8,behold1 ,i come6'0 ,,chapter ,,xxvii ,be a ,witness for ,jesus ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxvii ,,by ,h4 ,w4 ,,warren ,my family and ,i were in ,copenhagen one ,fourth of ,july1 so we hung our ,american flag out of the window of the hotel4 ,up came the ,united ,states consul1 saying3 8,i knew there must be some good ,americans behind that flag40 ,how glad we were to see one of our countrymen in a strange land4 ,what favors he showed us and what honors he caused to come to us4 ,we belong to a better country4 ,let us hang out the flag4 ,the ,king of the country said3 8,if any man serve ,me1 him will ,my ,father honor10 7,john #ab3bf7 and 8,he that shall confess ,me before men1 him will ,i confess also before ,my ,father which is in heaven40 7,matt4 #aj3cb74 ,what is your name8 ,be it ,john1 ,henry or whatever else1 how pleasant to hear it confessed in that place1 that company and by that royal ,king4 ,it is not merely there and then that our names are confessed1 but here and now3 the ,spirit beareth witness in our hearts that we are the children of ,god4 ,the ,holy ,ghost is a witness to us now1 as really as we are witnesses for ,god4 ,mutual relations are best relations4 ,abel obtained witness that he was righteous2 so may we4 ,illustration3 ,h4 ,w4 ,warren ,,chapter ,,xxvii ,,be ,a ,,witness ,,for ,,jesus ,in city courtrooms there is a certain stand known as the 8witness stand10 from which individuals give evidence for or against the accused whose trial is pending4 ,sometimes the evidence is the means of convicting and sometimes freeing the accused4 ,before giving the testimony1 however1 they are required on oath to tell 8the truth1 the whole truth1 and nothing but the truth40 ,in like manner this world is one large courtroom1 and there are many witnesses testifying daily for or against right1 truth and ,christ4 ,every political party is championed by witnesses who talk and vote for it4 ,satan has his witnesses and they are easily distinguished4 ,the world has its witnesses4 ,they run after the follies and amusements of this life1 all of which leave an aching void4 ,and why should not ,christ1 who is pure1 kind1 loving and helpful have witnesses8 8,ye are ,my witnesses1 saith the ,lord40 7,isa4 #dc3aj74 ,to be a true ,christian is to be a witness for ,jesus4 ,a ,,brave ,,witness4 ,when ,frederick the ,great of ,prussia was ridiculing ,christ and ,christianity before a company of jolly nobles and officers of the army1 there was one brave general who remained gloomily silent4 ,it was ,joachim von ,zietan1 one of the ablest and bravest officers present4 ,rising and shaking his gray head solemnly1 he said to the ,king3 8,your ,majesty knows well in war ,i have never feared any danger1 and everywhere ,i have boldly risked my life for you and for my country4 ,but there is ,one above us who is greater than all men4 ,he is my ,saviour and ,redeemer1 who has died for ,your ,majesty1 and has dearly bought us all with ,his own blood4 ,that ,holy ,one ,i can never allow to be mocked or insulted1 for on ,him ,i repose my faith1 my comfort and my hope in life and death4 ,in the power of this faith your brave army has courageously fought and conquered4 ,if ,your ,majesty undermines this faith1 you undermine at the same time the welfare of your ,state4 ,i salute ,your ,majesty40 ,frederick looked at the man in admiration1 and in the presence of the illustrious company1 apologized for what he had said4 ,so no boy ever stands for ,jesus1 but that he awakens in the heart of those who make light of spiritual matters a sense of honor and respect for him and his testimony4 ,,how ,,to ,,witness ,,for ,,jesus4 ,it is not every one who says the most that does the most good4 ,actions speak louder than words4 ,nearness to ,christ means ,christ shining in the life4 ,seneca said regarding the quality of life3 8,it is the bounty of nature that we live1 but of philosophy that we live well40 ,paul said1 8,i live1 yet not ,i1 but ,christ liveth in me40 7,gal4 #b3bj74 8,you may depend upon it10 says ,lavatar1 8that he is a good man whose intimate friends are good10 and no friend is so good or dear as ,jesus4 ,every boy should witness for ,christ because wicked men oppose the work ,he wrought4 ,from the trial of ,christ to the present1 there have been those who have ridiculed ,his blessed atonement4 ,they have uttered blasphemous epithets and have advanced many arguments to demolish the church ,he organized4 ,every manner of persecution has been hurled against ,his people4 ,yet in spite of fire1 sword1 rack and thumbscrew the adherents of ,jesus number more than ever before4 ,atheists and infidels have warred against the ,christian religion1 but we are living witnesses against them and their theories1 8,their rock is not as our ,rock1 even our enemies themselves being judges40 7,deut4 #cb3ca74 ,,beecher ,,and ,,ingersoll4 ,colonel ,ingersoll was one day in the society of ,henry ,ward ,beecher and four or five gentlemen1 all of whom were prominent in the world of literature4 ,several different topics were discussed with decided brilliancy1 but no allusion was made to religion4 ,the distinguished infidel was too polite to introduce the subject1 but one of the party finally desiring to see a tilt between ,mr4 ,ingersoll and ,mr4 ,beecher made a playful remark about ,colonel ,ingersoll's idiosyncrasy1 as he termed it4 ,the ,colonel at once defended his views with his usual apt rhetoric and eloquence4 ,he was met by several gentlemen in very effective repartee4 ,contrary to the expectations of all ,mr4 ,beecher remained an abstracted listener4 ,the gentleman who introduced the topic with hope that ,mr4 ,beecher would answer ,colonel ,ingersoll1 at last remarked1 8,mr4 ,beecher1 have you nothing to say on this question80 ,the old man slowly lifted himself from his attitude and replied1 8,nothing1 in fact4 ,if you will excuse me for changing the conversation1 ,i will say that while you gentlemen were talking1 my mind was bent on a most deplorable spectacle which ,i witnessed to-day40 8,what was it80 at once inquired ,colonel ,ingersoll1 who1 notwithstanding his peculiar views of the hereafter1 was noted for his kindness of heart4 8,why10 said ,mr4 ,beecher1 8as ,i was walking ,i saw a poor blind man with crutches1 slowly and carefully picking his way through a morass of mud in the endeavor to cross the street4 ,he had just reached the middle of the filth when a big1 burly ruffian rushed up to him1 jerked the crutches from under the unfortunate man and left him sprawling and helpless in the pool of liquid dirt1 which almost engulfed him40 8,what a brute he was60 said the ,colonel4 8,what a brute he was60 they all echoed4 8,yes10 said the old man1 rising from his chair and brushing back his long1 white hair1 while his eyes glittered with his old-time fire1 as he bent them on ,ingersoll1 8yes1 ,colonel ,ingersoll1 and you are the man4 ,the human soul is lame1 but ,christianity gives it crutches to enable it to pass the highway of life4 ,it is your teaching that knocks these crutches from under it and leaves it a helpless and rudderless wreck in the slough of despond4 ,if robbing the human soul of its only support on earth be your profession1 ply it to your heart's content4 ,it requires an architect to erect a building2 an incendiary may reduce it to ashes40 ,the old man sat down and silence brooded over the scene4 ,colonel ,ingersoll found that he had a master in his own power of illustration and said nothing4 ,the company took their hats and departed4 ,unbelief may scoff but it cannot controvert the fact1 ,jesus saves to the uttermost all who come unto ,him4 ,,what ,,others ,,say4 ,a boy should witness for ,christ1 for as master minds declare1 ,his character is spotless4 ,christ stands the ideal among men4 ,the ,roman centurion called ,him3 8,the ,son of ,god0 7,matt4 #bg3ed72 ,judas1 8,the innocent blood10 7,matt4 #bg3d72 ,pilate1 8,the ,man without fault0 7,luke #bc3d72 ,josephus1 8,the wise man0 and ,celsus1 8,the miracle-working magician40 ,diderot the atheist speaking of the history calls it 8,the unsurpassed story40 ,napoleon declared ,christ to be 8,the ,emperor of ,love20 ,john ,stuart ,mill 8,the guide of humanity20 ,renan 8,the greatest among the sons of men20 ,robert ,owen 8,the irreproachable20 ,theodore ,parker 8,the youth with ,god in his heart20 to which millions add1 ,he 8is all and in all10 7,col4 #aj3cb7 8and over all1 ,god blessed for ever40 ,,the ,,promise4 ,a boy should witness for ,christ because ,christ has promised to witness for him before ,his ,father4 8,whosoever therefore10 said ,he1 8shall confess ,me before men1 him will ,i confess before ,my ,father which is in heaven40 7,matt4 #aj3cb74 ,dr4 ,theodore ,cuyler says the word 8confession0 is a very deep and far-reaching one4 ,it refers to the heart1 then to the lips1 and then to the daily life4 ,whoever would be saved must embrace ,christ in the heart2 this signifies conversion4 ,next we must acknowledge ,him with the life2 this is what is usually styled 8a profession of faith40 ,above all1 those who make this open confession are expected to honor ,christ by obedience to ,his commandments2 this is vital ,christianity4 ,to all who honestly make confession ,christ has promised ,he will own as 8,his brethren and chosen0 in this world and in the next4 ,it was a drummer boy by the name of ,charlie ,couston that led the great ,dr4 ,roosvalley to ,christ4 ,after the battle of ,gettysburg this boy was so frightfully wounded that it necessitated the amputation of an arm and leg4 ,when chloroform was about to be administered he politely refused it4 ,the doctor asked the reason4 8,doctor10 said he1 8one ,sunday afternoon in the ,sabbath-school when ,i was nine and a half years old1 ,i gave my heart to ,christ4 ,i have been trusting ,him ever since1 and ,i know ,i can trust ,him now4 ,he is my strength and stimulant4 ,he will support me while you amputate my arm and leg40 ,the doctor asked if he would take a little brandy4 ,looking up1 the lad answered1 8,doctor1 when ,i was about five years old my mother knelt by my side with her arm about my neck1 and said1 #8,charlie1 ,i am praying to ,jesus that you may never know the taste of strong drink4 ,your papa died a drunkard1 and ,i promised ,god1 if it was ,his will that you should grow up1 that you should warn young men against the bitter cup4' ,i am now seventeen years of age1 but ,i have never tasted anything stronger than tea or coffee2 and as ,i am in all probability about to go into the presence of ,god1 would you send me there with brandy on my stomach80 ,the operation began4 ,while cutting through the flesh ,charlie never groaned1 but when the surgeon took the saw to separate the bone1 the lad took the corner of the pillow in his mouth1 and prayed3 8,oh1 ,jesus1 blessed ,jesus1 stand by me now40 ,five days after this1 ,charlie sent for ,dr4 ,roosvalley1 to whom he said1 8,doctor1 my time has come4 ,i do not expect to see another sunrise1 but thank ,god ,i am ready to go2 before ,i die ,i desire to thank you with all my heart for your kindness to me4 ,doctor1 you are a ,jew1 you do not believe in ,jesus2 will you please stand here and see me die1 trusting my ,saviour to the last moment of my life80 ,the doctor remained4 ,taking his hand ,charlie continued3 8,doctor1 ,i love you because you are a ,jew2 the best friend ,i have found in this world was a ,jew40 ,dr4 ,roosvalley asked who was that4 ,charlie answered3 8,jesus ,christ1 to whom ,i want to introduce you before ,i die1 and will you promise me that what ,i am about to say1 you will never forget80 ,the surgeon promised4 8,five days ago10 said the dying boy1 8while you amputated my arm and leg1 ,i prayed to the ,lord ,jesus ,christ to convert your soul40 ,the boy soon died1 and the words had their effect1 for the surgeon soon became a ,christian4 ,about eighteen months later1 ,dr4 ,roosvalley attended a prayer meeting in ,brooklyn4 ,among those who gave their testimony was an elderly lady who said1 8,dear friends1 this may be the last time ,i shall have the privilege of testifying for ,christ4 ,my family physician told me yesterday that my right lung is nearly gone1 and my left one is very much affected2 ,i have but a short time to be with you1 but what is left of me belongs to ,jesus4 ,oh6 it is a great joy to know that ,i shall meet my boy with ,jesus in heaven4 ,my son was not only a soldier for his country1 but a soldier for ,christ4 ,he was wounded at the ,battle of ,gettysburg1 and fell into the hands of a ,jewish doctor who amputated his arm and leg1 but he died five days after the operation4 ,the ,chaplain wrote me a letter and sent me my boy's ,bible40 ,in the letter he informed me that my ,charlie said to the ,jewish doctor3 8,doctor1 before ,i die1 ,i wish to tell you that five days ago1 while you amputated my arm and leg1 ,i prayed to the ,lord ,jesus ,christ to convert your soul40 ,no sooner had these words fallen from her lips1 than the doctor left his seat1 crossed the room and taking her hand said1 8,god bless you1 my sister1 your boy's prayer was heard and answered4 ,i am the ,jewish doctor for whom your ,charlie prayed4 ,his ,saviour is now my ,saviour40 ,oh1 my boy1 there is no need of your living or dying without doing what ,charlie ,coulston did4 ,someone is waiting for your advice and invitation to come to ,christ4 ,while a lad was showing ,mr4 ,charles ,spurgeon to a church where he was to preach he was asked1 8,do you love your ,master80 ,the boy stopped and said1 8,mr4 ,spurgeon1 for years ,i have shown ministers to the church1 and not one has ever asked me that question40 ,the result was a new life for ,christ4 ,if my boy1 you would influence others to love and live for ,christ you must do as the gifted young preacher ,tyng exhorted his friends to do4 ,he had met with an accident that cut short his glorious career4 ,when about to die there gathered around him the young men who had rallied at his trumpet call1 and lifting his wounded arm1 he said1 8,young men1 ,i am about to die4 ,stand up for ,jesus40 ,the sentence rang out on the air and did not cease ringing4 ,it was printed in large capital letters1 placarded in church vestries in many denominations1 and became the rallying cry of thousands4 ,my boy1 stand up for ,jesus2 --8the strife will not be long1 ,this day the noise of battle1 ,the next the victor's song2 ,to him that overcometh ,a crown of life shall be2 ,he with the ,king of ,glory ,shall reign eternally40 ,,chapter ,,xxviii ,be ,loving ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxviii ,,by ,,warren ,,randolph ,love is the root of creation2 ,god's essence4--,longfellow4 ,love6 what things are wrapped up in this word4 ,joy is love exulting4 ,peace is love in repose4 ,long suffering is love untiring4 ,gentleness is love enduring4 ,temperance is love in training4 ,meekness is love under discipline4 ,goodness is love in action4 ,therefore my boy be loving1 for 8not to know love is not to live40 --,c4 ,c4 ,cissell4 ,it has been well said that the three elements of manliness are love1 principle and courage4 ,every boy knows that without the two latter he cannot succeed4 ,but boys are too apt to think that to 8be loving0 belongs to girls4 ,analyze a great man's character and you will find love is the main-spring of his action4 ,to be loving and lovable will give him a stamp which will pass current the world over4 ,illustration3 ,warren ,randolph ,,chapter ,,xxviii ,be ,loving ,it is related of the ,apostle ,john that when old and feeble he was borne by his disciples to the ,house of ,god1 where1 spreading his hands1 he addressed the people again and again3 8,love one another40 7#a ,john #d3g74 ,when asked why he repeated it so often1 he answered3 8,because there is nothing else1 attain that and you have enough40 ,love is the greatest thing in the world1 the pivot on which the commandments turn1 the pillar of the ,christian religion and the keystone in the arch of our salvation4 ,it is a height without top1 depth without bottom1 and length and breadth without boundary4 ,it will not yield to bribes or threats1 cannot be burnt by fire1 submerged by billows or restrained by castle bars1 but shines in patriotism1 bleeds in sacrifice and dies in atonement4 ,to define love is impossible4 ,it cannot be framed in sentences4 ,language is inadequate to express the feelings prompted by it4 ,no philosopher can explain its whens1 whys and wherefores4 ,no geologist can unearth its footprints4 ,no rhetorician can find a fit garb to clothe it4 ,artists cannot sketch it1 scribes cannot pen it1 nor can death destroy it4 ,,the ,,law ,,of ,,love1 ,,the ,,rule ,,of ,,life4 ,love is a social virtue1 8the soul of life40 ,it is the underlying principle of voluntary associations and is the governing force of action4 ,in its relation to etiquette it is courtesy1 8,love doth not behave itself unseemly40 7#a ,cor4 #ac3e74 ,politeness has been defined as love in trifles1 courtesy as love in little things4 ,in social standing it is another word for a real gentleman4 8,gentleman0 has been defined as a man who does things gently1 with love4 ,in its relation to ,god it is self-sacrifice4 8,to be great-hearted1 for the love we bear to our ,master1 and in imitation of ,him1 is ideal ,christianity1 for it is the religion of ,him whose life and death were self-sacrifice40 ,such love lightens the burdens of other lives1 sweetens their toils and imparts music with every step4 ,such love begets love4 ,it knows no discouragements and what it does is done gratuitously4 ,to love thus is to live4 ,said ,phillips ,brooks1 8,duty makes us do things well1 but love makes us do them beautifully40 ,when the noted ,dr4 ,george ,shrady went on a vacation in the mountains he left orders not to be called to do professional work on any account4 ,while resting in a hammock a barefoot boy accompanied by his grandmother came to him4 8,i could not keep him away1 doctor10 said the aged woman1 8he heard that you were here1 that you were the greatest doctor in the whole world4 ,he said that you could cure him and make him like other boys4 ,i told him he had no money and could not come2 that you would not bother with him1 but he said he knew you would cure him4 ,so here he is1 sir40 ,the doctor1 moved by his simple faith1 helplessness1 poverty and rags1 prescribed for him4 ,he gave him two weeks of careful treatment1 at the end of which he was able to romp in the fields strong and well4 ,when ,thanksgiving came1 the ,doctor received by express a rude box4 ,on opening it1 he found a large turkey to which a card was attached with the words3 8,dear ,doctor3 ,here is a nice fat turkey for you4 ,it's the best ,i could send4 ,i love you for your love to me40 ,the gift and message imparted a new feature in the doctor's life4 ,he saw rising above honor1 riches or reputation1 love1 the summum bonum1 the greatest thing in the world4 ,,whom ,,to ,,love4 ,by creation and birth1 we are members of one common family1 and are under obligations to feel and care for each other4 ,this principle is like a cord binding heart to heart4 ,where it exists it proves itself by the fruit it bears4 8,they do not love who do not show their love40 ,love is often blind to faults and failings4 8,love suffereth long and is kind40 7#a ,cor4 #ac3d74 ,while in battle ,alexander the ,great received a cut in the forehead1 which left an ugly scar4 ,years after an eminent artist was requested to paint his portrait1 but did not wish to show the scar4 ,in order to make a perfect likeness and hide the deformity1 he sketched the emperor leaning on his elbow1 with his forefinger on his brow1 thus covering the defect4 ,so love1 in tone1 word1 look and gesture1 often 8hideth a multitude of sins40 7,james #e3bj74 ,love ,god4 ,this should be the greatest aim of life4 8,god is love10 7#a ,john #d3h71 and ,he commended 8,his love toward us1 in that1 while we were yet sinners1 ,christ died for us40 7,rom4 #e3h74 ,during the reign of terror in ,france a young man named ,loizerolles was condemned to death4 ,his aged father would not allow himself to be separated from his son1 but accompanied him to prison4 ,when the jailor a few days later presented himself at the door and called out the names of those who were to be executed1 this aged man answered for his son who was asleep1 and was led away to the scaffold4 ,as that father gave his life for his son1 ,jesus gave ,his life that every boy should have life everlasting4 ,for this consideration1 should ,he not receive our love8 ,should we not love ,him as ,he demands 8with all the heart1 and with all the soul1 and with all the mind1 and with all the strength80 7,mark #ab3cj74 ,love your parents4 ,great is the love and many the sacrifices made by them for a child4 ,from early morning till late at night they plan and labor for his welfare4 ,is it any more than right that he love them in return8 ,to be disrespectful and ungrateful is to invite and incur ,god's displeasure1 but to be loving and dutiful is to gain heaven's approval and increased parental affection4 ,filial reverence is one of the best evidences of a loving heart1 and he who loves ,god loves his parents4 ,love your enemies4 ,no counsel need be given to love one's friends1 for friendship indicates love4 ,to love an enemy seems hard1 but it can be done1 and nothing so changes enmity into friendship as love4 ,love cannot confine itself to the bosom that cherishes it4 ,it must reveal itself in deeds of kindness4 ,during the ,revolutionary ,war1 a ,dunkard leader named ,miller was grievously insulted by a man named ,widman1 who was afterwards sentenced to be hung as a ,british spy4 ,miller went a long distance to petition ,washington to spare his life4 ,the commander-in-chief said3 8,i would like to release ,widman1 because he is your friend2 but ,i cannot1 even for that consideration40 8,friend60 cried ,miller1 8why1 he's my worst enemy1 and therefore ,i want to save him40 8,love makes excuses where she might condemn2 ,reviled by those that hate her1 love prays for them2 ,suspicion lurks not in her artless breast4 ,the worst suggested1 she believes the best4 ,not soon provoked1 however stung and teased1 ,and1 if perhaps made angry1 soon appeased4 ,she rather waives than will dispute her right1 ,and1 injured1 makes forgiveness her delight40 ,love everybody4 8,beloved10 said ,john1 8if ,god so loved us1 we ought also to love one another40 7#a ,john #d3aa74 ,it is not a question of color1 education or social position1 but the relationship ,god has made between us4 8,and hath made of one blood all nations of men1 for to dwell on all the face of the earth40 7,acts #ag3bf74 ,one of the hieroglyphics of ,egypt represents a child with a heart in his hand giving honey to a bee that has no wings with which to fly from flower to flower in quest of honey4 ,the child represents the humility of love1 the heart cheerfulness of love1 and the giving of honey to the wingless bee the helplessness and worthiness of the object of love4 ,the opportunity to exemplify love in its various forms comes often4 ,go1 my boy1 through life scattering flowers in everyone's pathway4 ,encourage the struggling1 anoint the suffering1 assist the needy1 and you will break open barred hearts1 melt into moral pliability iron wills and lead souls to ,christ4 ,,did ,i ,,do ,,my ,,best8 ,years ago at ,evanston a young man was preparing for the ministry4 ,he was the room-mate of the eloquent ,dr4 ,spencer of the ,methodist ,episcopal church4 ,he was a frail lad1 but a good swimmer4 ,it was his delight to give exhibitions of his skill in the boisterous lake4 ,one night1 ten miles out1 a steamer with four hundred passengers was wrecked4 ,next morning all was excitement in the village4 ,two hundred men volunteered for service1 among them this young man4 ,a rope was put around his waist1 that his frail body might be recovered should he be killed by the floating pieces of wreckage4 ,backward and forward he went for six hours1 helping to save human life4 ,through his great familiarity with the surf he was enabled to do more than all the rest together4 ,out of four hundred passengers1 only thirty came through the breakers alive1 and of these1 seventeen were saved by this youth4 ,between his journeys he stood before a blazing fire1 covered with blankets4 ,but each time an unfortunate one came near the breakers1 he threw off his incumbrances and plunged again into the water4 ,at first he wore the rope around his arm1 but1 coming to a piece of debris to which a drowning person was clinging1 the wreckage struck him in the face4 ,the crowd on shore1 alarmed for his safety1 commenced pulling in the line prematurely1 before he had laid hold of the drowning person4 ,throwing off the rope1 he clutched the man and brought him safely ashore4 ,walking up the beach1 he saw a gentleman sitting in an elegant carriage1 who had evidently come to the beach with his coachman from his suburban home1 and going to him said3 8,these people have almost killed me and another accident may take my life without my having done my work4 ,will you consent to manage the rope1 not allowing the people to pull until ,i give the signal8 ,if you do this1 you shall have half of the credit for anything ,i may be able to do40 ,the gentleman consented1 and for five hours managed the rope4 ,the last person saved that day was a man who was coming ashore in a difficult part of the surf1 where the bank was high and precipitous4 ,those who came to this part of the surf were absolutely lost1 as it seemed more than a man's life was worth to save them4 ,this youth saw this man clinging to a piece of wreck while with the other he held a bundle4 ,a sudden lift of the waves brought the man and the raft into full view1 and there streamed out from the bundle a tress of hair4 8,cost what it may1 ,i will save that man or die in the attempt10 said he1 8he is trying to save his wife40 ,he ran down the beach1 following the retreating wave1 kept down as closely as possible to the sand1 and let the return wave pound him4 ,when next seen1 he was far out in the water4 ,he swam to the piece of raft to which the two were clinging4 ,when within six or eight feet of them1 the man cried out3 8,save my wife6 save my wife60 ,the brave swimmer said3 8,yes1 ,i'll save your wife and you also40 ,fastening his hands in their clothing at the back of their necks1 he said3 8,i can sustain you in the water1 but you must swim for your lives and mine4 ,we must push northward to get beyond this dangerous surf1 if we are to be saved at all40 ,to the joy of the spectators1 he came safely to shore with both unfortunates1 for whom he had so bravely imperilled his life4 ,into that one day he put the struggle of his life4 ,finally he collapsed and was put to bed4 ,as his room-mate ministered to him1 he looked up and said1 8,did ,i do my best8 ,did ,i do my best80 ,yes1 he did his best as true love always does4 ,there is no journey too long1 no effort too hard1 no suffering too intense1 no sacrifice too great for it to make4 ,as with this youth1 so may it be with your-- 8impassion'd soul2 ,not as with many a mere part ,of its existence1 but the whole2 ,the very life-breath of the heart40 ,,the ,,duration ,,of ,,love4 ,love is eternal4 ,all else shall fail1 but 8,love never faileth40 7#a ,cor4 #ac3h74 ,wendell ,phillips sang of a past golden age1 and told in silvery eloquence of things now lost4 ,lost the instruments for lifting the pyramidal stones to their place4 ,lost the secret of annealing glass1 and ,tyrian colors undimmed by centuries4 ,lost the art of making the ,damascus blade1 whose elasticity would permit the point and hilt to kiss each other4 ,lost the ancient races of ,israel1 ancient cities1 ancient books1 ancient languages1 but love still remains4 ,so great are our mental powers that we can conceive of the time according to scientific enumeration and declaration when the oil wells of the world shall cease1 when all the precious metals shall have been dug and coined1 when the sun shall have burnt out1 yes1 and by the transforming power of the coming ,christ1 the faith of ,christians shall be changed into sight and hope blossom into fruition4 ,then1 even then1 love shall forever exist4 ,cultivate love1 my boy4 8,men will not bow down to crowned power1 or philosophic power1 or sthetic power1 but in the presence of a great soul filled with vigor of inspiration and glowing with love man will do obeisance40 ,frank ,bragg was only fifteen years of age when he lay dying in ,paducah hospital4 ,he had fought as one of ,birge's sharpshooters4 ,as the dew of death gathered on his brow1 he said1 8,o1 ,i'm going to die1 and there is no one to love me40 ,the nurse told him that he had many friends and that ,god loved him4 8,yes10 said he1 8,i am not afraid to die1 but ,i want someone to love me40 8,frank10 said the nurse1 8,i love you40 ,she kissed his pale forehead4 8,kiss me again10 he said1 8that was given so like my sister40 ,did you ever think how many struggling hearts1 sinful hearts1 disconsolate hearts are saying3 8,no one loves me80 ,it remains with you1 my boy1 to sweeten many a bitter cup1 cast sunshine into many a darkened soul1 extract the thorn of anguish from many a sad heart1 and make life worth living by expressing what ,john ,waterhouse and ,david ,cargill did to the cannibals of the ,fiji ,islands3 8,my love to you40 ,love in ,jesus ,christ1 for love is the-- 8golden charm that binds ,the happy souls above1 ,and he's an heir of heaven that finds ,his bosom glow with love40 ,,chapter ,,xxix ,be ,hopeful ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxix ,,by ,h4 ,l4 ,,hastings ,hope leads from goal to goal1 ,and opens still1 and opens on the soul2 ,till lengthen'd on to faith1 and unconfin'd1 ,it pours the bliss that fills up all the mind4 --,pope4 ,where there is no hope1 there can be no endeavor or caution4 --,johnson4 ,owls hoot in the night2 larks sing in the morning4 ,the children of darkness riot and groan in their gloom4 ,the children of light have 8,songs in the night10 7,job #ce3aj71 and 8,joy cometh in the morning40 7,psalm #cj3e74 ,god stands by those who stand by ,him4 ,if you hope in ,god1 your hopes will never fail4 ,he promises us the life that now is1 and that which is to come4 ,he can make this life a life of gladness1 and the everlasting life a life of endless peace and pleasure4 8,now the ,god of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope1 through the power of the ,holy ,ghost40 7,romans #ae3ac74 ,illustration3 ,h4 ,l4 ,hastings ,,chapter ,,xxix ,be ,hopeful ,life properly belongs to the hopeful4 ,it has been said that a pessimist is one who has the choice of two evils and takes them both4 ,a discouraged man is defeated before he begins4 ,when a boy1 ,peter ,cooper had few school privileges4 ,his father being a hatter1 he was set to work pulling the hair from rabbit skins to obtain material with which to make hats4 ,his health was poor and though having but 8half a chance10 at seventeen he resolved to work for himself4 ,at this time he was living at ,peekskill4 ,thence he went to ,new ,york1 where he apprenticed himself to a carriage-maker for five years for board and two dollars a month4 ,he had neither time nor money for what the world calls pleasure1 but he had the pleasure of hope4 ,while working for fifty cents a week he resolved3 8,if ever ,i get rich ,i will build a place where the poor boys and girls of ,new ,york may have an education free40 ,he then entered the grocery trade and made some money2 then a glue factory1 where he became rich4 ,in #ahed the object of his hope was commenced and finished at a cost of #hjj1jjj4 8,the great object that ,i desire to accomplish10 said he1 8by the erection of this institution is to open the avenues of scientific knowledge to the youth of our city and country1 and so unfold the volume of nature that the youth may see the beauties of creation1 enjoy its blessings and learn to love the ,author from whom cometh every good and perfect gift40 ,it is a source of consolation to know that1 in whatever circumstance a boy may be placed1 there is1 amidst the desolate and cheerless scenes a harbinger of comfort1 a helm to keep his course in the right channel1 and a north star on which to fix his eyes1 namely1 hope4 ,without it1 the world would be desert and man the most wretched of all ,god's creatures4 ,with it1 aspiration clings to some tangible reality as the ivy's tendril to the oak4 ,there may be failures1 but hope believes in final success4 ,it whispers1 8nothing is impossible20 smiles serenely on the struggling1 sustains the aspiring and cheers with a vivacity of assurance that portends success4 ,as such it lit the lantern upon the ship of ,columbus1 waved the torch before ,bacon as he descended into ,nature's laboratory1 supported the steps of ,newton when he wandered into the dim solitude of unknown worlds1 sprinkled the canvas of ,titian with purple lines of summer1 sent ,watts' engine snorting along the rails and ,fulton's steamboat puffing up the ,hudson4 ,,what ,,is ,,hope8 ,hope is a beautiful word4 ,its definition makes every bosom bound and burn4 ,it is called 8,music to the ear of the young20 8health to the sick20 8the birthright of all20 8the soul's most effective impulse10 and a 8glorious expectation40 ,to the warrior it is the victor's wreath1 amulet and medal of honor4 ,to the student it means the bench1 platform1 pulpit1 or some other exalted position4 ,to the ,christian it means more4 ,so intimately is it associated with practical godliness that religion is called 8,a hope through grace10 7#b ,thess4 #b3af7 8a glorious hope10 8a better hope10 7,heb4 #g3ai7 8a blessed hope0 and 8a lively hope40 7#a ,peter #a3c74 ,the ,christian's ,god is named the 8,god of ,hope10 ,jesus ,christ1 8,our ,hope10 7#a ,tim4 #a3a7 and ,his finished work 8the hope set before us in the ,gospel40 ,general ,grant once said to a personal friend that his habit of day-dreaming1 a kind of large and persistent hoping1 had never left him4 ,in his earlier life he had resigned from the army and things had been going steadily against him4 ,he was working on a farm near ,st4 ,louis1 from which he used to carry wood to the city for sale1 and then ride back in the empty cart4 ,it was a favorite sort of hoping dream of his1 as he rode homeward1 to think of himself with ,mrs4 ,grant making a tour of ,europe1 and of himself as an officer in the army4 ,foolish enough such hoping seemed for a poor farmer jogging homeward in the evening4 ,but that hope was inspiration to him1 and at last the reality of it all burst the bounds of his most daring dreaming4 ,hoping thus1 even in ,grant's circumstances1 was vastly better than a weak bewailing of his hard and unpromising plight4 ,it is a noteworthy fact that all through the war1 everyone of ,grant's utterances and dispatches had in it this note of hope4 ,there could not be found a shadow of a suggestion of despair or of ultimate defeat4 ,hope1 to him1 as to thousands1 was a stimulating factor4 ,,what ,,hope ,,is ,,likened ,,to4 ,like every other good thing hope has many symbols4 ,watson said3 8,hope is like the cork to the net1 which keeps the soul from sinking in despair40 8,it is to man10 said ,felthan1 8as a bladder to a learning swimmer1 it keeps him from sinking in the bosom of the waves and by that help he may attain the exercise40 8,hope10 says ,howe1 8is the engine that moves the world and keeps the intelligent part of it in action everywhere40 ,but in the ,scriptures it is symbolized as an anchor3 8,which hope we have as an anchor of the soul40 ,when ,david was sad he said to himself3 8,hope thou in ,god40 ,what volumes of thought these words contain4 8,hope0 and 8,god0 and the word 8thou0 linking them together4 8,hope thou in ,god40 ,that boy who places his trust in ,god is never hopeless4 ,airy fancies may seek to allure him1 treacherous vices may endeavor to beguile him1 but hope flits eternal around the human head and breast1 and hangs its rainbow on the blackest cloud in all the chaste sparklings of an angel from the realms of light4 ,to give up hope is to give up the beauty of life4 ,it was only when ,paradise was lost that ,milton makes ,satan exclaim3 8,then farewell hope10 and immediately thereafter1 as always the case1 he adds3 8,evil1 be thou my good40 ,,the ,,certainty ,,of ,,this ,,hope4 ,paul said in regard to hope1 8,sure and steadfast40 ,like the anchor whose flukes get fast beneath the moveless rocks1 holding the vessel to its moorings in spite of the storm1 so hope whispers these magic words of joy1 when waves of calamity and sorrow would engulf in the vortex of despair1 8sure and steadfast40 ,why8 ,because the cable that holds the anchor hope is faith and the rock that holds the flukes of the anchor is ,christ1 and the reason we believe it is sure1 is because the ,word of ,god says so1 for ,his ,word is 8,yea and amen to him that believeth40 ,we believe because millions have tested and proved it4 ,now anchors are not so much needed in mid-ocean1 for the water is deep1 the rocks far down1 and the reefs distant1 so that with a storm before or behind1 the ocean craft could smile and say1 8,i can race as fast as you can drive40 ,it is when nearing the coast that extra care is taken and the anchor held in readiness1 for should a storm arise it might dash the ship upon the rocks1 run it upon a reef or strand it upon the shore4 ,nor is the anchor of hope so much needed in the mid-ocean of prosperity1 peace and the fulness of ,god's love as it is near the shore when we start in the ,christian life and labor4 ,,rocks ,,of ,,scepticism4 ,without this sure anchor many a boy has drifted on the rock of scepticism4 ,when the little 8squall0 of laughter and 8windy0 arguments were brought to bear against them1 they forgot their promises and gradually drifted upon this disastrous rock4 ,no boy's anchor is secure who reads literature saturated with atheistical sentiments or keeps the company of infidel characters4 ,heinrich ,heine the sceptic was proof of this4 ,one day a friend called to see him1 when suffering torments from a disease of the spine4 ,he said3 8,if ,i could only walk on crutches1 do you know where ,i would go8 ,straight to church40 8,you jest10 the friend said4 8,no1 no1 straight to the church10 replied the former scoffer2 8my friend1 believe me1 it is ,heinrich ,heine who tells you4 ,after having reflected on it for years1 and after having reconsidered and maturely weighed what has been written on this subject by men of all sorts1 believe me1 ,i have reached a conclusion that there is a ,god who judges our conduct1 and that after this life there is another1 when the good will be rewarded and the wicked punished4 ,there are fools1 who1 having passed their lives in scepticism and mistake1 and denied ,god in their words and acts1 have not courage to own that they are wholly deceived4 ,as for me10 he said sadly and almost hopelessly1 8,i feel compelled to declare that it is a cursed falsehood which long made me blind4 ,only at present ,i see clearly2 and any man who knows me must confess that it is not because my faculties have become weak1 for never was my mind more clear and strong than it is this moment40 ,without this sure and steadfast anchor many boys have drifted upon the reefs of temptation4 ,an unanchored ship may lie on the waters as calmly and beautifully as in a painted picture1 but almost before one realizes1 the undercurrent carries it away1 and a sudden jar1 a terrible crash informs the captain it has stranded on a reef or struck a rock4 ,so1 too1 hundreds of boys have been ruined in like manner1 not by the gales of adversity1 or strong winds of persecution1 but by the undercurrents of strong temptations4 ,what ,paul said of those who live by faith may be said of all boys4 8,these were tempted40 ,temptations are with kings in their castles and peasants in the field4 8,they come10 says one1 8of plenty1 they are born of success and they are born of defeat40 ,they are not in themselves sins1 but temptations become sin when the tempted one welcomes and yields to them4 ,temptations resemble the rocks which rest their jagged sides above the waves at low water4 ,no vessel dare come near them4 ,but after a while the tide comes sweeping into the bay and buries the rocks under a flood of water so that the largest ships as well as the lightest skiffs may ride in safety above their teeth of death4 ,we cannot hinder temptation from coming to us1 but we can refuse to heed it4 ,how8 ,a ,,novel ,,experiment4 ,a story is told of a man who once asked an ,eastern king if he could tell him how to avoid temptation4 ,the king advised the man to take a vessel brimful of oil and carry it through the streets of the city without spilling a drop4 8,if one drop is spilt1 your head shall be cut off40 ,two executioners were ordered with drawn swords to walk behind the man1 and carry out his orders4 ,there happened to be a fair going on in the town1 and the streets were crowded with people4 ,however1 the man was very careful1 and he returned to the ,king without having spilled one drop of oil4 ,then the king asked3 8,did you see anyone whilst you were walking through the streets80 8,no1 ,i was thinking only of the oil1 ,i noticed nothing else40 8,then10 said the king1 8you may know how to avoid temptation4 ,fix your mind firmly on ,god as you fixed it on that vessel of oil40 ,thank ,god1 this hope in ,christ 8is sure and steadfast40 ,you may be struck 8all aback10 or1 as ,theodore ,cuyler said1 8may be stripped of many a topsail which ambition has hoisted or many a spar of prosperity2 you may be obliged to throw out much of your lading into the sea2 but if ,jesus ,christ is in your soul1 you cannot suffer wreck40 ,the anchor 8sure and steadfast0 will hold you1 under every circumstance1 in every storm1 and in every trial4 ,a ,,grecian ,,fable4 ,there is a fable told by ,homer of a ,grecian boy who was pursued by a giant1 whose breath was fire and in whose hand was a huge club4 ,two invisible beings assisted the pursued lad4 ,one took his hand and lifted him forward1 the other1 casting an invisible cord over him1 flew before him until his speed was doubled and the palace gates gave shelter4 ,this is a beautiful representation of ,god's gentle rule over us4 ,o1 my boy1 when the enemy of your soul seeks to enslave or allure you into a trap1 some invisible power will aid you to avoid and escape him4 ,when all appears dark and gloomy1 looking up1 one sees a beautiful sky and hears the lark break forth in song4 ,when discouraged and bowed down with grief he needs but listen to hear the ,saviour whispering1 8,hope on1 hope continually1 hope thou in ,god for #8the ,lord will be the hope of ,his people4'0 ,and looking up he then can say3 8,o ,hope of every contrite heart6 ,o ,joy of all the meek6 ,to those who ask1 how kind ,thou art6 ,how good1 to those who seek60 ,,chapter ,,xxx ,be ,faithful ,,introduction ,,to ,,chapter ,,xxx ,,by ,,opie ,,rodway ,i'm not ashamed to own my ,lord1 ,or to defend ,his cause2 ,maintain the honor of ,his word1 ,the glory of ,his cross4 ,watts4 ,be faithful to yourself4 ,see to it that you repent of sin1 that you forsake it1 that you go to ,christ the great sin-bearer1 that you get a new heart1 that you live a holy life4 ,be faithful to your companions4 ,tell them what they ought to be4 ,tell them of ,jesus who alone can save them4 ,be faithful to ,christ4 ,say3 8,jesus only40 ,jesus my ,lord and ,master4 ,jesus my ,saviour and ,example4 ,jesus1 my 8all in all40 ,if you would have an approving ,saviour and ,judge1 be faithful4 8,be thou faithful unto death and ,i will give thee a crown of life40 ,illustration3 ,yes to the goodness of ,christ ,opie ,rodway4 ,,chapter ,,xxx ,be ,faithful ,life may be compared to this book in two respects4 ,first1 it has a beginning1 second1 an end4 ,it must not be measured1 however1 by the number of years one lives as we would number the pages of this book1 for 8length of years is no proper test of length of life40 ,but life must be measured by what one feels1 thinks and does4 ,in the matchless phrase of ,paul3 8,to live is ,christ40 ,the exhortation of this chapter is beautifully illustrated by many characters of the ,bible and history4 ,hananiah1 8a faithful man20 ,timothy1 8faithful in the ,lord20 ,tychius and ,epaphras1 8faithful ministers20 ,onesimus and ,silvanus1 8faithful brothers10 and ,antipas1 8a faithful martyr40 ,julius ,palmer in ,queen ,mary's time1 being asked to recant his faith in ,christ1 said that he rather would yield his life4 ,latimer said that ,smithfield had long groaned for him1 but he had prayed that he might be firm in death4 ,when the hour of execution came1 he knelt and prayed1 and1 as the flames shot up about him1 he cried3 8,father of heaven1 receive my soul40 ,in the first century lived a boy by the name of ,polycarp4 ,he was taught by ,john the ,apostle4 ,after embracing the ,christian religion he studied to preach and finally became a bishop4 ,persecution soon raged against the followers of ,christ and this man was arrested4 ,on the way to court1 ,irenarch1 ,herod and his father ,nicetes met him4 ,they took him into their chariot and counseled him3 8,what harm is it to say #8,lord ,csar' and to sacrifice and be safe80 ,polycarp replied1 8,i will not follow your advice10 whereupon they thrust him from the chariot1 bruising his thigh4 ,at the ,stadium the procunsul urged him3 8,swear and ,i will release thee40 8,reproach ,christ60 rejoined ,polycarp1 8eighty and six years have ,i served ,him1 and ,he has never wronged me1 and how can ,i blaspheme my ,king who hath saved me80 8,swear by the fortune of ,csar10 cried the procunsul4 8,if you still vainly contend to make me swear by the fortune of ,csar10 said ,polycarp1 8affecting an ignorance of my real character1 hear me frankly declare what ,i am4 ,i am a ,christian40 8,i will have wild beasts10 cried the procunsul1 8,i will expose you to them unless you repent40 8,call them10 replied ,polycarp4 8,i will tame your spirit by fire1 since you despise the wild beasts1 unless you repent10 said the officer4 8,you threaten10 answered ,polycarp1 8with fire that burns for a moment1 and is then extinct1 but you are ignorant of the future judgment1 and the fire of eternal punishment reserved for the ungodly4 ,but why delay8 ,do as you please40 ,saying this he was led away and burnt at the stake1 which he made memorable by one of the most beautiful prayers ever uttered4 ,a ,roman ,emperor said to a ,greek architect1 8,build me a grand coliseum1 and if it suits me1 ,i will crown you in the presence of my people1 and ,i will make a great day of festival on your account40 ,the architect did the work magnificently4 ,the day for opening arrived4 ,in the coliseum were the emperor and the architect4 ,the former arose1 amid the plaudits of a vast assembly1 and said1 8,we have gathered here to-day to open this coliseum1 and to honor the ,greek architect4 ,it is a great day for the ,roman ,empire4 ,let this building be prosperous1 and let honor be put on the ,greek architect4 ,o6 we must have a festival day4 ,bring out those ,christians and let them be put to death at the mouth of the lions60 ,the ,christians were put in the center of the amphitheater4 ,it was to be a great celebration in their destruction4 ,then the lions1 hungry and three-fourths starved1 were let out of their dens in the side of the amphitheater1 and they came forth with mighty spring to destroy and rend the ,christians1 and all the galleries shouted1 8,huzza6 ,huzza6 ,long live the ,emperor60 ,then the ,greek architect arose in one of the galleries1 and shouted until1 in the vast assemblage1 all heard him1 8,i1 too1 am a ,christian60 ,they seized him in their fury and flung him to the wild beasts1 until his body1 bleeding and dead1 was tumbled over and over again in the dust of the amphitheater4 ,he was 8faithful unto death60 ,,unfaithfulness ,,and ,,its ,,cause4 ,many boys start well in the ,christian life1 but in a brief time stray away4 ,they put their hand to the plow but soon look back4 ,they boil over with enthusiasm while the interest is at white heat1 but when trials and ridicule come they follow ,christ at a distance4 ,they renounce the world for a season1 but like ,demas soon come to it again4 ,many who have at some time been numbered with the saints have later1 like ,judas1 turned out to be betrayers4 ,benedict ,arnold battled nobly for the ,american colonies1 but he blackened his fair name beyond the power of rehabilitation when he plotted to secure and betray ,west ,point4 ,it is pathetic to read of his last hours in ,london when he donned his old ,american uniform1 put on the insignia that ,washington gave him after his victory at ,saratoga1 and said3 8,let me die in this old uniform in which ,i fought my battles4 ,may ,god forgive me for ever putting on any other40 ,this reminds us of ,esau's remorse when he lost his chieftainship1 and the despair of ,judas after selling his ,master4 ,infidelity to trust is an awful sin4 ,unfaithfulness is inexcusable and often brings with it direst penalty4 ,it is a gradually increasing sin4 ,there is first a lack of love to ,god4 ,then1 like ,peter on the sea and ,elijah under the juniper tree1 disbelief creeps into the heart1 earnestness is lost1 unwatchfulness results1 joy vanishes and unholy living follows4 ,in the end1 unless there is a returning to ,god like the prodigal son to his father1 death becomes sad and eternity awful4 ,,dead ,,on ,,the ,,field ,,of ,,honor4 ,faithfulness is a beautiful and noble characteristic1 which never fails to bring respect and honor4 ,fame comes only to a few1 but faithfulness should actuate the life of every boy4 ,latour ,d',auberque was only a private soldier who defended alone a fort in a mountain pass against a regiment of ,austrian soldiers4 ,he knew it was important that the ,austrian army should not pass through this mountain defile1 and he hastened to inform the garrison of their approach4 ,when he arrived he found the soldiers had deserted1 leaving their guns4 ,d',auberque loaded rapidly and fired upon the advancing regiment1 causing fearful havoc4 ,for one hour he kept the ,austrians at bay4 ,finally he raised a flag and sounded a bugle1 thus announcing the fort would surrender if the garrison should be permitted to carry out their arms and depart in safety4 ,the proposition was accepted1 and ,d',auberque took his arms full of guns and marched out alone4 8,where are the others80 cried the ,austrians4 8,there are no others10 replied the brave grenadier4 8,i defended the fort alone40 ,the ,austrians threw their caps in the air and shouted 8,hurrah60 ,they honored the man who could and would stand alone1 though many of their comrades had fallen under his fire4 ,when ,napoleon heard of the brave action1 he offered to make him an officer1 but ,d',auberque refused to accept4 ,one day he was killed in battle4 ,whenever after the roll was called1 a grenadier1 by the command of ,napoleon1 stepped forward and answered1 8,dead on the field of honor40 ,,the ,,promise ,,to ,,the 8,,faithful ,,unto ,,death40 ,when ,john was banished by the cruel ,domitian to the isle of ,patmos1 he had a vision in which he was commanded to write to the pastor of the church in ,smyrna concerning many things4 ,he closed his letter with these words3 8,be thou faithful unto death1 and ,i will give thee a crown of life40 ,what a promise6 ,no other person ever offered such a reward with such a condition4 ,faithfulness must characterize the aspirant1 not for a few days1 months or years1 but 8unto death40 ,then there are no terrors for the ,christian4 ,as the bee loses its power to hurt when its sting has been removed1 so death had no sting for the child of ,god4 ,it lost its power to harm when ,christ died for us4 ,,the ,,arab ,,martyr4 ,it was about three hundred and fifty years ago that a martyrdom took place1 long considered legendary1 but which was verified in #ahec4 ,an ,arab baby was taken by ,spanish soldiers and brought to ,oran to be sold as a slave4 ,the good ,vicar-general1 ,juan ,caro1 bought him and named him ,geronimo4 ,when he was eight years of age1 some ,arab slaves escaped from ,oran1 and1 thinking to do the boy a kindness1 took him with them4 ,for years he lived with his people as a ,mahometan1 but the holy faith which through ,juan ,caro had been planted in the boy's heart had taken firm root and could not be destroyed4 ,for twenty-five years he remained with them and then ran away and returned to the ,vicar-general4 8,because ,i wished to live henceforth in the faith of the ,divine ,saviour10 he said1 8,i returned to you40 ,juan ,caro was delighted4 ,he received the young ,arab as a lost child4 ,soon after he entered the ,spanish ,guard as a soldier and after performing many brave acts received a high military position4 ,he married and for ten years nothing but happiness shone into his life4 ,he won the respect and confidence of all4 ,he was ,juan ,caro's right hand man1 and his wife was a daughter to his adopted father4 ,one bright ,may day in #aefi news came to ,oran that a small ,arab encampment was a short distance away4 ,the rumor did not seem important4 ,a handful of ,spaniards could easily manage the ,arabs1 at least so thought ,geronimo4 ,taking nine soldiers he manned a little boat and rowed out of the safe harbor and along the blue sea past the coral fishery of ,mers-el-,kebir4 ,suddenly two ,moorish brigantines which had been lying in wait chased and ran them down4 ,the nine soldiers escaped but ,geronimo1 who was a marked man1 was seized and carried to ,euldij ,ali1 the ,calabrian renegade4 ,a great cry spread among the ,arabs through ,algeria that the apostate was captured4 ,the ,moors who knew his history made a solemn vow that they would restore him to his old religion4 ,for this they sent ,marabouts to convert him with arguments and fair promises1 but they returned discomfited to ,euldij ,ali4 ,another method was now tried4 ,geronimo was loaded with chains1 treated with the utmost cruelty and when faint from torture and scarcely able to speak1 the ,marabouts stood around him offering him liberty1 power1 honor and riches4 ,no offer1 however1 made him deny his faith1 no longing for freedom made him forswear for one single moment his religion4 ,once1 after some most horrible threats1 he raised his poor suffering head1 and with a voice so weak it could scarcely be heard1 he said1 8,they think they will make me a ,mahometan1 but that they shall never do1 even if they kill me40 ,for four months ,euldij ,ali gloated over the daily tortures he was inflicting on ,geronimo4 ,at last the sameness of cruelty palled upon him1 and he was determined to invent a new and more hideous revenge for the stubbornness of his captive4 ,one morning the desired idea came to him4 ,examining the works of a fort by the gate of ,bab-el-,oned1 he saw a block of beton standing by the great stones4 ,this block was a mould in the shape of the immense stones1 filled with a kind of concrete4 ,when the concrete was sufficiently hardened1 the wall was to be built with it4 ,here was the height of torture4 ,here was the most exquisitely painful death man might devise6 ,the dog of a slave should be laid in a similar mould1 the liquid plaster poured over him1 and the renegade1 built alive into the wall1 should be converted into stone4 ,calling a mason he said3 8,michel1 you see this empty mould of beton8 ,for the present leave it4 ,i have a mind to make beton of that dog of ,oran who refuses to come back to the faith of ,islam40 ,the poor mason finished his day's work with a sad heart4 ,as soon as he entered the prison where ,geronimo was a captive he informed him of ,euldij ,ali's intention4 ,geronimo calmly answered1 8,god's holy will be done4 ,let not those miserable men think they will frighten me out of the faith of ,christ by the idea of this cruel death4 ,may my blessed ,saviour only pardon my sins1 and preserve my soul40 ,the whole of that night the brave young ,arab spent in prayer and preparation for the tortures which he knew were awaiting him4 ,between two and three o'clock the next morning a guard summoned him to the ,pasha's presence1 where stood a great multitude of ,turks and ,arabs in their gorgeous robes4 ,he was then dragged to the gate of ,bab-el-,oned1 being beaten all the way4 ,euldij ,ali addressed him slowly and clearly4 ,he pointed out every detail of the fearful death1 showed him the block of beton1 and then said3 8,do you still refuse to return to the faith of ,islam80 8,i am a ,christian1 and as a ,christian ,i will die10 was ,geronimo's answer4 8,as you will10 replied the ,pasha4 ,pointing to the beton1 he said1 8,then here shall you be buried alive40 8,do your will4 ,death shall not make me abandon my faith40 ,the ,pasha raised his hand4 ,the soldiers stepped forward and removed the chain from the prisoner's leg4 ,his hands were bound behind his back1 his legs crossed and tied together4 ,then1 lifting the poor man1 they laid him face downward in the mould4 ,a renegade ,spaniard named ,tamango1 desiring to show what a fervent ,mahometan he was1 jumped on ,geronimo's body and broke his ribs4 ,this act so pleased ,euldij ,ali that others followed his example4 ,the plaster was then poured over him1 and the brave ,christian was suffocated4 ,three hundred years later the noble ,arab's martyrdom was brought to light and the story verified4 ,in the museum of ,algiers is the cast4 ,it shows a slight figure1 a face with veins all swollen1 a poor mouth closed with a patient determined expression1 hands tied1 legs swollen1 even the broken ribs are distinguished4 ,he was 8faithful unto death40 ,,reward ,,of ,,faithfulness4 ,when ,petrarch was crowned at ,rome1 it was by the supreme magistrate of the ,republic4 ,twelve youths were arrayed in scarlet4 ,six representatives of the most illustrious families1 in green robes1 with garlands of flowers1 witnessed the scene4 ,when the laurel crown was placed on his head1 the magistrate said1 8,this is the reward of merit40 ,and the people shouted1 8,long live the poet40 ,but you1 my boy1 if faithful to the end shall be crowned in the presence of all the high dignitaries of heaven1 by ,king ,jesus1 with a crown that fadeth not away1 and a radiance that vies with the brightness of blazing suns as they run their eternal course4 ,my boy1 with what better exhortation can this volume close than1 8,be faithful08 ,being the architects of your own weal or woe1 be courageous like ,joshua1 self-reliant like ,nehemiah1 obedient like ,abraham1 persevering like ,jacob1 decisive like ,moses1 administrative like ,solomon1 above reproach like ,daniel1 long suffering like ,paul1 self-disciplined like ,david1 prayerful like ,elijah1 masters of passions like ,joseph1 bold like ,peter1 self-surrendered like ,noah1 ,godlike like ,enoch1 faith-acting like ,abel1 and in all things1 with all persons1 at all time exemplify the spirit of the ,christ4 ,be faithful4 ,faithful to your ,christian profession1 faithful to your church1 faithful to ,christ1 faithful under all circumstances and in all places1 faithful unto death4 ,above the grave of his hero ,homer inscribed the words1 8,he was a brave man40 ,above his hero ,plato wrote1 8,he was a wise man40 ,above his hero ,alcibiades said1 8,he was a rich man10 but the motto for the ,christian's tomb is that which is sculptured beneath ,lincoln's great name and which he wished above all things history might write of him3 8,he was faithful40 ,and that of ,rev4 ,henry ,weston ,smith1 who was killed by the ,indians while on his way from ,deadwood1 ,dakota1 to preach at ,crook ,city1 8,faithful unto death40 ,when ,allen ,k4 ,capron was killed at ,las ,guasimas1 his father lifted the hat that covered his face1 and said1 8,well done1 my boy40 ,may others say of you1 8,he was faithful10 and may ,christ say to you1 8,well done60 8,here's a hand to the boy who has courage ,to do what he knows to be right4 ,when he falls in the way of temptation1 ,he has a hard battle to fight4 ,who strives against self and his comrades ,will find a most powerful foe2 ,all honor to him if he conquers2 ,a cheer for the boy who says1 #8,no6' 8,there's many a battle fought daily ,the world knows nothing about4 ,there's many a brave young soldier ,whose strength puts a legion to rout4 ,and he who fights sin single-handed ,is more of a hero1 ,i say ,than he who leads soldiers to battle1 ,and conquers by arms in the fray4 8,be steadfast1 my boy1 when you're tempted1 ,and do what you think to be right2 ,stand firm by the colors of manhood1 ,and you will o'ercome in the fight4 #8,the right' be your battle-cry ever ,in waging the warfare of life2 ,and ,god1 who knows who are the heroes1 ,will give you the strength for the strife40 8,,my ,,pledge40 ,i ,,will ,keep to the right as the law directs1 ,keep from the world my friends' defects4 ,keep all my thoughts on the purest themes1 ,keep from my eyes the motes and beams4 ,keep true my deeds1 my honor bright1 ,keep firm my faith in ,god and right4 ,keep free from every sin and stain1 ,keep from the ways that bring me pain4 ,keep free my tongue from words of ill1 ,keep right my aim1 and good my will4 ,keep all my acts from passion free1 ,keep strong my hope1 no envy see4 ,keep watchful care o'er tongue and hand4 ,keep firm my feet1 by justice stand4 ,keep true my word1 a sacred thing1 ,keep from the snares the tempters bring4 ,keep faith with each ,i call a friend1 ,keep full in view the final end4 ,keep firm my courage1 bold and strong1 ,keep up the right and down the wrong4 ,keep well the words of wisdom's school1 ,keep warm by night1 by day keep cool4 ,,my ,,symphony4 8,to live content with small means1 to seek elegance rather than luxury1 and refinement rather than fashion2 to be worthy1 not respectable1 and wealthy1 not rich2 to study hard1 think quietly1 talk gently1 act frankly1 to listen to stars and birds1 to babes and sages1 with open heart2 to bear all cheerfully1 do all bravely1 await occasions1 hurry never2--in a word1 to let the spiritual1 unbidden and unconscious1 grow up through the common4 ,this is to be my symphony40 ,,william ,,henry ,,channing4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,transcriber',s ,,notes ,page ,changed from ,changed to #aaa ,the practice is unfit a scholar ,the practice is unfit for a or a gentleman4 scholar or a gentleman4 #a4 ,silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling4 #b4 ,retained archaic1 non-standard1 and uncertain spellings as printed4 #c4 ,enclosed italics font in underscores4