Show YOUTHFUL OBEDIENCE Sorrowful regret is the reward of the disobedient Sooner or later this fact will stare them in the face Then will come the regret that when the golden moment of opportunity oppor-tunity was presented it was repulsed re-pulsed and neglected Children obey your parents is a precept that O oICC > may well demand the attention of c every youth Obey them while they are with you and when they are gone treasure every memory of them with the greatest care They are in the place of God on earth and if they do misadvise you it is not from any desire to work you an injury They cherish you and look to the time when you will be an honor and a pillar to them in the autumn and winter of life Continuously train yourselves cultivate the mind while yeti it is susceptive of impressions im-pressions Deal not with that which will make you a nonentity in 1 the great battle of life There are j already too many passive members in the ranks Strive for a place and know if you fail that you are higher than if you made no effort Trust not to opportunities make them and if you are so fortunate as to have them presented to you grasp them and manfully struggle on do your duty to yourself and to those who have the right to dictate to you If you stumble regain your footing not by pulling another down but by your own strength then you will receive that commendation commen-dation which is your due and which your conscience will let you accept without a tinge The secret of success lies not only in seeking for opportunities and finding them but in improving them to the best advantage and who more willing to point them out than a loving parent or friend P Time may not be found by them though ib should to study out and assist in making the chance but experience teaches by parallels and it is then the words of advice given by parents par-ents or respected and honored friends should be remembered and when they have been acted upon garner them up that they may ben be-n aid and abettor to future action The world does not need your beauty or form or feature unless you combine with them a beauty of the mind This lives and has its influence wherever its rays may fall To others it will be powerful incentive incen-tive to emulate your example Prom communion with others in books or socially learn great truths I look into the minds of those who lived before our time let the light of noble intelligence reflect upon your arts and your life then the vastness and wealth of the world could not tempt you to cast aside that which you have won for yourself and can give to others for that which with allis all-is advantages could not create the I knowledge that you have done right Obedience disciplines the I mind and makes better men and citizens It cultivates a desire t I I be subservient to the government under which you live It teaches you to conform to the laws of nature health and society It teaches you to recognize the right I and makes you feel that you are strong and intelligent enough to sit in judgment on public opinion so if an idol be erected no matter what it may Le labelled the continued discipline of obedience will give you courage to declare it an idol and manfully stand by that declaration while in fluencea are brought to bear against you in the hope of causing you to forget your declaration that you may fall down and worship The cultivation of the mental and moral powers of the mind does not i place you in a position to ask for a station in life cultivate them and they demand a place The world will find out what there is in you what you are capable of doing Attend At-tend lectures and conventions whose I I l main object is to instruct read the j l best authors and journalists whose I I writings wield an influence in I public opinion and society To do this is within the power of every individual To the lecture room and library turn in your moments mo-ments of leisure sad as you listen or read turn to the biography of those who write and speak and see whence they came They were not born in wealth nor in place3 of honor neither were they bred in universities Distinction is inherent in-herent in some but the greater number are those who struggled against obstacles and won their way to honor and distinction by their own strength Take example from most of the solid men of the west and many of our most prosperous and honored business men Learn from them the lesson of their lives and make it a model from which you can shape your life that it may conform to the demands of success |