Show HABIT I 1 the following Is a talk delivered by prof W P day at the sunday morning session of the recent quarterly conference eds 1 I 1 am delighted my dear young friends in having the pleas pleasure ire of addressing you a few moments this morning this grand audience c aught to be an ail inspiration to anyone I 1 feel heanly however the responsibility of attempt attempting dirig tirig to interest you because I 1 realize fully that the instructions you receive during important periods of your lives will have much to do in the forming of your future lives you are now building superstructure upon which your future acts roust must rest and the way you build this superstructure per structure will determine your success or failure in life it will be my pleasure tor for a few moments this morning to say ai few words upon what I 1 consider to be one of t the prime factors in laying the foundation oun dation of a character which will either cither bring honor success ind and happiness or dishonor failure and destruction you have all heard of habit and that repeated maxium habit Is a cable we weave a thread ot of it each day and soon it becomes so strong wb we cannot break it but jt t is as true now as it was when it was first uttered and will continue to be as true throughout the endless ages of eternity habit is what makes society what it is we are what we ive are because of our habits and I 1 want to tell you my young friends what you voil are to be you are now becoming what I 1 am to be I 1 am now becoming remember intakes it takes time lime and opportunity to make character arabit is the architect that builds the feeble rudimentary powers of 0 the child into the strong developed powers of the full grown man it if our vague purposeless movements give place to definite movements if our sensations become more definite if our perceptions become clearer it if our memories reason more correctly and logically if our actions become more clearer it is because ot of habit this is ia seen in the first beginning to walk in the cyclist first beginning to ride in the musician first beginning to play in the speaker first beginning to speak the child has to w watch itch every step the cyclist has to give his entire attentions tent teat ions to his wheel the musician lias has to watczy where he puts ers while he slowly spells out tile the notes the speaker stumbles over his words as he thinks ot of what lie he wants to say but young friends heinemyer heni hein ember that the continued repetition of these acts will enable us to acquire a skill which will finally seem a sort of second nature and all thru habit one author has said that a man without habit would remain an ail infant thru life and would be as helpless as unhandy as speechless and as much a child at three score as at three now what does this all mean it means that every time we perform any action whether mental or physical we are better capable under similar circumstances of performing that action again it means that every time we think pure and do good deeds it is easier for us to think and do them again it means that every time we think bad tho trots is and do bad deeds it is easier to think and do them again it further means that we learn to think by thinking and we learn to do by doing and it profits profi tsi us nothing to have others do our thinking and doing tor for us as is elbert hubbard tells fells us it is what we think and what we are think the then n how important habit is the habits we form now determine our usefulness in life you young people have two roads before you it if you think good shots and do good deeds aou QU will inevitably follow the road which leads to success and happiness on oil tile the other hand if you think bad thoas and do bad deeds you will inevitably follow the road which leads lead to failure and disgrace which road are you going to follow some may say we e are young and have plenty of time it is true irue you are young your minds are active and pliable it is for this reason that I 1 tell you that it is the shots you think now and the Impress impressions ious that are made on oil your lives at the present time that will largely mould your character for good or bad you ask BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH that CONTAINS MERCURY ry as s mercury will surely desti destroy oy the sense of 0 smell sm elland aud completely derange the wl whole ole system when entering it tile through tile lie mucous surfaces such articles Irti cles should never be used except on oil prescriptions from reputable physicians sic ians as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them halls catarrh cure manufactured by F J cheney co toledo 0 contains no mercury and is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot of the system in buying halls catarrh cure be sure you get the genuine it is taken internally and made in toledo ohto by F J cheney co testimonials tree free sold by druggists price per bottle take hals family pills tor for conati li your grand parents the things they remember best and they will invariably etli you that it Is the impressions that hat were made on their minds in early life they will often picture vividly a simple thing that happened in childhood while they have entirely forgotten important things that happened six months or a year ago we see tho the same principle in nat nature ure it if you want to train a tree to grow g row in any certain direction you begin while it Is young because it Is active pliable and will bend and grow in any direction but let it grow until it gets old and then try to bend or make it grow in some other direction and you will find it next to impossible so it Is with you you are young now your minds mind as I 1 said before are active and capable of receiving any impressions that come before you it if the impressions you receive are wrong and the habits you form are bad you will find when you approach old age and see your mistakes you will find yourselves something like the old tree next to impossible to change the error or of your ways so you see the proper time to begin to form forin proper habits Is right now today to day it is here and we can act yesterday has gone and tomorrow to morrow may never come many people who have formed bad habits are always making resolutions that they will do better belter in the future at the beginning qt the next month or next year but remember resolutions are like eggs it if not hatched into action they rot and decay and they leave us even weaker than we were before you may ask what habits should I 1 begin to form and I 1 suggest tile the following get in habit of keeping good company it if possible better than yourself forit is there th thai al you receive inspiration to lead a higher and nobler life get in the habit of thinking good shots and doing good deeds expressing the good t things h I 1 n g s within you and see how you will grow get in the habit of insisting upon pon the best that Is in you tor here lies the secret between success ail and failure get gel in ill the habit of being mirthful and cheerful for it is one of the best things in the world the world is willing to pay for smiles not frowns you know tile the more you laugh tile the more you love the more you are cheerfulness is one of the best things for health good cheer wl will 11 improve your looks and beat all outward appliances good cheer will make yourl lyes moy I 1 ic C e Ss ful and will help you to sail smoothly 0 over v er many of the hard and rough roads of life get in the habit of giving proper attention to your physical make up tip if we expect to give future expression to the good habits we are now forming we must have strong physical bodies we may not be rich in ill this worlds goods but we do own one of the most perfect and complex machines in the world our own bodies and it behooves each and everyone of us to give these machines our very best care be careful of what you cat and how you eat cat it take proper exercise and make it as much a daily habit as eating and sleeping give that important organism over which you have control all the consideration its importance demands live in the frebla air and sunlight let it into your homes ani and into your lives and see aee what a life giving force it will be there get in the habit of casting a afew few flowers across the rocky roads people have to pass over cultivate the lowers flowers in your pathway not ali the weeds those who brighten the lives of others are the ones who are most needed when here and the soonest missed when gone get in the habit ol of cultivating proper methods ot of reading A person la is judged by the books he ha reads and the character ot of a family Is judged by the books they have in their library read good books and and the ot of great men and women read some good elevating shots every day and think about them read serious things and study them read funny things and enjoy them and allow other people to do the same game some of the worlds greatest shots are boiled down in the worlds greatest jokes the very fact that tome some people live shows that the great creator liked fun get in the habit of surrounding yourselves with cheerful and agreeable things isyou expect to brig brighten ht the lives of others you must br brighten 1 gh your own this Is a glorious old world let us see the good in it it if you have done anything wrong dont spend useless time worrying over it but forget it over the scars of your I 1 lives let the moss grow and over this let tile the roses of life bloom get in the habit of looking on oil the bright side of life it if you go thru tile the world with a coffin on your bach the whole world will wish aou were in it each of us carry an atmosphere with us it may be as cold and disagreeable as a winter day or as bright and cheerful as the sunshine on the first warm day of spring it if you wish to be useful throw a radiant spirit reever you go drink in the good and cheerful from every source and let your souls radiate it everywhere it if you do this you will bring joy for yourselves happiness to your f friends and do good to the whole world get in ill the habit of being kind and considerate of dumb animals those animals cannot speak for themselves and are subject to our mercy they have lave feelings the same as we and we all should consider it brutal to treat them unkindly get in tile the habit ot of being truthful in what hat you say honest in ill your deal |