Show OUR STORED UP POWER mr Stay bolt man unlit upon a plan man is as one might say said sir Stay bolt built in series of compartments though ho may not know this fact at tho outset and ho may indeed go through lifo and dio without knowing it taking with him unused stocks of ability and strength that ho had never known ho possessed simply be causo they were never brought into play As to what will bring their qualities into play men differ there aro somo few men who command themselves and some who open at n touch and then there are many who respond only to the most urgent call but there are few men who cannot in bamo bomo way bo moved to action this brings me for illustration to a brief consideration of tho personal quality commonly denominated as sand of which I 1 imagine most of us possess far more than wo suspect for there aro few men who finally run away mighty few who will not stand up and light when they feel that they aro really called upon but our sand is in comport ments and most of us I 1 fancy open only one and make that last through life and wo dio without knowing how brave wo are unless some great occasion independent of ourselves opens another compartment and shows us what we really have in reserve I 1 might add that there aro few it any revelations that como to us in lifo that give us greater pleasure or moro our horizon abo moral of all this is that in our good qualities we should trust ourselves without hesitation there aro qualities which will easily suggest themselves which it would bo better to leave unused bettor for ourselves and for everybody else it tho compartments containing them were never opened but as to such qualities as pluck endurance energy capacity and moral strength wo should call upon ourselves freely we should not take down with us as otherwise we are almost certain to do stores of these valuable qualities untouched but rather wo should draw upon them now and constantly and confidently and so doing wo shall bo gratified with our constant growth in strength and more than gratified with tho attending substantial rewards new york sun |