A Power For Young Men

We like tlie teaching of au cldcr phllosopbcr. deflnlnjj potrer to be that ni n hy wliich t producen its effect. Thls view of power sets it 1'nrtli ;i-i :i workiujr i'ncrjry, au actyal goinx ver of the cause to secure ita appropriate resolte, so thti we ma; it i.s Hot pbwM eieejrt In :i pm( when it oeaiea to worfe, I.ay it hy sihui and Idle, and it bas disopattfed frorn our rccognitioii and calculauon. Whal .-tif'it doei iiot aotf How ompty is the boei could, it I would ! " Tnere is no üemonstnitiou of kariög, without usipg. Wtmt is tin; advantase of hkvlna a foroe oerer li.unewed to the weigbt it wat designed to draw? Wlirrc's tbe power? It mi ;i w i-o thing in a youtli, coromencInc mercantil Ufe, to determine rlghUy in wliat (Uroctíon be will bacome powerful. "I'liis s thr f-ni. apparmtly, o pbjriiola de volepment BaUyIajiAg, beotiiiar, p tii:iii feata, atbletic exercises, largely engaft popular atteBtion, and m;my :i yiiutli U ;iltracted by thii peeram of human naiètea, To be slrone in the loins, to have a muscular arm, to bc ibte to lifl so niriny pounrts, is the hoifflit of amliitiim of m:my :i jroatb, who earet nol bow eaipty hl bead .in.lli. ait i, Islirabíac :irc stront'. Kut i. The world 1, lelt liiin Inbind In ;' nml Tbere is :i traer :md betl I houd. y.mtli who woali . ' wer tor Uw makt himsetffi H . "t tüi age tod i-:ill tlii-: fclo business -.t kind. moni power. ' .. uuili can afford to luck t. MP ' , ii ia nnselrtsh; il is true. It (fots '' . in riglil doinj:, ae :i full foimtoin iiows down ita open L'htuinais, More :i n ¦ i more is tliis kim! ui power ;i puissanovjn (Rir iluy. It - recoeiilztd; it Is relied Opn; i! obeyed. Il :isMin)e UinL'lin(?-s yer ly year, and stretcliea fur anu ir in iiiinri:il sceptor. Ir was of thttt Daniel Webster spoke, wlicn bia Iieart SttlKed ui' t !¦[ tiili-s :ii::iiiit thl leut tyr;imiy of llic RussUd Ciar: "(miitlemen, thr !soáithing on earth greater than Mihitrnry tnd despotic power. The lightninu lias its power; and the earthe hat power; tur the re is sontelliin uiitong nu ble l ili 'Ie tlironw tlmn Ugbtninjf. whirlwind, rr Mrtbquake, and Uut is the ex itcd and aroused IndignatloD of the whole ctvlüzed uorld." Thi liidigaanl protent "t bumanity Is the prbteal ol an aarverMl Heling in sympalhy witli Jastioe and rilit. And this power, too, m.-iy be nntrersa). H is ntX w -trictid to :i faTored few. bmnblest iiiiinl, the lowliesl vouth may wield it. In respect it is totne other acqoUltlona it power, wblcb like th' liht t lettin mui-, are tor tull pnnsjn, ItIdS tlic lower slopet and the niet ín Um inade. Anyyoung man who wil] bok) and use the truth. who ili make riuht swrtd mul rog nant to iUelf, who can Teel Úw j-'l11 nfl -in-.! the light of steudy aprightnea iiuwearled well-dolnz. cun become n