Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1917 — EXTERNALS [ARTICLE]

EXTERNALS

By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS.

The Externals of life are but the Eye Hobbies of transient Humans. So that whatever counts with the Eye today will Ifttve little standing with the Soul tomorrow. For Character Is the only thing that is really permanent. And — Character grows from Within. The very experience of the Universe pays daily tribute to this fact. The tnspirers of. our Race and Time were men and women who sought eagerly for the things that endured—-in Character and great Works. For the Externals they had neither time nor desire. They started to build from the Foundation truth that — -Character grows from Within. Are you troubled or worried or made, envious by the Externals? ..Does selfish Pleasure Aattract you? Are you held in the fascination that extravagant display of Dress, Money, Knowledge, or Social or Public Power ninny times affords? Smile and be happy in the'Knowledge that more than these may be easily yours, and that for YOU- — Character grows from Within.