Canadian Valley Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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CANADIAN VALLEY RECORD, CANTON, OKLAHOMA
PERSONAL
STOCK-TAKING
Dawn of New Ycar a Good \
Time to Bolster Up «
Weak Spots e
Ih
NOWS the time for n personal
stock taking. The habit Is
In the nlr around Christmas.
The kiddie lives n miserable
life from the first of December trying
to do his best so that old Santa will
be good to him. The average man
starts in around Christmas to think
about the New Year resolutions he is
going to make. All his friends, wise
and otherwise proffer advice gratis
until the poor chap Isn't sure whether
the New Year Is coming or going and
he himself Is hopelessly lost. If he's
wise he will go off by himself to a
quiet corner and turn over the events
of the past year and strike a balance
on the results. The chances are that
he will feel as chipper as a squirrel
In May when the Job is finished. There
will be many instances where the
"might have been" will condemn what
was.
Life has many lessons that are hard to
learn.
One Is that you can't put your abil-
ity in cold storage until needed for
■nome great Scoop. Your present Job
may be no compliment to your ability, °f what you can do easily.
if you're concerned about the future
you will respect the verdict and hon-
estly set out to avoid the foolish things
done in 1918. You will make your
c irrectlons at onCe. If you continue
!n error you will damage your work-
ing ability, not to speak of your repu-
tation and character. It Isn't busi-
ness to toy with things costly. You
can better atTord to down a foolish
Self-pride than be downed by tasks
too big for you. If yon make the cor-
rections to your life at once even the
balance of this year will profit by
the stock taking and you will start the
year with a little practice.
The best assurance of success is found
in taking stock of the means of attain-
ing it.
Many worthy projects are blasted by
over-zeal. Faith does wonder*, hut It's
n healthy process to mix considerable
good Judgment with it. Promises to
pay are of no value without the abil-
ity to redeem them. You must count
the cost before beginning the new en-
terprise. " Scan your personal fitness
before undertaking new ventures. If
you stand the test you are bound to
win. You have no renson to expect
that simply because you attempt some-
thing beyond you some mysterious
power is going to puil you through.
The js'ew Year will be full of chal-
i lenges and for that reason I want you
tc take stock and be ready for the test-
ing when it comes.
There's nothing like knowing what you
dare expect of yourself.
It's Just as foolish to attempt* Jobs
too big for you as It Is to he afraid
There are
$
'but VOU dare not slight it for that ™me organizations that put on cam-
(reason. To keep yourself fit you must P«lg s these days to help people find
'•constantly emplov your talents to the | themselves. If you want the same
■limit. As soon as vou begin to go easy results without the publicity go after
on them you start'to decline. Unused your own case and don t be too easy
.potentialities deteriorate. Labor snv- ! «''h the subject. The com ng year
Jng devices ami man-made expedients >e full of great opportunities *nd
won't work out with the Divine man- J™ won't know what to do when they
iterpiece. God never Intended ability c*me unless you take stock In advance
jto be held in reserve for spectacular Jo be sure some lucky turn of for-
{purposes. The wise man takes stock tunes wheel may put you In a high
jdally to see whether or not he Is mens- P "ce but you are far more likely to
Li , in tkic is the s*ay nt the top if you rise by merit,
wring up to his privileges. This ts me . 1
'season to begin the practice of It. Vou owe yourself and your friends
Man's measure is best taken when he 1>est record for the coming year
toils for the good of others. ! f 1 8hou™ bfe a ™tter 8atl.S'f
Much that he does In this line Is to know that you have the ability to
{rot appreciated. The knowledge 0f «'o big Uuntrs. It s equally Important
^hls kills some folks at the start. Most | Jo know your weakness lf you should
•men do their best when the thing they ' he confronted with big things In any
'advocate Is popular. A few Indom- case failure does not add to jour
jitable souls are tired to the heroic ! ^ ,ifes
I . , . ... Tt «i ,. i.i„ be avoided if men would only take
jiolnt by opposition, t takesthe hi, ^
fouled man o struggle on «henJ. f
pees (ew results and gets I t e .honk^ power and crltlclsn,
!H« works for the sake of the h ng to , Y„, „
he done and that Is the evldenee of « ■
the master-workman. It takes the
stalwart to keep on the job in cloud
and sunshine with his best always as
.the goal. Tf you are willing to take
|6tock and profit by the results shown,
iyon may he in that class soon.
The fellow that is honest in his stock
taking will find many loose connections
in his f>ast efforts
He has failed to keep the pace be-
cause his ideals and ability did not
mix properly; or he has been short on
one or both of these essentials. There
are many sincere souls that are fail-
ures because they have gone at high
speed with a bolt loose somewhere.
No wonder they wrack themselves to
death. The stock taking will help
them to see where their personal "mech-
anism needs repairs. Weakness in
any one part hinders the best work of
the whole. For the sake of a tempo-
rary gain you dare not endanger-your
future usefulness. The past has been
of your making. If it does not please
you find what has been the matter
and make sure of a better record for
1919. It's unfair to blame your com-
petitors for lack of success. If you
bad been able to deKver the goods you
would doubtless hove had your share
of the trade. They have won because
you have failed somewhere. Most fail-
ures begin with the mental apparatus.
Look well to yours for the New Year.
There is no time for adjustments
after the race starts.
When the head is supplied with right
thinking the body is apt to be best fitted
for its tasks.
To be sure the care of the body in-
fluences the thinking, but even that
needs right thinkinc to b ip it. If
yov-i head Is off you < • n't give your
brdy a square deal. Y' u :in't booze
all night and have a clear head the
next day. Yoti can't dance until day-
bier.k and have elasticity and spright-
Hness of body when the rush is on
the next afternoon. You can't fill
your stomach with cheap candlc.«,
creams and chemically preserved
fruits and be happy and obliging to
trying customer in busy times. You
nntst have the whole human mechan-
ism working in harmony If yon are
g< :n_' to get the most out of the coin-
1f z year. That's why your old uncle
Is asking tor a mental and physical
texamlnation. He's concerned for your
welfare and wants you to make good.
Think rieht. and you will generally
be right.
If vou hcrtcn'f measured u? to expec-
tations during iqiS you must find the ,
red' u
1 h> truth will doubtless Jar your
sell-npUilon a little, and you would j
h ue to see the analysis in the new*, j
l .pcr But the results will be just as
pr. Ih if you fall and men who rear!
between the Uues know the facts. So (
yourself and fit yourself for being
jour best. Take stock before others
take It for you and corrections are
h/O Inte.
DEATH OF OLD YEAR
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow.
And the winter winds are wearily slic-
ing:
Toll ye the church bell sad and slow.
And tread sof'.ly. and speak low.
For the Old Year l!es a-dylng.
Old Year, you must not die:
You came to us so readily.
You lived with us so steadily,
Old Year, vou shall not die.
His face Is growing sharp and thin,
Alack! our friend Is pone
Close up his ej'63; tie up his chin;
Step from the corpse, and let him In
That standeth there alone.
And waiteth at the door, _
There's a new foot on the floor, my
friend.
And a new face at the door, my friend.
A new face at the door.
—Alfred Tennyson.
ANOTHER LEAF ^
Only Today Is Ours.
The opening of the year is every-
body's birthday. God has let us share
his work. God has gifts for days to
come. We may send our thoughts back
through the ways of memory; we must
send them forth through opening paths
of faith and hope. The past will come
no more, but today is ours and tomor-
row is in the hands of everybody's
birthday, then, bring joy and courage!
May God's spirit help us. each and ev-
eryone, to walk with God ami spend a
joyl'ul year in the service <>f bis King-
dom.
Crowns.
There's many a crown
reach.—Browning.
for who can
By HELEN M. RICHARDSON
UJislring $na All tbrry
gurrrsB for a grrsprnraa
ani> ijappy
Within life's book another leaf is turned;
Today we face a new and untried year,
Its secrets and its purpose all unguessed.
No hand may lift the veil that hides from us
Success or failure, and no feet save ours
May tread our pathway, do our several tasks.
We step into the New Year's outstretched amis,
And wonder if with all her luring charms
Truer she'll prove than one we leave behind.
What we have gained from wrestling with defeat,
Mayhap will give us strength new foes to meet
With greater courage. Come, then, storm and stress,
Defeat and failure, or joy's magic spell,
To each or all the new year holds in store
We reach our hands in welcome, for we know
Our truest blessings from our failures grow,
And that our share of happiness will be
What we acquire through self-mastery.
—Farm Journal.
A NEW YEAFx
SERMON
By
REV. (AMES M. GRAY, D.D. .
a ND now. Lord, what wait
A I for?"—Psalm 39:7.
Another twelvemonth has
almost gone, and we are
pet hi the land of the living. If we
yive this serious consideration, we
must regard it as remarkable. Some
think death the strangest wonder of
human history, but Is not life stran-
'A
hear the voice, harden not your hearts.'
It may be you are waiting to bear
fruit. You are, by the grace of God,
already saved, let us suppose. But for
what purpose were you saved? Since
God loves you with a "love that pasa-
eth knowledge," and since "to depart
and be with Christ were far better"
than to remain here—why (lid/ he not
call you to himself at your conversion?
Why are you here instead of enjoyin
your Redeemer's presence? There
must be some reason. "Ye have not
eHoscn me," said Christ, "but I have
chosen you, and ordained you. that ye
should go and bring forth fruit, and
that your fruit should remain." May
j it be to give you another opportunity
I ro glorify his father by bearing fruit,
that you are still here?
| It may be yon are waiting to be
j perfected. I ought to explain this, be-
cause there is a sense in which every
Get New Kidneys!
faTm their work of filtering out an*
throwing off the poisons developed in tha
system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is. pain or stiff-
ness in the lower part of the back, highly
colored urine; loss of appetite .indices-
tion • irritation, or even stone in the blad-
der ' These symptoms indicate a condition
that may lead to that dreadea and fatal
Bright'! disease, for which there
is said to be no cure.
Do not delay a minute. At the hrst in-
dication of trouble in the kidney live^
bladder or urinary organs start takini
Gold Medal Ilaarlem Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before it is too late. tastant
treatment is necessary in kidney and blad-
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You cah almost eertainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal Haarlem Oil C apsules.
For more than '200 years this famous prep-
aration has been an unfailing remedy for
all kidney, bladder atid urinary troubles.
It iB the pure, original Haarlem Oil your
ercat-Rrandinother used. About two cap-
sules each day will keep you toned up and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and
if it does not give you almost immediate
relief, vour money will he refunded, lie
sure you get the GOLD MU.DAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxes, three
sizes.—Adv.
Insisted on His Rights.
Mr. Arthur Bourchler once had an
amusing experience with his dresser.
It was on a first night, and when the
performance was over the dresser was
nowhere to he seen. Mr. Bourchler
sent some one to look for him, and he
was discovered up in the gallery—hiss-
ing!
His explanation wns that he wns an
old gallery first-nighter, and that while
he would serve Mr. Bourchler faithful-
ly behind the scenes, he reserved the
right to do as he liked in the audi-
torium and hiss or clap according to
his unbiased opinion.
Mr. Bourchler did not dismiss the
man. A frank critic is a valued friend.
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with worm* ba*e an sn-
healtbr color, which Imllciuos poor blood, i«"d mi*
rule there Ib more or loss Momach dUturbs.no*.
GROVH'S TA9TBLKS3 cblll TONIC elren r<vo!ar.y
for two or three weeks will enrich tbe bUmd, lm
prove the diction, and act as a Owners 1 ^ren«th-
enlne Tonlcto the whole system Naturewill the*
throw off ordlsoel the worms, and the Child will oa
perfect health. Pleasant to take 60c per botUta.
One of Little Faith.
The old farmer had no faith 'ti
"physic," but he became so sick that
he was eventually induced to see a
doctor. A few days after his visit the
doctor net him and remarked that he
looked better.
"Yes, zur," said the farmer. "I am
a lot better than I was."
"So the medicine did you some good
after all, then?" said the physician.
"I dunno, zur, I duntio," the farmer
went on. " 'Tis like this 'ere, you see.
Soon as I got outside your place I
drinlied one-half and throwed away
the other—but I can't tell which done
me the most good."*—Tit-Bits.
human history, but Is not life stran- Christian is perfected the moment
ger? When we reflect upon our frame, I ^ acoepts Christ as his Savior. He
and the shocks of life it must endure, j perfected in that he Is both justified
is perfected in that he is both Justified
rjul sanctified; his sin Is put away, and
by the Holy Spirit he himself is set
apart for God forever. The New Tes-
tament is very clear on this; notice
Paul's words in his epistle to the Co-
iossians, for example.
What, then, do we mean by saylnc
we may be waiting to be perfected?
Do we mean the attainment of a state
must we not exclaim with Young,
"Strange that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long'."
Is it to be wondered at if, like
bavid, we too should put the question, j
Rvhat wait I for?" The mystery of
being here is not profounder than the !
[nystery of staying here. Let us ask
jGod the question. The psulraist felt |
he could not trust his own conclusions. 0f sinl'essness this side of heaven? No;
and so he said, "Lord, what wait I for ]f a Christian lived to be as old as
for?" ; Methuselah, would he not still require
It may be yon are waiting to be to pray. "Forgive us our trespasses as
saved. God is not willing that any we f,>rgive those who trespass against
should perish, but that all should URr> We only mean that perfectness.
come to repentance and live. jn the sense of a ripeness for the
"O Ephraim, how can I give thee up, i sickle, which comes In the lives of
how shall I leave thee. Judah?" Be- some as if n cm-n of glory had been
hold him weeping over the Holy City, vouchsafed to them even before they
"O Jerusalem, how often would I have passed into the unseen.
gathered thy chiMren together, ns n And so may it he with som« of you.
hen gathereth h r brood under her , Though now your pruning, your dig-
wings, and ye would not!" lie Is so Icing, and perhaps .vour growing days
pleading with some of you today. To a recover, yet the quiet but potent rays
I go back no farther than the past year. I ,>f divine criiee are accomplishing a
j has there been no sermon, no invitation j maturity in your experience, so that
1 or warning, no supplication or exhorta- your Christian life never will have
' tiort, that has appealed to your intelii- I been so attractive as in the hour that
gence. or moved your emotions, plead- ' you depart hence. "We all do fade as
ing with you to accept Christ? Hare a leaf, but the fall of you. ye glory-
you lost no friend or neighbor by death j frowned ones, is to be Illumined by
during that period? Have you had no ; the grandeur of nn autumnal sunset,
escape from bodily peril or no illness God bless you. aged brethren! God
to remind you of the uncertainty of j bless yon. young and old. rich and
Keep year ltrer active, your bowels clcan by
taking Dr. Pierce's Pliaennt Pellets and J<m U
keep bealthy, wealthy and wise. Adt.
The Last Word.
The sweet young thing thought she
was making a huge success.
"There Is only one thing I can't un-
derstand," he started to say.
"Only one?" she asked, without let-
ting him finish.
"There was one. Now there are two.
The second is why some girls never
learn that It Is only the pretty ones
who can afford to be impertinent."
Ottawa Citizen.
How's This ?
We offer $100.00 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALL'S
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is tak.
en internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty year*.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
To Water Hanging Plant.
Place a small funnel In the center
of the basket, leaving the cup part
above the soil, but hidden by the fol-
iage. Fill this with water daily. The
water will souk into the soil gradually
and will not run through onto the floor
below, spoiling carpetB or waxed floors.
life? Can you conscientiously say that
in all these respects God has left you
alone? Has he done not a thine to
startle you out of your false security,
to convince you of sin. to invite yon to
the Savior? I repent, has God left you
absolutely alone? Ah: you cannot say
that he has.
"How long halt ye between two opin-
ions?*' God pushes for a decision, and
poor, saint and sinner! May you have
a "Happy New Year" in the highest
and truest sense. "Happy is the peo-
ple whose God is the Lord." Accept
him. serve him. wait for him. It is
only as we stand in such relationship
to him that, after employing the psalm-
ist's question, "And now. Lord, what
wait I for?" we can confidently apply
the consolation in his words that fol-
i *a immediate reply. "Today, if ye will j low, "My hope is in thee.
Cuticura for Sore Hands.
Soak hands on retiring in the hot snds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in .Cu-
ticura Ointment. Remove 1 surplus
Ointment with soft tissue paper. For
free samples address, "Cuticura,
X, Boston." At druggists and b? mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.—Ady.
Especially a Good Looking Glass.
Said the almost philosopher, "Fair
woman now hurries along in her mad
flight from one department store to
another, doing her Christmas shopping.
Perhaps she Is not entirely unmindful
of the skads of money she ts spending.
Perhaps she is not entirely unmindful
seen sliding up to a little strip of glass
facing the sidewalk to give herself a
pat and a poke, we are safe in con-
cluding that slie has at least paused
for reflection."
Empty heads contain a lot of use-
less Information. v
\ Wholesome. Cl.-ansfni,
1 Uffreshing and Healinf
Latiao—Murine for Red-
2^ ness. Soreness. Granuia-
f* tion. Itching and Burning
J of the Eyes or Eyelids;
"2 Drops" After the Movie* Motoring or GoM
•will win your confidence. Arte \our Druggiat
for Marine when y^mr Eves Need Cave. al-ll
Murine Eye Stmidy Co.. eblCMO
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McDowell, C. S. Canadian Valley Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918, newspaper, December 26, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc176249/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.