The Gavelyte, April 1914

2 TI IE GAVCLYTE follow it wilh energy nm! lnilh ancl lul.11 it with onh\nrd and visihle work. Trials and trouble will com" and 1;, tar ! s wbich seem impass:i.bl will pr s nt tben elve·s. All i11 pi1ation and crl ergy will s m to t gone. adn !-S is, where joy s-ho ulcl b ,, 11i-appoinlm nts and difficul– ties of all lcind prevail. Tro all t!hat se ms to make life \\Orth living is obsoued by what s(el11"1 an edi ps , iitill let cne not fo,1·get the gleam. but '-'tilll realn his r 2 ith. s a ti ave,le,r makes his , ay th1 ough a ru gged mountainous dis– trict he sees be1fore him mouI11tains, whic1h 1be:·01 e be approaC'hes, sei m insun11ountable. but if he is p rsevering and presses on with energy, as h e comes clo e•r some p3tbi Teveals it•s1eU to him and •he p1ass•es .on and in turn finds another and soon makEs his way in t!hie clear. So it i,s in life one may mE-eit o·bstacles '·irnila r {o mounitains, •but if he kee·ps faith and follows the path his Mak r has g :ven him, te will at last find his way. T1 •o ubks rcnd trials i:., uld on:y fEI v r:, ,J ::.., r n..,t . en the ideal and make one a:.i the more ea,g, r to suc•.::-Nd. One mu t always firmly beliEVe in his ide·al if he wi.s•hes to f::il– low and e-levaJte it, for men of firm conviction are thore who in,sipire others. A man who iis d•oubtful never 1accomplis'1:!,es anything worth while. ,S,hakesipeare says, "Our doU1Ms a 1 re traitors and make us lose lthe good -we oft might win •by J'earinig to attempt." The Ie,ader in any ,g,rna.t movement must fi1rmly believe i,n t h e· movement or he will not ihiave any foUowers. ME•als which have been firmly believed in and el£•vated, •have in– fluenced the 1ive,s of great men and women and thru them the world. The best and no·blest lives are thorn w 1hieh are s 1t toward h 'igh id•c als. Joan of Arc, the French maiden, known in hisitory as the ",Nlaid of Oflle-ans," saw visions and heard voices whic1h, to,ld h er to undataike the W'Ol"k o.f •de1'iverinig F1·,ance. 'lier convictio n wa~ so .s-trong t):lat she ait ornce ,gai,ned foUowers in her cause. The p : ople 1 believEd in her vision and s•he with them followed it, thoug 1 h o,bstacles• arose and ,tJ:,.e way was lorrg, ·she follovte,d wi.ibh str : n,gth and courage. She in– spi,r ed and lto 1 d her s 1 0Mires and was succH:,sful in the Telief of Orleall"'· Even after t!he maiden was caiptured and s'o cruelly executl 1 d 1by ,the IDnglis,h, her spirit remained wibh ,the Fre nch peo1p'1e. Again what has bad mo,re infimnce on the wo.rld than the tr·umrpih of Ohristianity over ·pag,anism? One pf ,t,he instruments u•sed in t!his viictory was OonstantiDJe the Grea-t. On the morn."1ng o,f tlhe deci,s•iva battle at Melvian b 1 ridge which shou,ld partly Mcide whebha the country s 1 ho,u],d •be Chrisitian or pagan, 1('1onsta.ntine beheld in tlhe sky a visi•on or glea!ID in the form o.f a cross ibea.rirng the insicri·p,bion, " In hoc signo vince,s,'' by thi 5' ,s:gn thou shalt conquer. Inspired by t1his h e bore t·h e sign and gained the descive battle. Thu tf we ,are ,guided by the ray of ins•piration in our hearts we will gain many a victory in life.