Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-12-10
NUMBER 40.
DON'T Look ON the Dark Side.

lie merry, hght-hearted and cheerful don't
forever be looking at the clouds and wondering
| if the rain is ever going to cease. Don't you
know the harder it rains to-day the brighter will
be the sunshine tomorrow The more black,
leaden clouds to-day, the more bright heecy
ones tomorrow. But you never think of that,
do you2 1t is so pleasant to look at the dark
side of everything to always think of those
who are much better off than yourself 1t is not
half so pleasant to contrast yourself with those
who don't fare well, but would willingly
step into your boots, is it2 Don't you know,
too, that half the people who so around the
world with gray heads and crows feet in their
eye-corncrs, almost before they have reached
middle life, are those who have always looked at
cloud instead of sunshine who have laid awake
nights fretting and worrying over "what might
have beeu,' when they should have been sound
| asleep dreaming of good times coming. Never
! give upi always hope for good fortune faith
works wonders sometimes, and surely there is
some pleasure in anticipation. OF course it
would be folly to Rrgne that il is MS good us real
! ization, for we all know it isn't, but then it
helps wonderfully aud has caused many heart
to beat joyfuly Supposing you are disap-
pointed sometimes, what then? Are You going
to give up for all time and eternity never hope
for good times again, just because one wee drop
of rain fell? We all can't be Fortunate can't all
realize every wish. 1t never was designed that
we should pass through life without some weary
heart-aches. The poet tells us--so truthfully,
too-that
"Into each life some rain must G,l
Some days bc dark and drcary."
True enough, some are more soroly tried than
others, some lives are seemingly wrecked before
they are fairly started in hfe's Journey whilo
Others glide along year after year SO peacefully
that it is seldom an angry wave appears to mo-
lest them. But this does not justify you in cx-
claiming with so much imputeuce, Why were
things so uuequally ordoiuod2 You must not
forget that those who are SO sorcly tried are
those whose strength of mind of ,eW and Of COM
mon sense are equal to the emergency. Those
who do siuk under the burdens are those who
will not put to use the qualities that kind
Providence has bestowed upon them, hut who
are determined to sink to the lowest depths.
There are people in the world who take cer-
tain delight in anticipating trouble, and as sure
as little is brought to bear on them, cXcMim
in exultoton, &" There didn't tell you so ?" rs
if they had proven to the world their immense
power Of penetration.
If you 60 to a lortuno-tellcr (but Of course you
don't), and she tells you you are to have oceans
of trouble, don't be so ready to believe her.
For gracious sake, don sit with your thumbs in
your mouth waiting for it, but be mp and doing,
be merry, light-hearted and cheerful. Always
have light IN your eye, smile on your lips,
and merry bit of u song, and you can rest as
sured trouble will not tNrry long near you. lfit
does come, make up your mind to bear it WITH
as little pain aa possible don brood and tAjnk
over ii, or it will certainly be increased to twice
its original size There never was a person yet
who got along in the world without pluck and
energy. You need lots of it cant have too
much.
Why, supposing every who would have
little touch of disappointment, litUo awaken
ing from some pleasant dream should give up aud
have no moro faith in the world-why, what
would become of us2 Where would bo all our
bright lights, our rising men and strong g-mnded
women especially the latter2 They have had
diseouragement enough, goodness only knows
but they have not given up yet, nor do they in
tend to.
Whenever you feel Respondent and inclined to
an attack of the blues, or feel like having good
bawl, don't give way to it.. Put your hat on aud
go out and take run. Never mind if it ia rain
ing All the better; but you musn mind if u
few rain drops splash into your face, or on your
best hat don't mind that, and don't let it dis
| courage you, but inst look up and see if that
one bright tiny, cloud away of isn't floating
gradually toward you, and don you think that
was just meant for you? See, the sky is getting
brighter it isn't half so dark and gloomy, after
all, is it2 You must remember that there
never was anything gained yet by being despond-
ent. person in that state of mind is misery
to himself and to every one around him--a blight
upon bis family, making continual gloom where
should be perpetual sunshine. Whatever you
do, don't sit around the house and complain Of
hard times and nothing to do, Do you ever
think why? Simply because you don't try. In
| stead OF being up and dOiug-willing to turn
your hand TO anything TO earn an honest penny
you lounge about the house and wonder when
your tck is going to take turn, forgetting all
the time that HZiue8s has great deal to do
with it. Why il ia ten times more honorable to
sell peanuts on tho street corner, or to saw wood
by the cord than to sit down and see your fam
! lily in want, morely because you won't work but
at certain thing and then your pride would
| forbid Of any such degraaHg employment as ped
/ 4ttfp tf.l me-
you sexclaim, the idea Of 8ugpesting such u
thing Why, what would Mrs. So aud So think
and what would Mrs. Gruudy sayY Yes you
are dreadfully afraid Of doing anything beaeaH
! yoGi but IL isn't beneath you to owe for every
! thing you eat and wear, to have bills poked in
your face at every street corner, to have your
landlord recommend the street as a suitable
| abode for yourself and family is it2 All this
isn't half 40 degrading, though, as working at
| something considered by your associates mot
respectable ~ 1t is a 8orrowlul thing for many
that poverty and pride so generally keep COM
pany. They are poor companions too, for the
former seldom feeds the latter. Laziness lack
OF energy and want OF ambition play their res
pectivo parts as well. Fear Of failure, too, has
often been the preventive ofCgccess.
The hopeful and willing ones those who
climb the leddor and wave til. elag from the top
most round, while the giYersup are always at
the foot, and wnt in vain for some one 20 carry
them up. They will stay down all their lives,
with their whining voices and tear-stained faces.
What is the use of moaning and tretting your
life away to no purpose? II your life is not
what it ought to be, resolve in your mind to
make it go. Don't go along like n snail, but be
up and doing, bright and cheerful, happy and
content, and see the silver lining to every cloud.
Sacramento Bee.
Ny son, said an old lawyer, giving advice
to his son who was just entering upon the prac-
tce OF his fathers profession, g if you have
case where the law is clearly on your side but