St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-05-02


with an ordinary amount of fortitudc a
great trial, who make themselves ut
terly miserable over IL few little ones.
1t is the little droppings" that Wear
/ away the ''rock of our patience. 1t Is
the little cXaction> and annoyances of
| life coming day after day and week af-
ter week. that rub So hard and bring all
the angles of orIr character into full
relief. These little. but constantly re
curing annoyanceS I've said. or I've
thought if | haven't said. are extreme
ly hand t" bear with an always smiling
face. Yet think we might avoid much
of the unpleaSantncss nccasioncd by
them if we would.
OF course there are constitutional diff
ferenceS i'll people. Some naturally see
every thing in II tinted roseatc light
They will never see !; cloud in TN"
horizon of their prospects till it is 50
large they cannot help ii and then per
haps they will resolutely turn their
backs that way and gaze as long as
they may on the sunny side. To others
the skies are always dripping. the roads
are always rough. their friends are con-
stantly proving faulty and trrachcrou>.
and some way life is very dismal
thing and death is hut ii leap in the
dark.
1t is to this latter class am writing
For surely YOU do sin against God every
day of your lives in that ynu do not
open Your eyes and see and appreciate
the joys He is giving You. | am sure
He never sent Il human soul into this
world to h" miserable all the time You
will do we'll. | think, to look carefully
and see how many of your trials God
sends and how many of them Won make
foI yourselves. And if Won do this
camdldly f"r the first time | promise
You that You will hc surprised at what
N"u see. You will find many things
that may hc hcttcred hN little rxrr-
tion on N"ur part. Then if there are
others that will not he bcttrlcd take
one good look ut them and sec if they
are a. bad as Nuu thought. See if yorl
haven't some nrighhor whose cross i
twice a. heavy a> YOURS. If 50. kn,cl
down and dcVoutly thank Your cod for
being ~ good to YOU. In Il word. look
and see if Nuu have amy tIial 80 hard to'
bear that il is worth your while To rive
up all the beauty and JOY that come
into yuur life through other sources and
/ sit down in sack cloth and ashes To he
wall that one thing Iou would have
otherwise. Try tor one week and see
life iii the very brightest aspect H"u can
make il put on. Don't allow yourself
to think You are the most abused of
mnltal>. Don't persist III thinking
every time one iu>tlr~ luu III the street
or steps on :; corn or puts THEN head IN
just that place which shall shut all sight
of the public speaker away from YOU.
that it was pnrp">rlI done. with no
other object than Nuur personal imc"n
Venicncr. Pray don't hc :" >colntii,
ana diaN the skirts "i your "Htn"cd
"lGhltN :" closely around You. 'lh"l
peoples rorls are stepped on. bthcl
people "hhl'IIa> are et"lth'
1t i i""' "> il'iI" l"i H"" I" '' nap
/ p! a> l"' H""l .l"ilN' h'A'-"""' hcl@il''"'
VIII" seems never I" kh"" what >"ll"N
happy and jolly and he will hc all til,
DAYS of hi- life While ,nu rcrhar,,
,..,,,
>'I''''"' ~'" Win h''l"i'h"'IN. HOW
should know But this a" kn""
il is none tie less Il sin and a pn>iti, ,
and I...,.,ti,,., .i,, f.. .,,.,,d -, r,,..L .,
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H""l ''''i'' III l''' ''''i'"Pl''f''SS Nh''
cod mad" I"n t" receive joy through
all IIi> works. and not oml, tu hc minis
tered to but tn minister +, th,. h.,,j
,.... ..,,.., I.;,I
i'>e VI an '''"''i" '". "'' VIII nav
10 struggle hard for what comes t" hin
without an effort. But every rxcItinr
,,u make +, I'm. attainment ot , h,nn,
,..,'r'i ,,;..';.;,,. I'Ii I.;.'
ward. Ii VIII II" adding one ray %
light to the general gloom in which yor
have lived And ,s fine Inur,r yn,
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