Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-10-24
MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
In every life some rain must fall
Some DAYS be dark and dreary.

Some days be dark and dreary.
This is our text for Sundays sermon,
You will find it in a volume possessed by
a sentimental lady of your acquaintance,
and on the page where the leaf is turned
furthest down and the odor of pressed
leaves is the strongest. You will find
that page smiled by tears, too, Just as
page in her life was blurred by the rain
which fell uron it from the clouds of
disappointment which shut out the light
Of hope. 1t is true, those spots which
have all the seeming of tear-drops wrung
from an anguished soul. may be but the
drippings from an o'erhurdened nose,
but the turued-down leaf and the faded
vegetation Justify the supposition that
the dew of sorrow has fallen there. II
the dew received faint from the pres
ence of bad cold. faint going to be al
lowed to change tho tenor of these re-
marks. vi &M Va
Like a summer shower falls the rain
into other lives. Tho contrast OF light
and shade is made as quickly as the
changes of panorama admission four
bits). and when the pretty picture comes
the audience clap their hands and forget
the ugly one that came before This is
the life of the girl who, after petty
quarrel with her lover finds him better
than she thought, and herself more loved
than ever. 1t is the life of married peo-
pie, who pass under heeting clouds and
fall into each others arms in the glorious
light beyond. 1t is the life OF the young
scholar who, trembling in the ignorance
of his lessons, hears the teacher proclaim
q holiday.
Fierce and prolonged. the rain comes
into some lives, followed by a rainbow,
the cup OF gold on the end Of which is
within easy reach. This is the life of a
boy who after being severely whipped
by his father, is presented with q ticket
to the circus. 1t is the life of a dog who
after being repeatedly deluged with. hot.
cold and greasy water. finds in the las.
painful the cook threw out bone we
covered with meat. 1t is the life Of q
minister. who, after going through d
bitter and tedious trial for adultery, finds
himself acquitted and his salary raised
Like flood. the rain comes into othei
lives; like sweeping, devastating tor
rent that leaves behind q scene of desc
lation, shattered hopes, ruined energies
cowed impulses. This is the life of
man who wakes to find his bed deserted
by her he deemed as pure as the angels
1t is the life of woman who finds tn,
trail OF the serpent in the heart sh
would have sworn was true and noble
1t Ia the life of the priest who sins, i
detected and condemned. 1t is the lif
of drunkard who wakes from debaucl
to find friends, money, credit and stom
ach gone.
There is earthly shelter to be found i
every other shelter but the last one
When that overtakes you, you can onl
bear your head and receive it. nor see
to dodge the lightnings which accom-
pany it. The sun that succeeds it wi
have no warmth for you-its light wi
only make your situation more intoler;
4 BILE. as it reveals where love lies bleedin
and hope is stretched ont limp rs burr
: bladder.
J, Reader. some rain has fallen into YOU
D., life, or will fall into it. II it is light
,. wont hurt you If it soaks in. II it
heavy, open little channels of cheerful
. ness and run it off And. above a
things, never ask yourself, will it rain t
n morrow? Coniure up no clouds; he n
J.. q reader of evil siRns. Better be q 70
" than be able to tell what kind of wealth
ID life has in store. 1t is worse than foe
N isb, it is criminal to dread it.
"a The congregation will now rise. al
q pass under the sprinkler, while the
FAINT choir sings. !" Little, Drops
q. Water" AS you pass out leave 70
ID umbrellas with the janitor, who will ft
al ward them to the heather.