Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-04-28
The Burdens Of Life.


We all II v. them to Dear, and there
no .sc;p pc. With some the burden
poverty, with others ignorance, or Ion,
illness, or care, or .glect. or i'll health, {
: bercav. mept. and no two burdens III
uIike. Som carry loa,, Of unsatistie
h'sng AM qusnchless aspiration fro,
: The cr die to the grave This il the grand
;. est burden one e.n i,es.;.. as thst of cor
: >cions guilt is heaviesi and most grioyou;
Some times we are able to stiff til
weight from one shoulder to another. bu
"t'en it is as yoke on your. necks TIA
with all our efforts will stay ii just th'
one place Due attention to busin SIS
careful invcs,mett and shrtwd foresigh,
enable many TO ris, from poverty I.
wea.th, but in s'oinp this they by no M an.
gel rid Of that trouble to which all met
are bor'-panics lrlghten ard ruin them
railroads become insolvent, banks break
food and fire and whillwiud desolate
insurance companies fail.
I'.And-when he thinks, good; easy man
vull surely
His greatness is rip fning-nips his root
And then he falls-----''
The burden of ignorance is another tha,
may DC sensibly lishtened SO long as con.
',lnu'd d progress up he nights OF learning
gives one the Consciousness OF advance
ment, but the higher we get the more do
we see the unknown and unknowabie, the
further do we rtmove ourselves from SYM
pathy with the mass OF our fellows Noun
tain tops are cold and solitary. and, for
the most part, unt1equented. We change
the place and keep the pain, and SO we
are forced at last to the conclusion tha'
the poet taught us long ago, though we
wouldn't learn it, that:
Not tnjovment and not sorrow
Is our destined end of way;
But to ACT that each tomorrow,
Find US farther than to-day.
We children, Old atd yodng arc all a.
>chooi; tasks are gwen u to perform, and
there is a dark closet or u hickory switch. or
&c. ping in after school for those who are
dl or insubordnate or stupid. Divine
takes us all IN han and. re-
w.rding HE dllrent. visits condlgn pun
shinen, sooner or later on al offend RS aud
lciinuuen,s. There is no bhoi e at all in
lie m2ttr; he Issue Of iisobedience, with
ewari Or penalty Not seldom do we /
lei Ii III Il ,s TASK is SO hard we never can
no I
i it, until we conquer, or the mister, DIS
,ourag Il with oar dullness. gives us over;
. !" rpetual stupidity. Now, in such ii
'ase. what is the best thing to do? Isn't
I 10 .bnckle right down. cheerfully t.
he ask assigned, until It breaks i'll some
y er,., or he master, seeing our efforts.
ends help,t e hand. When this lesson
; learn d rect assured here are more t.
;ane. ID mother branch perhaps, and II
We d., t wish to he kept down in the pri-
II nv classes all our lives W. must study |
If wha, has been said is true; what is the
wlsest. most polite, most prude Tor US
% take? Shall we sit down Il, ref sc o
9. rry the burdens laid on our shoulders?
Thus doing they will crush us to thel
earth. The only sensible thing to do is to
march on, walking firmly when we Can
sd. gcring when we must. look ng at 'hel
blue sky over our heads lnste.d of tl'eI
rough road beneath our feet catching all
e lows w. can rom bird -ongs, flow ry
perfum \. pl, asan, talk Ivy the way with
Dthcr burdened souls; and keepin ever
more eadfaslly in view the ay when wei
hxpcct To bear "welI .lone. guoi anil faith
ful servant. thou hast been faithful over n
f W thing-r" Shall we not then reso'v'
lhat :. { C orth If stall not be sh'rk' d
l,fe shall ot he summed. life shall not
be pick ed over, AS p gglsh boys pick oyer
pudoings for just the plums, but that Is
l,f This IS oue common life. this good
and finished lie. which God HIS made
good. shall b. cepted, s. lzed. hell fast.
anchored 20. shall be accepted
as good and satisfying Inheritance, the
whole of it, and without amendment or
anv approve wisn sol amendmen ut OIL
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