River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-01-24
Little Things.

Every one is conscious how daily life
is ,yerned and influenced by them.
Lo over the events that go to make up
tn whole of life, and notice how the
or things are few and far between
NJ even frequent enough to be mile
st les on life's highway. 1t is the mi
n la of existence, the trivial round of
d. lies, the little sorrows, the small pleas
ures, that, ever Intervening, form the
fabric of our lives. We admire the
exquisite commingling of colors. the
varied tints of mosaic work and the
| pavements, like that of the Spanish
| Alhambra. Yet how few remember, as
they gaze on them, that their beauty is
entirely derived from little pieces of
many colored woods, marbles and pre-
cious stones, which viewed separately
often possess no remarkable beauty, but
artistically combined makes up most
glorious whole. So in the hands of the
great Master Artist, al thing S, even the
smallest, are links in the grand chain that
shall compass His glory-little threads in
the pattern that He has designed and
given us to work out in our daily lives,
though while working ON it we only get a
beauty. Nultum in pargo is a fit descript
ion of much in real life. The small
pleasures often bring more real Joy to lis
than the greater once, and the little sor
rows and troubles OF life are often the
hardest to bear. All of us know well
how little thing coming from a loved
one is full Of significance to US. Only a
lool, from the eyes that we love, but our
hearts beat, our cheeks flush aud our eyes
glow A word, a clasp of the hand,
what JOY does it not give us! 4 world
Of meaning lies beneath the common
courtesies of life. Mrs. Hemans says
" The road TO home happiness lies over
little stepping stones" Strange, that once
learning the weight of signifcace these
little things can and do bear, we should
ever again carelessly fling them away or
use them lightly:
1t is the little rift within the Lutte
That by-and-by win make the music mute,
And, ever widening, slowly silence ALL"
In society, little things have much
more influence than we are wont to i'm
agine. Solitude in crowd is the worst
kind of solitude. Tolisten to the hum OF
happy voices and the peals Of merry
laughter, aud yet have the consciousness
of being out in the cold On tile outside
of it all, gives much the same sensation
as begger feels when, staining out in
the rain and cold, from amidst his woe
and want, he looks in upon some cheerful.
fire-lighted room, where warmth and
plenty exist. For there is starvation of
soul, as well as of body, and we often
miss our opportunities of doing good in
this way. A kindly word will cost us
nothing 1t is only little thing, but its
effect will be more than worth the spar
ing of a few minutes from our own pleas
ure. There are so many TRIES, the omiss-
ion of which may be no actual breach Of
etiquette, but the performance Of wich
will add much to the happines of others.
Miss Alcott beautifully says: For in
these lives Of ours, tender little acts do
more to bind hearts together than
great deeds or heroic words; since these
are like the dear daily bread none can
live without; the latter but an occasional
feast beautiful and memorable in its ways
but not possible to all. To many of us,
great things will never be given us to do. |
What we can accomplish must always,
lie in the line of trifles, but we may be
encouraged BIZ that expressive quotation,
Perfection is the sum of trifie." And
highest inspiration Of all, "Be thou faith
fui over a few things and / will make
thee ruler over many things" ale that
is faithful in that which is least is faith
ful also in much. "-Annd E. S. Beard, in
Interior