Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-10-02
TEE Uses AND BENEFITS OF SOR.
ROW AND ADVERSELY.
BY "PLITO."

For into each life some rain must fail.
Some days be dark and dreary"
And Notwithstanding the dark waves o
grief that roll over our souls. if it's to b.
useful lesson in life which of us wOult
z. wish it otherwise, and miss the lessoi! O
lis teaching? For how could we fully ap
precl;ite the grandeur of our true being i
all our sensibilities were not called into ac
ton! How could we dwell with delight
upon the beauty that is scattered with a
J. lavish hand all through the bright earth :
,. What grandeur surrounds us on every side
;, . could we comprehend it all il we had nev-
r er known aught but sunshine? All. no /:
: 1t would in its overbrilIant rays become
tiresome. Ills the deepest snow and the
chlillest blasts in winter months that make
q lis long for the balmy breath OF spring.
iaden with the perfume of fresh.blown
violets. In those chilly hours how eagerly
we wish tor the bright days of simmer to
quickly return.
Life has much sorrow that might be
called fabricated. or rather, there are a Ger.
tain class of persons that are miseiy-mak-
ers. Among this class. we find the over
sensitive. the quick-tempered and Jealous
ones. Possessing, perhaps. generous ma
lures and kind. well-meaning hearts, yet
are scOlirge to others, and almost a curse
to themselves. The over-seiHiliyc soul
goes through the world prey to every
looi'sh Ency himself or Others may have.
and sometimes thinks that all mankind are
| leagued in order to torture and betray him.
The jealous one sees everybody preferred
to himself; possessing only the most COM
mon-place gifts, he thinks that every knee
should bend and every lip mutter praise in
MS behalf; but as ''honor is given only
where honor is due,'' many dark, dreary ;
days come 10 him. ggsv
The qnick, violent tempered ones are I
those VINO deserve most pity, for they do I
strive to hide their troubles. Although a
they alieniate friends. and make enemies Il
where they least intend; they oft-times L
spend their lives us martyrs 20 renorse. I
and the most discouraying efforts of self s
control. e
Then. again, we have those trettul be- Il
ngs to whom existence would be almost Ia
impossible if they had to dispense With d
heir minor turbulence. They see nothing III
worth having in the calm, cool lives of u
nose who live around them; their wI.ok. ie
lature Is intense. 1t used to be held that III
ii-tempered, proud and vicle1 1t persons :"
mould change and correct their nature bv De
ringing them nearer to those who were III
entle and forbearing but that idea seems
us a mistake. The leopard cannot oc
mango his spots;' neither can a person iia
no has inherited an evil, Or a coarse ma ye
are. mate with TIC gentle andaffuctienate. ma
lnte-natai influence. even when the DAP Dt
Mage was undesirable, coulH have done at
luch to soften the rolIyhncsS. and smooth ter
way the harshness but that opportunity mi
nee gone. there is nothing left but for the wa
erson to bravely strive to overcome his hif
hit ana strive to raise figs from this 1t.
IS. 10 all this class of sorrowful hui tuI
;'h'ty would say, Strive with all the age
'wer IN your being to grasp nobler aims. lou
III i've above those little griefs: only YES
rive. and you will never fail, and in = ine
ort time will those troubles appear like are
tie wavelets. rutfied by the evening hig
eeze; and you will smile to think they Ih'
er disturbed your quiet dreams. tral
But TO the bereaved at heart ( would pro
y When grief dark pillows approaci, Is e
engulf thy despairing soul, make bare tior
Y spOtless breast and brave the s,,r,,e visi
me; say to all kinds OF happiness, II poi'
DO without you.' Cloud not your pro
c with nnavailing sadness or sorrow. and
Others catch from it the shade of grief r
Keep your soul and body SO pure that ship
can look unflinchingly into any eve. try
owing that they can read nothing but eacl
tn and honor in your gaze. it "
always that you bold in your com
~ blank page. to be filed by your men
alone; no other hand e,n mar its BraI
iteness or purity. Whether it shall be- year
d with records Of noble deeds, or soiled whe
unsightly stains of evil doing. is entire aged
or you to decide. der.
here is no one SO beIeaved, but there prejl
to live for. Yon will have it's a
ary days, but pleasant memories steal mani
tiy over you amid the darkest gloom hs o,
God only knows how mockinsly re- you
ls the memory.ot loved ones forever man,
lrted, slujn5cring SO peacefully. all I'M them
dful Of the storms that are beating SCUM
n and dwarfing the wings OF their nent
isled household doves THERE'S no. Amer
8 so difficult for man to do as Il, bless trout
rod by which he has beer smitten. and has G
onfess sincerely that pain has been bet other
or him than pleasure, and sorrow vent''
er master than joy. We must suffer the c
re we can syinpsthize; pain develops Amer-
ties iii our nature that otherwise
II forever lie dormant; for ont of sui
z sprung the deathless sOngs of By IN.
and the immortal music Of Beethoven