Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-25
Patience.

PATIENCE is better than wisdom: an
ounce of patience is worth a pound of
brains. All men praise patience, but
few enough can practice it; it is a med
icine which is good for all diseases, and
therefore every old woman recommends
it; but it is not every garden that grows
the herbs to make it with. When ones
flesh and bones are full of aches and
pains, it is as natural for us to murmur
AS for a horse to shake his head when
the flies tease him, or a wheel to rattle
when a spoke is loose; but nature should
not be the rule with Christians, or what
is their religion worth? If soldier
fights no better than a plow-bOy, of
with his red coat. We expect more
fruit from an apple-tree than from a
thorn, and we have a right to do so.
The disciples of a patient Savior should
be patient themselves. Grin and bear
it is the old-fashioned advice, but sing
and bear it is a great deal better. Aft
or all, we get very few cuts of the
whip, considering what bad cattle we
are; and when we do smart little, it is
soon over. Pain past is pleasure, and
experience comes by it. We ought not
to be afraid of going down into Egypt,
when we know we shall come out of it
with jewels of silver and gold.
When troubles come, it is of no use
to fly in the face of God by hard
thoughts of Providence, that is kicking
against the pricks and hurting your
feet. The trees bow in the wind, and
so must we. Every time the sheep
bleats it loses a mouthful, and every
time we complain we miss a blessing,
Grumbling is a bad trade and yields nc
profit, but patience has a golden hand,
! Our evils will soon be over. After rain
comes clear shining; black crows have
wings; every winter turns to spring
every night breaks into morning.
Blow the wind never so fast,
1t will lower at last
If the door shall be shut, God will open
another; if the pease do not yield well,
the beans may; if one hen leaves hel
eggs, another will bring all her brood
there's a bright side to all things, and {
good God everywhere. Somewhere o.
other in the worst flood of trouble there
always is a dry spot for contentment t
get its foot on, and if there were not, i
would learn to swim
Friends, let us take to patience anC
water-gruel, as the old folks used to tel
us, rather than catch the miserables
and give others the disease by wickedly
finding fault with God. The best rem
edy for affiiction is submitting to Provi
dence. What can't be cured must bt
endured. If we cannot get bacon, LEI
us bless God that there are still some
cabbages in the garden. Must is a hare
nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel
"All things work together for good t.
them that love Cod Whatever fall!
from the skies is, sooner or later, gOOC
for the land; whatever comes to us from
God is worth having, even though it b'
a rod. We cannot by nature like trou
BILE any more than mouse can fall il
love with a cat, and yet Paul by gracl
came to glory in tribulations also. Loss
es and crosses are heavy to bear, bu
when our hearts are right with God,
is wonderful how easy the yoke be
comes. We must needs 90 to glory b,
the way of Weeping Cross and as WI
were never promised that we shOull
ride to Heaven in a feather-bed, w
must not be disappointed when we Sc
the road to be rough, as our father
found it before US. Ais well that end
we'll; and, therefore, let us plow tn
heaviest soil with our eye on the sheaye
of harvest, and learn to sing at our Ia
Dor while others murmur. John Plough
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