The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-09
mote from each other, and with = sig-

sense. all great SOFFOWS WuACu "10 NV
crimes are invested with the purple OF
an imperial dignity. They eleveteee
sufferer, and we behold him with an
accession Of nournfu! respect. al
There are constant petty exaspeta-
tons. aggravations and annoyances
which come into ordinary human expe-
rience, and which rasp and vex a's the
more that they are too small in them
selves to be talked about. The trlilmg
and harassments of the ~
erage day are often wearing and wearl-
some. and are frequently received in ,
temper of Impotence and irritation
which is blameworthy. Perhaps # was
of these that Solomon was thinking,
rather than of larger griefs. when ne
wrote that immortal aphorism, 'He
that is slow to anger is better
than the mighty. and he that ruleth
his spirit than he that taketh q
city," We make the grand effort
for the great occasion, which comes sei-
dom. For the small occasions, which
come continually, and on which our
personal ease and the happiness Of our
homes depend, we make small efforts
or none. The self.controlled man IN
the office, the mart and the shop IS the
man whose ascendency is undoubted
and evident. The self-controlled WON.
an, in the parlor, the school-fo0m. tho
nursery, or the kitchen. is the woman
whose look is command, and whose
voice is an inspiration. Because the
majority of people lack self-restraint;
lust here amid the frictions. embarrass'
ment and provocations OF daily COM
monplace life, it is left to few to do
the governing. set the bright examples,
maintain the cheerful, peaceful homeA
and show forth the beauty and comsli-
ness of order. The undisciplined
heart, the hasty temper, the inffrm
will, the querulous disposition, and the
petulant habit of speech, neither win
influence nor retain it in the economy
of human affairs. And 30 we have iQlr
pertinent servants. disobedient chill
dren, ill-regulated schools and business
machinery which is imperfectly adjust
ed, wherever we have men and women
who have not learned self-mastery II
the midst of the smaller trials OF the
ordinary day. ''". va. =,
What are the right Lessons of small
troublesp Were We to gain nothing
from them, they would surely not be
appointed to US. We talk with glib as
surance of Gods providence. when
things 20 pleasantly, when the sun
shines, when riches accumulate, when
. our ships come joyously into port ard
: when our lives are set 10 sweet navajo
and cushioned in soft luxury. Then j
! is easy to sec the good hand Of ON
God. But it is Gods providence that
). sends the long illness, the broken hppe,
.. the lost money and the deferred suc .PteI
1t is the good hand of our God thla'
sometimes best0ws pain and chastiSe
=. ment, and sometimes withholds SlAd
:. ness and coronation. And one dbtAt
real reasons why we need thQus apt
!. rods, as well as roses and summer
8 breezes, is that our dull senees are SLOW
:, q to acknowledge Gods right to do viii
~ and upon us as He pleases. When tn
:, - will Of the divine Father become
r sweet, whatever it be, We have. lesrne'
!. one lesson which we can never lear
: except on the pages Of adversely tina
~ are punctuated with tears. ISL al
y Then. too, sorrow refines and enno
70 bles. The gentleness that most tr9l
~ blesses and softens character II acquire
~ IL most certainly under the stern sever
- ties of life, and not under, itsnirtM'
~ aspects. The lesson of sympathy wit
4 the tried. of tolerance for the mistake'
he and Of long suffering with the errin;;
III the lesson Of Christian charity, came
NJ be taken into q life except by degree
~ They who have suffered understand 81
At fering. A lady had lost her babe. b.
nv only one; she sat by its body in qmarp
;, composure, deaf TO all words Of .cor
'.t fort, till q poor, work worn. woms
y came in, kne1t by her side and said:
itv know how you feel, have buried five
,rs The last, dearest, best lesson '*hi<
ut sorrow teaches is that We are sha1e
HI. of the sufaripgs Of Christ Hsirsr
'te His glory, we are also, in our oNR, tlss
in made like to Him in the Fellowship
ad grief. Strangely enough, we learn
the know this, not 50 much.in' ouf 6ccstsio
'on al Gethsemanes a. IN the dubtylA ~
~, road Of our EVERYDAY life. lis, 3y,1Ia)