The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-06-11
ABOUT PATIENCE.
BY JOHN PLowMAN.

Patience ls better than wisdom; an
ounce Of patience is worth pound OF
brains. All men praise patience, but
few enough can practice IL; It is med
H, icine which is good for all diseases, and
therefore every old woman recommends
! 1t; but it is not every garden that grows
: the herbs to make it with. When one's S
flesh and bones are full of aches and
! pains, 1t is rs natural for rs to murmur
as for horse to shake his head when
the flies tease him, or wheel TO rattle
when spoke is loose; but nature
should not be the rule with Christians,
or what is their religion worthp If a
soldier fights no better than plow-boy,
off with his red coat. We expect more
fruit from an apple-tree than from q
thorn, and we have right to do so.
The disciples of patient Saviour should
be patient themselves. Grin and bear
it, Is the old-fashioned advice, but: Sing
and bear 1t, is great deal better. After
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 ex-
perience comes by ii. We ought not to
be afraid of going down. into Egypt,
when we know we shall come out Of II
with jewels of silver and gold.
Impatient people water their discom-
forts; sorrows are visitors that come
without invitation, but complaining
minds send wagon to bring their
troubles home in. Many people are
born crying, live complaining, and die
disappointed; they chew the bitter pill
which they would not even know to be
bitter II they had the sense to swallow
itwhole in cup Of patience and water.
They think every other mans burden to
be light, aud their own feathers to be
heavy as lead; they are hardly done by
in their own opinion; no ones toes are
so often trodden on by the black OK as
theirs; the snow falls thickest round
their door, and the hail rattles hardest
on their windows; and yet, II the truth
were known, Il Is their fancy rather
than their fate which makes things go
so hard with them. Many would be
well off If they could but think so. A
little sprig of the herb called content
put into the poorest soup will make Il
taste as rich as the Lord Mayor turtle.
John Ploughman grows the plant in his
garden, but the late hard winter nipped
1t terribly, so that he can not afford to
give his neighbors sip Of IL; they had
better follow Matthew %: 8, and 90 to
those who sell and buy for themselves.
Grace is q good soil to grow 1t In, but
II wants watering from the fountain Of
mercy.
To be poor is not always pleasant,
but worse things than that happen at
sea- Small shoes are apt to pinch, but
mot II you have a small foot; II we
have little means it will be well to have
little desires. Poverty Is no shame,
but being discontented with II is. In
some things the poor are better off
than the rich; for, II poor man has to
seek meat for his stomach, he is more
likely to got what he is after, than the
rich man who seeks q stomach for his
meat. A poor mans table is soon
spread, and his labor spares his buying
sauce. The best doctors are DR.. Diet,
DIR. Quiet and DR.. Merryman, and
many godly plowman has all these
gentlemen 10 wait upon him. Plenty
makes dainty, but hunger finds no fault
with the cook. Hard work brings
health, and an ounce Of health is worth
q sack Of diamonds. 1t Is not how
much we have, but how much we en-
Joy, that makes happiness. There Is
more sweet in spoonful OF sugar than
In cask Of vinegar. It Is not the
quantity OF our goods, but the blessing
Of God on what we have, that makes
us truly rich. The parings Of pip
pin are better than whole crab; a
dinner of herbs with peace is better
than stalled OK and contention there
with. Better is little with the fear
OF the Lord. than great treasure and
trouble herewith" A little wood
will heat my little oven; why, then.
should murmur because all the woods
are not minep e,f.at
When trouble comes Il Is Of no use 10
6y in the face OF God by hard thoughts
OF His providence; that is kicking
against the pricks and hurting your
feet. The trees bow in tho wind, and
so must We. Every time the sheep
bleats 1t loses mouthful, and every
time we complain we miss blessing.
Grumbling is o bad trade and yields no
profit, but patience has q golden hand.
Our evils will soon be over. After rain
comes clear shining; black crows have
wings; every winter turns to spring;
every night turns into morning.
Blow the wind never so fast,
t II win lower at last"
II one door should be shut God will
open another; II the peas do not yield
well, the beans may; II one. hen leaves
her eggs, another will bring out all her
brnod; there's bright side TO all
things, and o good God everywhere
somsyhere or other in the worst food
Of trepble tl!ere always Is a, dry spot for !
on'qntrept ", get It's foot on, aud II
here %rre not II would learn TO swim.
. frepd' let us take TO patience and
Esaer ,.roe.. ~ the old folks used To tell