The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-05-31
The Grace ofpatience.

Our text this morning is comprised
in the head line given above. The
inspiration is furnished by the recent
heavy blow delivered at our indus
tries by the devastating floods. Too
many men arc prone to abandon hope
altogether, as soon as they expert
ence serious check. We are of those
who hold on as long as reasonable
hope remains, and who only give up
when the last hope ia gone. While
this is the case, we do not believe in
the policy of concealing the worst, or
of drawing false conclusions from
existing facts, simply rs a matter of
policy. In other words "tell the truth"
Is our motto. Now there is no sort
of sense in Understanding the force
of the disaster sustained by this re-
gion in the recent great flood. 1t is
a dreadful one, aud we will not be
able to fully estimate its entire force
until the waters subside, and not then
fully. 1t will remain TO be seen If the
overflow will not create sickness,
such as will seriously interfere with
the operations of the season. The
spark of comfort so far, is found in
the comfortable fact that the wheat,
oats and corn on the uplands have sus-
tanned far less injury than was at first
supposed.
The people OF this favored section
have so long enjoyed an uninterrupted
prosperity, and in such immense
quantities that they have but
little patience when the time
arrives to call out the quality
In Texas we are great lot of grum
blers but we have known the peopl,
to behave very well indeed under tn,
pressure of great troubles, and W,
expect them to do so now under thi
; present visitation of the uncontrola
BILE floods. AS fast as the waters re
: cede for even an inch the farme
must follow along with his operation
and restore the original crop or plan
9 something else. This would constl
9 tate the very highest grade Q
" patience. This would be an exhibl
\, x ton of its best possibilities. Cryin
70 over spilled milk was ever an unsati'
: factory policy. 1t pays no dividends
q. II only entails losses. Instead of eli
: ting down supinely and bewailing tn
lost fences, the washed-out corn an
: cotton, which can never be restores
the better way is to put up other fer
is ces and plant either corn or cottol
no The farmers of this section, espec
= ally those of the Brazos bottoms, mu
not suppose that they are the ON
victims, and conclude that the dey
is after them specially and perso
ally with sharp stick. While the
Ut are undoubtedly the heaviest loser
the greatest victims, yet others a
IA involved too and the difference
only in degree. The merchant
bankers, business men and mechani
ed of Waco suffer TO the extent til
perhaps their profits for Il
u, entire years operations a
y either cut off entirely or SO reduc
as to greatly destroy their value. Hop
* of all kinds which were green al
budding few days since now lay
withered and crippled, if not entire
y" wiped out and destroyed. The VIII,
business policy of tho country mt
Id be changed. The farmer who saw
he new barn, an improved reaper, fin
stock and better house looming
as a concomitant of the prosper
't promised by the excellent crop Of
rs, look of few days since, perhaps
daughter just entering womanho
was TO be sent off to a finishi
a. school, or son to college. This
on now all gone, and gone at a period
life when the time can never be
trieved. Think you not that all Il
to requires patience? Aye! more tn
We patience, it requires both religion a
ng philosophy as well. A man must
a stole indeed who can sit down Al
calmly witness the destruction of
~ hopes, of his fields aud growing crol
~ aud few men are stoics when thu
10 own interests are concerned. Tn
~ can only be Indifferent where othe
than themselves are involved.
or Let us be patient aud strong. l.
err us labor and hope on. Let us retire
ut the disaster. There is but one wa
he labor aud patience. The strong ar
~ does the one and the strong heart Il
other.