Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-05
" WORK AND WORRY"
Some Gospel truth for Every DAY April
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Some Gospel truth for Every DAY April.
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New York Journal OF Commerce.
The throbg OF pleasure seekers are re-
turning from their summer vacation.
With the butterflies Of fashion this will
, make but little difference, as they will
only exchange the gsyet,es Of the water
ing place or the rural home for the dissi-
pstiors o: city life. But the uerchsut OF
msn CT business who has he'd sn "out
ing" SIS lie cslis it, CT few weeks more
or lese, comes back to sterner realities.
he must put on the harness, or assume
tins burden from which he thought to
escape Ter brief period, ard become co-
sorosd once more IN the struggle for for
tune, Or place, CT power, TO wnlch his lie
| is devoted.
We doubt if many Of thess hsvs found
| the saisxstiou they prescribed for them
selves when they feu from the scene OF
c1rf.c;. Il IS GoE easy to roll { 4 tae
Eeight Ct care from the brain By d.
liGerate of3rt to escape from It in few
weeks Of travel. Even 81 ocean voysgs
is not sure GnidUts 10 the gnaTiIg OF
home. Mzny 8 msn has fed from lis
ofli;s, bis study, his counting house, Or
Whatever MS workshop may be
roulolngs would bring him re
lief from the emba-Isssuents inst msde
bis life like the constant grinding Of 8
I'LL. But csre is relentless csnktr that
vii no: relirquish its hold by g mere
change OF place, and the turbulent
thoughts found no bsim for their quisticg
10 the roar Ct the sea or the rustling OF
foliage On wooded heights. TIE spirit O.
unrest ID not in the familiar atmosphere
bat in the troubled heart, aud 1t is one
Ct the belongings not easily left 81 home
when the sufferer takes his summer holt
dsy.
Bat whether he has found the peace he
was seeking in the quiet resting place, or
Itaas Only changed the scene to keep the
tpEsn, il eithsE case he comes back 20 tsse
up again the lsborile Osr. II he hiss en-
joYed s few weeks Of calm, he may feel
stronger for the sturdy pull: or if he has
been haunted during all the hours of hjs
abserce by he old warning thoughts he
cyuld not leave behind him, he My rene v
his activity with an arm still lsme aud
weary; bat whichever it may be, he feels
that he ia now obliged to face sfresh the
duties this. cal for al his strer 9Th, and to
step ones more On the treadmill that
keeps no lis uuceaaipg round.
II is ilst here that We wish TO interpose
with e word tnAt may carry both warning
and cheer if read Alright. It is not work,
however !org and exciting the hours,
that ever hurt any Gne. l. is labor ii IT'S
primal seEse that imposes tde wearing
curdsn. Worry end care ard undue Elk
iety ore the evil splits that make lie 20
intolerable 70 the toiler who cannot svade
or exercise them. Without them there is
re calling, hoTeyar incessa2t its de-
nsnGs tGGs can bow the shou!Gera
or WI k!e the face. Il is not he bis
tering Ct ire hards Fer the sweat On the
forehesd that makes tue workman 10 any
field premttu-eiy CID. WGrk, without
bitter memories, prssea: snxi=ty, or fore
bodirgs Of future evil, o1ly stimulate s
both body and MUD &c The enjoyment G.
the sctiy.ty 1t demands. Il it is pnys!csl
chiefly, I. slirs TIE blood Into hsalGhy
ciCcula!iop, brings yigor cnd robustness
70 the limbs, ard natural glow to the
cheerful face. II il is mental, II quickels
thought, kiadlss the emotions into lively
play, iGTisorstes and strengthens all the
powers OF the brain, snd makes the pro-
duct It's OWL great rewsrd.
This then is the difference between
work and labor; the secret CT 6 busy life
that is radiant with happiness SIS opposed
10 enc tha. 10 CT ever present strain on
all tbs powers OF the icing. There is C
key to sowing the problem within thu
reach OF everv hind. RenorseGul memo
ries may be laid 20 rest in the lisp CT
true repentance. Present perplexities
may be relieved by sn absorbing trust il
the Divine care. And fesrs for the future
are but pheutoms that csn never ma
terisliz9 II the life that is unsalfish aud
submissive to the Hand that rules the
world.
OF ell that breeds undue solici'ude, the
fosebcding Of evil is the most prolific, sad
it possesses the leEs. possible Claim 20
such attention. We hear very much said by
The pessimiSt shout the wees znd sorroWs
OF tEis mortal state, but very large per-
centhge CT inst which burdens lie
is SIS unrest as the b6seless fabric
of dream. Griefs there are, and be-
TeaVemente, and hesVy c9lamitles that
msy well fill the eyes with tesrs, but tina:
which has most troubled the race from
she creation to this cay has been the
looking for evils thst did not coms.
Every man may be addressed in truM
with the words of Topper: "IIls tist
never happened have chiefly msde tfee
wretched." All human experiencess all
sound philosophy, and greater stilIsthe
words OF One who taught "ss never Mep
speke" erjoin Us rot to be anxious fa{
the rnOrrOw The wnrry Of lIe
comes chiefly from behird .thEt
horizon, and il Is mccking specty6Nk
which true men should take poSsheet.
There aye two things in sill present emer-
genc!es which no one should ever wo1ry
sbout-things that can be helped and
things that can't be helped. But to go
beyond the present and borrow trouble
out Of the possibilities Of the future Is e
wsnton invocation 70 the spirit Of unrest
Of which 10 sane man should be guilty.
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