Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-03
POVERTY, THE ROYAL ROAD

1t is not him who is poor, but the
world that wins by poverty. The his
tory of the men Of earth, who have
achieved great triumphs because they
were poor. has really not been mat
ter Of glory TO them. No matter what
some mute inglorious Milton" has
achieved, he has done it through
heartburnings and pangs, that after
success has never repaid. And
there is not a poverty-stricken youth
today, struggling with what he knows
he will do If life and health attend
him, but says to himself with bitter
ness, 81 could do this better, more
quickly and with less pain If | had the
means | ought to have to do it with"
There are men to whom poverty is
almost joke, but they are not the
geniuses who will do the great
things that poverty is supposed to
drive them TO do. On the contrary,
the men who care not for poverty
really discover nothing else. They
are the animals who cannot appreci-
ate the good things Of life. And we
dlubt IL poverty often drives men to
great things. 1t is more calculated
to increase groveling.
1t seems very easy for a man who
has piled up his millions, to say: 81
am no happier now than when made
my first ten dollar BILL" The poor
man who hears him does not believe
the story, and it is no wonder, for we
see very few rich men content with
what they have. Those recently in
terviewed, included among others
George NJ. Pullman. He said that
the income from $4,000, 900 is all any
man can spend, and for that reason {
man who has more is burdened will
useless treasure.
z. Il. Barnum was inclined TO thinl
that happiness consisted in the pur
suit of wealth rather than the posses
sion Of 1t.
Prof. Swing, in a recent discussion
on this interesting subject, took tn,
rather unique view that the figure
forty in Bible lore stood for the fort
years of mans necessary struggle TO
bread. He said;
1t may be that forty years were abou
the number that would stand for tn
period OF most labor and struggle In tn
career OF each individual. The worl
ought to be very full Of industry an
anxiety up to the fortieth year. 500
after that the mind and heart shout
change from the wilderness and begin I
come upon days and seasons Of peace
which angels should begin to minister
each heart. The mind should then
above the mere struggle for food an
clothes, and should be stepped in know
edge and virtue. One conclusion
certain, that none OF us commo
children Of men escape with on
forty day temptation and trial. Thu
little reach of time would include only
March month and little OF April, al
none of the children OF earth have ev
known any angels to come and stay aft
such q brief trial had been endured by q
human heart. The moral wilderness h
to be greatly expanded so as to take In q
long, long years between ten and twent
years when the mind IL weak and &
vices strong; years when ambition al
all selfishness enter Into daily contests
the empire OF life. After business or Of
fession has come then comes anoth
group OF years, in which the mind stru
giles between honor and dishonor and wi
the problems OF clothing and food. Il
forty DAYS in the wilderness must ha
stood for the forty crucial years OF man
Prof. Swing believes that poverty
a necessary incentive to genius. T
man who would achieve great thin
needs the lash OF necessity to urge hi
on. However, poverty alone viii n
persuade the young heart to work, I
there is plenty OF poverty in Afri
and along the Ganges. 1t is when q
young Lincoln or Franklin is poor
the midst of great surrounding