The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-23

way up till they reach the prosperity,
and since they have reached these
heights there have been PerpleXities,
axieties and crises which were almost
enough to shatter the nerves and turn
the brain It yvOuld be hard to tell
which have the biggest fight in this
world-the properties or the adversi-
ties, the conspicuties or the obscurities-
just as soon as you have enough sue
cess to attract the attention of others,
the envies and jealousies are let loose
from their kennel The greatest crime
you can commit in the estimation of
others is to get on better than they do.
They think your addition is their sub
traction Five hundred persons start
for q certain goal of success; one reaches
it and the other 499 are mad
It would take volumes to hold the
story of the wrongs, Outrages and de-
talcatiOns that have come upon you as
result of your success. The warm
sun of prosperity brings into life a
swamp full of annoying insects On
the other hand the unfortunate classes
have their struggles for maintenance.
To achieve a livelihood by one who had
nothing to start with, and carry this on
until children are reared and educated
and fairly started in the world and TO
do this amid all the rivalries q bust
ness and uncertainties of crops and the
fclCleness of tariff legislation, with an
occasional labor strike and here and
there a financial panic thrown in, is a
mighty thing to do, and there are hun
dreds and thousands such heroes and
herOines who live unsung and die I'M
honOred. What we all need, whether
up or down in life or half way between,
| is the infinite solace of the Christian re-
ligiOn. And so we employ the word
Gomez 1t will take all eternity to
find out the number of business men
who have been Strengthened by the
promises of God, and the people who
have been fed by the ravens when other
resources gave out, and the men and
women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle or saw, or ak,
or yardsticlz, or pen, or type, or shovel,
or shOe-last have gained a victory that
made the heavens resOund. With all
the resources of God promised for every
emergency, no one need be left in the
1urch.
like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury Lane, London, in an humble
home where every particle of food had
given out, and a kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies, and
found a fire ready for the tea The
benevolent lady said: ''How is it that
you have the kettle ready for the tea
when you have no tea in the house?''
And the daughter of the home said:
on the fire, and when I said, what is
the use of doing so, when we have
nothing in the hOuse?' she said my
child, God will provide; thirty years he
has already provided for me through all
my pain and helplessness, and he will
not leave me to starve at last. He will
send US help, though we do not yet see
how We have been waiting all the
day for something to come, but until
we saw you we knew not how it was tc
come"
Such things the world call coinci
! dences, but I call them almighty de
1iverences and, though you do not hear
| of them, they are occurring every hOul
of the day in all parts of ChristendOm
But the word "COme" applied to those
who need solace will amount to nothing
unless it be uttered by some one vhc
| has experienced that sOiace. Tha'
spreads the responsibility of giving this
| gospel call among great many. Those
who have lost property and been con
| sOled by religion in that trial, are tn,
ones to invite those who have failed il
business. Those who have lost thei
| health and been cOnsoled by religion
are the ones to invite the ones who ar,
in poor health. Those who have haC
| bereavements and been consOled il
those bereavements are tho ones [,
sympathize with those who hav,
| IOSU IaIhSF or EnOUner or com panlOn o
friend. What multitudes of US are aliv,
to-day and in good health and buOyan
in this journey of life, who would havr
been broken down or dead long ago blu
for the sustaining and cheering help o
our holy religion! So we say, Come!
The well is not dry. The buckets ar
not empty. The supply is not exhaust
ed. There is just as much mercy ant
coincidence and soothing power in GO'
as before the first grave was dug, or tn
first tear was started, or the first hear
broken, or the first accident hapPene'
or the first fortune vanished Those o
us who have felt the cOnsOlatory oOvve
of religion have a right to speak out o
our own experience and say, Gomez
What dismal work Of coincidence tn
world makes when it attempts to con
dole! The plaster they spread does no
stick. The broken bones under thei
bandage do not knit A farmer wa
lost in the snow storm on prairie o
the far West Night coming on an,
/ after he was almost frantic from no