The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-12-14

riority and their inferiority. By hnan-
cial troubles we find out the smallness o
our make up and how much less opinion
others have of us than we thought they
had.
People that have never fell want can
not appreciate plenty. As bungel
sharpens the appetite, so troubles sharper
our enjoyment of ease and repose
Trouble tames the naughty and restless
| spirit and causes II to yield to proper
control and rule, and psves the way anc
increases the desire for rest and tran
guilty. Rest is sweet to the worn-ou
mind and body that has been prostrstec
and cast down by troubles, while those
! who have never beon fatigued tire of res
and ease.
We cannot properly enjoy wealth and
honors that we did not win by our OWL
exertiona. Parents that have had to sac
ri6ce their own comforts apd pleasures
endure fatigue and want in the rearing
of their children, have a deeper rooted
feeling of love and affection for theu
than those who have had no such mecca.
sites, Perhaps Heaven itself would mol
be q fit place for those who h.u never
done or suffered anything to merit. Re.
ward implies merit, merit implies duties
done, duties done implies self.sacrifce
and self-sacrfice fits us for reward. Souls
and bodies that have never suffered are
unworthy of existence, and are nonenti
ties or nobodies only fit 10 fill the alum,
of creation. Man must be tested and &C.
verely tried before he can be pronounced
the noblest work OF God.
All nature is subject to tumuliuous
convulsions. The waters are in eternal
commotion, the cir is never at rest
mountains are torn asunder by volcanic
fires, while forests are riven with the
bolts of heaven, and the earth is swept
and devasted by storms and quivers and
quakes under the terrible power of the
unknown internal forces; everywhere We
turn or look, whether TO the clouda
above, or The billews of the bottomlesa
deep, commotious rule supreme.
Nations are bull. or destroyed by tur-
moil, and life without incidents is moi
worth living. In the final great count
up, be that can show most troubles en-.
dured and subdued, will count for moro
than myriad of soft shell, easy going
bodies unworthy of souls.
The day will come when perhaps the
qualification of our grandest pride will
consist in recounting the victorious con.
ficts with the great multitudes Of
troubles in life, which wo dispersed like
phantoms In wind mill. The man that
is able to perform his duties under all
circumstances, that bares his breast to
misfortune aud accomplishes his pur-
poses, let what will come is the man to
lead where but few dare to follow. he
is hero of the grandeSt type and
worthy Of all admiration There is no
crown go ilustrious as the crown OF
thorns worn by the Master of Heaven
and earth.
From the creation down to the present
the Church and State have been in con
tinual state of eruption, and as a matter
of fact the Church or State would die OF
black rot if allowed to remain at rest.
The Church built on a rock, though
meek as lamb, has been battered by the
hosts of lid enemies for centuries, is still
frmer and brighter than when first as
sailed. II the Church or State were al
lowed to remain in state of luxurious
ease they would become mouldering
masses of corruption. It takes convul.
sions and upheavaie to keep them clean
and bright. Like the members of the
body they must be kept in constant use
or they perish, and as rule, that has
been the cause of the most suffering, has
In the end been the cause of the most
good.
Religion itself has been the greatest
trouble endured by the human race, and
has caused as much pain and bloodshed
as all other causes combined. 1t breeds
more discord than all else, and yet there
is nothing equal TO religion in soothing
and con,oling the afflicted.
Trouble Is two edged aword, cutting
each way, building and destroying at the
same time. Without it neither good or
evil could exist. 1t seems not best fol
all things to be good. There is stop.
ping place in good, and if you go beyond
it is not good.
fear l have gone beyond the stopping
place, so good d'bye.