The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-15

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tence OF meaning. The SHADOW I ~,
the shadow Shadow of MI ~
ment Shadow of sickness 81 80.
of bankruptcy Shadow Of n1sntol
depressionl. Shadow of penao,,tio Sr',
Shadow of death Speak out o.
dial of Ahaz, and tell all the noon1a
that God manages the shadow
AS Hezekiah sat in his palace WIN
dow, wrapped in invalidism and sur
rounded by anodynes and cato
plasms, and looked out upon the
black hand of the only clock known
at that time and saw it move hack
ten degrees, he learned lesson that
a majority of the human race need
this hour to learn-that the bas+
friend a man ever had controls the
shadow. The setbacks are some
times the best things that can han
pen.
The great German author Schiller
could not work unless he had in his
room the scent of rotten apples and
the decay of the fruits of earthly
prosperity may become an mspira-
ton instead of depression. Robert
Chambers lame feet shut him ND
from other work, and he became the
world renowned publisher andhelped
fashion the best literature of the
ages. The painful disorder like that
of Hezekiah called a carbuncle. is
spelled exactly the same as the pre-
cious stone called the carbuncle, and
the pang of suffering may become
the jewel of immortal value. Your
setback, like that of Ahaz's sundial,
may be recovery and triumph.
never had setback but it turned
out to be a set forward. You never
would have become a Christian if
you had not had setback. The
highest thrones in heaven are for the
setbacks. In 1861 the shadow of the
sundial of this nation was set back
and all things seemed going to ruin,
and it was set back farther in 1862,
and farther in 1868, and still further
in 1865, but there is not an intelligent
and well balanced man, north or
south, east or west, but feels it was
set back toward the sunrise.
TURN THE SHADOWS BACK.
But promised to show you how
the shadows might be turned back.
First, by going much among the
young people. In most family circles
there are grandchildren. By this di-
vine arrangement most of the people
who have passed the meridian of life
can compass themselves by juvenil-
ity. 1t is a bad thing for an old man
or old woman to sit looking at the
vivacity of their grandchildren shout
ing, Stop that racket Better join
in the fun. Let the eighty year-old
grandfather join the eight-year-
young grandson or granddaughter
My father and mother lived to see
over eighty children and grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren, a'rd a
more bpisterous crew were -nSTp
turned out on this sublunary sphere,
and they all seemed to cry to the old
folks Keep young" and they did
keep young.
Don't walk with a cane unless you
have to, or only as defense in a city
afflicted with too many CANNES.
Don't wear glasses stronger than
necessary, putting on number tens
when eighteens will do as well. Don't
90 into the company of those who
Are always talking about rheuma-
ism and lumbago and shortness of
breath and the brevity of human life.
It is too much for my gravity to hear
IN octogenarian talking about the
;hortness of human life. From all /
IAN find out he has always been here,
md from present prospects he is al
ways going to stay. Remain young.
Hang up your stockings in Christmas
lime. Help the boys fly the kite.
Teach the girls how to dress their
Tolls. Better than arnica for your stiff
oints and catnip tea for your sleep
ess nights will be a large dose of
youthful companionship.
THE WORLD is GROWING BETTER.
Set back the clock of human life.
Make the shadow of the sundial of
Ahaz retreat ten degrees. People
make themselves old by always talk
ng about being old and wishing for
he good old days which were never
IS good as these days. From all |
an hear the grandchildren are not
lalf as bad as the grandparents were.
Matters have been hushed up. But
you have ever been in a room ad- |
dining a room where some very old !
'eople a little deaf were talking over |
Id times you will find that this age
oes not monopolize all the young
ascals. 1t may now be hard to get
-oung people up early enough in the
norning, but their grandparents al
vays had to be pulled out of bed.
1t is wrong now to play mischievous
ricks on the unsuspecting, but eighty
ears ago at school that now venera-
lie man sat down on crooked pin
ot accidentally placed there, and