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REMARKS ON TROUBLE.
A Philosophers Thoughts on Matters
Which Come Home 10 Every One

Editor Press and Banner:
Without stopping TO define trouble TAX ing
1t for granted that we all know what II Is. yet
1t would take chapter or perhaps book 10
give its meaning We will proceed 10 consid-
er a few OF its causes and effects, lis goon ana
evil.
The causes are so numerous and often SO
vague that 1t Is difficult to enumerate or TO
classify them. They come from every quarter
and In every guise, from where we least ex.
pect them, and in shapes never thought OF.
They come like clouds OF devouring locusts,
sapping our vtals, sparing neither mind nor
body, and from whence or why they come we
can hardly realize. yet they get here and come
to stay. There Is no remedy; there is no es-
cape, be we ever so good or ever SO BAD, Iney
consume us all the same. They come In ha-
tired, They come in love; they come with foes.
they come with friends: they come with the
stranger, they come with the darling OF our
bosom they come alone, they come In pairs,
they come in multitudes; they come to the
:,oor, they come 10 the rich; ; they come In the
day, and In the night; they come oil the
time. None are so strong as to be aoie 10
spared by them. They are present In victory,
they hover over us In defeat. There Is no,ref
uge. no shield, no protection from them. they
are ever with US.
AS for cause. We can name nothing that Is
not u cause Our pleasures are clothed Win
them; our pains are composed Of them our
wishes gratified end In them. Go where or
when we will they are with us. They are the
first to greet us in life. the last to part with US
In death. They come in all shnpes, some
times small ard pointed like needles piercing
us in every pore, some times ponderous like
mountains overwhelming us In despair, some
times as twisted cords Of pains drawing their
tightening crushing bands around us, some
times they come from within and like dyna-
mite tear US asunder and go forth from every
tisSure. caused by every imaginnble circnm'
stance, resulting from every Imaginable eSer-
ton.
The effects are almost II not quite, rs nu-
merous as the causes. They blunt every
pleasure and sharpen every pain they with.
eT US in youth, and weigh us down IN age and
aflliction they blight mbition, cripple pros
perity. and crush hope, often making lie It
self d burden almost uDendnrable, while tor
turing us with death. Thsy are contrary TO
humnn arrangements, and thwarL all human
calculations.
While children and loved ones are sck, and
it seems as If we are 10 lOse them In death,
we are pressed down by trouble, and try ev-
cry remedy, endure prlvatons and fatigue.
with untnurmuring patience and hdenty 10
restore them TO life and health, only 10 pc
come a source of new and untold troubles, by
nuSratefully spending their health ana aoill,
~ In doing those things that add new and
sharper stings 10 our troubles, and become
tortures rather than comforts during the bal
ance Of our lives. Who can describe the an.
guish that wrings, AZ 1t were, bloody sweat
from our hearts, when we strain every nerve
In our power 10 assist our loved ones on IN
the struggles OF life, and they do all they cab
We are told all things have their use, and II
properly used are beneficial and good for US.
II takes the eyes OF wisdom with speciacles
ON 10 see the use Of troubles when they come
at us with hump on, casting and tossing ua
in distress, and swallowing and consuming Us
In despair.
While writing the above 81 friend called In
and read it. He remarked, Your prelimi.
nary Is too long, get TO the other end-the
good end of your subject, and let us ses
whether IT isany better Than this end or NOT
And while he did not say SD, suppose he
meant II the other end was no better than
this 1t would be as well to drop 1t, thus Knock
Ing the spots out of my vanity.
Tue whole thing is preliminary. we are
going through Il preliminary trial by troubles
To see what we are fit for. We are curripd,
scraped and scrubbed by ironbl les ull through
liie. One never ends until at least Two MOI
have begun. 1t was remarked in the begin
ming OF this piece that troubles were the first
TO gre ct us I'm life, and the last TO say farewell
In death, and now the question arises, VIII
the parting then be final? May they not iol-
low US In the great unknown future? May
they not be improved in rxcrnciating power
and durability by the change or base? THIS
Is the most important question In the prob.
lem. how will IL be Ia that life that has no
end?
Some Of our Christian friends tell us that
they harness and ride troubles through life as
comfortably AZ If they were on downy beus oil
ease If II be true that troubles furnish trans
youd. then they are blessings IN disguise, and
should be USED us such. The same authori-
lies tell us if troubles are not bridled and con-
trolled they will surely ride and drive US In
the road that leads TO torments unspeakable.
1t Is well for us 10 look into this matter.
The great Master voluntarily took trouble OH
himself, knowing That IL was proper prepi-
ration Tor redemption and salvation.
Another friend came in here and the lore
going was read 10 him, and he stated that he
agreed with all except that be meyer knew
trouble to come alone, that they always come
in pairs or IN the plural. so we beg TO stand
pairs and mult!tudes, 10y striking out alone.
We would be glud TO record 1t, II there was
some other way OF getting into the Kingdom
without troubles, but AK There Is no escape we
had as well face the music.
There is nothing equal TO troubles and espe.
cially financial troubles, to take pride and
vanity out OF us. If we had the resources we
would set up little Kingdom OF our own, and
strut around with as much pompOsity as q
jncldnw with peacock feathers on, hardly
ueigning TO speak 10 or have intercourse with
ordinary mortas, only to show our super,nrl'
~ and their .inferioriIy. by financial tron
bles we find out the Smallncss OF our make up
and how much less opinion others have OF us
than we thought they had.
People that have never leit want capnot ap'
preclatp plenty. As hunger sharpens the ap
petite, SO troubles sharpen our enjoyment o
ease and repose. Trouble Tunes the naughty
and restless spirit and causes II TO yield II
proper control and rule, and paves the way
and increases the desire for resi- and tranquil,
ily. Res Is sweet tu the worn-out mind and
BODY that has been prostrated and cast down
by troubles, while those who have never been
fatgued tire of rest aud ease.
We cannot property enj oy wealth and hon
urs that we did not win by our own eXertions
Parents that have had 10 sacrifice their own
com forls and pleasures. endure fatigue and
want IN the rearing OF their children. nave
deeper rooted feeling of love and affection for