Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-11

more do you want of consolationi
don't pity you bit. You feel as
II you could bsss the world But for
those in just opposite circumstances
my text comes in with an omnipo-
tence Of meaning. The shadow Oh.
the shadow Shadow of bereave-
mentl Shadow of sicknessl Shadow
Of bankruptcy Shadow Of mental
depresSionl Shadow Of persecution !
Shadow of death Speak out. O sun
dial Of Ahaz, and tell all the people
that God manages the shadow
As Hezekiah sat in his palace WIN
dow. wrapped in invali1ism and sur
rounded by anodynes and cata-
plasms. and looked out upon the
black hand Of the only clock known
at that time and saw it move back
ten degrees. he learned a lesson that
majority Of the human race need
this hour to learn that the best
friend a man ever had controls the
shadow. The setbacks are some
times the best things that can hap
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 inspira-
ton instead Of depression. Robert
Chambers lame feet shut him up
from other work. and he became the
world renowned publisher and helped
fashion the best literature of the
ages. The painful disorder like that
of Hezelxiah called a carbuncle. il
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 a setback but it turned
out to be set forward. You never
would have become a Christian if
you had not had a 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 OF
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
con compass themselves by juvenil
ity. 1t is bad thing for an old man
or old woman to sit looking ut the
vivacity of their grandchildren shout
ing, stop that racket" Better joiI
in the fun. Let the cightyyear-Old
grandfather join the eight-year
young grandson or granddaughter
Ny father and mother lived to SEE
over eighty children and grandchil
dren and greatgrandchildren, and {
more boisterous crew were nevel
turned out on this sublunary sphere
and they all seemed to cry to the ole
folks Keep young" and they di'
keep young.
Don't walk with cane unless yol
have to, or only AZ defense in CIT.
afflicted with too many CANNES
Don't wear glasses stronger thai
necessary, putting on number ten
when eighteens will do AZ well. Don
go into the company of those wh'
are always talking about rheuma
tism and lumbago and shortness o
breath and the brevity of human life
II il too much for my gravity to hea
an octogenarian talking about th'
sllortness OF human life. From all
can find out he has always been here
and from present prospects he is al
ways going to stay. Remain young
Hang up your stockings in Christina
time. Help the boys fly the kite
Teach the girls how TO dress thei
dolls. Better than arnica foryour stii
Joints and catnip tea for your sleeT
less nights viii be large dose O
youthful companionship
THE WORLD Is GROWING BETTER
Set back the clock of human life
Make the shadow OF the sundial Q
Ahnz retreat ten degrees. Peopl
make themselves old by always tall
ing about being old and wishing 70
the good old days which were neve
as good as these days. From all
can hear the grandchildren are nc
half as bad as the grandparents were
Matters have been hushed up. Blu
IL you have ever been in a room nc
Joining room whore some very ol
people little deaf were talking owe
old times you will find that this ag
, does not monOpollze all the youn
! raacals. II may now be hard 10 g
young people up early enough in III
morning, but their grandparents a
} ways had to be pulled out of bed.
II is wrong now 20 play mischievou
D tricks ON the unsuspecting, but eight
, years ago at school that now vener'
ble man sat down ON u crooked pi
5 not accidentally placed there, an
purposely drove the SLEIGH riding pa
ty too near the edge OF the embanl
ment that no might see how the
: would look when tumhled into tn
; snow. And that man who has SO httl
patience with childish eXuberanC
: was In olden times up to pranks on'
D half Of which, If practiced 10y th
eight-yearNold Of today. would se
r grandfather and grandmother crazy
Revive your nememblssnoe OF wha
Won were between five aud ten yeaI