The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-01

organ the Epworth Herald
'sHARD TINES"
"Familiar words, these. They are now upon every
bodys lips chilly wave has struck the financial
world. The hand of depression tightens it's grip. The
doors OF banking houses closed and the blinds
main upon the store windows. Most business are
try are clogged Laborers being discharged They
ill the air with complaints In spite of all assurances
TO the things 8, begin to look blue What are
WE'LL now let us hear what we are to do about it,
the "several things One OF them is as foows-a gil
gantic remedy for the church to PROPOSE:
"1 Keep up good heart. 1t will do good to fret
Complaining will only make matters The Israel
ties murmured and took long tramp through the will
for their ooshness Reverses are sure to come
We should expect them and gracefully accept the situa
ton Whoever sailed the without encountering
storms? He who picks finds also thOrns Cloudy
days mixed with sunny The piercing winds of
winter follow summers bamy breezes. Continual pros
perity would spoil Our seshness would tower like
the mountains In adversely learn the blessings of
prosperity To the most dscOuragng situations there
is bright side. Look that side. Do worry Do
not pout. Do not frown. Do not scold Laugh in the
face of this furry about dollars. Predict better times
Have faith. all the people would grid up the lons of
their confidence business enterprises would leap their
feet and swiftly toward the goal OF prosperity.
That's it, Be content. Don't murmur. Take out
rageous wrongs, and them like mother. Con
tnued Prosperity has busted U.S. Bag baggage and bal
loon! "Predict better timesv Lie like a pirate and
pray like dervsh! Get everybody to put their money
where they give security for t-and fifty millions
have been lost in years. Don't vote to crush the
spoler, and exterminate cruel sin!
go. Sympathize with people who are in trouble
Some of neghbors blue, and not without cause
Wages reduced revenues cut off altogether The
wolf is already growing at the door. Think kindly of
the unfortunate. Do more than think. Act kindly
your ready and hearty hepfuness be evidence
your sympathy and concern.
Yes, you pious church members who gather in your
per cents-who vote the old party devils into power
who excuse the awful crimes against the toer-who
sustain the national bank robbery-who destroy silver
money because the bank can't boss ityou you whited
sepuchres OF dead chrstiany-you just the man to
90 and "sympathize' with the hungry "kus" who has
lost his dolararday job Because if you DON'T he may
become an anarchist, and and burn your house
with all it's radiant beauties brica-brac and CHECKER
ings. The dollara-day had to pawn his bric-a-
brac and his Chickering long implement used to
take the artemsia ambrosOa out of the potato patch
-Pigweeds are bad for garden truck. Oh yes sympa-
thize There beautiful crystal tears the pgweed
every morningl
"3 Letus learn lesson of prudence. The bee gath
ers honey when the flowers bloom and lays for
the sure-tocome day when they more beautfy the
earth Americans do not, class, copy the bee. We
are fast ivers. We live day at time and imagine
that tomorrow will be prosperous to-day. We
are extravaganza. French writer declares that the
French nation would live well what throw out of
our back DOORS We need to learn prepare for that
Inevitable rainy day. If the recurrence of hard times
will teach to be duly prudent, then they have not
come in vain"
The busy bee is bogy-fool he saves up all summer
goldb bug drones eat all wnter-what don't stea
from them. The sgarbage' reference to Europe is dai
sy That's it-be satisfied velike other hogs-on the
back-door swil! If you can't live mush and mo-
asses, try rats and MICE We church members and $5
preachers will take the southdown and porter house
you miserable singleshirters snatch pork rinds
from the hogs. Don't vote to crush wrong-but learn
stand it with beautiful graceful dirty swsh resig
nation-and get sympathy instead OF undershirts.
~. Let us trust God. Faith makes one brave and
strong and radiant in the midst of the hardest hard
times Adversely works only good to the trustfu soul
sacredly kept The bank OF heaven never fails It's re-
sources inexhanstibe Checks always cashed.
The larger they are the better Our Father rich Re-
oice In these stringent times let trust Him. utter
remembering that He who fed His children with man.
ma and quails, and who kept the Widows barrel and
repenshed when famine stalked the land will
not forget those who in Distress"
"The Bank of Heaven fails" Is that SO?
Well then charter has been taken out for this
planet And the church is not the bank. For of all the
churches that know Of but would sink in the
waters of Galilee where Peter stood, till it touched
China God gentlemen, is good and fatherly and Low
who would not help themselves We were given holy
heritage of liberty, and humanity, to protect. We
have been lot Of lazy, Indifferent dogs, lived up
heritance and ask God to come and give enough
mama to make up shortage of back-door ruitl
! Avaunt ye infdels-who profane the temple Of the
Holy Christi How wonderful is thy name-oh, gentle
Nazarenel-how fierce thy nvective against those who
robbed the widow and oppressed the orphan in his
God reigns- by the sound OF his hurrying char
lot wheels on the pavement OF tme ye may know that
the anger of the II AM is preparedto hurl this silk
gatered wckedness into the deep prepared for the devil
and his angelsl
i The number of suicides. all the country is
something fearfulbut not unaccountable. There
eight in New York City in day, to avoid starvation
prominent and well-known editor in St. Paul, the
other day eaped in front of train of to his death