The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-11
discomfort.
Editor Post !:

| the pleasures of this life that might
! otherwise be enjoyed is lost by the
cultivation of the spirit of discon-
tentment. Yes, it is Guard times,
hard times" and this has been the
cry of a large class Of people ever
since we can remember and wo have
been devouring butter and eggs on
this mundane orb for over half q
century. We arc required to 'Sglye
thanks in all things" but how can
we be thankful for that which we do
not enjoy? and how can we enjoy
anything that we do not appreciate?
But amid all the prosperity and album
dance with which God has blessed
the efforts of this people they never
cease to murmur. Hard times taken
upon an average is nothing but a
mere fancy which gets all it's SEM
blancc of reality from the incessant
complaints Of class of Unsuitable,
avaricious and chronic grunmblcrs
who never get enough for what they
sell and always pay too much for what
they buy, aud who manifest Il greed
for gain that reaches over to coy :
etousncss (Which is idoletry." This
habit Of grumbling naturally arises
from an indulgence i'll and the cub
tivation Of Il principle in human ma
ture that cannot be satisfied with the
things of time and sense, which prin-
ciplc we are required to hold in by
adherence to the rules Of morality
and religion. GAS we would that
men should TO unto you, do We even
so to them" "Look not upon your
own but the things Of others" "Char-
ity secketh not her own" "Provide
thing honestly in the sight Of all
men and be content with such things
as we have, for contentment is great
gain" This is all of earth that
can properly be called riches at last,
for one may possess countless mil
lions of gold and without content
mcnt he is miserable. Wealth does
not consist in what man has but in
what he is and what he enjoys. "a
dry morsel and quietness Herewith
is better than stalled OK with strife. "
at is more blessed to give than to
receive" because giving protects con
tentment while to receive augments
the desire for more and adds fuel to
the flames of avaricc and discomfort.
Ayarice is the seed and discomfort
the soil from which has sprung forth
the inccssant and unjustifable cry Of
hard times, hard times, till one unac-
uuainted with the facts in the case
would think this country unfit for
the residence of any part Of the hu
man family, when the truth is this
land continues to flow with the boun-
tiful blessings of Providence insomuch
that with a very small amount of in
dustry the very poorest can have
plenty and to spare. But alas; strange
to us as it may seem, this is what is
often the matter SO far as the rich
are concerned. They call it cover
production" and because of this
abundance they are unable to wrins
from the hand Of the consumer the OK
horbitant prices which their Unsuitable
greed demands for their merchandise
and in their desperation they cry ont
'h5rl times" and they have contin-
ued to chant this chorus of complaint
from city 10 city and from house to
house till even the poorest class OF
people who depend upon their daily
toll for a living and who can buy more
of the comforts Of life with days
labor than they ever could before,
have got to believe that these things
are indeed true, which by their long
continuance have filled their minds
with the fancy of ycritable monster
travelling every highway, hill and
hollow in this broad land, threaten
ing to snatch the very clothes from
their back and bread from their chill
dren's mouths, and to cap the climax
the squirming politician of these lat.
ter years has hobbyizcd this fantas
tic monster and continues to ride him
up and down the valleys and high
ways with as much show of reality