Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-11-21

There Is n widow : heart that first was
desolatcd by bereavement and since by the
anxietics and trials that came in the sup
port of family. II is "a sad thing TO SEQ
man cnntending for livelihood under
disadvantages hut to see "a delicate wom-
an. with helpless little ones at her hack,
fighting tho giants OF poverty and sorrow
is more affecting IL was humble home,
and passcrSly knew not that within those
four walls were displays of courage more
admirable than that of Hannibal crossing
the Alps, or in ne pass Of Thcrmopyle, or
at Balaklava where Into the jaws Of
death r,de the six hundred" These he
rces had tie whole wurld Ia cheer them
or. but there was no one 10 applaud the
struggle in that humble home She
fought for Tread, for clothing, for fire, for
shelter, with aching head and weak side
and exhausted strength, through the long
night by the brook Jabbok Could 1t DO
that none would give her helpy Had God
forgotten to Lc gracious. No, contending
soul. The midnight air j. fun of wings
coming to the rescue. She hears il now
in the sough of the night wind. in the rip
pie of the brook .Iab'IOk. the promise made
So long ago, ringing down the sky. Thy
fathcrlcss children. | will preserve them
alive and Let tiny widows trust in met"
Some one said To "a very poor woman,
How is il that In such distress you keep
cheerful" She said: III do IL by what
call cross prayers. When | had my rent
to pay and nothing u pay IL with and
bread To buy and nething To- buy it with,
used To sit down and cry. But now | do
not get discouraged IL ! 20 along the
street, when / come to corner of the
street, l say The Lord help me-. | then
go ON until ! come tn another crossing of
the street, and again say, The Lord help
me" And 81 utter IA prayer at every
crossing and since / have got into the
habit Of saying these cross prayers have
been able To Keep up my courage
Learn again from this subject that pco-
pie sometimes are surprised To find out
that what they have bcsn struggling with
I'm the darkness is really an "angel OF
blessing" Jacob found In the morning
that this strange parsonage was not an
enemy, but God dispatched messenger to
promise prosperity for him and for his
children. And so many man ut tho
close 81 his trial has found out that he
has been trying 10 throw down his own
blessing II ynu arc IA Christian man, /
will 90 hack in your history and find that
the grandcst things that have ever hap
pencd to YOU have been your trials. Moth
Ing short Of scourging, imprisonment and
shipwreck could have made Paul what he
was. When David was fleeing through the
Wilderness. pursued 10y his own son, he
was being prepared "a become the sweet
singer of Israel The pit and the duSgeon
were the hest schools at which Joseph ever
graduated. The hurricane that upset the
tent and killed Jobs children prepared
the man of u To he the subject of the
magnificent poem that has astoundcd the
ages There Is no way 10 get the wheat
out ~ the straw hut to thrash IT, There
j. no WAY To purify the gold hut To burn IT,
Look at the Jcaplc who have always had
u their OWN wny. They are proud discon-
tented. useless and unhappy. II you want
to find cheerful folk, 90 among those who
have been purified by the fire After RIOS
SIM had rendered William Tell" the five
hundrcdth time company Of musicians
came under his window In Paris and sere-
na'ied him. They put upon his brow "A
golden crown OF laurel leaves But amid
all the applause and enthusiasm Rossini
turned Ia friend and said, Il would give
all this brilliant scene for "A few days Of
youth and love. Contrast the melancholy
feeling 81 Rossini. who had everything
that this world could give him. with the
joyful experience II Isaac Watts, whose
sorrows were great. when hc says:
The hill az Ziun Yields
A thousand sacred sweets
Bs.for" reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our Sings abound
And every tear b- dry
we'rc marching through Immanucl's ground
To fairrr worlds On high
Trouble and Prosperity.
u :. rerity that lill= and trouble
AKA. savea Wills ths IsIaalltes we're on