Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-10-15

ever is elected 10 the Presidency. the wheels =,
81 Government turn 50 slowly. aud a caucus
in Wonder white building on the hill may
tie The hands q any President. Now, 4
though We who live in the District Of Column
bia cannot vote, we can pray. and my prayer
dav and night shall be, 'Oh God. hear
the cry az the souls from Under the altar.
Thou who last brought the wheat
and corn II this season u such magni-
tude Of supply. give TODD y man and beast.
Thou who haist not where 70 lay Ihy head.
pity the shalterless. Thou who hast brought
10 perfection the cotton q the South and the
, fax 81 the North. clothe the naked Thou
Who hast filed the m.re with coal. give
Eel 10 the shigerinc. Brin. bread 70 the
ftodv. intelligence to the mind. and saliva
ton tothe soul RI ali't1e people God save
the Nation"
Bat We mus. alni it i a hard gate 10
push back Millions ot thin hands have
pushed a. ii without making il swing on its
tarl hinges. It is a gate made out o. empty
-four barrels, AMI cold ti-s CRATES, and worn
oat apparel. and cherries homes. and IN
n-dica,el sickness. AMI ghastliness and
horror. Il is a gate Of struggle. A gate Of
penrrv. A gate Of want. A gate Of disap-
p8intrnent. A red gait. or what Isaiah would
have called a gate Of carbuncles.
Now. as | have already suggested. a.
there are Obstacles III all our paths. We will
lie happier if we consent TO have our life a
struggle. | DO not know anyone to whom
it Is not a struyie. Louis the Fourteenth
thought he hal everything fixed just right
ana fixed 10 stay. aud 9 he hal the great
: clock at Bordeaux male. The hours Of that
clock Were struck by figures IN bronze rep
+ resentlng the king, otEurOpe. and at a GER
tam time Of day william the Third OF Eng
: land and other kings were made to come ont
| and bow to Louis the Fourteenth. But the
cock got out of order ona day and just the
: opposite OF what was expected occurred, as
= "A - l>,,~ I nntr thp
| Fourteenth was thrown to the feet of Will
{ lam the Third. And 50 the clock o. destiny
V brings many surprises and those 60 down
8 that YOU expected to stand. and a. the foot
4 Of disaster most regal conditions tumble. IL
d all styles oflife there come disappointment
g and struggle. God has for some good rea
h son arranged it 50. II it IS not poverty 1t l.
sickness. II it is not SICKNESS, it is persecu'
ton. If it is not persecution. 1t IS contes'
> vita some evil apparita. II it is not some
k evil appetite. it Is bereavement. Ii IL IS no
:. one thing. it is another. Do not get source
20 and cross and think yous ease Is ? 3cUiiar
II You are Just like the rest Of Us. You WI
n haye to take the bitter draught whether
nj be handed to you in golden challce or peWte
Of mug. A man who has a thousand dollars
u wear income sleeps souuder and has a bette
9 appetite thar ne man VINO ia
ri not a struggle We would never consent t
We get out of this world, and We would want I
,ir etay here. and 50 block up the way Of tn
at advancing generations. By the tlnle that
e man gets to be seventy years OF age, an
ly sometimes by the time he gets to be HI
OF wears Of age. he says: 4 have had enoue
at Of this, and when the Lord wills 1t a
OF ready to emiGrate TO a country where ire
Ii are no taxes and tn" silver OF the trulp,
Is. put to ones lip, has no quarrel WIN II
nd gold Of the pavement under his feet. '
have in this world more opportunity 20 GU
tivate patience than to cultivate any ON
tic grace. Let that grace be strengthened
ito the ROYAL Gymnasium OF obstacle anu 9
he position. and by the help OF God. hhvll
'ur overcome our own hindrances and wor
rth ments. let US 90 forth to help others VINO
Ia STRUGGLE is greater than our OVu.