The Newtown bee., 1898-03-25

ed ashes. Mr. Mill says that there was
not q single reproach, not a complaint.
The work was taken up again right from |
the beginning. The whole thing was
rewritten; there was the discourage |
ment, the set back, and there was the
persisting. There was the accomplish
ment in spite of bitter Encouragement
How we could multiply illustrations
How many have they been who have la
bored abundantly even weeping. How
many who have had sore, terrible trials,
but have not been over-mastered by them
but have mastered them, and have kept
on, and been faithful, even unto death.
Indeed when the world goes hardly
with men, there are Just two pos sible
courses; we can give up, we can throw
away our labors and duties, or we can
keep on seven weeping" The weak man
or woman gives up, goes to bed for ev-
cry pain, is made unfit by the first wear
mess; throws his burden on somebody
else as soon as it becomes a little CALLING :;
the strong man or woman keeps up.
There are many people who do their best
work when that labor becomes hardest to
do. or course there is danger in such a
spirit, there is danger Of overriding; it
might be better if such would once in q
while yield little, and give up a little :;
it might relieve the tension, and save a
breaking down; but oh, how much bet
ter that extreme is than the way of al
ways giving up, of never holding out.
The honor is unto these who keep on do
ing, even weepir g, not unto those who
do not do because of weeping. All, if we
only knew, 1 suspect that
THE GREATEST RELIEF IN ANY TROUBLE
is in going ahead and doing while
we bear. 1t Is not the man who goes on
under the burden that breaks down; it is
rather the man that gives up; in going
on is the best relief and the sureat rem
edy. God makes faithfulness to duty a
salve which most surely heals our hurts.
Now there are two places where this
teaching should be given. The first is
this, we are to do the things which are
sent which are hard to do, do them even
weeping; and the second is like unto it,
b we are to do the things which must be
done even at the times when it is hard to
do them. Hard things and hard times
are alike to be bravely faced.
Sometimes extraordinarily hard things
are to be done, at other times it is very
hard to do the most ordinary things
Now under both these conditions, the
manly course, the right course is to &c
ahead and do the uncommon duty, or the
common duty under uncommonly hard
circumstances. Even weeping to follow
on, that is the faithful way.
For example sometimes it come to pass
that we know it is our duty to be corsid-
crate and courteous, we know clearly
, enough that poiteness and kindly treat
t ment are the proper course; but there
comes somebody along to whom it Ia the
hardest thing in the world to be polite
we take dislike, we have prejudice
it is the hardest kind OF a thing to treat
them half decently as we say; well, there
ia circumstance where we must obey
our better nature, and our right instinct
even though it is hard to do SO. Or
there are other times when it is hard to
be courteous to anybody. We are of
color. We don't feel good ourselves; even
those whom We usually delight to greet
are unWelcome; not one person is espec-
Tally Objectionable, but we feel uncom-
struggle against ourselves, and tho the
| time be unpropitious keep to the kindly
Christian way. Special circumstances
outside Of ourselves may make it hard to
, do what we know is our duty, or special
circumstances inside of ourselves may
make IL hard to do our duty the thing il
, that we be man enough to do the duty
whatever the circumstances may be-.