The Monte Vista journal., 1898-01-15

huhus uTe IHtuueu.
Nature, or as prefer to say. God. is
kind. When pain is intense you faint
away, slide from under It and avoid 1t.
make any fuss But II he is only shot
In the heel, one can hear him for a
mile. Lately discussed with dying
man the propriety of nnneXing the
Sandwich Islands. Dying, Senator
Morton of Indiana. had the daily paper
read to him. He had served his coun-
try and he wished to take with him
the latest information of the states he
had helped to keep united. Selected to
20 to death patriot.
Mature smooths the slope of death"
says George William Curtis. Nature
has anodynes. The mind adjusts itself,
to any necessity. The short railroad
ride from here to Greeley is tedious to
me. l project my mind there. and
then impatiently wait for my body TO
arrive. But l embark for San Francis
co. and l say there are so many days
OF this. and put on my slippers. and
get a novel. give the porter dollar ana
have little trouble with the Journey. A
man says. If this and that should hap
pen, l should die. oh. no! Men who
are to be hanged tomorrow morning
Will eat hearty supper and sleep
soundly and eat breakfast and be hang.
ed as n matter OF course. There is an
Infinite mercy dealing with us.
To one In health sickness is dreadful
To be penned in within four walls and
to be waited upon. One likes to walk
out upon his business and wait upon
himself. From the point of view of
health. sickness Is an unmtgatcd cal.
amity. But from the point of view OF
illness. the thing is different. If you
are only sick enough. there is a kind
OF enjoyment In 1t. Your ordinary bus.
mess does not trouble you.
l went to see Governor Mower In his
last Illness. II was at New Orleans.
| mentioned something To him about
his six young rowing children. "Oh.
never mind" he said. God will hold
them In the hollow OF his hand" And
God has. | inquired after them lately,
and they are all iiourishng. Man in
perfect health cannot take care of him
sell, but he attempts II. He has not nm
inch of foresight. Once in illness he
knows that he cannot take care of him.
self. so he amuses himself seeing If the
wall paper is put on plumb. Very good
thoughts come to him, which he thinks
lie VIII Use when he is well. but they
vanish. Great sermons present them
selves and make their adieu. 1t is a
great thing TO know how to be sick.
and In what place.
Blessed he Kindness mixed with skill.
One summer l saw the toy locomotive
or the first railroad and alongside |
saw Hs'. That IL movement. but n
greater progress Is from "Saircy
Camp and Betsy Prig." and the in
visible Mrs. Harris" 10 the trained
nurse of to-day. One is almost sorry
to get well. II Is said Of God before
We speak he hears. That can be said
OF modern nurse. You think yo,,
want something and II Is at your lips.
Slecplcssness IL considerable OF n
curse. ! have had nights as long and
ns full OF incident and as tircsomc as
the thirty years war" In fact all
the wars Of Europe would he n mere
incident OF night. have had nights
ms long as n twcnty-hour delay at rail.
way Junction In the country. But
even OF such n slccplcss time much can
t'e made. Call M old friends and pleas.
ant scenes. Make your mind for n
wnkeful night and the first thing you
VIII say IL. what time Is it?' And the
nurse will say. "It is about noon"
'''h - kptfI Ell. ana nlN
mercies are over all his works. | be.
lleve II. Swcdcnborc and st. George
Mivart. Catholic. scientists. are both
agreed that hell is not as bad as II can
he. II Is MS tolcrablc place as can he,
considering the people who Inhablt 1t.
They are right. We do not make our
states prisons as cruel as we can. We
make II MS humane ms We can. The
man sentenced 10 he hung Is well fed.
No man In our courts, whatever his
oncnsc. Is sentenced 10 bad food. bad
air or Ia frost. lie Is simply an exile:
he IN removed from society. A man
makes his own place aud he conforms
to II. Hell Is as comfortable ms II can
bc made.
know In another state a cross roads
village. II Is n pretty plnce. clms and
beech trees and n mcandcrins river.
One Saturday afternoon the pcopl. eel.
cbrntcd. The net result was three
killed and thirty.scvcn hurt. Their
heads were broken and their Jaws tied
MP and their arms were In slings. and
there WIS blood all along the plank
sidewalk. But they stIll xpenk OF II as
splendid time. and date events from
the lovely saturday. The spirit that *
In man settles everything.
Peter nj the time of the text Is not
sur" of but one thing. lie Is n good
fisherman. ] see no reason To doubt
TINT. But to following his Master To
prison and to death he thinks he il
ready, hut he Is not r'ady. A man may
he bray" In n fishing boat and n cow.
ard before a gun. Peter is used 10
wind and waves, hut he is not used To
midnight Jury Of his enemies. lie is
brave ns against nature. hut u lot Of
ccclcsinstlcs arr too much for him, He
knows his strength. lie can east n net
4" the sea and haul II In. lie cnn toll
NIL night and catch nothing. Eut h.
cannot watch with his Master an hour
In G"ihs"mnnc. Not Ia u day VIII he
h"coin" nm able apostle. W. must give
Peter time. After awhile he win fol.
low his Master To oriicliixion.
Man is pr"sumpiious. relying upon
himself. He thinks lie can do nuy.
thing. lie is ready and he fails. Ent
n man conscious Of his avn weakness
calls upon the Almighty nnd reinforce.
mcnts come In. Peter. the fisherman,
Is wcak. iiut Peter. the apostle, odu.
cnted. IL stronger than time or death.
A man chilled Ia n task says. ~ can.
not do It," lie has counted all his
forces TINT mr." IN sight and they mr.,
not enough. But he las not counted all
his forces not In sight. There nrc hero.
Ines Just over the hills. Martin Luther
the monk. and Martin Luther the man.
are two. A nnn called to do anything
on earth Gnu do II. Cromwell hnI ncy.