The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
GIT ALL THE GOOD OUT OF LIFE
THAT YOU CAN.

THAT YOU CAN.
Life is serious. Life ia earnest. Mis-
fortunes must come. Then how i'm
portant for US to make it also joyous
for ourselves and others, To get the
best out of life and to live up to the
very best that is in US should be the
problem for us to solve.
How true it is nothing but experience
can teach us how best to keep house,
manage children, servants, husbands,
etc, etc.
When first we unite u destiny with
him we 30 devoEedly love how ridicu-
lous it seems to US for any one to offer
advice concerning cur getting along.
Have we not entrusted our lives to one
who can we fail to do just the right
thing7 And oh how happy and conf
dent we are in the thought that now
we have a guide, a shield, a leader that
will take us smoothly over the rough
places in life. But, alas! how soon his
fallibility must be realized. He is but
bO444pA IA 04L4SV L az WO4I az WOs
And right here, perhaps, is a woman's
first grief. We had placed our ideal
COO high; and how the heart ached
when we found it out. The dream was
sweet, but, oh! the bitterness of the
awakening.
But let us remember that he, too,
may have had an ideal, and doubtless
his awakening may have been quite as
abrupt as our own; and it would be
we'll for Us to now set about correcting
our W faults and close our eyes to
the faults of others. / was once much
impressed by a rebuke given a lady
who was c%riticising a gentleman's &C
tions. A gentleman present merely
asked her to remember that she did not
yet have wings. If we would en- 0y
life and live happily love and charity
for the faults Of others must be the
rule Of u lives. There are many
crosses to be met here in this life, and
sometimes not the least of these is its
very monotony. We get &C tired Of
ON4 ONO4Y N0Y ~~VSOSS S"O S@04O NSy
after day for years and years.
We almost forget that the Jul shines
for US, the birds sing to cheer us. the
gentle zephyrs r blowing to cool our
cheeks and initiate our lungs, the dear
husband and precious children are
spared to love and be loved by US; and,
best of all, the Son of God died for US.
Then how ungrateful to repine and fret
and wish that our lot was cast in some
other mold than that in which God has
been pleased to leave US.
LET US then be up and doing
With a heart for any tate"
All, that is what we need, "a heart
for any fate" a heart that will meet
and overcome LIES difficulties bravely.
| Cultivate cheerfulness and good
humor, and Notwithstanding we are
sometimes made to feel that we are
neglected and even imposed upon, rise
above any feeling of dependency
and
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn so laOOr and TO walt"
Wait; be patient.
Behind the clouds there is a silver
lining"
Discomfort and grumbling a eve
give US anything but furro wed cheeks
and wrinkIed brow, aud had we better
not try to keep suca good looks as we
may possess So let. Us take the in
evitabIe, as if it were precisely what we
had ordered.
God made this grand old world for
us TO live in and Ell ~, and here we
are educating ourselves for eternity.
Then LEI US enjoy it wisely end to our
utmost capacity.
Work, read, write, visit, ave neg
lect an opportunity for attending di
vine service. Get all the good cut Of
life that we can and cram it full of
kindly deeds for others.-Madge, in
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