The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-12-10

ness. he lost what property he had
Then his beautiful daughter died;
thena son became hOpelessly demented.
Another son. splendid Of mind and com
mAnding OF presence. resolved that be
would take care Of his fathers house
bold, but under the swoop Of yellow
fever al Fernandina. Fla, he sudden
~ expired So you know good men and
women who have had enough troubles,
you think, to crush 50 people No
worldly philosophy could take such a
trouble and set 1t TO music or play IL
on violin or Cute. but I dare 10 open
that dark saying on a golden harp.
Ysu wonder that very e~onsecrated
people have trouble? Did you ever
know any very eousccraied man or
woman who had not bad great trouble7
Neverl II was through their troubles
sanctifcd that they vel made very
good. II you end anywhere In this
city a man who has now and always has
bad perfect health ssa never lost q
child, and has always been popular,
and never had business struggle or
misfortune, who Is distinguished for
goodness poll ysur wire for a tel~
graph messenger boy and send ne
word. aud I will drop everything and
70 right away . look At him. There
never has been 4 a like that and
never will be. Who arc those arrogant,
self-conerited creatures who move
about without sympathy for others and
who thirk more Of q ST Bernard dos.
or an Alderuey COW. or . ~Southdown
sheep. or q Berkshire pig than Of 4
mani They never had any trouble, or
the trouble was never anctined. Who
are those men who listea with : moist
eve as you tell them Of suffering. and
who have 4 PathOs in their voice. and a
kindness in their manner. and an ex-
euse or an alienation for those gone
astray7 They are the men who have
graduated at the royal academy OF
trouble, and they have the diploma
written in wrinkles on their eounte-
nanees. Ny! my. What h~eartaches
they had! What tears they have Wept!
What injustice they have suffered!
The mightiest influence for publication
and salvation is trouble No diamond
at for 8 crown until 1t Is cut. Ne
wheat ct for bread till 1t II ground
There are only three things that can
break OF q chaia-a hammer. a file or
are-and trouble is all three Of them.
The greatest writers, orators and re-
formers get much Of their force from
trouble. What give TO Washington
Irving that exquisite tenderness and
pathos winch viii make his books IA
Torites while the English language con-
tinues TO be written and spokenY An
early heartbreak that he never once
mentioned. and when. 30 years after the
death OF Matilda Hoffman. who was 10
have been his bride. her father picked
M a piece Of embroidery and said:
THAT is a piece Of poor Mstilda's work
manship," Warrington Irving sank
from hiIArity into silence and walked
away. Out Of that lifetime grief the
great author dipped his pens mighiiest
Reinforcement. Calvin's institutes Of
Religion" than which q more wonder
full book was never written by human
hand. waa begun by the author at 2!
yesrs Of age because Of the persecution
by Francis. King OF France. Fsrada,
toIled for all time on q salary Of ESQ {
year and candles As every brick OF th'
wall Of Babylon was stamped with th'
letter N, standing for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
90 every part Of the temple Of Christian
achievement is stamped with the let
ser 7, standing for trouble.
When in England a man Is honoreS
with knighthood, he is struck with tn
Cat Of the sword. But those who hav'
come to knighthood In the kingdom o
Geo were FIRST struck, not with the IA
Of the sword, but with the keen edge o
the scimeter. TO Duild his magma
cence Of character, Paul could not hay
spared one lash, one prison. one Eton
ing, one anathema, one poisonous rpe
from the haBd, one Ehipwreck- What
true OF individuals 10 true Of nationi
The horrors Of the American revolutio
} gave this country this side Of the Mi
. sissippi river to Independence. and th
D conflict between England and Franc
: gave the most of this country west
, the Mississippi to the United State
3 France owned II. but Napoleon. fearin
J that England would take II. practical
; made a present to the United States, fc
= he received only siS.00o.ooo for Louis
4 ana, Missouri. Arkansas. Kansas, NJ
= braska, Iowa. Minnesota, Colorado. d
kota, Montana. Wyoming and the Il
: dian Territory. Out Of the FIRE Of Il
( American revolution came this COUNT
4 east Of the Mississippi. out of the z
d ropean wal came that west Of the Nj
= sissippi river. The British empire roI
o to Its present overtowering grandel
d through gunpowder plot and Gu
= Fswkes' conspiracy. and Northamptc
n instruction. and Walter RaIelgh's b
4 heading. and Baeon's bribery. Al
= Cromwell's dissolution of parliamsu
n and the battles Of Edge Hill. and Il
J.. yicissitudes Of centuries. So the earl
: itself. before It could become an apr
d pirate and beautiful residence for Il
. human family. had. according 10 gee
]. ogy, to be washed by universal delul
. and scorched and made ipcandescel
& by universal fires, and pounded |
sledgs hammer of icebergs. a
d wIenched by earthquakes that split co
l. %tinents, and shaken by volcanoes tn
o tossed mountains and passed throus
the c~atsstrophes Of thousands of yea
D. before Paradise became possible. Al
% the groves could shake out their gre,
D. banners. and the first garden pour |
q carnage OF color between the Gihon Al
:. the Hiddekel. Trouble q coed thii
q for the rocks, . good thing for nation
70 as well rs a good thing for individual
. So when you push against me with
3 sharp interrogation point; Why do Il
g good suffer- open the dark saying /,
% u harp and. though can neither pli
an organ or cornet or hautboy or bug
o or clarinet, l have taken some lessoI
l. in the Gospel harp. and II you wou
= like to hear me l will play you thes
"All things work together for good
y those who love God" Now no chaste
It ing for the present seemeth to be j.
Gus. but grievous, nevertheless afts
p ward II yieldeth the peaceable fruit
lie Righteousness unto them which are e
d ercised thereby" Weeping may e
m dure for a night, but Joy cometh in 4
ie morning" What a sweet thing is
harp. and wonder not that In Wal,
the country Of my ancestors. the ha
It has become the national instrumei
70 and that they have festivals where gre
Is prizes arc offered In the competition b
% tween harp and harp, or that wei
10 Gtbastian Erard was much Of his lin
bent over this chorded and yibratIl
70 triangle and was not satisfied until