The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

licvc or deaden the pam. Du, Ia, ..a~'
gar was an insult.
In some lives the saccharine seems to
predominant. Life is sunshine on a
bank of flowers. A thousand hands to
clap approval. In December or in Jan
uary. looking across their table, they
see all their family present, Health
rubicuud skies hamboyant. days re
silent, Bat in a great many eases there
are not 50 Eiany sugars as acids. The
anuCyauces aud the veXatious. and the
disappointment of life ovcrpower the
successes. There is a gravel in almost
every shoe An Arabian legend says
that there was a worm I'm Solomou's
staff gnawing its strength away. and
there is "A weak spot in every earthly
support that a man leans on. King
George of England forgot all the
grandeurs Of his throne because one day
in an interview Beau Brummel called
him by his first name and addressed
him rs servant, crying: George, ring
the bcil!" Miss Langdon, honored all
the world over for her poetic genius. is
So worried over the evil reports set
atloat regarding her that she is found
dead with an empty bottle of prussic
acid in her hand. Goldsmith said that
his life was wretched being. and that
all that want and contempt could bring
to it had been brought, and cries out:
"What, then. is there formidable in a
jnil?' Corrcggio's fine painting is hung
up for tavern sign. Hogarth cannot
sell LIS best painting except through a
rattle Andrea del Sarto makes the
great tresco i'm the Church of the An
nunciata at Florence and gets for pay
a sack of corn, and there are annoy
arces and veNations in high places as
well as in low places, showing that in
great many lives are the sours greater
than the sweets. "When Jesus there
fore had received the vinegar"
1t is absurd to suppose that man
who has always been well can sympa-
thizc with those who are sick. or that
one who has always been honored can
appreciate the sorrow of those who are
despisesl, or that one who has been born
to great fortune can understand the
distress and the straits of those who are
destitute. The fact that Christ Himself
took the vinegar makes Him able to
sympathize to-day and forever with all
those whose cup is filled with the sharp
acids of this life. He took the vine.
gar
In the first place there was the sour
ness of betrayal. The trcachcry of
Judas hurt Christ's feelings more than
all the friendship of His disciples did
Him good You have had many friends.
but there was one friend upon whom
you put special stress. You Toasted
him You loaned him money You be-
friendcd him in the dark passes of life.
when he especially needed Il friend.
Afterward. he turned upon you. and he
took advantage Of your former intma-
ces. lie wrote against you. He talked
against you. He microscopized your
faults. He flung contempt at you. when
you ought TO have received nothing but
gratitude. At first you could not sleep
al night. Then You went about with
sense of having been stung. That diff
Guilty will never be healed for though
ihb'hhi li'NihS may hlblNldNN III lIN
matter until you shall shake hands.
the old cordially will nevercome back.
Now commend to all such the sympa-
thy of Il betrayed Christ Why they
sold Him Tor less than our $50! They all
forsool, Him and fed. They cut Him to
the quick. He drank that cup to the
dregs He took the vinegar
There is also the sourness Of pain.
There are some Of you who have not
seen a well day for many years. BY
keeping out of drafts, and by carefully
studying dietetics, you continue to this
time, but, oh, the the headaches. and
the side aches, and the backaches, and
the heartaches which have been your ac-
compartment all the way through You
have struggled under heavy mortgage
of physical disabilities, and instead of
the placidity that once characterize d
you, it is now only with great effort
that you keep away from irritability
and sharp retort. Difficulties of respira-
ton of digestion, of locomotion, make
up the great obstacle in your life, and
you tug and sweat along the pathway
and wonder when the exhaustion will