Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-22

the morning To relieve this disorder
all narcotics and sedatiyeS and NOR
phine. and chlo.a, and bromide Of
potassium. and cocaine and intoXi-
cants are used, but nothing is more
important than a quiet spirit if We
would win somuolence How is man
going 10 sleep when ne j. III mind pur-
suing an enemy? Win what nervous
witch he VIII start out OF a dream
That new plan OF coruering his foe viii
keep him wide awake while the clock
strikes Il. L. l. >. | give YOU an un-
failing prescription for wakefIiness:
spend the evening hours rehearsing
your wrongs and the best way Of
avenging them. Hold a convention of
friends ON this subject IN your parlor
or Office at or O'Clock Close the
evening By writing a bitter letter tx
pressing your sentiments. Take from
the desk OF pigeon hole tho papers IL
the case 10 refresh your mind with
your enemys meanness. Then lie
down and Vait cor the coming Of the
day. and it Will come before sleep
comes or y9uu sleep VIII be worried
Guicsconce and. if you take the pre-
caution 80 IL fat on your back.
fr.ghtiui nightmare.
Why not pat q bound 10 your ami
mostly? Why iet vour foes come into
the sanctities Of your dormitory? Why
let those siauderers who have already
torn ycur reputation to pieces or in
midnight pillow and drive from you
one OF the greatest blessings that God
can Ofer-swc5t refreshing. all-iGvig-
Grating sleep? Why not fence out
your enemies by the golden bars of
the sunset? Why not stand behind
the barricade Of evening cloud. and
say to them: Thus far and no
farther. Many a man and many a
woman is having the health of body as
we'll as the health of soul eaten away
by malevolent spirit. ! have in time
OF religious awakening had persons.
night after night, come into the in
curry room and get no peace of soul
After vh.ie l have bluntly asked
them. Is there not some one against
whom you have a hatred that You are
not willing 10 give up?" After a little
confusion they have slightly whis-
percd. Yes" Then have said: You
Will never mud peace with God as long
as you retain that viruionce."
4 hor ia Sparta. having stolen q fox.
kept hjm under his coat and. though
| the fox vas ynawing his yitsls. n
submitted 70 il rather than expose his
misdeed Many a man with q smiling
face has under his jacket an aniTnosity
that is Gnaving away the strength of
/ his body and the integrity Of his soul.
/ Better get rid OF that hidden fox as
| soon as possible. There are hundreds
| of domestic circles where that which
/ most is needed is the spirit of forgive
ness. Brothers. apart, and sisters
! apart. aud parents and children apart.
/ Solomon says a brother offended is
/ harder 10 be won than q strong city.
Are there not enough sacred memories
! OF your childhood To bring you to
! gether? The rabbinS recount how that
/ NcbuchadnezZar's son had such q spite
against his father that after he was
! dead he had his father burned to
/ ashes ana then put the ashes into four
sacks and tied Chem 10 four eagle s
necks. which flew away in opposite di-
rectiOnS And there are now domestic
/ antipathics that seem forever to have
! scattered all parental memories - the
/ four winds OF heaven. How far the
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! The hour Ot shutdown males Il tha'
family No praotivai suggestion
/ Thomas CARLYLE in h biography @.
! Frederick the Great. says the Old k.ue
was tcid ny the confe-snr he must b
/ at peace with his enemies il he wanted
to enter heaven. Then he said to BIZ.
! Vile. She queen: Write 10 vow
brother after am dead hat / forgiv
hi.u. i:oioT. the confessc:. said:
Her majesty had better write aim
/, Immediately" No. SAID the ktu,,
after an dead: that Vii be safer
! So ne let the sun oi his earthly e%-
! istcnce 90 down upon hls wrath-
Again. We ought no. - allow he
sun to SGT before forgiveness take
place. because NC might not i've "a
see another DAY. And what if 80
! should be usl,cred intu tae p.-osenc,
/ OF eur Maker with ;,"CEe upon C1r
soul? The majority Of people deuact
this life in the night. between L
O'Clock p. n. and : oclock 4. ~. there
is something in the atmosphere rhieh
Iclaxes The grip which tlc BODY haa ol
the soul. end mos- ii people eCter IN,
next world through the shadows al
this world Perhaps God MAJ h
arranged it in that way. 50 IS la ma ~
the contrast the more glorious. J have
seen sunshiny days H. this world that
must have been almost like the radi-
ance &C heaven Rut rs most people
leave the earth between shutdown and
sunrise. they quit this world at its
darkest. and heaven. always Bright
will be the brighter for that contrast.
Out of darkness iuto irradiatiO,t.
Mahomet said: The sword is he
key OF heaven and hell Bat. nay
hearers. in the Last Day we Will find
just the opposite OF that to be tue. and
that the sword never unlocks heaven
and that he VINO heats wounds is great
er than he who makes them and that
on the same ring are two keyS-God 5
| forgiveness Of It's and our forgiveness
of enemics-and these two keys unlock
| Paradise.