Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-18

mate welcome. List Va always rcmst
Dor that nothing bafalls US that Is not
OF ths nature OF ourselves. IA NE be-
come wiser arc escape some OF our
instructive destiulss. lnstinei and
destiny are forever comforting TO-
gsthsr; they support ons another. and
rove. hand Tn hand. round the man
who is not on his guard. We are told
that the famous tragedies show US
the struggle Of man against fate.
believe. on the contrary. that scarcely
a drama exists wherein fatality truly
does reign. Search as may. can
not ind one which exhibits the hero in
conflict with tsstiny pure and simple.
For. Indeed. II Il never destiny that
no attacks. Il n with wisdom he Ia
always At war. Fate snsrta more
tyrannous power, by virtue Of instinct.
hsredity and other LAYS more rslsut-
less still. more profound and obscure:
but even when we wriths beneath uu-
merited. crushing misfortune: even
when fortune compsts us 10 DO the
thing we should never have done. had
our hands been free: even then. ~hsa
the deed has been done. the mtafor-
tune has happened. II still rests with
ourselves to deny her the least In
huenes on that which shall come to
pass In our soul Reason produces
not wisdom. which Is rather a craving
OF soul II dwslls mp above. far high
err than reason. and thus Is Il Of the
nature OF veritable wisdom to do
countless things whereof reason ala
approves. or shall but approve here
after. So was II that wisdom one dsv
said to reason. 1T we're we'll tn love
ones enemies and return good for
evil Reason. that day, tiptoa on
the ioftiest peak in its kingdom. at
last was fain to agree. Tho vs~s
wherein we should tend the true v,ta-
dom Is love. and not reason. The I'm.
her life that Is surest. most lasting
possessed of the uttermoat bean.v
must needs be the one that conscious
ness slowly ereets In itself with ths
ala OF all that IA purest in tho sour
The inner life begins whom IN. sci
becomes good. and not when The IN.
teiieet ripens. The striving tntsiter,
may wei know happiness beyond tho
reach OF the satisfied body. but ~,
SOUL that grows nobler has lows tho,
are often denied TO the striving INTEL
leet' Physical suffering apart. no,
single sorrow exists that can topeb
us except through our thoughts. and
whence do our thoughts derive ,ha
weapons wherewith they attack mr. do.
reno usf We suffer but little from
sunering Itself: but from the manpar
wherein we accept 1t oyerwbeI,rt,g
sorrow may spring It ia wrong 80
tiiihk OF destiny only in connection
with death and disnster wb,u 80,
we cease to believe that death ana
NOT 'ite. Is Important; that misfortune
is Greater than happiness? WIN
Wheh we try to sum nm n ,,sn,s
uestiny, keep our eyes nxed onI.. 49,
m .ae tears that he shed. and never nm
,he smiles OF his Joy? Where bave VEG
, learned that death fixes the value ~
me ana not life that Of death, ror
,oa, may be OF the Hottest, might
iesl ana yer perhaps never draw noar
neo Joy; but In the soul that is
eentie, and pure. and good sorro,y
. ~, forever abide. We have o,lv
e i'gne 70 seorn Joy when aucb
s 81, - wholly unconscious Let y,
No. os i .m, TO announcement OF bnpni-
f. r ,'ii we have sought II elsewbere
e., VAN. 1t Is only one side Of moral
~ that unhappiness tbrows to-
,isht' and the man whom sorro,, ' h
,aught to be wise, Ia like ono whs n nas
turn :, :, never been loved in re-
nlea.r :. Is only the little ephemera,
ana me mat forever arc smiling:
anu 'ney die away as they sm,,s