Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-30
If WE ONLY KNEW. .


watching the crowds pass TO and fro
along the buoy street became inter-
sested In the different faces, altho one
caught but Il fieetinE gHupse as they
passed. There aSere persons representa-
tive of many Of th,. walks of life, and TO;
the student Of physiognony and human
lsfe in its diifeftIil phases such a scene
is an interesting one.
Some there wstt With countenances
Bbeaming with happiness and good cheer.
and tho life may have its shadows for
them no doubt, Vel the pace OF soul
Which shines from within brghtens all
and makes lifegWorth the living Others
upon whose faces lines of care are
sharply drawn, aud as Ne note the cons.
trast we Wonder III 10 them life seems
but al empty dream. Here a face whose
expression shows neither pleasure. pain
nor sorro,y. one upon whose soul the
cteuds Of love ard sympathy have left
no Impress. Nosindicatiun as to wheth-
+ er life il battle OF simply an existence
Ito be5.ndured for q time.
Il Again We see two faces side by side
Mhose expression presents a marked
contrast. One with soul awake 10 all
that Is beautiful in life, the other seem
l,igiS gazing only on the shadows Of life.
One sees the beauty in crimson and am
ber-hued CLOUD the other makes night
gu, Of bright MONDAY.
One loves the mountains, the piains
saeh leaf and flower, and the singing
2. birds while tns otilers soul seemsSnevei
10 have been stirred by song of bird,
rustling leaf, OF The patter Of the rain.
One seems 70 have looked only for the
good in his fellow men, and hoping al
NAYS for the best. But the other Won
ders ct hia Masters plan, and grave
doubt seems 10 abide in his soul
81 Yer If We could only draw back the
icurtains5,hut surround the lives Of thosa
about us. and SEQ the naked heart and
sprit and know the spur that gives ac-
tiorto each life, often we should find
better and purer than we thought 1t to
be. II we knew all the cares and thf
81 trinls. and all the efforts that have
proved vain and the bitter disappoint.
ments that have. fallen to their lot, un-
Adsrstand all the gain and the loes. |
wonder it the grim eternal roughnes.
which seems 10 envelop them would
a seem just the aame2 And where we nov
hinder, would we not help? And where
We now blame, would we not pity? VIZ
know not the hidden forces that lie II
each life, and neither do we seem Il
a know that the fountain of action is leg:
turbld al its source than the swiftly
moving current would indicate.
We judge each other too hastily. Wht
4 of us know the heartaches OF the ner
We. meet eacn day in passing along thu
busy streets? Who of us care to tr,
and think and know their pain ant
grief, and 10 bring relief to their break
ing hearts? There are some we NEE
who would not dare to speak the pang
they felt--the burdens that they bea
each hour that passes thru the solemn
) year And who of US care to help then
= by tender word and loving look to bea
: the burdens of their care and the woe
that are pressing them? II we woul'
only take time to see and think. try an,
j understand all the environments tn
trials and temptations with which on
brother man is surrounded, be cure GU
hearts would respond with deeds Q
!, love, words Of sympathy. and hand
!, held out to help. We would look TO
. all the golden grains of good that II
amid the evil. Of life. and We would Low
: each other better II we knew and uE
a CerStoOd