The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-13
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~ imagined When nm. oon., 49,.
,h,,is freshness and sweetness about
II bes sra' . dl IN, not before appear.
= piece OF pie. after he had been fsIind
NV, MIN chicken and sweetmeats. and he .o,d
h has woman he did not like the flavor OF
ne p,e, Two days later the favor OF her
Ple, was perfect. He had slept In camp
~. hsa trampcd In the forest. and had filled
nis lungs with fresh air. There are more
rsopis restless because they are surfeited
~nn so9d things than from the lack OF
them. We actually grow TRAD ~ the
pest things Of home, and are led baek
70 me enjoyment of them. by getting
y,sw 1 Tar enough to get a retrospective
would have made dismal fnilure OF his
PORN nad he written u before going
away. The dearest spot in all this earth
~ where were the scenes OF your child
mood and youth and the farther away
you get. the dearer they become. even
though you walk In grandeur and arrhn-
ence
1T Is a good thing TO pitch a tent M
the foothills OF lofty mountain. and be-
SIDE the murmurings of rapid river
such was our situation, and as we be-
came acquainted with the little valley
with dozen happy families deriving their
substance from the soil we said W..
would rather breath in the Inspiration of
the stiffness the sublimity, the awful
ness OF our surroundings, than TO be In
the center of the most popular resort in
the land. This valley brought to our
minds the text, AS rivers OF water In n
dry place And we thought of the re-
serve forces In nature and man. The les
son seemed to teach, we are not striving
and building alone for today. We are
laying up against the day OF adversely.
and drought and trials This IL the time
to lay BY for the future. when the skies
are clear and the clouds are gone and
drop no rain.
IN the morning. we learned that yester-
day afternoon u had been iooscned by
the suns rays. and had been brought
down by the force OF gravity, with all
It's GOODNESS and freshness and laid at our
very feet. But the day came In the vaI-
ley when the dew came not and the rain
drops ceased: then II was that the snow
fakes came from their confines, and
out through the valley into the sea. re-
freshing the dry and parching earth. To-
days Kind deeds are the futures reserve
forces. which win bless mankind which
follows. years OF plenty. giving oppor-
tunify 10 store away for the seven years
OF famine.
I'VE are 10 build not for self. but for
those who follow. The lesson seemed 10
teach also that nothing under God =
guidance Is lost. Away up In the noun
tain, the lonely settlers gather together
In the school building to pray. are IA
much part OF Gods plan 20 bless
this earth as the gathering Of the mutt :
tudes In tho London Tabernacle God
deals In little things. and the mighty
mountains pushed heavenward by up
heavals, are no more wonder than the
electrical power OF a dewirop. Some day
the effects OF these little deedp viii How
out q. rivers of water In dry place
THE lesson seemed to teach again thai
We pass this way but once and that we
should strive TO leave In our path the
verdure and fruitage Of a well-spent NE
Thi. river flowing from the oiympice u
nj times a roaring torrent, when ptinSs
destruction and death. but now Is quiet
and harmless, ana helpful bringing noth-
ing but good AS we folded our tents
aud took n last look OF the scenes 70
,.'htoh We had already become attached.
wa said 40 must We all some day fold
he tent OF life and move away 10 an
other land and We wished that We mlknt
ne No constant, as faithful. as helpful
xsherev4r We are. as the river TO the oc
s,,nsnt. Of the valley through which !,
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