The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-08

ders are in their attack on the world
and how regular is the harvest which
with the sharp scythe of pain they
NOW down for the grave. No such
disciplined and courageous army ever
marched as the army of physical suf-
fering. They do their work in the or
der | name, and you may depend upon
their keeping on in that same order
for good while yet; first of all tuber-
culosis, next organic heart disease,
| next pneumonia, next in number OF
! its victims is apoplexy, next Bright's
| disease, next cancer, next typhoid
fever, next paralysis. Those eight dis
eases are the worst despoilers of hui
man life. The doctors with solutions
and lancets and anodynes and cata-
plasms are in a brave fight against
these physiological devils that try to
possess the human race. But after all
the scientists can do there is a de-
mand for patience. Nothing can take
the place of that. 1t is needed this mo-
ment in every sickroom and along the
streets and in business places and
shops where breadwipners are COM
PEELED to toll when physically incom-
petent to move pen or calculate 4
column of figures or control a shovel
But every pastor could show you in
stances Of complete happiness under
physical suffering He could take you
to that garret or to that hospital or to
some room in his parish where sits
in rocking chair or lies upon a pill
low some one who has not seen a well
day in ten years and yet has never
been heard TO utter a word of com
plant. The grace Of God has tri-
umphed in her soul as it never tri-
umphs in the soul of one who is Wig
orous and athletic.
Banishment OF Care.
Now, let us this hour turn over a
new leaf and Danish worriment and
care out of all our lives. Just see how
these perversities have multiplied
wrinkles in your face and acidulated
your disposition and torn your nerves.
You are ten years older than you
ought to be. Do two things, one for
the betterment of your spiritual con-
dition and the other for the safety OF
your worldly interests First, get your
heart right with God by being par
doned through the atonement of Jesus
Christ. That will give security for
youc souls welfare. Then get your
life insured in some well established
life insurance company. That will
take from you all anxiety about the
welfare Of your household in case OF
your sudden demise. The sanitary in
huence Of such insurance is not sufi-
ciently understood.
Many a breadwinner long since de-
ceased would now have been alive and
well but for the reason that when he
was prostrated he saw that in case OF
his decease his family would go to
the poorhouse or have an awful strug-
gle for daily bread. But for that anx-
iety he would have got well. That |
anxiety defied all that the best physi- |
clans could do. Suppose these two |
duties attended to, the one for the
safety of your soul in this world and
the next, and the other for the safety |
of your family If you pass out Of this
life, make new start. II possible have
your family sitting room where you
can let in the sunlight. Have a music
al instrument If you can afford 1t, |
harp or piano or bass viol or parlor
organ. Learn how to play on It your
self or have your children learn how |
to play on it, Let bright colors domi
nate in your room. If there are pic |
lures on the wall, let them not be sug-
gestive of battlefields which are al
ways cruel, of deathbeds which are al
ways sad. or partings which are al
ways heartbreaking. There are enough
present woes in the world without the
perpetual commemoration of past mis-
cries. If you sing in your home or
your church do not always choose
tunes in long meter.
The Reward of Patience.
This last summer / stood on Spar
row hill, four miles from Moscow 1t
was the place where Napoleon stood
and looked upon the city which he
was about to capture His army had
1een in long marches and awful fights
md fearful exhaustions, and when
hey came to Sparrow hill the shout
vent up from tens of thousands of
voices, Moscow, Moscow" / do not
wonder at the transport A ridge of
Hills sweeps round the city. A river
iemicircles it with brilliance. 1t is a
spectacle that you place in your mem
Try as one of three or four most beau
iful scenes in all the earth. Napo-
cons army marched on it in four di-
Tisions, four overwhelming torrents of
ralor and pomp. Down Sparrow hill
md through the beautiful valley aud
lcross the bridges and into the pal
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