The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1901-02-09

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text Be trusf Ny explanation Is this;
The man without any divine grace in
his heart hnds in thess troubles irri-
tation and unbeliei and m~slaneholis
and despair. A Christian man hnda in
them submission aud enlarged views
and divine support and reconsecra-
tion. Bereavement 10 the worldling
brings hard thoughts Of God and a re-
sistanee 70 violent Il dsres not fully
express itself, Bereavement brings 70
the Christian the thought OF heavenly
reunion and q more eomplets laying
hold Of God, and a more tender sppFs-
citation Of the divine presence, and
deeper gratitude that we we're per
mlttsd TO have the departed one 20
long, and a more lively sympathy for
the sorrows Of others and another evil
dence Of Gods love. for whom the
Lord lovsth he ~cSAsteneth."
Financial loss, which I just now said
Il surs to come. never breaks up q
man who has strong faith In God. In
most cases 10 IL a loss OF surplus OF. Il
- TUG beulhAnchA VI loAufice. Moat
OF the wants Of the prosperous Glasses
are ARTIFICIAL wants. The late Mr.. Ar
monr OF the $4,000 900 estate pointed
TO one Of hia clsrks on ordinary salary
and said: THAT mar has a better APP
petite than l, sleeps better niEhts and
enjoys life more than I do Oh, the
gigantic miseries Of those who have
o o muchi A man In Solsmon's time
expressed a. philosophie and reason
able a wish az any man Of those times
OF Of our times. His name was Agur,
and he offered . prayer that he might
never have a superabundance or a
deficit. crying out: "Giye me neither
poverty nor riches" On the one aide
he had seen the awful struggle Of the
poor TO get food and clothes and shell
ter and to educate their children, and
on the other side be had seen the
EQUITY foot and the Indigestion. and
the insomnia, and the anxiety about
large Investments, and the threatened
paresis often characteristics Of those
who are loaded up and loaded down
with too many successes. Those peo-
pie who In generally called the mass-
es-that Il. the moat Of folks-hAvs
the things absolutely necessary for
their well being. They have no Mu-
rlloson their wall, nor q -BeishaEIsr's
Feast" In thu dining room, nor q pair
Of 5000 sorrels at their doorway.
But they have something which those
Upsrabundantly supplied seldom have.
They have better health because, be-
ing compelled to walk, they get the
necessary exercise. and, their diet be-
lag limited 10 plan food. they DO not
suffer from midnight salads and are
not Siotimized ny rare caterers. They
retire for wholesome sleep at the very
hour In which others are leaving their
hemes for the dance OF the card party.
They will sleep the last sleep Just 90
veil In the plain graveyard a. those
who have over them an arch Of sculp-
tured granite In costlisst metropolis
or most historical abbey.
The reason so many people are mis-
cradle n because they do not let well
enough alone. They are In n oceu-
patton and see It's annoyauces and 30
change 10 another occupation and And
a. many snnoyances, II not more.
They live in n place and know its
uncomfortable environments and move
Into another place which has just a.
many limitations. Their Investments
yield them four per cent. and they sell
cut 70 make investments that will
yield ten per cent. and lose oil. Bet
~-.astlsd down and stop fretting about
yourself and the world.
Do any Of US fully realize the fact
ths.-Go gives US three things In I'M
limited supply, oasheash NO
Of prayer that / ever heard recognizes
clearwater, air and sunlight2 Water
by the riverfull. Water by the lakeful.
Water by the oceAnfuL Some for ablu-
ton, some for shaking Of thirst, some
for baptistsry, some for fountains and
squarirms. i nsver appreciated what
. wonderful thing water is until last
summer l stood by the fountains before
and around the emperor's palace at Pc
tsYhof, Russia. / had been familiar
with this wonderful element Of nature
from childhood. having been born on
the banks OF the beautiful Raritan and
as a b~arefooted boy dabbled in the
brook near my fathers house. But l
never realized until last summer what
water could do in play, or in strange
sapries, or Identification, or when
climbing the ladder Of the light, or
when skilliul workmsn took hold Of II
to toss 1t, or whirl it. OF shape it into
crowns, or hoist IL into columns, or
spring IL into arches, or lift II into
stars, or. turn IL into crescents, or build
1t into temples. You forget you ever
law the less glorious waters at Chats-
worth, England, or Versailles, France,
~ you stand in the balcony Of the pal
ace overlooking the Finland gulf, be-
wildered and transported as you look
at the one display called the Golden
Stairway fountain. The water rolls
down over "a steps one foot high and
20 feet long. All of these "a steps are
covered with sheets Of Furnished gold.
Silver step Of the water on stairs Of
goldl What q glee Of liquidsl Rolling,
dsshing. fosming, enrapturing splsn-
dorsl Chorus Of hoodsl Poetry Of wa
tersl Doxology Of torrentsl But that
which most impressed me there and
elsewhere 10 the abundance Of water,
the fact that there are so many waters
that the continents can afford TO throw
them away into the sea, Hudsons and
Ohios, orsgons and AmaEonS, Rhines
and Danubes and Volgas. and SO alum
daut that the earth can afford to have
It's ocean, evaporate into the heavens,
Mediterraneans and Atlantics and Pa
ciHes. How rich the earth IL with wa
tersi Best beverage Of all the nations,
for after the richest banquet with the
richest beverages everyone wants At
least q sip Of it-water, cool water,
God descended vRtsri
With still more abundance il the air
distributed. An earth full OF II. A sky
full Of II. Swiftest and strongest eagle
cannot ny so high as not 10 have II in
the nostril or under the wing. And
what sfiuencs Of sunlight No one but
the infinite God could dispense so much
Of It. The golden eandlsstiek set on
the blue mantel Of the hsavensi 30
great that the Almighty 10 compared to
II. the psalmist crying out: "The Lord
God 10 a sun" II IL high time that we
recognize in our liturgies and in our
formulas Of prayer the three most