The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-01

eztmation Of oilers Is 10 get on b2t-
ter than they do. They think your
addition Is tneir subtraction. Five
hundred persons start for q goal Of
success; one reaches It. and the other
four hundred and ninety-nine are mad
Il would take volumes 70 hold the
story OF the wrongs outeages and de-
famations that have come upon you
as a result Of your success The warm
sun Of prosperity brings into life a
swamp full Of annoying insects On
the other hand. the unfortunate classes
have their struggles for maintenance
TO achieve a livelihood By one who
had nothing to start WITH, and after
awhile for a family as well, and carry
this on until childr,n are reared and
educated and fairly started In the
world. and to do this and all the
rivalries Of business and the uneer-
tainty Of crops and the hekleness Of
tariff legislation. with an occasional
labor strike and here and there a
financial panic thsown in. is a mighty
thing 70 do, and there are hundreds
and thousands OF such heroes and
heroines who live unsung and die un-
honored.
solace Of Christian Faith
What we an need, whether up or
down in life or half way between. is
the indefinite solace Of the Christian
religion. And SO we employ the word
Gomez II will take an eternity TO
find out the number OF business men
who have been strengthened By the
promises Of God. and the people who
nave been fed by the ravens when 9TH
er resources gave out. and the men
and women who. going into this battle
armed only with needlS or saw or ak
or yardstick or pen or type or shovel
or shoe last have gained a victory that
made the heavens resound With al
the resources OF God promises for ev-
cry exigency, no one need be left IN the
lurch
like the faith displayed years ago
IN Drury lane. London. IN a humble
home when every particle Of food had
given out. and a kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies and
found a kettle on the nre ready for tea.
The benevolent lady said. How is Il
that you have the kettle ready for the
tea when you had no tea ia the house2"
And the daughter Of the home said
Mother would have me put the kettle
on the FIRE. and when / said. What is
the use Of doing so when we have moth
ing in the honseg she said. My child
God viii provide; thirty years be has
already provided for me through all
my pain and helplessness. and be will
not leave me 10 starve at last He will
send Us help though we do not yet see
how. We have been waiting all day
for something 20 come, but until We
saw you we knew not how Il was to
come. such things the world may
call condolences. but I call them Al
mighty delivcrances. and though You
do not hear Of them they are occur
ring every hour Of every day and in
al parts Of Christendom.
The worifs dismal Consolation.
What dismal work Of coincidence the
world makes when It attempts TO con-
dolel The plaster they spread does not
stick. The broken bones under their
bandage do NOT knit A farmer was
lost ia snowstorm on a prairie Of the
far west Night coming on. and after
he was almost frantic from not know
ing which way TO go his sleigh struck
the run OF another sleigh. LLa he
said. Il viii follow this rut. and Il will
take me out 20 safety" He FASTENED
on until he heard the bells Of the pre-
ceding horses; but. coming up, he
found that that man was also lost. and.
as the tendency Of those who are con
fused IN the forest or on the moors,
they were both moving IN q circle, and
the runner OF the one lost sleigh was
following the runner oi the other lost
sleigh round and round. At last Il
occurred to them TO look az the north
star which WAS peering through the
night. and By the direction Of that star
they got home again. Those who fol-
low the advice Of this world IN time Of
perplexlty are IN fearful round, for
il Il one bewildered soul following an
other bewildercd soul. and only these
who have IN such time got their eye on
the morning star Of our Christian faith
can ind their way out or be strone
enough to lead others With an all per
suasive invitation
But" says some one. you Chris
tian people keep telling uz to come.
vet ron do not tell as how 70 come.
That charge shall not be true on this
occasion. Come believing Come re.
pentingi Come prayingi After an thai
God has ,leen doing for six thousand
years. sometimes through patriarch
and sometimes zthrough prophets and
AZ last through the elimination Of al
the tragedies on Golsotha. can any oni
think that God viii not welcome youi
comIneg VIII a father at vast outla,
construct e mansion ior his son and
lay out parks white with statues and
green with foliage and all a-sparki'
with fountains. and then not allow hii
anr 10 live. fn the house or walk in thl