Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-05-01


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met young woman this winter in the
South who told me that she was the pos
SCISSOR of $4,000 violin, and with a shin.
ing face she said "You should hear the
music of that instrument" and yet in the
hands of very many people it would have
been just ST. producer .n Of n IN tSs "sd
young woman it was truly marvellous. and
all because the music was in her. and the
violin was the best movement Of the ex'
preston of that music,
When Ole Bull the great violinist, played
in Princeton, one of the professors asked
him if the secret of his success was in the
violin or in the bow or in himself, and he
said, 'The violin and the bow amount to
but little. never play until l feel that
there is music in me that must be eX'
pressed, and then any instrument l touch
becomes remarkable" Many of us are UNI
fitted for life because we have become too
artificial, have had wrong idea Is and have
tried to be what we never can be.
A friend recently sent me that wonder
full little book, "The Simple Life" by
Charles Wagner, which every one would
do we'll to read. To the author Of this
book am indebted for some of the ex.
pressions used above, but in one of the
chapters he. tells us in speaking of the
nOHlC lhS, Ill IHS JlIIlC VI luC CtbOhu
pire, in one Of our pleasantest sub-prefec'
lures of the provinces, a little way from
sNme baths frequented by the Emperor,
there was mayor, a very. worthy man,
and intelligent too, whose head was sud
denl" turned by the thought that his soy,
ereig might one day descend upon his
home. Up to this time he had lived in
the house of his fathers, son respectful
of the slightest family traditions, But
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ing the Emperor had taken possession OF
his brain he became another man. In this
new light what had before seemed suffi
Gent for his needs, even enjoyable, all this
simplicity that his ancestors had loved, ap
peared poor, ugly, ridiculous. Out of the
question to ask an Emperor to climb this
wooden staircase, sit in these old arm
chairs, walk over such superanuated car
pets. So the mayor called architect and
masons, pickaxes attacked walls and de
molished partitions, and a drawng-room
the rest of the house in size and splen
dor. He and his family retired into close
quarters, where people and furniture in
commoded each other generally. Then
having emptled his purse and upset hi.
household by this stroke of genius, he
awaited the royal guest. Alas, he soon
saw the end of the empire arrive. hut the
Emperor never. The folly OF tins pool
man Is not so rare AS scottish as ne are
all those who sacrifice their home LIE tc
the demands OF the world
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What was the difficulty with Elijah
First his physical strength had been over
taxed. He had been iaboring under the
highest tension, his nerves were unstrung
gnu ne M1s lust ~ 'hI Poslt'oh M WI
satan coul9 tempt nun ,he worst r IheIe
are many IKE MN to,uay' lheE are I'D
uesP"i, anu .hey ,,teo noV 80 i''uch spir
'.nai pn!sio,,i1n las, as 'ni presence Oh ooclo.
VINO VINO can 'e.i .nem Inae tneir pooIcS mus
nave rest thelr nerves !Aust he punt up
ana they themselves must remember Iha'
t H ooulIs are the .enpies Vi tuc 10Y
unoSs' anu .hat eiey may SUI aga'hs' VOC
Jus, as ''us fg then o.c"h eo'llnlaliut
eouenlns tne pouy as T En ''cs comm. nm.
and instead of taking it he prayed that he
might die.
Second he looked away from God to his
circumstances. Up to that time he en-
dured as seeing Him who was invisible
then like Peter when he saw the wind that
was boisterous he began to sink ] do not
think that any minister could preach to
rounded nm, the hypocrisy IN many
hearts, the awful sins IN many lives; he
wono grow faint ana SICK at heart, ana
all because ne looked down, while 1t rs
possible, on the other hand Tor anybody
to preach IN the midst OF all tins deso!a
tion II ne Keeps ms eyes turned up ana
me dithc9lty, WIN you Is not that your
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Thich h1s oetn SINGING its way iHe plrd
d p"ra'''e through my soul all 'ne week
when the way seems dark and dreary,
Think of Him.
Lest thy heart grow faint and weary,
Think OF Him.
For He knoweth all the wav.
Aat, His strength will be thy STAY;
He can cheer the darkest day,
Think of Him,
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