Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-17

i We seen 1O1u6SE hopes ucCdg3
never loved tree or flower
Bnt twas the first to fade away.
never nursed dear gazelle
To glad me with its soft black eye,
But when It came to know me well
And love me, 1. was sure to die.''
Moore.
Although we all meet disappoint-
ment more or less, wonder how many
eyer stop to consider what it means?
According to Webster, it is defeat or
failure of some expectation, hope or de-
sire. Our desires and expectations are
very uncertain, and when we least ex-
pect, they are apt to fade away.
1t is very natural for US to notice the
first apparent results of disappointment
as melancholy, gloom and sadness, and
in our hours of darkness, it seems to US
that the whips and scorns of this cruel
world are more than we can bear.
It reminds US of the tragedies of an
cient times, as in the days of Marius
and Gulla, each of whom had done
great deeds for his country's welfare,
and who at one time had scared so high
as the guide and protector of the masses
of humanity, but who finally fell by the
wayside to be sneered and scorned by
passers-by.
The same story may be told of Ma
poleon Bonaparte. How he climbed so
high with the great ability that God
had given him to perform such feats,
to conquer such vast multitudes. In
whose career the sun arose so bright at
Austerlitz and set forever at Waterloo,
and whose closing days were spent in
exile and weeping.
When our hopes and desires are faded
away, what is left to US but sorrow and
gloom? Comforting breezes may float
on the morning air, but they can be
utilized only by those that are in the
right condition to receive them. What
seemed to be the success of VIM. Lloyd
Garrison and Wendell Phillips, who so
loved the cause of the abolition of slav-
cry that they sacrificed their own lives
for the sake of others? And also that
of Owen Lovejoy, who was dragged
through the streets by frantic mobs?
Columbus died in chains, Ignorant of
of the fact that he had discovered so
great country, thinking that he had
found a new way to East India. After
him came others to sieze the reward.
Even another man was honored with
the name of the country. Although
these men died in disappointment, the
brightness of life never coming to them
in this world, yet they were undoubt-
eddy rewarded in higher place than
this. Columbus has ever been remem-
bered throughout the civilized world
as great and noble man.
The success that we have so earnestly
sought for may seem to have been lost,
to be gained by someone tlse, as with
Wendell Phillips, who so carefully sowed
the seed of abolition, but who passed
away before the harvest had come, and
when that age of maturity had arrived,
Abraham Lincoln thrust forth the sickle
and reaped the golden grain.
AS we advance farther into the great
land of knowledge, we are lead to be-
lieve that "God doeth all things we'll, :"
and that there must have been great
er recompense awaiting Phillips on the
other shore than that of being presi-
dent of the United States.
We may struggle very hard to ac-
complish our desires, yet be continu-
ally pulled back and finally meet dis
appointment. It many times occurs
that sunshine is spread among the peo-
pie by one upon whom the sun scarcely
ever shines.
We often feel so sadly afflicted that
we take pleasure in cheering others,
not that our own pathways are strewn
with Foses, but that it gives US relief to
see the paths of others IN that condi-
ton. Thus 1t may be seen that if our
lives appear bright, It will have tend
ency to cast light upon others. Our
outward life may not appear to be one
of trials and tribulations, while within
our bosoms may be unfathomed depths
of hidden grief.
As we may see in the story told of a
man that had lived in London many
years ago who was comedian of great
ability and power, and who for many
nights pleased the hearts of thousands
of people, causing many to envy him,
wishing that they might have the same
ability. But one night when the crowd
rushed upon the stage to praise this
supposed happy being, what was to be
found behind the scenes but a down
cast, broken-ileSrted man whose life
had been one Of everlasting frustra-
ton.
Great deeds may be the results OF
disappointment, as may be observed in
our fields of literature. Some of the
greatest productions ever written came
forth in this respect. For instance we
may note the life of the famous Victor
Hugo, who was disappointed in love.
The parents of the young lady whom
Hugo had chosen as a companion, re-
quested that he should be better finan-
cially prepared to support her. The
thought grieved him very much, but in
order that be might win her some day,
he began to write, and as a result has