Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-24

ton" literature for this weeks pa
per, but since IL failed as we are
sure selection from THE Way of
Growth" by ]. R Miller, D. D In
the Union Signal will be enjoyed by
our readers:
But there Is also a growth of
character which goes on continu-
ally under the influence of LIES
circumstances and experiences.
Fruits are developed and are
! Drought ON to ripeness by the Ia
fluence of the weather and the eli
mate. Winter does It's part as well
as spring, summer and autumn.
Night and day; cloud ana sunshine,
cold and heat, wind and calm, all
work together to bring the fruit to
ripeness.
In like manner all life's varied
experie have their place In the
making and the culture of our char
actec. All sunshine would MOI make
coed fruit, nor would all glsdiess
and j,y yield the richest character
We need The dark as well as the
| lieht; cold rough winter as we'll as
warm, gentle summer. We should
NOT, therefore, be afraid OF life,
whatever experiences it may bring
to US. But we should never forget
that nothing In lite's experiences
ought 10 be allowed to hurt our
spirit. Temptations may make their
fierce assaults, may cause US sore
troubles but we need not be
harmed by them, need not carry
away from them any stain. Earthly
want may leave Its marks of ema-
citation On our body, but the inner
life may not bear any trace OF en-
feebling.
! We ought to be growing intel
ilectually In beauty and streng OF
character, however painful our lot
|inlfe. Sickness may waste physi
cal strength and blight the beauty
of the face, but 1t need not leave any
hurtful trace on the character
Indeed, In the midst of the most
exhausting and dis6guring illness,
the inner life may continue to grow
In strength and beauty. St. Paul
gives US this assurance: Though
our outward man Is decayirg, yet
our inward man Is renewed day by
day." That is, five are living as
we may live III relation to Christ,
our real lite will only become more
radiant and beautiful as the exter'
nal life grows more inhim and tee
BILE.
And what of the hours, when, hand
and foot,
We are bound aud laid aside;
With the fevered vein and throo-
bing palm,
And the world at Its low ebb-tidt
And what of our day Of the broken
heart,
When all that Our eyes can see
Is the vacant space where the van
iShed face
Of our darling used to be?
Then, waiting and watching and
almost spent,
Comesb peace from the Lords own
hand,
| In His blessed will, If we rest con-
tent,
Though we cannot understand;
And we gather anew our courage
and hope,
For the road so rough to climb,
With the trial and peril we well
may cope
One single sep at a time.
Yet too often this possibility is
not realized. Not all Christian
people bear loss, sorrow and sick
ness In this victorious way. Too
often do we see men yielding to
trouble, not growing more beautiful
in soul, but losing their spiritual
beauty In iife's trials This IS not
the way it should be, however. Our
character should ripen In HES
weather, whatever the weather may
be. Circulation worketh patience u
The object of lie Is to learn to live.
We are at school here, and shall
always be at school until we are
dismissed from earth's classes to be
promoted In Heaven. 1t Is pity
If we grow no gentler, no kindl'er
no more thoughtlul,no, mo:e un
selfish. no more unworldly, as the
years pass over Us.
Their are some fruits which
remain acid and bitter until the
frosts come. There are lives VIII CT
l H.,