The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-02-05

s'sx troubled heart though TIE day may |
be dresry.
sishs SCI 70 nss'e ~>ke melody sweet.
light comes at ever, o ye thai gro~
weary.
When ersssly /. borne the days basdsa.
aud heat
Sing, and sweet hops iske the frcsh
bursting morning
Shall bear thee ON wings that are s~ifs |
aud are strong,
Where angels are singing TO das- ever
jos comes At length though the way may
be iong-
Stag as do,h Mature. Her soas Is the
stongesf.
When spriug-tiu,e is stirring the siilI lone
~ leas;
Bat sweetest her singing when winter i
longest.
Aud ~isds have their barp- in the desc
late trees.
SO shall thine ear catch the echoes su-
pernsi--
Echoes Of praise which angels repeat.
And Ia thy glad heart shall a music eternal
Drown ever, discord in harmony sweet.
He who never Doubts. never has opin-
ions Il is only those Who aspire Who
kno~ What Ia is 10 have "the blues" IL
is good thing nov AID then for
/ business mau 20 question IN his mind
whether his business is saying or not: IL
prompts him TO take stock aud hud out.
And so in the business OF living. little
| depression pov and then brings lite aud
Is worth into virw for review and can he
made 70 settle the mind once agsin in the
belief that it is good 20 be good; that the
I aI ~ ~,..f Of ftTo - ~,.T..na.
What j. the good Of anythingf is an old,
old question that comes up eyed new 90
the latest douhtcr just AZ the story Of
love, rs ancient as the first pair, il new,
new song in the heart of the latest pair
learning it, mystery.
The great good OF being and doing good
as We see how is this. the storchouse Of
memory b. being filled, 90 give up 10 the
mind IN old age fragrant and pleasing
memories only. Too few Of a.. strong in
the sansc Of strength aud youth, realize
that daily life and acts arc marking down
In the hidden reccsscs of the brain recol-
lsctious that will never leave us. and
these memories whether they be good or
- 40 will rccur at most unc xregtcd moments.
in the one case throwing CLEAN Of sun
shine over troubled way. or Ira the other
biauing the most beautiful prospects
with shade OF darkness old age has
been called the Playground OF Memory,
and Il more ct as learned Co have fore
& sight and looked toward the end there
:. would be more SUNNY faces iiiumincd Will
. peace and cood-viii, even though the feet
we're toitcring down the slope oi lite. II
! uc were tar-secing enough We should O.,
Go Dee good and DO good even from a selfsl
reason, because OF the good that 10 wouls
DO us in return. IL BE- we'll 90 prepare tot
Old agc by being thrifty. 50 long as We are
= able Go ~ork, but uo one justihes Boa other
cheating aud ovcr-rcaching a. "a means ID
r. comfortable old age. Let as ceas,
worrying aholt others. aud Zoe thrifty b.
our own selves, eith thrift Go make ca
look forward 90 the proftahicucss of good
mess. IL viii settle MANY question ami
many temptation easily. the old fshl
oi thc dog crossing bridge and dronpin
thc Substance of the bone be- had for 90
sh1dou oi the hone be thought De sa,
beneath him Boa thc stream. hos word %
scusc in it-iortuues, favors, offered O.
return for little giving ur ct principl
Z have nothing like che lasting suhstauc
that comes from holding fast 60 tha
which 's good
Doe $40 will suppose that thc magma
iion of some ol u- cannot look ahca
tscrty. thirty, forty, nifty years Co th
daN- when nothing more can l,c dome e.,
. ccrt Co look backward over memory an
forward over little longer waiting. Yer
eeN. Then ve can give you even a hichs
motive thau scihshucss tor holding un 9
Soc good aud dropping the rrasp upo
evil. Witnesses surround suu iu the com
muuity, meu aud women whom YOU kuo
- AS etriters after better thiups. possihi
Nour own parents. lhcs know that so Ion
A. as YOU are sonticni being, you ~
PLAYED upon hv soar senses. they are Ella
when they see higher senses triumphin
over lower iu Yuul lite. This approve
and good cheer arc worth haviur. Ihel
Too. DO Fou have at lcast imaginatia
r. enough Co look backward. ,ou must Sc
. around You cohorts, armies. myriads ,
the beings Who have gone before. dehtin
thc upward nchi of thc race away froi
htatshucss, gradually bring 90 pass th
ascent of man. All we arc and al %
ever shall De b. made mp, NOT of the grea
strides of gigantic men but. of the tin
,T Efforts ci the many iu one upward dire,
81 tiou.
n D. an this not enough 60 make us hol
T, iast 90 she things that are goodf ID uu
~ then argue this WAY Co Yourself. Il aspiI
90 higher things. therefore, there must b
= high things possible Of attainment.
ID feel myself 60 hc more than an apima
therefore must Dec more than animal,
am what ] am Boy Inheritance. .i,oa. b.,
Father came my body, from somcwhcl
shove came the spirit that wings Upwar
from the animal, part OF me of such
p, spirit an The child, my spirit shall "a,
80 iu its course, IL hghting upward can a,
- eomplish H. ever pui that spirit 10 shan
= for long"
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