The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-01-30
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THOUGHTS.

.NemoJ
sing troubled heart though the day may b.
dreary,
sirhs set % music make melody sweet.
light comes at even. % Sc that grow weary
when bravey is borne Che days burden an,
heat
sing and sweet hope like the fresh bursting
morning
shall bear thee on wing, that are swift anC
art strong
Where angels are singing to days ever dawn
ing
Joy comes at length though the way may b,
long.
sing as doth Nature Her song is the strong
est
when spring-ume is stirring the sim lonely
leas.
But sweetest her singing when winter Is long.
est,
And winds have their harp, i'm the desolate
trees.
SO shall thine earcatch the echoes supernal-
Echoes Of praise, which angels repeat.
And IN thy glad heart shall music eternal
Drown ey'ry discord In harmony sweet.
He who never doubts, never has
opinions Ii is only those who aspire
who know what it is to have 1.-THE
blues" 1t is a good thing now and
then for a business man to question in
bis mind whether his business is pay
ing or not; II prompts him to take stock
and find out. And so in the business
Of living, little depression now and
then bring life and its worth into view
for review and can be made to settle the
mind once again in the belief that it is
good to be good that the chief good of
life is goodness.
What is the good Of anything? is an
old, old question that comes up ever
new TO the latest doubter; just as the
story Of love, as ancient as the first
pair, Is new, new song in the heart Of
the latest pair learning its mystery.
The great good Of being and doing
good IS We see how is this The store
house Of memory is being filed, to give
up to the mind in old age fragrant and
pleasing memories only. Too few of
Us, strong in the sense Of strength and
youth, realize that daily life and acts
are marking down in the hidden recess.
Is Of the brain recOllecti0ns that will
never leave US, and these memories
whether they be good or in will recur
al most unexpected moments, in the
one case throwing a CLEAN Of sunshine
over troubled way, or in the blurring
the most beautiful prospects with
shade Of darkness. Old age has been
called the Playground Of Memory, and
more Of as learned 10 have foresight
aud looked toward the end there would
o. more sunny faces illumined with
peace and goodwill, even though the
feet were lettering down the slope Of
life. II We were far-seeing enough we
should try TO be good and do good even
from a selfish reason, because Of the !
good that it would do us in return. 1t
Is well to prepare for old age by being
thrifty, so long as We are able to work,
but no one justifies in others cheating |
and oyer-reaching as a means TO a
comfortable old age Let us cease
worrying about others, and be thrifty |
10 our own selves, with thrift TO make |
Us look forward to the profitableness Of
goodness. 1t will settle many a ques-
uon and many a temptation easily.
The old fable Of the dog crossing a
bridge and dropping the substance of
The bone he had for the shadow Of the
bone be thought ha saw beneath him
IN the stream, has a world Of sense in
IT, fortunes, favors, offered in return for
a little giving up Of principle have no
thing like the lasting substance that
comes from holding fast to that which
is good.
But We will suppose that the imagi-
nation OF some Of us cannot look ahead
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty years to the
days when nothing more can be done
except 10 look backward over memory
and forward over a longer waiting
Very well. Then we can give you even
higher motive than selfishness Tor
holding on 10 the good and dropping
The grasp upon evil. Witnesses sur
round you 10 your community-men
nd women whom you know rs strivers
'iier better things, possibly your Own
PARENTS They know that so long a.
'ou are a sentIent being. you are played
ipon hy your senses; they are glad
'hen they see higher senses triumph
ng over lower in your life. Their APP
lfoval and good cheer are worth hav-
ug. Then Too, IL sou have at least
Imagination enough 90 look backward, /
i9u must see around you cohorts,
'fmies, myrIad- Of the beings who have
bone before, fighting the upward fight
b TOE race away from brutlshness,-
gradually bringing 20 pass the ascent Of
nan. All We are and all We ever shall
'e Il made up not Of the great strides
p gigantic men but Of the tiny efforts ;
p The mauy in one upward direction.
Is all this not enough to make us
loid fast 10 the things that are good q?
II not, then argue this way toyourself
4 aspire TO high things, therefore,
mere must be high things possible OF
'''slnmenl; feel myself to be more1
'han an animal, therefore / must be {
more than animal; am what | am by
inheritance; from my father came my (
''oyi from somewhere above came the |
punt That wings upward from the
r.''iial' part Of me; Of such a spirit am {
= Nhe child, my suirit shall NOT i'm its [