The Dolores star., 1904-11-25
plsoosrEnr AND eRunsl1sc.
There are some people Who live in

never heard to give really hearty
commenGation Of anything. No man
On woman is above their criticism.
| They feel it incumbent upon them not
altogether to approve of anybody OF
anything. They quite agree with the
Bible. though in different sense, in
saying, There is none that doeth
| good. no, not one" always excepting.
| of course. themselves, Like Elijan,
though with immeasurably less rea-
son. they say that all the good people
are dead-that they, Of all The goo,,
are left.
| But not people only-sll events are
wrong, too. Nothing is going right,
| nothing is as it should be. These pes
simists see feck and blemish every
where. Unconsciousiy, says Well
| spring. they set themselves up to be
judges of the world and they have only
disapproval for the world. There
never was before so much sin as there
is now. Things were infinitely better
when they were boys. Nobody studies
the Bible now-the way it used TO be
studied was far better. Christians do
not live as Christians lived in the gold
en- age of their earlier memories.
Another phase of this tendency to
gru:aEling is found in the way people
seem to hug their miseries, real or
imagined. They take particular d.,
lig.,i il being wretched. The more un.
happy they can make out their condi
tion to be, the better satisfied thes
are. They would consider il little less
than dis tf
complain of in their present condition
fcu never can get them to say that
they are very well. Nobody ever heard
them answer n neighbor' inquiry aft:
tr their health by heartily and gladly
saying that they were very well. They
must always find something to tell you
of illness or discomfort which will call
but your sympathy If you compl
ment them on their excellent health
congratulating them on their fine
physical condition, they will tell you
that their face is the best part OF
them; that they are not as sound and
wei as they look.
Is there no way to cure humanity OF
this wretched discohtent? II all
springs from miserable self.conceit
Men think SO highly of themselves
that every other being in the world
seems diminutive or unworthy. No.
body is good-everyone comes shor,
Of true. excellence-everyon but
themselves. No other ones work is
of any value whatcver-at least, tho
best that any other one does fails to
please these people. Then their cray.
ing for sympathy has grown into such
morbid and unwholesome feeling
that they are hurt when friend fails
To comrt,iserate them ON some ailment
or some misfortune.
The uhbeauty of this spirit is nppar.
ent to all. Nobody likes a grumbler
Diseontetit with the world is wretch.
ed temper to live in. Pessimism of all
kiiids is abnormal and unhealthy. II
| chrotic tomplainers knew how their
| friends dislike their doleful whining
they would cease il.
Really this is good world-the best
any of us ever yet have seen. 1t is one
of the mansions of our Fathers house.
1t is Gods world, not the DEVILS And
things are not going to destruction.
| Events are not the result of a blind
chance working in the, universe. MOI
is Satan in charge OF affairs. INV
Father worketh hitherto, and work"
Divine love is at the helm, and "all
things work together for good to them
that love God" The world is growing
better. The good people are not ali
iead-men have not all bowed to Baal
ind kissed him. Others besides our
selves have brains and know a little.
| Wisdom will not all perish when we
die. There will be no great slump in
the business we are attending to. or
the interests we are looking after,
when our hands drop their tasks.
When a great railroad president
| died. some months since, every wheel
IL the vast railway system he had con-
trolled was stopped for seven min
utes on the day he was buried. After
that everything went on as if moth
ing had happened. The world will NOT
take even SO much note of us as this
when we drop out. No wheels will
stop seven minutes, or one minute, al
we are carried to the grave.
| We are of great deal less impor.
| tance than we have made ourselves be-
lieve we are. Nobody else thinks a we
do on this matter. We are very com.
monplace people, after all-no better
than thousands of others. Then even
our commonness of ability and charac-
ter is seriously discounted by our pitt.
ful self-conceit. Humility is an invari-
able element of true greatness. When
man knows his face shines. it ceases
to shine. When man is conscious
that he is great and good, his great
ness and goodness are appreciabl,
lessened.
). We would be great deal happier
II we could get away from this miser.
able discomfort, if we stopped ou,
grumblirg at the way things go, ant
did our own part in the worlds WORK
eheerfully and well. 1t would be ia,
peter If we ceased to Judge our fell