Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-11-29
WHAT'S THE USE.

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pessimism when that doctrine is reduc-
ed to its last analysis is What's the
usef"
What's the use of anything, anyway?
say the pessimists. We are in world
that is governed by cosmic law, which
we can not change. If pleasure is to
come il will come, but we won't find
much pleasure in our place. If sorrow
is to come wen find the pleasure of
life, knowing that sorrow is inevitable.
What the use of anything, anyway
walls the pessimist. The man you
think is your friend is simply waiting
for chance to do You up, the man
you regard as an honest man is simply
waiting his chance to make grab.
Every apple on the tree of life is a
dead sea apple, beautiful, perhaps,
on the outside, but within full of dry
dust and bitterness of acidity.
What's the use of anything, any
wayY means the pessimist If we
build house today tomorrow fire
will come and sweep it away, a cy-
clone will strike it and it will be RACED
to the ground. If we establish city,
behold an earthquake will come and
destroy it, and if we work for our
children, " hen they come to manhood's
estate they will turn and rend us.
This is the doctrine of pessimism,
the doctrine of despair.
Over against that the doctrine, the
doctrine of the pessimist, place the
doctrine of the optimist. The doctrine
of the man who believes, with Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch, that:
In the mud and scum of things.
Something always, always sings"
The optimist recognizes the opera
tions of cosmic law. He knows that
friends sometimes prove traitors, that
fires, earthquakes and cyclones are sure
to come. He knows these things But
he says to himself: 'These things are
not the end of life. They are simply
incidents in the career of life and in
the swinging of the world to better
things Instead of seeing only the
blackness of the cloud, he sees behind
every storm cloud rainbow, and he
hears the message of the rainbow,
rather than the message of the cloud,
and rests content in the promise:
"While earth remaineth, seed time and
harvest and cold and heat and summer
and winter and day and night shall
not cease.
The adherent of the doctrine of pess
imism never built railroad through
the Rocky mountains, never swung a
Brooklin bridge over East river, never
erected a telescope and discover
ed Pittsburgh, never transmitted
the gold of the hills into children
hospital It's the ontimist who does
these things The pessimist writes
over the door of his house. No more
beyond confusion, pain is the
end =" While the optimist writes in
letters of fire. More beyond Sor-
row, confusion, pain are only the pro-
cesses through which the end is reach
ed and the end is the uplift of the race
and the coronation of righteousness.
Pessimism is the doctrine of despair.
The belief that the Eternal has set the
world running and has taken his hand
off the controller brake. Optimism be-
lieves that God on his throne, that
he animates all peace and alls right
in the world. 1t doesn't pay to give
way to pessimism, for it leads to the
atrophy of the sensibilities. 1t does
pay to work and rejoice with the eter-
nal for the uplift of the race.
What's the use of nursing trouble,
Like baby in your lap?
What's the use of keeping brightness
Locked up like mice in trap?
On the Tramp of Life be cheerful
Give the troubles all rest;
If you have them, hide them safely
Out of sight beneath your vest.
Thinking of your woes and worries
Never brought you in a cent,
And your aches and sorrows
Never helped you pay the rent.
Oh, the world will share your gladness
But when your heart on the pine,
1t turns its back and leaves you
With the words, No woe for mine
John Anderson Janyne in the st.
Louis Republic.