Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-28
6 End MEDITATION.

By ReT. D. +. Fox ~ ~
whittier was seventy years old
N'iSp ,,ishars gave him a banquet in
bis pu' There were gathered together
Bos'0D, +ost literary geniuses of our
The S and as they heaped compli-
c0un'l' ,oon his white head the modest
n nsn'i blnshed and said;
4. this milestone where the Level sum-
Beslue a st,~ setting. sheds its last low rays
Ngn W. ~ and work irrevocably done,
IF LIFE. S'j blending threads of good and Ill
outspun. ,aa - ohoor
,ssr 0 friends, your words Oh cneef
and praise.
Nl'D r york through your loving eyes;
,,,d in giving to my home-taught
,.-,or TaIue than of right belongs,
Al n'3 10 hut read between the lines
T r5s finer grace of unfulfiiled designs.
rbo thing I wanted to say, nave
-, boon able to express. The finer
hF, s. Of D nnfulfIIed designs, where the
suss. ortstretches the meter. This
n' tn,o with all men of creative minds.
r,o n,fntpr dashing his pigments on
-, .orvas saws THAT isn't the vision
.1 IN INV heart" The musician
sreens the keyboard, and when silence
,rs rnon his auditors like a mantle
:. GAYS 81 haven't touched the music
- N.Y. souI" The orator sits down
saor rounds Of applause saying, 1.-The
tbnc wanted to say is left unsald. ="
Tbo r,otbpr in the home says, 81 can't
a What is in nv heart to do" The
merchant doesn't reach his standard OF
,rooocs thp minister cannot bring his
,rn Iifn and that of his church up to
bfs idnaI We must read between the
lines.
David the great king, poet, warrior
whose nOpms are read and sung by
mare ppopp than those of any other
vritpr-is sitting by the fireside musing.
Tookfng back he sees again his boy
tood DAYS. He remembers how as a
ridv Youth he went forth sling in
hand ight-hearted and care-free. He
recalls the encounter with the lion, the
bear and the giant. From the time
that Samuel poured amounting oil on
his blonde head. down to the present,
bis life has been one of struggle; from
the day he had no friends, no home,
10 the hour when all nations cOurted
bis favor He thinks it all over, and as
be muses. his heart grows warm. "How
many things | wanted to d." he says,
a have not been able to do. One
thing will do: l dwell in palace Of
6iar. carved, panneled and finely fur
niShed and the ark of the covenant
Is in a tabernacle of tents. I will
build temple | will rear a structure
that will be a fitting abode for the
ark of the covenant Of our
God" This, however, he was
not allowed to do. In after years,
when the foundations were laid, the
pillars reared, the arches sprung and
The cedar, jewels and gold beautified
altar and dome. Solomon, ON the high
day of dedication, asks God to accept
and ill it with His presence; there
Genes in a reference to this wish of
David. God remembered it and gave
nm credit for it, saying, For as much
as thou hadSt it in thine heart to build
Ne an house, thou didst we'll that thou
laaSt it in thine heart" He accepted
Ae will for the deed He read between
The lines.
I1e difference between a poor man
'Du a pauper is not a difference of
-OueE' It IS difference of hope. When
Ut convection settles down upon a
Iaa lnat he hasn't done anything, and
WANG INTO the future sees the pros
Y'' LoF accomplishing anything cut off,
'-u uleTe comes i sense of absolute I'M
~u'uoIaI failure, that man is a
''uIeF' for he has no hope.
Ilefe is great deal of foolish talk
"eSe days about what money can
'"niot do, and there is a great
s va " sympathy wasted on the So
,~'u poor boy Don't pity the poor
y, Iue boy who really deserves your
s|ya'ny Is the boy who lives in a
. ,rs u luxury, who grows up on mere
=, and develops that freshness
u'eF jlat IS the inevitable outcome
aa attitude of mind that is con-
IVY saying 4 don't have to do this.
nave to do that"
INN, wy "ho' when he comes
5.u, from college, brings back
IE'0Dla that is little better than a
FsI ~E' LOT a four years board bill
IN ND'e other body has paid for
ANY, S-u "no' when the great COM
bo, W, leaders 20 up into the temple
-, "'' ana renown, stands at the foot
|at IN .'-"lln and wonders why he
i'm. Everybody else knows why
ano~..,I IN it. In all the gallery of
n 5t.lS there isn't enc who is the son
r. ris'pooc Morgan, a Rockefeller or
sqor;1. It, There is one splendid
lsao ~ u "oman-God bless her.
b AWAY. SO"'o isn't going to throw her
ia q, ~ on some little foreign count
ho., ~ account, and q dozen of