The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-11-22
In the
Home
Nest
BORROWING TROUBLE.

1t Is uncomfortably true that there Is
almost as much distress OF mind In the
anticipation as in the realization. About
half OF our unhappy days are occa.
stoned by our looking forward to the
unhappiness of the other half.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" We need never take another
jot on credit. In borrowing trouble
natural laws are reversed; mere mole.
hills of annoyance become mountains
when viewed at n distance ahead.
Some persons never take actual com
fort In tranquil times the dread OF
coming change is always in the way of
their enjoyment.
II we take things as they come, we
shall usually find that they come much
better than we have any right to ex-
pect Our anticipatory worry may
have been fiinging patches OF darkness
over many q bright scene for months,
only TO find that we have been guilty
OF needlessly, We might say crimiually
robbing ourselves and others of the
happiness riglftfully belonging TO us
and to them.
borrowing trouble" is sometimes on
ly another name for selfshness; for the
one borrowing trouble is seldom salts
fed, unless all within his or her iniu-
ence are inveigled into the tolls. 1t is
holding a dangerous serpent in our
heart, which grows with what 1t feeds
upon, 1t is sinful, for IL is an abiding
distrust Of Gods goodness,
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DIsCoNTENT is the peg in your shoe
that hurts.
WHEN, at eve, at the bounding Of the
landscape, the heavens appear to recline
so lowly on tho earth, Imagination
pictures beyond the horizon an asylum
of hope, native land of love and nat
ure seems silently to repeat that man is
immortal,
TOWARD the cheerful home the chill
dren gather "as clouds and as doves to
their windows, while from the home
which is the abode of discomfort, strife
and trouble, they fly forth as vultures
to rend their prey. The class Of men
who disturb and distress the world, are
not those born and nurtured amid the
hallowed influence OF christian homes,
but rather those whose early life has
been u scene OF trouble and vexation--
who have started wrong in the pilgrim
age, and whose course is one Of disaster
to themselves and trouble to those
around them.
ISN'T ii better to say to the boy when
you want him TO do something, 81
wish you would" and not, "you must?"
A SINGLE bitter word may disquiet
an entire family for whole day. One
surly glance casts a gloom over the
household, while smile, like gem of
sunshine, may light up the darkest and
weariest hours. Like unexpected now-
ers, which spring up along our path, full
OF freshness, fragrance and beauty, do
kind words and gentle acts and sweet
dispositions make glad the home where
peace and blessing dwell. No matter
how humble the abode, II it bo thus
garnished with grace and sweetened
with kindness and smiles, the heart will
turn lovingly toward 1t from all the
tumult of The world, and 1t will be the
dearest spot beneath the circuit OF the
sun. And the influences OF home per-
petuate themselves.
If everyone was as good as they think
their neighbors ought to be, what o
splendid world this would be.
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STORED SUNSHINE.
Some writer has given US the thought
that In the seasoned 6rewood utaway |