Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-27

How may we find that proportion Of
toll and relief, that happy mixture Of
duty and delight that shall make life
lot only endurable but also useful,
fruitful and enjoyable? For it Is mans
duty to be happy; otherwise he can
never be useful in any high or valuable
sense.
1t would be easy to try to give COM
fort by the philosophy which sees the
fine fruitage that is coming from to-
days stern discipline. That fair fruit
age is coming, but the trouble is it is
too far off to give us much comfort
now; we want something nearer and
more easily apprehended. Then, too,
the truth Is no high fruitage will ever
issue from a life crushed by slavish
subsection.
After all, what life is to every one Of
us depends not on the demands Of outer
circumstances, but on the development
of the life within. The heart deter
mines the worth and beauty of life. 1t
makes all the difference whether the
physical determines its circumference
or whether you have an intellect that is
reaching out to the things unmeasur-
able and a soul that grows into glory
indescribable.
You can tie a great soul down hand
and brain to a loom or a machine and
he will still see his visions and dream
his deep, refreshing dreams; you can
set the british being down In a gallery
OF the worlds treasures of art and
beauty and he will think Of nothing and
see nothing but bread and beer.
We must do our dull and heavy tasks,
but we can do them and not be crushed
by them so long as within there are
fragrant memories, high aspirations,
great thoughts; 50 long as the task does
not set the boundary of the life. And
it is the cherish!ng of these eternal
riches within that lifts any life and
makes it worthy Of higher tasks.
We need to seek out the springs of
noble thoughts, to find in the riches Of
the worlds literature, in music, and in
beauty Of art the food for that inner
life in the strength Of which, drawing
often on its secret resources, we can go
many ways through the desert Of toll
The wise life uses every opportunity
Of refreshing; it drinks Of every spring
of the upwelling waters Of life; it seeks
communion with every great soul FLol-
idays and rest days are to it times Of
replenishing when the eyes that ache
from bending over the machine or desk
lift themselves to the eternal hills and
the heart turns to the things that ere
infinite.
DONT'S FOR CHURCHMEN.
Don't plead unpreparedness. He who
says I'm ready" when duty calls, car
ries off the prize.
Don't worship merely in form. He
who worships in spirit only obtains the
blessing that God will bestow.
Don't be charitable for policys sake
He who gives in a spirit Of mercy will
receive the reward promised by Christ
Don't think that you can conceal your
inner life, for as man thinketh so he
is. even to his fellow men.
Don't profess what your life does not
teach, because the tongue cannot pre-
vent your acts from speaking louder
than your words.
Don't preach liberation when you are
tolerant only Of those who believe as
you do. federation comprehends him
uho disagrees with you.
Don't magnify the tasks that you per
form, for the purpose of tmpressing 9th
ers The true value of your service
will be computed by your Master.
Don't proclaim your experiences. Re
liglon, when deepest and most vital.
will have little impulse or need to tell
its experiences" Its experiences
that are meant for the public-are as
manifest as ripened fruit which hangs
to your sight and reach on the tree that
has borne 1t.
SHORT METER SERMONS.
No soul can grow without solitude.
Often a hot old town Is due to cold