Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-01-11
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BRIGHTER ASPECTS OF LIFE.
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COL 10.
By Him all things consist-Col. /:
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The teaching of these words is that
the world in which we are is God
made and God-caredfor 1t is a thought
that should give a very bright look to
life. Granted there are harsh things
here-the drought, the cyclone, the
earthquake. For full understanding
until we pass into a higher room and
have more light.
Meanwhile we should see that there
Is another side to life and that it is
much the larger side. There are more
sparkling springs in the earth than ma
larial swamps; more flowers in the
fields than nettles; more song birds
in the trees than croaking ravens The
world Is full Of good we could have
gotten along without There need not
have been anything like the variety of
taste there Is in fruits, nuts and foods.
There need not have been such profuse
beauty as there Is In flowers, woods
and precious stones. There need not
have been such sweet sounds as come
from musical instrument, human voice
or birds song. It isn't simply life, but
happy life that has been provided for.
The great thought Of nature is not how
little will do, but how much can be
used
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harm often do more good. Electricity
does much mischief. It strikes the in
nocent inmate and prOstrateS in death.
But what is all this compared with the
good it does in purifying the atmos
phere, lighting our Streets driving our
cars and bringing every part Of the
earth into close touch with every 9th
err? Fire is dangerous and sometimes
does much evil. 1t destroys valuable
property and causes great loss Of life.
But from this same thing we get al
most infinite good. Think Of what it
does for us in foundry and factory, on
railroad train and steamboat line, in
place Of business and place of living.
Water also is dangerous and causes not
a little suffering. 1t comes down in
torrents and Injuries the growing crop
1t swells the stream and breaks the
dam, Wrecking houses by the score and
shifting in death by the hundred. At
the same time water Is one Of the
greatest blessings we have. What Is
true of these things Is true Of Others
Under certain circumstances they do
great harm. But the good which they
are capable Of doing, and which every
day finds them doing, Is far In excess
Of the harm.
Many ills of the material world have
already disappeared, and others are
cure to go. Manual labor is much
easier thing than it was before labor
saving machinery was Invented. A Sc
we're winter Is nothing IKE what it was
before the coming Of the furnace or
steam heater. To be called to live far
away from those we love is not so bad
as 1t once was, now that we have the
fast mail and the lonG-distance tele-
phone. The sick room has been made
into different place from what it used
to be, comforts have already multi
piled, and the physician Is able to re
store to health in many instances where
he was once helpless. Such facts ought
to make it easy to believe that we are
in q world Christ-made and Christ
cared-for. The belief should do great
GOOD. It should lead to the feeling that
every spot of ground upon which we
tread is in the divine domain, that dur
Jig every moment Of life we are IN good
hands.