The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
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teaches US 10 fight on valiantly. and keep
\ the life line parallel with sll humanity
] to speak and stn find some one to listen
/ Tor our voice. TO think life worth while
! through sorrows experience. Sweetest
1 the rate Of 205 per minute Jesus was
made perfect through suffering" and we
/ know that the richest things IN our char
acters have been reached through pain;
that ofttimes deepest happiness comes
/ through sorrows experience. Sweetest
/ songs are sung IN a minor strain In
/ Heaven those who have passed through
\ a baptism OF tears wear the whittier robes
/ and stand nearest the throne. Whom
] the Lord lOveth He chasteneth." We
/ would never know the heights the soul
| can reach II we did not experience suffer
/ Ing; 10 reach the "uplands Of God" we
must pass through fields Of pain; we must
/ Durn In order 10 shine; know heart
I munger 10 be able 10 pour value into the
/ very source Of sorrow; the warmth in
the handclasp. though the compass and
| rudder be gone 10 know that God is. and
! let that faith be the compass for the soul.
Then Just live for loving. for giving and
/ comforting. letting the heart sweep
| through one DAY AZ q time, and feel no
I stagnatiOn. Never let 20 Of courage. find
! the hidden manner" feel no self-abnega-
! ton too great TO bear. and none that does
not bring the compensation OF couquering
! selhshness- Learn 20 bear pain and sor-
row with silent cOmposure. to have the
Devine power to identify ones soul with
| other souls; radlate intimate love. let no
human being know the chill OF isolation.
/ walking "humbly with God" then getting
l life In ali its fullness, richness, and en-
I urety / little child will hold out its
arms TO Us. 4 strong manly heart VIII
throb. You have made me absolutelS
happy. This is 70 be crowned-the com
pensation for living
Up grade. tough pulling. but there at the
top
Somebody is waiting for you.
Don't give up the fight, don't Ioiter OF
stop
Somebody is waiting for you
Out OF the tangle Of bruised hopes and
desires.
Somebody Is waiting for YOU
| Hear the call Of the blood" Love still
hndies your fires
Somebody is waiting for you
/ Up gre closer 10 love and 70 God,
/ Some iy is waiting Ior you.
I out from the shadows, from under the
/ Somebody is waiting for you.
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/ Life Is replete with compensation tc
\ the Optimist. as fl is with opportunity
/ 10 the ambitious. Compensation does not
I have 10 be as sounding brass and
( tlnkling cymhal," for we feel IL In our
/ hearts, oftentimes for uhe smallest and
most triding acts.
4 sunny smile.
A loving thought.
Perchance a tarried fate;
These alone.
] Recollections borne
Serve Iife 20 compensate.
/ Many times our compensations are sent
\ US in reward for some kind act done an
other, and we do not recognize the Hand
/ Of Providence IN our good fortune
was once instrumental IN saving the life
/ OF a little baby. Within the same week
my own child's life was spared from
death by poison. A coincidence. the skep-
/ nc Wou!d say, but I as an optimist be
leve 1t was oHe Of Hes compensation
Che7y Chase I'D.
II is human nature 10 expect reward
for service, and very few of US. If any.
are Tar enough above our human natures
10 90 right simply because il is right.
and without any thought OF reward
There is reward for every deed a
compensation for every condition in life:
and q We are wise We need not be disap-
pointed when We receive our rewards
Justice presides over their ditribution. We
may count the cost OF a life and know
what 10 expect when we have Travelled
only little part Of one journey.
Some day we shall see no possible good
IN struggling against lying and vulgarity
and unfaithfulness. But in the night. the
knowledge that we did struggle against
these sins viii bring 70 US a peace that
u ~
friendly voice viii whisper through our
dreams, Virtue is its own reward" We
shall think Of it all as we make. and
we shall realize that the calm Of the
night more than repaid for the struggle
OF the day.
II we would get the most desirable
compensatiOns that life offers We have
no choice but TO labor and 10 watt
With emphasis on the waiting Jesus
said. When thou doest thine aims. DO
not sound a trumpet before thee, as the
hypoCrites do in the synagoCues and in
the streets, that they may have glory OF
men. Verify / say unto you. They have
their reward. But when thou doest thine
aims let not thy left hand know what
thy right doeth: that thine aims may
be IN secret: and thy Father. which
seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee
openly"
The hypocrites were seen even while
they were giving aims. and being seen
was the reward for which thy worked
and the reward which they received
MARY +. DURIsOL.
As Kentucky avenue southeast.
All, II we knew It all we should surely
understand
That the balance Of sorrow and toy IS
held with an even hand:
That the scale Of success or loss shall
never overflow.
And that compensation IS 'twined With
the lot Of high and low.
The easy path IN the lowland hath little
Of grand or new.
But a toilsome ascent leads on 10 a
wide and glorious view:
Peopled and warm Is the valley. lovely
and chill the height:
But the peak that is nearer the storm
cloud is nearer the stars OF light
Frances r. HavergaL
EDNA BENNETT
lsli Eighth street northwest.
Under the storm and the cloud TODAY.
And to-day the hard peril and pain
Tomorrow the stone shall be rolled
away.
For the sunshine shall follow the rain.
MeTCiful Father, I viii not complain