The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-05
ASATURDAY
~ NIGHT
4 SERMONS
BY
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THE GRAPES you CANNOT REAcH.

1
Text, Hope deferred maketh the hear
sick'-Prov. xiii. IL.
Wonder why nature does It. The
punches are larger. fuller, ripper, ur
there. just beyond your reach. AT
least they look so. And one must be-
lieve his own senses. Some say they're
sour. Remember the fox in the fable
Munching luscious grapes, he happens
to look up, sees larger, finer lunches;
leaps, snaps, snarls; can't reach them:
finally gives up. "Sour grapes" quoths
he and walks off, forgetting the rich
| purple clusters on the lower vine.
Foolish fox to give up what he knew
was good because he could not reach
what he was not certain was better.
Foolish reynardv did you say? Well,
l know some more. present company
not excepted. We are Knocked by the
unatta1nable. Our vision is our Tanta-
lus. None Is satisfied. How much is
enough, Mr.. MoneybagsT' "Just lit
tie more" The most satisfied beings
I've met were at an asylum where I
was acting chaplain. They were kings
and queens fabulously wealthy. An
old straw hat was a crown, a faded
shawl was ermine, bits Of paper were
wealth. 1 smiled pityingly at them.
On my soul, they were smiling plying
ly at me! l felt uncomfortable. They
were satisfied; I wasn't. Said one
Thales, preacher, the real insane asy-
lum is out of DOORS" My smile faded
perceptibly. had no answer. Posi-
bly, the best way to avoid fact is to
ignore 1t.
The Mirage of Life.
It's distance lends enchantment to the
And clothes yon mountain in Its azure
hue,
says Campbell. If you climb the noun
tain the hue isn't there: it's on another
peak five miles away. That is life, a
series Of illusions-not deceptions.
mind you. Your life begins with them.
You've another guess on shape, dis
lance. color. The treetops do not
touch the sky. Heaven isn't just be-
yond that cloud; the eerth isn't fat:
the sun doesn't move around the earth:
mere aren't giants, fairies, Santa
Claus nor-God help us!-possibly any
angels; at least our elders haven't seen
my. Growing older, you learn the les
ION OF the falsehood of appearances.
You modify and discount your earlier
judgments. When the losses come too
frequently you quote the old lines:
twas ever thus from childhood's hour.
I've seen my fondest hopes decay. I
Inc purpose of the mirage is to draw ,
- on, like the promise of a bicycle to
primary boy and Phi Beta Kappa to
ne college boy. In reaching for the
rize they have got something else
-ganglia and gray matter. As bows
re dreamed we were going to be pres. {
tents some day. Were we not famil- '
If with Longfellow's Lives of great G
len all remind us we can make our1 G
YES sublime" etc.? But our lives I
aven't been sublime.
If You Must Have Them.
First of all, are you sure Won want
lat upper branch fruit? Are you
'illing to pay the price? Leadership. "
'r instance? Can you stand the fierce
gnt That beats about throne or that s
nght beat on the unhappy occupant c
white House or some other Can't n
u hill? Would you exchange what =,
ou have for any number of blocks of VI
landard Oil or United States Steel .
'rporation stock? All right. 1 sim. Il
y wanted to know If you knew the W
irleues OF grapes that grow up there. a,
light be fox" or Chicken" cranes. fl
rult nigh up is deceiying. Remem- II
II Maud Muller and the judgef Now.
Iere are varieties that are worth q
hile-Concords. Niagaras, Catawbas c.
I'd many others. You'll get them by
aching. Daniel In Babylon prayed CT
ltn his windows open toward Jeru- 10
lem. Fling your lattice windows r,
ven toward what you cannot reach. -
ne next turn in the cog may set In =,
eration circumstances that will bring u
ur hearts desire. There is turn in pl
Q tide, you know. Get In the right
dtude toward your unattainable. The al
possible is just beyond. Notice Ma ae
leon the night before Jena? An ar cc
lery column got stuck fast in a ra- -
ne. Officers said it was all over. The
apes OF jena would belong to the I'll
envy. The little corporal patted the
cary gunners, helped carry tools, m
Id a lantern for them while they tn
lied through the night with sinking or
dies under the eyes Of the emperor. on
le column moved. Jena was his! o.
The Why Of Those High Bunohes. a.
There's a discomfort that's of God. III
least it's elementary. The baby II
s fat on its back, eyes fixed on cell 1t
g. By and by 1t tires of that posi- to
n-discontented. Soon wiggles till en-
turns over. After time he crawls
primitive transit-hands and knees. -,
en- stands at the chair. Now he's off. :"
knew child of five that lay still.
zen 1t died. God the merciful took
Defeat isn't necessarily failure.
J. The first Bull RIM was raalIy n