The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03
Joy COnquereth Sorrow.

Faith in the ultimate deeency of things;
the sort OF faith that assures at all times
and in all circumstances that the world
is a fine battlefield in which TO test our
strength, and that at the end we shall
ind God good, is a very present help
when sorrows come to US and things look
dreary and in a measure. hopeless.
It is not difficult to have this sort of
faith when things are we'll with US: while
the skies are arehing blue above US and
the heavens are clear; when the eyes OF
those who love US look tenderly and with
sympathy upon US, but II is at such time
that we need 20 arm ourselves against
adversities or sorrows that are to come.
To live blindly, learning not from the
experiences Of others. is the Eeight Of
folly That sorrow is TO be our portion
in the days to come is as certain as that
we are alive. and the time will come TO
all OF US when Mrs, Browning's cry "Be
pitiful. o GodP' VIII be wrung from most
human hearts:
There is no Cod the foolish saith
But none There is no sorTow'
And nature Of the cry Of faith
In bitter need viii borrow:
Eyes. which the preacher could not school,
By wayside graves are raised.
And lips say God Be pitifulr
Who ne'er said God be praisedP
Be pihful, o Godr'
Il is when sorrow comes to a man that,
however proud he may be, he comes to
realize that in this world no man is suf-
ficient unto himself. When Joy abideth
with US and the world is fair. most OF US
are apt 70 pride ourselves on the happi-
ness ana the JOY we have won; attribut-
ing It all to our own perspicacity and
smartness. Few of us. though. are will
ing to bear the burden OF our own sor-
rows. Few OF us can say, with Won Hum
boldt: 'T look for neither help nor con-
ISOLATION, for the grief which seeks these
is not the highest, and does not come
from the depths OF the heart" BY far
the most Of US do feel the need OF help
and consolation; we look for It from our
friends. our neighbors. those who love
us-and finding in all these scarce enough
promise OF Joy TO conquer the sorrow that
assails. inevitably we turn to God
But sorrow Is by no means an unmixed
evil. It has its distinct uses in the world
and in the scheme of human life. AS Dr.
johnson said: There is no wisdom In
useless and hopeless sorrow; but there is
in it something so like virtue that he who
is without it cannot be loved nor thought
worthy OF esteem" It is along the road
of sorrow that we must all travel to the
haven where sorrow is no more:
The path Of sorrow ana hat path alone.
Leads 70 the land where sorrow Is unknown;
No traveller ever reached that best abode
Who found not thorns and brisrs In his road
AND sorrow teaches US to walk the road
with courage, with brave heart, a
hopeful spirit. z clear outlook We can
learn from Tennyson not to let cur sor-
rows act as clog to our endeavors, but
as he says in THE Silent Voices
when the dumb Hour. clothed in black.
Brings the Dreams about my bed,
Call me not often back
Silent voices Of the dead
Toward the lowland ways behind me
And the sunlight that is gone!
Call me rather. silent voices,
Forward 10 the starry track
Glinmering up the heights beyond me
On and always onP'
II is true that II We give way to sorrow
we shall find our journey toilsome and
weary. We can remember. If we choose.
that
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