The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-13

pose, for instance, that you are climb
/ ing a mountain, and have worked your
self into a position from which the only
escape is by terrible leap. Have faith
that you can successfully make It, and
your feet are nerved to its accomplish
ment. But mistrust yourself, and you
viii hesitate so long that. az last. all
unstrung and trembling, and. launching
yourself in a moment of despair, you
roll IN the abyss"
And suppose that now and again we
meet defeat. as perhaps we must Let
US keep craven fear at his distance and
! once more enter the fight, determined
and expecting to conquer. Hear the brave
and ringing words of Theodosia Garrison
In The uneonquered;'
Now. think you Life. I am defeated
quite?
More than single battle shall be mine
Before ! yield the sword and give the
sign
And turn. erownless ou,east to the
night
Wounded. and yet unconquered in the
tight
wait in silence tn the day may shine
Once more upon my strength. and ali
the line
OF thy defenses break before my might
Nine be that warriors blood who. strick-
en- sore,
Lies in his quiet chamber TIL he hears
Afar the clash and clang of arms and
The cause he lived for calls for him once
more.
And stralghtway rises. whole and void
of fears,
And arming. turns him singing to his
foes. ARTHUR W. BEER.
Life has Its many battles. and IL is the
duty or every one of US and We must not
shirk our duly. TO fight them with a
brave and bold hand
II at certain period. when on the high
way OF life we are brought face to face
with treaeherous enemy. confronted
by some perplexing problem. or bowed
IN grief at the loss of a loved one. or
some defeat We have suffered. we must
not grow weak, we must keep strong at
heart, and avoid all fear: in fact. we
must ever keep ourselves armed for the
worse: but always hope for the best.
Every one has his 'ups-and-downs"
In life. at times we are victorious and live
In happiness. life is Joy, at other times
We go down in defeat and life seems a
burden
But as the end OF life nears those who
have been strong at heart. and they
that have known no fear. except the fear
OF God, are the ones that have lived the
most successful life, and the ones that
VIII enjoy the most successful hereafter.
HARRY w. BRBlER.
Fear has no place in the life OF any
man or woman who believes i'm God or
i'm M tai
fear Is TO get rid of II, and the way TO get
rid OF IL is TO exercise our intelligence
and will power and TO trust I'm God, for
faith, like love, casteth out fear. / am
amazed 10 see how many people there
are VINO live In constant fear-fear OF the
air, OF drafts, OF water. and have heard
people say that too much sunshine would
AFFECT the head and make the eyes weak
Now we say God is everywhere-on the
mountain top, in the waters We say He
guides the stars. Now IL we believed that
how much fear and worriment IL would
take out OF our hearts. From every blade
OF grass under our feet let us learn the
lesson Of divine care. and never let the
smallest bird Mt across your feet without
thinking OF the truth: THAT two spar
rows are sold for a farthing. and one Of
them shall not fall to the ground without
Pslam 20 get rid of fear. How grand.
how comforting, Mn. F. 1. BARRINGER.
II our sorrows and misfortunes were
summed up at the end OF life il would
generally be found that the most OF our
suHering came from fear OF troubles
which never really happened.
Where fear Is found 10 a great extent
IN persons mind II is usual thing to
md strong tendency to hate. Those
whom we fear we hate Not TO fear
when there is occasion Is as great a
weakness as 10 fear without reason.
Sorrow comes TO each OF us, but when
1t passses how little trace of it we find;
ana yet some OF us live with a constant
fear that We may be called upon to suffer
some inconvenience or lose something we
may value highly. Fear makes us be-
leve the worst 1t looks cruel and large
In the distance, and when II arrives IL
seems nothing, and we wonder how we
could have allowed ourselves to let IL
find home IN our minds.
IT we could train ourselves to find some
good IN what seems evil. always finding
a silver lining TO the dark clouds and
having hopes for the best, then fear
would not come to US, except the fear of
Wrong-doing, which each one ought 70
possess.
Do each days duty faithfully. remern-
bering that every day is fresh begin
ning, every day is the world made new
Cast the failures of yesterday behind YOU.
press the doubts and fears of the future
ahead OF you, and try TO do the best you
can and be happy.
THE star Of the uneonquered will
He rises in my breast,
Serene and resolute and still.
And calm and self possessed.
And thou, too. whatsoever thou art
That readest this F~ief psalm,
As one by one IT, pes depart
Be Fesolute al = IN.
fear not in a rid Ike this,
And thou Shalt know ere long
Know how sublime q thing il Is
To suffer : ',e strong"
MAE II. SHAW.
Fear is the dereliet upon the ocean Of
life. 1t haunts and harbors and DESTROYS
our happiness and the very toyousness OF !
life itself When once this terrible phan- !
tom has its hold upon US, go where we |
VIII we cannot evade H. 1t is not quite |
possible 10 be wholly without fear in our |
lives, for we are human; but surely q |
cheerful heart and a clean conscience |
VIII do much toward its Punishment |
Courage and hopefulness are the attri- |
butes Of God. Where there is true cour- |
age fear cannot long exist II will fade
away into evils Of pessinlism. This quail |
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