Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-12
Written for the EVENING
STAR BY
DIR. r. II. KRANZ,
Psychologist.
Psychologist.

learn the lesson and profit by it, the
better for us. Nobody can ever get
ahead of nature. 1t keeps a rigid ac-
count and never makes a mistake. Do
not be deceived by the resiliency of
nature; it acts like a spring that, when
it rebounds, projects you all the more
suddenly and numerically into the
whirlpool of remorse and regret, from
which no one can save you but your
self. There is a possibility of suffer
ing leaving a scar, both in the face
as well as in the heart, don't tribe
with 1t. Every experience in our lives
leaves a record; these records prove
sometimes most unwelcome.
IV.-self-induced Suffering Is NO Credit.
There are persons who consider
themselves Goods %favorites" because
they are constantly in pain and suffer-
ing. No greater delusion can exist.
We bring about our hardships through
neglect and ignorance, and, although
through the fulflment of Gods laws
we can work out of them, the punish
ment we receive is our own creation.
Pain is, indeed, the voice of God" in
nature calling to us to halt and make
| good. There are better ways than self
induced misery TO impress the mind.
Torture of n kind is a remnant of
savage customs. A heart must be cal
loused to an extreme If only nails and
stones and the lash of the whip can
make an impression. Through such
means we cite only fear as the
motive-the fear of unpleasant physical
consequences-not the higher senti-
ments of love n duty. By such
means only a fanatical and morbid
conception of the gospel of love thy
neighbour rs thyself' is created. Service.
doing good" is interpreted into: The
more you ill-t-eat yourself the more
acceptable o are in the eyes of God
which is the hallucination of a
fanatic.
V.-Hcartaches Are Necessary.
Please notice l say "heartaches, not
"nerve-aehes.'f Diseased or maltreated
nerves can suffer keenly, but what is
that in comparison to the throes and
pangs Of a throbbing heart, quivering in
anguish and agony when meeting with
bitter disappointment" when faith
ruthlessly shaken leaves IA broken
heart" when the object of ones love,
upon which you centred your whole be-
ing-suddenly misunderstanding you In
dismal loneliness. stranded among
strangers; when your best and kindest
intentions are misinterpreted: when
you are falsely accused and misjudged
when, instead of gratitude for your
sacrifices, you are knocked down with
cold and hard -reproaches? Then is the
time for the soul to brace itself and find
strength and solace within itself. The
n who keeps from souring under
such distressing experiences receives a
gain in strength and noble-mindedness
of such a degree that it will over
shadow all the trying tribulations SUI
fered in the past. Give me the man OF
the whose heart has beer
broken once, yes, twice: whose trust has
been shaken repeatedly, but who has
risen out of the Slime of deception and
deceit unsoiled by bitterness; such a
one has an %unsounded depth II sub.
lime strength before which we all mus
bow in mute admiration. Such exp
riences give soul to an artist and
writer and an understanding of human
nature that cannot be gained in an,
other way.
Moral-Unsought suffering, wher
rightly understood, becomes a blessing