Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-19

wall between ourselves and our fell
low men In broken down and our
Wcrld begins 10 widen and our SYM
pathies begin to deepen. Nothing but
the lack 81 sorrowful experience often
makes the difference between the
good man and the bad. George Eliot
spoke truly when she said: Let us
rather be- thankful that our sorrow
lives In us as indestructible force,
only changing its form. as forces do,
ana passing from pain into sym
pathy' CAdam, Bede.) And Just as
the minds OF many would remain un-
civilized, and the hearts OF many
would remain unhumanized. " II were
not FOR sorrow and suffering. so the
souls OF many would remain unspir-
itualized but for pain and endurance.
The problem itself. or even the dis
cussion Of the problem. Is not new. II
has been made In the bible the bur
den ~ IN argument between Job and
his wife. For, when calamity upon
calamity followed and job was smit-
ten by what seemed an incurable dts
ease. 50 severe IN It's nature that the
narrowing trouble gave him no
safety and no quiet, and no rest"
and he waited for death and would
have rejoiced to fnd a grave" his wife
said unto him: "Renounce God. and
die" But Job answered: Thou
spcakest as one OF the worthless wo-
men would speak. Shell We accept
the good only from God and not also
tho eyil?" And there can be no
question that Job here voices the view
OF religion. more particularly. per-
haps, the view OF Judaism. For Juda-
ism teaches that life Is an inviolable
sacred thing, (Gen. 500 a gift from
God ops. $3.50, and must not be
shortened. Life" taught our sagcs,
IL Gods light and may not oo cS-
tingulshed by man" (Sab. 30 b.. Nur
was this merely IA theory with our
sages of old, Tor, We are told In the
Talmud that, when RabhI HANNA
was suffering death at the stake, he
was implorcd by his disciples TO let
the flames take hold Of him quickly
80 that his agony might not be pro-
longed nccdlcssly. But he refused,
| saying: "Gud alone may take my
life. may not" CAB. Ear. 49,. Nay,
the entire people OF Israel has by its
very existence made clear the Jewish
attitude to life. For, the jew has
evinccd an invisible will to live and
"A courage and fortitude tn suffer
agony and endure misery which might
have Justified euthanasia, II anything
| on Gods earth ever should. And.
permit me 10 say tn those not OF our
| own faith present here this evening,
that, II incuraOies were killed nineteen
| hundred years ago, the Apostle Paul,
the founder of Christianity, would ccr+
tuinly have been killed. for he was af-
| Elected with an incurable disease TO
| which he himself refers as "a thorn
In the flesh, the messenger Of satan"
| Gil Cor 1870: an "inhrmity OF tho
| flesh which often made him an object
OF pity and horror. (Gal "; IS, 40,
ana which Is now proven to have been
| epilepsy.
| So, when tho matcriallst tells US. as
dld tho wife OF Jon. "Renounce Hod
and die" let us say with job ana
| with thousands Of other patient and
resigned sufferers: Thou speakest as
/ one OF the worthless women would
| speak. shall wo accept the good
from God and not also tho evil?" And
| though we may not always see the
good that comes from evil, even our
limited experience and short vision
give us some hint AZ to the wisdom
and goodness OF God's providence, In
this as In other things. For skillfGl
mariners are not trained on calm seas
and under serene skies hut rather
amidst storms and tempests and In
dreary darkness. There Is truth In
IBurke's words: Difficulty is severe
instructor set over US by the severe
ordinance OF parental guardian who
knows US better than We know our
selves. as he loves us better too. lie
that wrestles with us strengthens OuI
nerves and sharpens our skin. OuI
antagonist IL thus our helper" There
In truth In the poets lines:
"Ah, we trust that, somehow, good
win be the final goal OF Ill.,"
Our appointed path is often a DARK
path In the way In which Providence
leads us Is enshrouded in shade and
mystery. All we can do II TO march
boldly on in the course OF duty and
trust to the Lord to care for conse
quences and bring all things right al
last. The soldier who haBtenB into th'
heat OF battle cannot explain the plaT
OF the general lie rushes into the
struggle. no only sees the disorder o.
tho charge-the flashing Of arms, tn
cloud OF smoke and dust-he onli
hears human cries mixed with the
deafeninE sound OF the artillery. II
him all IL disorder and chaos; but up
on the neIghboring height one eye fol
t, lows the combat. one hand directs tn,
least movement OF the troops. Ever
, so Is there a battle that 10 pursued
throughout tho history OF mankind. !
IL the battle OF life, the struggle
/ against tho foaming stream OF tn
universe. In this struggle we oftel
grow faint hearted and deSponden
: and lose hope. But n We remain a
3 the post assigned to us and fgh
I oTavely and firmly until we are lel
. from warfare to victory, from weari
7 ness tn rest, all becomes plain an
clear. and we realize that all thing
' even our Badneas and sorrow an,
I aufferlng. have been working togethe
. for our good.
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