Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-19
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keep friends anxious about them, OF
where they would like to spite the ON
| nipotent. then ragedies are always III
the offing.
| The other day we had a report OF the
| suicide of man who couldn't stanu
the battle of life any lonSer-he was
ont of work He wasn't hungry. DC
cause he hadn't reached the starvation
period and then again charity steps IN,
or public Institutions stand between
the poor and suffering from hunger
and cold But this man could not think
of the humiliation of accepting pubic
aid. he felt that he was an innocent
victim of Divine neglect or spite. ana
he would get square by self desll nc
ton. He forgot the whom The Lofd
loyeth he ehasteneth, aud saw only
his own misfortune which, undoubted-
". had been brought upon him by ms
own viola ton OF the laws of God, II mol
of man.
A
who mas long dehed deeency ana tfnst
by allowing his thirsts, appetites. OF
ma ssions to make worse than beast
of him. He had been warned a thous-
and times but sneered At ms iflelles
ona listened To those who said; You
ora man enough to drink when you
ri "
ready" That was the sort of ADVICE
his desire taught him welcome. w men
he had come to the point where he had
neither the respect nor support oi
himself or friends and where ms cum
waited habits drove him insane WIFI
their demands, he did Just the same as
did the wealthy Swiss couple because
something was denied them.
Vet before the critical faculty pc
comes uppermost in our m,hos' ~ II
moi we'll to ask whether the maJori.s
80 nc arc not in our hearts beastlnS
what we could or would de-what we
cnuId he and would show If we iiaa d
million dollars2 And in the achihs
stretcl, for something we do not pos
sess do we enjoy the hour the meal
the rosebush by the porch. the uoi'ai
in hand. or the ten thousand free de-
lights of the landscape?
II ,s almost inconceivable, for IN
stance. that the ordinary parent sfaSps
The reality of treasure which chlidieh
bring INTO the household That TINS
ca milv wealth is not convertible INTO
coin. does not lower but raises It's value |
II is rathetic to think that these rieh-
moor folk became CHASTITY at heart ana
must needs envy the poor-rieh eettasei
ia whom a chiId's fingers unlock 'iie
rates of morn. For them tiny toe
,,akine ..mud pies" at the edge oil the
Anime moraine might have pe, .h'
universe in a grain of sand ana etefh'-
-, in an hour" But most of us are
Hind to the wealth we hold, and awake
,nlv to the illusory charm OF the fiches
we do not hold.
Nevertheless there is good sense ana
sound profit in getting most ana pe''
out of the simple joys within our reaeh
An exchange says of the SWllZer-
,.na case. This is a rather strange |
story Ct riches, comparative YOUTH anu
nnhearable discomfort with existence.
# could hardly have been case Oh
momentary insanity, for two persons
seldom go insane at the same UNIT
TOO much money may have lea 10 sa-
tietv. vet that hardly satisfies the sit
uation. Many theories will be adNaiiceu'
any one of which is probably worth as
much as any other
perhaps they had already ceased 10
live. in the true sense. Lacking the
spur Of need or the incentive oil iur-
tier ambition, they may have seen no
reason for continuing. The absence Oh
children, gave them nothing to look
forward to, either for responsibility OF
comfort. What blessing II would
have been IL tiltst tNo i'o
frcnted with genuine trouble, posi-
tive sorrow. to break the lethargy that
round it's only relief in death!
For these of whom we write the pro-
blem has been solved in the way OF the
fapcied hopeless. Fer others ike al
eicted there remains the solaee OF the
DAVIS work, of engrossing self-forget-
fitness in a worthy task, of even IN
tense activity in doing nothing. Work
or nlay may be either blessing or a
| cprse. as one chooses to view II, but
i, any case some kind of occupation Is
necessary in health, the better baianc-
On between mental and physical the
| hotter. That is the only way TO mann
| tain abiding interest in life
Rightly preached, the gospel oil WORK
10 nor championed merely for work
cake IT is rather for the exultatioi
thai it's accomplishment brings. The
| game is worth more than the cdhoie
| Nothing stands still in the living UNI
| . Ono orows nv what one does. IL