The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-22
JUNIOR ORDER AMERICAN
MECHANICS HOLD MEMORIAL


see. There are other souls who are
lighting tue same battles. and ia that
eomradeship We ought to find us5tra-
ton IL - "a good thing Tor US 20 be re-
minded OF ~ once IA awhile and send
out across the waters friendly cry t.
itt others Know that there is d compan.
Ion journeying the same way.
DO you know / always liked TO hear
the blowing Of the fog horns upon IN.
sea and the lakes and rivers There *
something fascinating about IL TO me.
~ - 10 st the other boat know that
they are near, and that they must b.
very careful where they are going
And then the harbor bells out upon
the sea as the waves come and 20 aud
this way-ding dong-this way. And 50
our cry ought q. go out 70 Keep the
other fellow from Shipwheck. and -
h HIre is somethlng wrong that We might
help MN until the storm IL over. past
Have you ever gone out into the for
est' away from every living human b.
ing and set down jus; for little while.
and In that quietncss that surrour,
you realize how much alone you are
or have you ever Fone down into the
mines. and In the darkness YOU have
not heard : thing for quite Ions time.
the loneliness Is almost unbearable
Donald Sage Maokey tells about
crossing the Atlantic an late Deccmb,r
Ihey had been shut down In the cabin
Tor several days on account OF the
roughness OF the sea. But one aft.--
noon Just >sfore nightfall. when the vt
wintry sunset. smeared the southern
SAY. he crawled up T. the slippery soh-
tary decks. Around him was that great
waste OF waters. hcaving like "A great
feNered bosom, and already black with
me shadows OF apprJG ching night. lie
Sould see no human being on deck. AND
ne said that he never felt more acutyIv
the sense Of absolute. loneliness
On every hand were the tumbI.u.
CHASING. loaned strcaked waves. under
meath the creaking. lHboring ship. out
not sign OF lift In the darkcuin.f dq.
But Just a. he was about 20 go down a.
the comfortable cabin. scross the waters
ne saw a light. and ~ came nearer until
there loomed up In that twilight a EaiIv
lighted ship. Signals were exchanged
ana In that Wintry right there came 4
sense OF fellowship. that destroyed the
loneliness that a few moments before
had become so oppressive.
Isn't this true when some great SUI
one has ever suffered as { have Iut
my dear people. that Is Just where We
are wrong
= stand At the bedside Of 80 many.
and hear their cries. and Rroans as that
old tabernacle. the home OF the souls
Writhe In It's suffering Others have the
same suffering. There r. a solitarin,ss
In that staggering grief. You say e..
you do not know Just what It mean.
Have you ever lost chile Have you
ever lost husband \ father or
mother n you have. then perhaps YOU
know something Of what { am passing
through. Yes. many have passed
through and 90 helps quite a great deal
60 know that We arr not alone In all
these things.
Robert Louis Stevenson tells IN one
~ his books OF tho long nights and the
long days when he vas a child and bis
body scarcely ever ceased it, suffering
His old Scotch nurse would take him 10
IN her arms and Groom 10 him some ~
her old Scotch melodies And some
times when the psin was little harder
than usual. and the night seemed 90 Le
longer. he Sid that faithful old nurse
would take him up lu her arms ana
CARR him Co the window. and push 20
the blind and say 20 him. Robert d
you zee the liFht over Wonder IN thst
window. VOL perhaps there b. little
boy Just about your age that is suffer
Ing. %. MAYBE. gr-at deal moro than
always helped the uatr. CO. knos, that r.
had Comrsde in bis suffering
The one greet thing BOO fr- christ
any other lH HE arrIrafI.. love OBJ
read ~ HiH WONDERFUL miracles. b.u
ai his feet when &c. opens ilIa mouth
heart goes out tu rIrI In Iis .HIfsrInr
and j went lr return tu do NO. ufu..
o. repay him in my ovn little way. hgt
. .u.,, '.. .i 'l.s. o. th' gympathy ihtt
rf,'A 90 BETHANY as Hfs heart w.nf
out 60 aII mankind IN their suffrrins
Not 'nly o. this true Of suffering
ard HorrUH. huf Dr. is sIeu true of frrr.
tsuon. There De- msuv o. men who finds
himself in the grip o. some awful TENN.
tation. and it haunts him das end niEHt
90 whore Fr viii Hrd it follows him
fiEhf u a9 Do WiIl AMI lf seems fhaf me
enemy rfiII nHrrUnnufa him Do De- an
aNful storm end lf drives him some.
tinsH upon tho hrraFrra end Boz is fa4f
lr most cases DO tries t0 bear % aff
himself bff when hr tells some one DO
o. NOT fhn lurrIirraa fhaf fa had f~f-r.
BE- feeiF t1at some ono bel helping him
If De- HhNn r.rr tries fr hrar these
tewrfafions OH alone that Boz br.1rr.a
discourse % md in f'e loneliness cries
GOV WEI. Hnnf fa frr use .T If afT'
81 r. drops lftIf r.fr fH conn. of f.a
FRIENDS Hnd ends if aT bF Jumping into
ihf aver Ir front uf H train. erasfIrF
way just to set out of If aII AVA fr.r,