Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-08-12
An InflExHiiDLE LAW
Necessity Has Been the Greai
Teacher of Mankind Through
the Centuries

one or the tlme-nOnCreC pFOFerE!
is that Necessity knows no law"
Necessity has always been disliket
and abused-no kind words are usel
in speaking of it-all the uncompli
mentary adjectives are applied to it
We term it bitter, hard, harsh and un
feeling.
Even the proverb is paradox
Knows no law" Why, it is in itsel
an inexorable law, and it imposes law:
upon all classes and all conditions o
men.
Necessity, if not the author, is the
authority behind every good law OF
the statute books Of the world. Nc
law should be enacted unless there
is g need for it. If necessity knows
no Law it Is not because she has moth
ing TO do with law. It has great
deal to do with 1t. From time i'm
memorial 1t has been honored with
the title Of mother Of invention, and
invention has It's existence only i1
the application Of laws.
Man does not Like necessity. bu,
what has It not done for him? 1t would
be easier to enumerate what It has
not done than to enumerate what II
has done.
"A great philosopher said: Let us
my friends, build affairs to beautiful
necessity; she teaches us adj"
She is the instructor in the school
Of difficulty. Most Of the great au'
thora, artists, statesmen and leaders
Of men In every department OF lie
have graduated from that school. Ad'
versity has it's uses A man never
fully realizes what is in him unless
necessity forces him into action. If
he is "dandled and nubbled" like q
baby, he will be baby all his life.
Greatness Through Adversely.
Trials, tribulations, crosses and dis
appointments are the steps by which
true men rise to greatness. Prosper
ity in early life far more than ad-
yersity weakeus and deadens the pow
ers for achievement, as has been said,
Necessity oftener than facility, has
been the mother of invention, and that
the most prolific school of all has been
the school of difficulty. Some OF the
best workmen In the world have had
the most Indifferent tools to work
with"
In the face of difficulty man is
spurned to rise above the handicaps
of his progress. The hardships to
which the brave and true are subject
ed usually prove in the end to be kind
ness. The difficulties and dangers
overcome turn to blessings. Human
experience continually exemplif1es the
teachings of Samson's riddles
Out Of the eater came forth meat.
And out Of the strong came forth sweet
And its answer:
What Is sweeter than honey7
And what is stronger than lion?
Beasts of prey do not yield meat for
man, yet food came from the slain
lion; and out of the strong, or the bit
ter. came forth sweetness.
So in all life's experience. In the
hours of difficulty and danger we face
the destroyer and devourer Of our
hopes. In courageously meeting and
overcoming the enemy We reap the
food of victory, and out Of the bitter
struggle there comes sweetness.
Learn in Hard School.
The school Of difficulty Is the great
warning school for the development
of mans highest powers Of achieve
ment and success in the world 1t Is
equally so in the spiritual as in the
temporal world.
The trials and Gibulations encoun-
tered In the struggle against sin and
evil work out a far more exceeding
and eternal weight Of glory. All the
promises are to him that overcom-
eth" If there were no difficulties to
be met, there would be nothing to
overcome.
The Christians greatest gain is
through the training in the school
of difficulty He has foes to meet.
Lions are in the way. The would-be
destroyed and destroyer of his soul
must be destroyed or put to fight
ere he reaches the goal.
Is not the way to heavenly gain
Through earthly grief and loss?
Rest must be won by toll and pain
The crown repays the cross.
AS woods when shaken by the breeze
Take deeper. firrner root:
AS winters frosts but make the trees
Abound in summer fruit:
So every hcaven-sent pang and throe
That Christian frInness tries
E.t ncr"es us for our work below
And forms US for the skies.
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