The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-15
AN INFLExIBLE LAW
Necessity Has Been the Great
Teacher of Mankind Through
the Centuries

is that Necessity knows no law"
Necessity has always been disliked
and abused-no kind words are used
in speaking Of it-all the uncomplt
mentary adjectives are applied to It
We term it bitter. hard. harsh and I'M
feeling.
Even the proverb is a paradox.
Knows no law" Why, it is in itself
an inexorable law, and it imposes laws
upon all classes and all conditions Of
e
Necessity, II not the author, is the
authority behind every good law on
the statute books of the world. No
law should be enacted unless there
is a need for it. If necessity knows
no law it is not because she has moth
ing to do with law. 1t has a great
deal to do with it. From time i'm
memorial it has been honored with
the title of mother of invention, and
invention has its existence only in
the application of laws.
Man does not like necessity, but
what has it not lone for him? 1t would
be easier to enumerate what it has
not done than to enumerate what it
has done.
"A great philosopher said: Let us.
my friends, build affairs to beautiful
necessity; she teaches US all"
She is the instructor in the school
of difficulty. Most of the great au-
thors, artists, statesmen and leaders
of men in every department Of life
have graduated from that school. AID
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 a
baby, he will be a 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-
versity weakens 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 h%ardships to
which the brave and true are subject
ed usually prove in the end to be kind
ness The difficulties and dangers
overcome urn to blessings. Human
experience continually exemplihes the
teachings of Samson's riddle:
Out OF the eater came forth meat.
And out Of the strong came forth sweet
ness.
And its answer:
What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a 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 tribulations 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" Il 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 flight
ere he reaches the goal.
Is not the way to heavenly gain
Through earthly grief and loss7
Rest must be won by toll and pain
The crown repays the cross.
As woods when shaken by the breeze
Take deeper. hrmer root:
AS winters frosts but make the trees
Abound in summer rruit:
So every heaven-sent pang and throe
That Christian 1rmness tries
But nerves US for our work below
And forms us for the skies.