The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-26

He learned suffering with them. and
 in learning suffering He learned
 perfection Conscience and the
 sense of right increases the sensi-
 tiyeness of the soul It is give n
 to noble mother To look out upon
 the sins of her sons as upon seeds. l She sees that if they are planted in
 the young life they must grow to fruitage, Many a teacher and par
 ent have suffered thousandfold
 more for the pupil and the beloved
 child than they have suffered for themselves A part of the anguish
 H. Jesus came from the vlvidness
 of His outlook upon the inevitable
 retribution that was to oyertake
 Judas. Annas, Pilate and Jerusalem itself It brought forth from His i lips those words so plain of an guish 70 Jerusalem Jerusalem 1 thou that stonest the prophet, how
 often would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens
 under her wing, but ye would not"
 No man nor nation escapes tho 1 tutelage of trouble. If every morn i ing an angel would blow a trumpet
 and proclaim anew the Ten Com mandments. men would not heed l them For thousands of year. tami- lies and nations have known the 1 folly ol disobedience Each morn
 ing dawns with rocks breaking fires burning and nature scourging
 man back into the paths of law and obedience but he will not remem- Der Every little child insists upon
 putting it's chubby hand into the flame of the candle and desists not until it feels the cruel penalty. The paths. puts his hand upon the ser pent, feels the bite of the scorpion
 only then will he learn safety. For a time some happy soul seems ey-
 empt. but the exemption is only apparent they all must know the sorrow. Lest men utterly destroy themselves troubles are sent to
 warn them to safety. Soon or late the cloud gathers for all Horace Greeley was but telling the truth in dramatic way when he said: Fame is a vapor, riches take wings, position is a bubble, those who praise today will curse tomorrow; turn stone; prepare the fish and they hand you a serpent Few men
 ure worth the trouble that it takes
 to help them" In trouble men
 thus cry out and in their cry they
 are helped and the world. Inglati- tude makes the knife sharp and it
 cuts deep a blood-red wound But
 Jesus met all these sufferings trou- Lies and ingratitudes, and like a bird, rose by meeting the storm that lifted Him into the heights Fe learned that everything of pain
 was a message from God. By wrest- ling He became strong-and because God loved Him, the Father chas- tened and made Him perfect through
 suffering
 Jesus taught that the world was not built for pleasure but was a
 school for manhood No organ fac tory is a place for music. Discord,
 noise and ear-splittng sounds pre- vail in this place of music prepar- ing. All discord is source of pain. The instrument is most beautiful when it is completed But through what a scourging it passes to per lection, The end of all work in
 the organ factory is harmony and
 melody and pleasure. This world Is a great workshop where men are built and faculties are perfected, Often the Angel of Life uses the file and the hammer and the chisel. It hurts to be cut. But the Master Builder knows what is best and so He sends us suffering. By slow processes the work moves along. Silence reigns in the thoughts of
 the workman, but his hands wield the tools keen-edged and severe. The more work that is put on the life the more value it holds. At last men will praise God for what here strains their faith and almost breaks their hearts.
 There is no other way to build character. The ancient monks with
 drew themselves from the people and both suffered degradation alike There is no royal road to knowledge. Strength? Strength comes by bear 1 ing burdens Courage? Courage | comes by fronting fear. Resource? Resource power is like a deep we'll; you must dig long for the hidden
 than pearls, but patience is an achievement. Kindness is the fruit
 of practice. Love is God at work
 in your life, at work in sympathy,
 pity, compassion and suffering. We
 are in a world where no woman is | fit to become a mother until she
 has known suffering Science can
 not explain it, but the wild grapes
 and the hickory nuts will not be-