The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-24

<S<<x-s<<<<1S<S uaH-z tHe blessed pr.lIee. oi rr. Tr-Hu- sleep \ woman travelling
 H Norway m its summer months. delighted though vsar.ad by ta, constant daylight. came 10 hotel tnd requested room pitch dare for ,wrutyionr hours Some STOW weary of the cold and snow of the Alaskan winters. but they again call aloud for Its return when they haze passed summer in the swamps mlea with mosquitoes and moose lilies. trails with no bottoms and
 uJEzerhead~ that cannot hear. then how welcome is the cold that brHgs the snow upon which heavy burdens are borne in safety and comfort and with some degree uf certainty Life means much to those who can find much ln lt and nowhere l- wanted the man wla whlnes courts sympathy. or is uu- willing to take his medicine" If life Is worth living It all depends ou the liver" and To always taste placa bIle. or no bile at all. is sure dyspepsia which has onIy death for its pains
 Does 1t do soul injury to believe that all things work together for good? Does il help him to bear his burdens of life and lift the loads of friends, or foe il may be. 10 be lieye that in the end he must fail which failure he knew from the be 4inuiug of life There may be a cheer to some people to know that they are, and must be, failures. but be il said 10 the joy and courage of the great thronIs of humanity living in struggle and sorrow, in ob- -euriy and oppression, in fears by lay and terror by night, that r-sg lont believe il, if the supreme o fort of their lives to succeed is d norm by which their conduct can be judged There can be no error, in the great eternal plan,' and let us read no errors into the language of Infinity For some reason the aa who unerits his parents mil lions soon loses the great wealth ~!th which he js privileged unless te knows how to use that weaItA along the line of common sense and careful business sagacity \ father can bequeath money but the boy must learn means of using ii success fully. | was through a series of struggles that the father ac Qured possessions. il is throuah h. less series of struggles that the son must pass 10 keep the posses ions Character is not matter of inheritance; il comes by expert enre. struggle Hfc-blood and only alon4 such Ines of occupation that can give character. Many man has fallen into error in the onward march to character but when he has come back he has realized that character must be kept as well as obtained and that eternal vigilance is the price of retention. When he has repaired the breach in the fence he aIzeS the need of a fence and a strong one. around which the guard must never sleep. When Joan of Are was asked why her White Banner always achieved such marvellous sue cesses. she replied T send il on ahead. and follow it" To this day thousands believe that she is right and although she must suffer indjg mites and death yet she did not believe her "ause was in error, but must eventually win a. win it did Great truths are on the witness stand and the world Is listening to the testimony. Finally a false witness tells it's testimony and the world pronounces its supposed truth as a lie No more is that witness heard Truth then takes the stand and the listening world fingers on her words, for now she can judge, as both sides have been presented. Then grow not discouraged in the strIg- gle for life, let not your soul be come dishear' ened, for your every net is only making a lie blacker, and truth brighter; your every thought is only training your mind 10 think on the things that are good and proclaimIng to you that your errors were for your good first. and
 rHers' acod second If you drink d"~@ from the bottle at first it may be the fault of another, but if after wards you get drunk it is your fault
 In these days that try mems faith one may find occasionally a note of helpfulness like the one struck in the following poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
 "I know as my life grows older
 And mine eyes have clearer sight