Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-25

was nothing for me to do but go to
the wall; so l went to the wall, and
there I found door"
All of us have seen the most amaz-
ing and incredible things happen,
sometimes in our own lives, some
tlmes In the lives of others. Nothing
is more untrue than that the age of
miracles Is past. l have seen them
occur, so have you; that is, if one
regards a miracle as no infraction of
law, but manifestation of a law
which Is not yet explained or un-
derstood. Imagine what our great
grandfathers and grandmothers
would have thought of the automo-
bile, the telephone, the wireless and
half a dozen other inventions which
are commonplace to U.S.
A woman told me only a few DAYS
ago of a strange event in her
life. She said that when she was
about twenty years old her father
was taken ill and died suddenly
Alone with him at the time, she suf-
fered afterward so greatly from
shock and grief that it was impos-
sible for her to sleep; night after
night she did not close her eyes.
Her family were in despair over her
condition, and the doctor was pre-
dieting her death or a complete ner-
Vous breakdown unless in some way
the condition could be overcome.
Then one night just after she had
gone to bed and while the light was
still on her father opened the door
and walked into the room. He
looked, she said, just as she had
always seen him in health. He wore
blue serge suit, and she noticed his
necktie. watch chain, shoes-all the
familiar details. He was smiling.
and as he sat down beside the bed
he said: Now, you must sleep, and
am going to sit here by you until
you do. And you must feel and
know that everything is we'll with
me, because it is" She says that
she smiled back at him and then inn
mediately fell into a sound sleep, from
which she did not wake until the
evening of the next day, and from
that time was completely recovered.
Now, it doesn't make the least
difference whether you or l believe
that she actually saw her father or
had any such experience except as
trick of the imagination. What is
important Is that the unexpected oc-
Cured, the thing that no one could
possibly have predicted, and that
thus, when every remedy had failed,
her life and reason were saved.
We hear someone remark now and
IiSllb WOuiuH nave lne DlueS OF
be low-spirited if l could only have
things as 1 want them for once.
They have evidently forgotten some
of the occasions when their prayers
have been answered. To have our
prayers answered is sometimes a
very salutory, very illuminating and
very Christening experience. Here is
your hearts desire handed to you on
a silver salver-the journey you've
longed to take. the money you
wanted to help someone else over a
rough place, the opportunity to see
some old friends. You prepare to
enjoy whatever it is as a reality in
stead of as an anticipation.
But something has gone wrong.
There's sense of dissatisfaction.
BAD weather spoils your journey; the
friend you have gone out of your
way to help is strangely unappre-
ciative; you discover that the charm
of an old friendship has vanished,
you and those once delightful COM
panions have now nothing in. COM
mon. In fact, you counted without
reckoning the element of the unex-
pected; for tx" can mar as we'll as
make, and you didn't forestall it.
The truth is, you've got toe bring
something to every feast. and that is
the determination to have a good
time in spite of everything.
A woman said something to me
once which has always stuck in my
memory. She said that when she |
was going anywhere and was ready |
down to the last pin-hat, veil and |
gloves all on-she always made it a |
point to stand before mirror and |
gaze at herself with her very sweet |
est smile.
But why?" I stupidity asked.
Because" she replied, "I want |
TO carry with me the impression that |
I'm a very happy person, and that |
enjoying every minute" |