El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-29


you "Heartbroken OnesT" Have YOU
{ ever thought Of the need Of self-sac-
I r1Ilce, What does doing your Bit
mean to you2 What does life owe YOU
anyway. that IN the world full Of pain
/ and sacrifice you should ask to be
] immune?
am not cynical or morbid when I
say that pain and suffering are part
[ Of the human lot They are necessary
/ TO our growth. Plant a rosebush and
[ treat IL 10 unbroken sunshine with
nevr damp, gray day or a black.
rainy one, and you won't get many
roses.
Perpetual Sunshine Depressing.
No human soul can live in perpet-
ual sunshine and produce anything OF
sweetness or fineness or strength.
The law Of compensat ton makes the
pendulum Of life swing as far in one
direction as in another. Whoever has
not suffered much cannot enjoy much
Lose or miss one thing. and you gain
an equal amount in an opposite df-
recUOn.
Let me give you a few little ex-
cerpts from EmersOn's great essay on
Comp
The farmer imagines power and
place are fine things But the presi-
dent has paid dear for his White
House
The law Of nature is: Do the thing
and you shall have the power; but
they who do not the think shall not
have the power
'AIl external good has Its tax
Learn the wisdom Of saint Ber-
nard- Nothing can work me damage
except myself The harm that I sus-
tain I carry about with me, and never
an real sufferer but by my own
faults.
and yet the compensations Of cal
Outstanding also after long intervals
OF time. A fever, a mutilarion. cruel
Disappointment loss Of wealth, a
loss OF friends seem at the moment
unpaid lost and unayable- But the
surer years reveal the deep remedial
force that underlies all facts. for IL
commonly operates revolutions in our
way of life. terminates an effort OF
infancy OF youth which was waiting
TO be closed, and allows the formation
OF neg ones more friendly to the
growth Of character
And the man or woman who would
have remained a sunny garden flow
er, with no room for its roots and too
much sunshine for its head, by the
falling Of the walls and the neglect
Of the gardener is made the bantOn
Of the forest, yielding shade and fruit
70 wide ueighborhOOds OF men"
Won't all Of you who ask for help
in the crisis and calamity which our
nation together with the whole
world, faces today read that again
and again until you understand II.
feel it. and are ready to make 1t a
part o. your philosophy
Suppose we are sending the men We
love TO do the worlds work. It has
to be done Now that we are in the
war, we have TO win And we must
win quickly, so that our lives and
our money viii not be spent indefin-
iteIy in a long, dribbling. lfe-drain-
ing stream.
Which OF US shall dare rise Up IN
cold-blooded selfishness and say,
They can't have my man"2 Which
of US wants to mark herself out as
completely unpatriodc. cOmletely CEN ]
tered on self and forgetful OF Amer /
lea and honor and loyalty2 And II
wouldn't even do any good, or save I
your man for you. OH you broken l
hearted ones, II you did make your 4
savage and selfish protest.
All Right II 1t Works.
ITS all right II it works is a I
fairly good summing up Of the IA
nous pragmatic philosophy. Now
look at IL that way Suppose It did 4
work for you 20 shrek and protest
and try to stop your man from going.