The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-03
'DO ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD?'
STORY OF A MAN WHO QUIT THE DRUG HABIT
BY EUGENE
BY EUGENE RAY

My friend Simonson insisted that
stay with him. why, you were crazy
when you came here he said. Il know
was" l replied, but / had sense
enough 10 know IT,"
Radical changes in mans life MAKE
him appear crazy, if not astually crazy
Loss Of wealth drives men crazy and
they commit suicide. The acquisition of
great wealth has driven men insane.
II man quits his devilment, goes to
church and To prayermeeting, seekins
8 complete reformation he is crazy. in
the opinion of many people. The old
drunkard and sinner who reforms ana
becomes a preacher, is awkward in his
rev sphere, and is said 10 be crazy.
In the installment Of this story tina,
appeared last sunday | dared say
found in the mountains Him who pro-
vides for man in time of stress and
want | spoke from experience. Let's
figure this out: When man is suffer-
ing intolerable pains. the doctor admiA-
isters one Quarter.grain Of morphine
which makes the patient temporarily
insane-he has lost all feeling.
Now, suppose the man takes on an
average of twenty quarter-grains NJ
morphine for twenty years, and sud
denly quits--will he not be insane? If
not, why not? Because the same power
that enabled him to quit is with him
after he quits.
The Prodigal son was insane, no doubt
l.. to, 60, t,N 40 In q
corn with the hogs. But he had sense
enough 10 know it, and he got up and
went home.
Now. this thing have called sense
here is not sense at all; il is far mors
than sense and far above ii. II is an
other mind--One that is supreme, refer
red TO by an old apostle as the spiritual
mind, which he declared is life and is
peace" When a man finds this mint
aud gives it recognition he does not so
crazy.
Men who would make any sacrifice for
their own families and make sacrifices
10 be OF service 10 others. are not crazy
and will not become crazy because they
have the mind that doesn't go crazy.
who love their neighbor's children as
their own. have that mind which doeN
not go crazy.
II a man is able 10 see his own weak
nesses he vii make allowance for the
weaknesses Of others. People who are
said to be mean are ignorant; they have
not discovered their own weaknesses,
they have never found the mind that
points out to them their faults and en-
sbles them TO overcome them. They
have not been taught and not having
been taught have not learned and not
having learned do not know. Considering
what he is by birth and training man
does the best he can.
had to learn in the school of exper
ience. If had not learned to discipline
myself until / had kind feeling for
every human being. | would not have
lived. or if ! had lived, | would have
likely become insane. 1t has been aptly
said that loving is being loved" That
is true, ! know. Those for whom | have
worked. these past few years. HAYS
through kindness. made it possible for
me to hold job.
When a man who is down. is trying
hard TO get up, someone. standing by,
will lift him up. | would here pay tr.'
tute 10 this much abused old world. In
the installment OF this story that ap.
peared last Sunday, | told how my en-
ployer. in the mountains, was the one
friend | needed at the time, the one
who was indispensable 10 me, | inquired
what would become of me after lef,
him.
should not have worried The DAY
before left | received from my wife u
letter telling me 10 come TO Texas coun-
", Oklahoma. where she and my third
son. seventeen, and my baby child, a
girl eight years old, were on q farm
They had a fine crop which that year
was very valuable. Ny wife told me in
detail how | could he OF service to them
because she knew ! would not come u
could not be OF service. would not
stay at home II could not help, but
would go away and attempt something
thai would enable me to be self-support-
ing. ! would do anything. anywhere
rather than be burden 10 the mothe,
and the children.
came to Texas county and 1t wa
well | did. Ny young son had man
crop Of grain. which was worth a dollar
and fifty cents a bushel. But he wa
taking advice from an outside source
rather than from his mother. II con
tinued, the mother would loose every
thing. And two years later she woul'
have lost everything but | was ther'
ssain and through my knowledge Of ih'
iaw. saved her everything without th'
expense of one dollar.
remained with the family helpin.
them u the best Of my ability. but th
first Of the year, 1915. ( went 10 Dallas
Texas.
The best | could do IN ths, city Wa
10 solicit subscriptions for magazine
Here again. learned not to condem'
the world. Ny employer was 20 kin
sn1 generous, would on being askel