Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-08-18
THE MOST TRYING TINES IN HISTORY

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bors began wonder when and how they started
Well thought and thought and thought and
could make trying times with Adam back
there in the garden of Eden when he got to living little too
his Eve into that unfortunate apple Incl
and result the devil and they both had to
go making garden their and manufacture
ing clothes fig keep the wolf from the door,
and enable the family to make decent appearance in society
There isn't shadow of doubt in mind but what Adam said
Eve passing through the trying times the
history of the world And doubtless Eve replied We ADAM
making fig does get my nerve.
hadn't any than through thinking about the try
ing Adam and Eve when thought of ancient friend
that ark of his. You know it to
find out that the people of that day got to tussg around
wasting their time living beyond their until God Himself
didn't what do with them Noah and his family seemed to
be the only left who had efespect who
thought of God Well sir day Just set in to rain like split
and kept for forty days Noah had been expecting
thing and prepared for it, with the biggest and best
that had built result of his thrift trying
times neghbors did laugh him when he build
ing When Noah tried put all those animals into that boat
them live together and conentment he
remark Well boys these the most trying times
history all probability mighty cked navigator
when that big boat bumped against Mt Aara and the watch
cried Land o for it had been rackng experience
of the trying times in history.
Queer isn't it? When you thinking about hard times
YOU have hard time quit thinking about it. and Just
right thinking about Moses and what trying time he
must have had padding around in the burushe IN the family
clothes basket got of trouble the grass
hoppers the the frogs made such disturbance that
the people couldn't sleep nights and finally Pharaoh chased Moses
them all the Red Sea- but Just then the wind changed and
the rolled Pharaoh and his crowd they heard
to gurge This is the most trying time in history
there Beshazzer who the idea in his head
way that the whole show and could do he pleased
He living pretty fast and had crowd of reespenders
around him. He made feast with thousand of his lords
They having hilarious time regardless OF
sequences when suddenly Beshazzar looked from his flowing
bowl of high ball and strange handwriting the wall
that led him conclude he living in the most trying time
in history for 1t the call give an account OF his rotous
living and the very thought of Bel nervous chill which
developed into apoplexy
Again. there was King Saul who was chosen because he
goOd young head and shoulders above all the
Of the boys and he from the best families
great big fine chap he made good king but he
lowered his ideals introduced false gods and false doctrines into
his country and finally where he after dark
and consulted the old witch of Endor And he longer
of himself let alone being king great country Final
y when the tide of battle had turned him. he fell upon
his sword and with his dying breath gaspd hs is the
most trying time in history
another great big two-sed fellow but he got so
chesy that he bung budozng everyone for miles
around He offered to fight King Saul and all his followers at
and had them scared until shepherd boy named
David along called his bluff him between the
eyes with about the size of goose egg thing
Rad entered Goahs before and he
out that he wied down as limp dish gurgng "This
the most trying time in history"
Solomon the of David when he succeeded his
the throne asked God to give him wisdom his request
answered to such extent that this day schooboy
will tell that Solomon the wsest she world No
had better chance than Solomon But he wasted
much of his opportunity by getting stuck every pretty
he and living beyond his with enough
to supply whole county. He finally sporting with
the Queen of Sheba when the treasury empty
ridden and poverty stricken he woke up morning
terrible fit of the blues and cried out his deep Distress "Van
y of vanies all is vanity. Busted by the
most trying time in the history of the world"
Napoleon Bonaparte little bit of a run didn't
know for quite long time; matter of fact, he
ceitea that he got the idea that he about the
the world and he got big following because he
fad in fighting which like other popular
in spite of the and the waste Finally the
ted of Waterloo Napoleon been
greatly mistaken to his SIZE and little later sitting
a stump the island Helena watching the silver moon
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