The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-24

stream and swampy wilderness. favor
ite home II coyotes. There were noun
tain peaks near and far. some covere /
with snow. visible in the distance. The
month was July. but the second day |
was up there ! thought | would freeze
to death. 1t happened to be cloudy and
foggy all day. But generally the davs
we're sunny with a mild temperature.
| held out physically by taking ad.
vantage Of every opportunity TO rest.
When the sheep settled down to grazing
| laid flat of my back. admiring the
blueness of the sky and listening to the
several bells on the sheep which | fan
cied were in sweet accord.
After acquainting me with my duties,
my employer left me alone. But. strange
indeed is it, / was never lonely, | nc>
er felt that | was alone. During the
day when Twas far Up in the mountains
with the sheep and the dog, where
quiet and stiffness reigned supreme, |
was not lonely. The mournful low in
the distance of Il COW that had lost the
herd or had lost her calf. created a
feeling of sadness and longing that
slightly resembled sorrow because it re-
minded me of my childhood days down
on the farm.
After shutting the sheep in the corral
at night, retired to my tent, and after
supper sat at my door and listened 10
the plaintive notes of the mountain,
whippoorwills as they called, one Ia
another. They, the crickets. and other
insects nightly gave a concert that af-
forded me peace Ct soul and rest of body.
despite aches and pains that persisted
in an effort to torment me. was han
py, saying to my aches. Go to it. do
your worst, you can't hurt me-
At evening also. listened to duette.
Discovering that as | tried to sing some
good old song my voice returned to me
out Of the stiffness somewhere, | faced
that rock wall back of my tent and at
the end of each line waited until words
distinct. | and Echo sang together each
evening and always without single
note Of diScOrd.
AS a man alone in the mountains
gazes into the heavens at the myriads
of stars, the planets. the worlds and the
system Of worlds, he understands wins
people have believed that God is "
there. They see up there the greatest
manifestation Of His power 1t occurred
TO me that If could only get in har.
mony with the great spirit of the uni
verse who moves and holds in place
thnga
and hold me in place. The God that
holds the worlds in the hollow of his
hand, is not unmindful of this little old
earth and all the children on it,
| notice every evening that one par.
ticular star was a little higher above
the brow Of a mountain than it was
the evening before. Perhaps the same
Power that raised that star littl.
higher every day might lift me up a
little day by day.
ITO him that overcometh will | grant
TO sit down with me in my throne, even
as | overcame and am set down with
my Father in his throne" These words
were the text of the preacher at the
evening service, the Sunday before ]
went TO the mountains, and to my sur
prise and qualification the speaker said
ir his sermon that he did not understand
that the fulfillment of the promise in
his text was to be postponed until af.
ter death.
Alone in the mountains one wonders
If His throne is not up there. Very like.
ly it is. At any event that was my
favorite text. The promise is ito hi,p
that overcometh." And even He who
made the promise had TO overcome.
1t was not the drug habit | prayed to
overcome now-I had quit 1t and &,
never occurred to me that | needed n
dose or that ! would take one If II were
offered to me. What | would overcome