The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-03-11

they were given in addition the entire income
of all those who receive more, the increase
would be only about seven hundred dollars
Great resources are, they have distinct
limitation
There is not wealth enough in our country to
take care of our people without the ablest pos
sible management and the hardest kind of work
on the part of all of us.
There is government in the world that can
remove this burden from its inhabitants.
We like to pride ourselves on the thought that
we are very modern, that none ever before were
as we are and that know how to escape
the Affections that have troubled past genera
lions. IL we meet with reverSeS we are apt TO
think they are unprecedented, the like of which
no one before ever had. we might do well to
consider little history.
great many years ago. long ago that the
record of it is thought by some to be the first
book of the Bible that written, antedating
even the law of Noses there lived man named
Job. He able and industrious, passing for
a frst-class business man, and became very
prosperous. His life was bameless and upright
his character was high, and it should be remem-
bered that he had sublime faith He
great man, the greatest in all the East, but he
knew it, He was exceedingly well satisfied with
himself and he thought that he was much
stronger than he was. He put much trust in his
riches. He was riding high.
Had he lived in our country the display which
he and his children made of their wealth would
have caused comment. They spent much time
feasting and enjoying the good things Of this
world. On trip to Europe they would have
had the royal suite on the boat and at all the
hotels. The American ambassador at London
would have been besought to present them at
court and the turbans robes and sandals Jobs
wife would have brought home from Paris would
have been load for many camels Probably
he would have made considerable talk about his
money.
Feeling his Importance and his power, it is
not strange that Job got into war with the
Sabeans and the Chaldeans. They defeated his
forces and seized most of his property. Fire
and storm destroyed the rest and killed his chill
dren But Job strong man; he kept his
faith.
Evidently high living had poisoned his sys-
tenn, so that worry over his war losses and
questions of PREPARATIONS brought on severe phys
ical Affections This was too much for Jobs
wife, who lost confidence in all their old
standards and advised him to curse God and
die But he reproved her foOlishness with the
sharp retort, What? Shall we receive good at
the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?"
Job kept his faith.
Now voluntary relief boards did not first
make their appearance during the present adj
minstration One of them waited on Job about
thirty five hundred years ago. They thought
some good, sound advice would bring end to
the depression from which he was suffering. They
intimated that he had come to his present state
which was not the case and heaped on him
great many pious platitudes, darkening counsel
by words. In spite of all they said, Job kept his
faith.
In the course of time his reduced diet gave
his body a chance to clear itself of pOisons and
his mind began to work more clearly. Sitting
in the ashes outside the city alone, deserted by
all his former friends, he had time for medta-
ton He made very thorough determination.
Searching his own conscience, he thought he
heard Jehovah saying to him, Hast thou an
arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a
voice like Him? Look on everyone that
is proud and bring him low"
The conclusion was unacceptable that he had
not been as big a man as he thought he was.
In spite of all his greatness and wealth, there
was another power, a superior force with which
he must reckon.
When Job began to see himself in the right
proportions when he had gained true hui
mility and realized that he did not know it all,
he heard Jehovah say, Thine own right hand
can save thee" He put that thought into opera
ton.
and get them into proper frame of mind. They
had meant we'll but had been ineffective
When this change of attitude became ap
parent his friends came back to him. They fur
nished him capital to set himself up in business
again and with clearer vision of his real
place in life, purified by his reverses, he became
twice as prosperous and wealthy as he had ever
been before By keeping his faith and relying
on himself, Job recovered from his depression
His recovery was an incident His faith made
him a man of character.
This story has lived through all the ages be
cause it has always been found to square vii
current human experience
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