Show S A if I 1 DR PA y NIC R 5 BY DO THEY COME BACK text let the shadow return backward I 1 II 11 I 1 lunga 10 A new term bai ba i cowe come into our wonderful american phraseology phrae allend rich with expressions from the dla ill mond the gridiron and the turf now from the squared circle conic coine another a so called Reno ism it lo la stated positively like an axiom in geometry that they dont come back that Is he be to quote a certain famous colored lady that brings homo home the bacon must be one who had a defeat or been too long out of the game to step out of line or worse to be pushed out marks the beginning of the end no rabbits foot talisman can ward off the inevitable hour from that time the paths ot of gly glory lead iad but to defeat Is it true lets leta face the question bravely and sensibly after one has reached the zenith of his powers and there comes a reverse more or less serious can he come back physically seldom beldo or only for a time for the fighter the sprinter the ball player the a ath th lete the man who has bad a break down his friends tell him bertl vertigo go the doctor says slight stroke the woman with nervous prostration its it a mighty sobering thought but youve touched your limit youve caught sight of the day when you cant come back in that vague thing we call success can one come back after defeat or failure yes frequently mark twain did and the business world is full of men who went down in defeat only to rise again to greater heights but mind you im an optimist cold blooded statisticians say 75 per cent do not dot come back however 25 do you may be among them in the moral world can one come back thank god yes not always into the society against which they have sinned but into regard of right minded men and most of a all 1 into their own self respect it Is old fashioned it seems to quote while the lamp holds out to burn th the e vilest sinnet sinner may return but it h is an eternal truth Is defeat failure you cannot always measure a man by ills his defends de feits you must know what use he be makes of them the injured oyster turns his mound into a pearl the young jew disraeli sits down amid howls of derision at his maiden speech in ill the house of commons commo ns ilk iiii answer is the day will come when you shall hear me carlyle through many any weary years in poverty and pain writes his bis first volume of tue the french It evolution ile he lends the priceless manuscript to stuart mill and mills servant lights the fire with it in spite of his hardship haid ship and de again he wrote the masterpiece of today milton is blind dante and hugo exiles bunyan liu nyan raleigh kaleigh and luther are in prison darwin and 11 1 ij stevenson lie ale invalids yes but they till all anade inaje good they came back mr ir Il Pi eacher teacher true ButRo beit 13 lee ue ile surrenders his stoid and the army of northern Noi thern vir virginia inia yet idith und and south say lie be Is greater than if helian he had triumphed some men tj fight bt ind mill in others light fight just busl as faithfull falth fiill full i all and lose many mally a splendid success Is built upon a heroic beaole failure up in the dungeon at Macha erus theres a flash of steel in the shuddering light and john the baptist has tailed failed only to succeed sunset at midday on golgotha A mangled body Is hurtled u d into a borrowed tomb and the man of f nazareth lies liea among the failures of time only to succeed tor for eternity th the dial of ahaz well whan v bell we tire lire all done here will there be another diane to come back Is there in the spirit world here we haie haic another opportunity can call we take up the task ta 1 I slighted here will god turn back the universe anti and give us yesterday no one seems seeing to know ITIs not so nominated in the bond that Is ill the bible theres no encouraging aging word from that undiscovered country from whose bourne no tra ieler has bas eer returned reiter better not count ou on it ai a tree falls so it lie each net nei morning is tile the surest chance to come back sometimes your day may hi he prolonged once upon a time an ancient liing king named lIeze klah was sick hicl about to die prayer was as offered lor for his recovery in the court courtyard courty ynid aid v visible isible from his palace window was the town clock a groat great dial built by kin 1 ahaz years before As a sign of favorable answer the shadow was to go back ten degrees on the I 1 he dial at hl high noon some supreme light boue f from tile the mercy seit seat like that shone above the brightness of the sun to saul on 00 the oy to damascus Di mascus rose roe on the other side of the dial of ahaz and alez mah lilah had fifteen years year added to his bis life nevertheless the end came eventually put but dont build on a min arle brother your youe day may be near done morning ornIng Sl high sun afternoon after shadows lengthening gloom of sun down twilight and evening star and after that the dark yes yea you may come buck back after that bad accident come back after that fever the sa s1 shadow adow way may return backward as you sit convalescing on the porch but at the lat la t you wont come bark baek now is the day whatsoever thy ban hand I 1 fin lindeth deth t to do do it with thy might for there Is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave whither thou boest |