Show heart to heart talk LESSONS my neighbor and friend has baa a strawberry field which he cultivates for the market his success depends ot of course on his diligence and the weather conditions the last crop came through under difficulties the heavy spring rains beat furiously on the tender plants it seemed tor for a time that they would be burled in mud and destroyed but at each gleam of 0 sunshine they sprang to life and vigor again it was waa a struggle a very hard one at last however they grew strong burst into bloom and soon ripened the choicest berries I 1 have ever seen they were sweeter the neighbor said tor for their having plenty of mol tsura tsure which gave renewed vigor and more active growth had there been no clouds rain and mud he would not have had bad a crop and that inferior berries I 1 thought of myself as a plant in this large field of humanity when storms storma beat upon me I 1 sank down from the chill and force of the pelting drops 1 I was powerless to resist I 1 had to submit to whatever came because I 1 could not prevent its coming but the glorious part of it was I 1 despair and tall fall down discouraged and helpless there were gleams of sunshine through the clouds every now and then more appreciated by their contrast with the cold and clouds clouda I 1 was able through courage and faith to rise above the storms of adversity and whatever 0 of good fruit I 1 have borne has baa ripened because of my faith that regards everything tor for the beet beat human plants are the same earne and subject to the same laws as those ot of the vegetable kingdom it if we tall fail to weather the gales we are wea weaklings klings and may perish by reason of the fact courage Is better than fear and will carry us thru with divine guidance to reassure re assure us along the way |