Show the old settler 0 my y dear san Jua ners of all the men and women whom I 1 find in trouble those who have no philosophy are to be pitied most they regard their lot as misfortune and as one woman expressed ithome it to me ifould 1 I could just bawl when I 1 think about it and from her profusion of sobs and tears I 1 take it that she was thinking very much about it when she talked to me from another I 1 heard it in terms that are not to be found in websters unabridged I 1 felt mighty sorry for both of them although in each case there was the good side to it if they had just had the philosophy to discern it I 1 had a friend who discovered that she was losing her sight no mistake about it her ber light of day was being cut off at a startling rate and she boum cou d calculate in in days when she would not be ba able to distinguish the lightest day from the darkest night she felt terrible a world of darkness of helplessness and despair she lost her sight but before it was entirely gone she found a philosophy she figured why pile up the agony it is coming upon me in i spite of all I 1 can do why not ease it down upon me and use it for good with all my sympathizing friends her cheer and chivalry became a surprising inspiration to her many sympathizers and she found that this policy made her burden much lighter to bear but that philosophy of hers was put to a se searching arching test when as her infirmities developed it became necessary for one of her continued on page 8 the old settler i 0 continued from page 1 lower limbs to be amputated deep in the chambers of her game old heart she had sharp pangs of terror the torture of it the shock of it and now to be even more I 1 helpless than she had been before it seemed almost more khan han I 1 she could endure I 1 but her philosophy was all that she had and now it was a most precious possession she clung to it she opened her heart to all the comfort c om fort it had to offer it gave her faith and trust rust and hope it assured her there was a divine program in the bitter things peo pie have to meet she would meet it bravely sha would accept its crosses for the glory of its unfailing crowns she would not challenge the giver of all good by ungrateful protests at her assignment her last days were blessed and sanctified to herself and her friends because she found a philosophy she inspired faith in their hearts she kiril kin lied led an unfaltering altering trust in her own I 1 maintain that it makes little difference what men have to suffer but whether or not they have a philosophy with which to bear it and make the most out of it that makes a tremendous difference ALBERT R LYMAN |