Life Is Worth Living

Tlieiearefewiiistanceáof men of genius lamenting ttieir fiiilure to achlere wealtk, or in f act position, political or gociiil, or even literary. ïfiélr momenU ot' exaltation are such as mediocrity dieams not of and are óompensatory. '-You wlll be wrltiug verses to women wlien you are seventy yeais old," saul a go-Vsalléu prncticul man to au American kttthor. He prophesiecl correctly. But wliat of the status of the two men ? One i his age Is buoyant and hopeful of a more brllliant future than even Victor Hugo drearoed in his half-iiisplred state. Tlie otlier is a Washington lobbyist, witli no liigher aspiration tlian a good dinm-r and a badly earneU fee for a mscully j"b. He enjoy, too, the uiieiiviuble a(pellaüon of " tlie old fraud." The re never was a rre;iter hcresy than tliat " life is not worth the livine." It is downright ingratitude to feel that way, uiueli lesa lingiialistically express it. Eveiy man and wimian wliativei' inay be their situation, or condition.shoiild receive life thankfully. The ever-good Crtalor gave human Delngs lite as n ne, and it they it that is tlicir misfortune. No man would ever feel despau or disurpointmentlf he set about tlianking the Creator for iontblne, fiw water, tor flowerg, for the scemry ofthe foresta which is xrateful to the ejes, and the splendorol the variegatlons of aiiluiun. Every seïgon, in fact, has its glories. To make hiiman bein}{s oontented. tbere needn to be knocked out of the world tlie Infernal Hthcism which itmoresGod and deiiesman.