Article October 25, 1930 Issue

The Easiest Way

EDITH DOYLE

Two friends were walking across the fields one sunny summer afternoon. They had spent the morning on a wooded promontory looking through pine trees over the yorkshire moors, sweeping away, fold beyond fold, "unto their utmost purple rim." As they returned through fields of "bearded barley" and soft gray-green oats, they spoke of Jesus and of his walking through the cornfields with his disciples.

How different from the rush and noise of modern cities seemed the Master's life! Yet he had to deal with the same so-called mortal mind as they. Human nature has not changed, and to-day men have to contend with the same human difficulties; and similar lessons of overcoming may be learned from the simple life of the country.

Passing through those fields in the morning, the friends had watched a farmer destroying an attractive looking plant. To him it was merely a tare which hindered the growth of the oats; and so it was mown down and carted away. Are there not many things in our lives which seem pleasant and attractive, and with which we are loath to part? But if they are of no real value, and if they hinder our growth and progress, is it not better to cast them away? Though it may seem difficult to uproot them, they will only add to our difficulties if we continue to cherish them, and our way will be easier without them.

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