American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-11-18
THE DIsAPPOINTMENTs OF LIFE.

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF LIFE.
The present world is scene Of variety, success
sion and mutability. Hills and vaes, barren wastes
and fruitful fields, diversity the works OF God. TIL,
morning dawn, and The noontide brightness, arr
succeeded by the shadows Of evening and the dark
ness of midnight. Maturing summer follows ths
reviving spring, and hoary headed winter succeeds
the pleasing melancholy of autumn.
Equally variable is human life. Our circums!sn
ces, our relations, and even our own bodies are con
tinually changing. But this very diversity exhibit.
the perfecons of Providence, and is designed te
educate US for an eternal state It is easy to per
ceve that it every thing were according to our mind
if we were to experience cessation of pleasure in
this world, we never should be willing to exchange
it for another. is right, therefore, that we should
learn from our own observation and experience, by
how uncertain a tenure we hold the choicest Of
earthly blessings. BY these our zeal will be
active, our patience become perfect, and we shall
be the more ready and willing to depart and be with
Christ. Lille and health are uncertain. AS to oui
life. It'll vapor which appeareth for little time
and then vanishe,h away, Our health is de pendent
upon SO many delicate and combined causes, that we
are never sale from disease.
What reason then have we to say as we walk the
streets. the hour Is coming when shall behold you
no more and when We enter our dwellings, 10 say
the grace IS my h0me this apparel now lay aside
and resume, shall soon lay aside forever; and this
bed on which rest nv weary body, will be by and
by chilled with the dampness OF death from This
sinking frame Lord! make me to knolo ny en0
md the measure Of my days. In our walks we see
many going about the st Gets. We enter the
sanctuary, and miss those of whom we once took
sweet counsel, and with whom we went 10 the
house of God. Their places know them no more
We enter our own dwellings and those OF our friends
and painful recoilections are awakened ~ the va
cant seats they once occupied, and by sight o.
those books they had read, and marked with
their own hands, We walk from room TO room ane
sigh for lover and friend: hast Thou, ne inquire
put far from me my acquaintance But in the
midst of the very varying scenes, divine grace pre-
serves balance in the SOUL In prosperity it serves
to keep US humble, in adversely it sus'ains our spi
rils; and while we enjoy its benefits in the life
which pow we are called to look beyond this mu
table world to state Of perfect and Interchangeable
happiness Death ends our toll and strife, ant
brings us to that rest which remains for the people
Of COP. Methodist .hagazine.
Extract from President Wade's Address, delivered to tn
Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts the
cent Commencement at Franklin College, Georgia
"To no period of human life is Modesly unsuita
BILE, but at time is it so ornamental, or appear.
with such captivating charms, as in the season O
youth. Withou, modesy it can never appear in al
its loneliness. True merit is always modest and re
firing. Beware Of indugng an assuming air of os
tentatious vanity, which exhibits an obtrusive desire
to shine in every circle. 1t always promises more
than it will be able to perform. Neglect or con-
tempt will be the Notifying consequence. Excess
solicitude lest your talents should be unobserveo
will always miss its aim, and be attended with more
injury than advantage. When talents and integrity
are united in The character Of young man, there
is always sufficient penetration in society to discover
their possessor, and without any ocious efforts
his part, they will be invited into exercise at the
proper time.
Various other topics suggested to my mind
OH which this address might be protracted. But to
minds such as yours, f1atter myself those already
considered may suffice. Piety towards God, equity
sympathy and veracity towards men, with due re
gard TO the government of the passions and employ
ment of your time, seem to include every thing
sentia your usefulness and comfort in this liie
to secure you happiness in future state.
BY the steady practice OF pety towards Cod you
will lay up the most substantial supports under the
infrmites OF age, in the consciousness of his appro-
baton and that oil your own heart. The energies Of
genius may and generally do disappear in old age,
but the moral splendor OF genuine pety retains its
lustre to the last. The memory of the profoundest
scholar may become impaired he may become the
shade of what he was the relic Of himself and the
ruins Of man.; but the heart of piety retains its in
tegrily forever. The evening of life is Invested Of
its sombre aspect by the prospect of removing to q
region Of cloudess light where the kindest reception
awaits him. The voice OF all approving conscience
is music to which man may listen with delight in
his latest hour.
BY due regard to the social virtues, and duties
OF justice and humanity, you will nc. only secure