Litchfield enquirer., 1831-04-07
SATURDAY EVENING THOUGHTS.
BY A YOUNG LADY.

SATURDAY EVENING THOUGHTS.
BY A YOUNG LADY.
Another week has fled And let us in
quire what has been our occupation during
the silent bot swift progression of that I" lite
tie time." Has any object Of charity pre-
sented itself, and have We wiped the tear Of
sorrow from the eye and satisfied the era
wings of poor human nature Or has the
mind been turned in praise to the Source
ofall Good, for his many bountiiul bless
sings and Mercies I If this has been our em-
ployment---our conduct---how sweet the
consolation how delightful the mind and
how calm the conscience The SABBATH
| ushers in to us a holy holiday, when tho boz
dy will rest from its labors and the mind be
industriously, and without interruption
employed in tracing and meditating ON the
delightful promises and offered mercies Of
"Crucifed Redeemer." In despite vi
| the frOwns of fortune, the sneers and scorn
of an ungrateful world, our life glides away
"as the smooth, unruffled stream, which
meanders amidst the hills, and is sheltered
from the rude storms by tho craggy noun
tain's side," until it is at last made to flow
into the Great Ocean of eternal happiness,
reserved for the good Of this world. What
subject for contemplation aud instruction!
Let us always act as though our fellow be-
ings saw us, and think as though God knew
onr most secret thoughts. Let us employ
the "brief space Of time'' allotted to us
here on earth, in striving, with the most I'M
wearied assiduity, to find out aud walk in,
that narrow path which leads to life ever
lasting.
1t is wholesome to the mind and soul 10
call ourselves frequently to an account for
our past lifc---the years, the months, the
weeks, and the days we have passed on this
p" terrestrial ball" When the sun is about
Z" dipping himself in the Western wave"---
the ruddy streaks in the west are beginning
to grow dusky---the week seems fading "a
way---and when the Sabbath begins to
dawn---this is the time for reflection, for
inquiry.
What thoughts occupy the mind Of those
who live to do good and expect to be hap
py7 A week is past---and let my thoughts
trace back its business---and let conscience
pass faithful sentence. Let US improve
the present moments, for the future may
not be ours. Ere to-morrOw's sun shall
have shed his glorious rays upon the earth
we may have passed away, and be number
ed among the things which once existed. !.
GENIUS.
We are exceedingly prone to undervalue
the services ofour fellows, or rather 10 cal
culate them by the apparent ease or diff
Guilty with which they are produced. Bot
who can be a judge Of the tolls and fatigue
Of another whose habits and labors are so
foreign to his own Genius is looked upon
as sort of inspiration, which exorts itself
without effort and produces its finished
gems at thought. The world deems not
that the mind which builds such stupen-
dous monuments ofits power, surviving all
that human hands have wrought, must la
Dor, and faint, and agonize, in the execu-
ton ofits task. They can sympathise with
the sturdy laborer who struggled against
physical obstacles with incessant sweat aud
WEAKNESS. They can condescend 10 look
with pity upon the baffied powers of him
who finds his labors to fail of their expected
success, and bows to the stern necessity Of
renewing Tomorrow the almost hopeless
labors which have been fruitless to-day.
They can grieve over the whitening
strength and constitution Of him whose
health has been torn from its iron founda-
ton, by the sacrifice Of ease and rest to the
unsatisfying acquisition of gain. But for
the toll and fatigue, the wrestling and the
Illustrate yearnings Of the mind, the world
has no sympathy. Those who struggle for
afeebie sustenance to support the life which
they know they must sooner or later resign,
and vanish with il from the very remem-
brance. of the world.-~what are their hum
ger, and thirst. and fatigue, and tears, and
dependencies, that they should be thought
of before whose every breath.--whOse
every pulsation Is p red for immortality I
How often 10 the strain Of thepOe' chan