Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-09-13

tn the ungodly. And the immoral tenden-
CIV of costly apparel aud furniture is not
the greatest evil. 1t is fearful robbery
Of tire poor aud destitute.
RAPIDlTY OF TIME. s
Swiftly glide our years-they follow
each other like the waves Of the ocean,
Memory calls up the persons we once
knew, the scenes in which we once weraH.
actors; they appear before the mind like
the phantoms of a night vision. Behold
The boy, rejoicing in the gaiety of his soul
the wheels Of time cannot move too rapid
" for him-the light of hope dances in his
eys-the smiles Of expectation play upon
his lip--he looks forward to long years of
joy 10 come--his. Spirit burns within him
when he hears of great men and mighty
deeds--he wants to be mamie longs to,
bea mamie longs to mount the hill Of
ambition, to tread the path of honor. to
hear the shouts of applause. Look at him
agan---he is now in the meridian of life
care has stamped its wrinkle upon his brow
disappointment has dimtmed the lustre Of
his eye--sorrow has thrown its gloom up
on his conference.-the looks back upon
the waking dreams Of his youth, and signs
for their fulility-each revolving year
seems to diminish something from his lit
tie stock of happiness, and he discovers that
the season Of youth, when the pulse Of an.
ticipation beats high, is the only season Of
enjoyment. Who is he ofthe aged locks2
His form is bent and. totters-his footsteps
move more rapidly toward the tomb--he
looks back upon the past--his days APP
pear to have been few, and he conissses
that they were evil--the magni6cnnee Of
the great is to him vanity tho hilarity Of
youth, folly--he considers how soon the
gloom of death must oyershadoR the one
and disappointment end the other-~the
world presents little ID attract and nothing
to delight him still, however, he would
linger in it--s.ill he would iengthcn out
his days-though Of bea1ty's blossom Of
fancy's FASH of music's brsath,' he is
forced to exclaim, have no pleasure In
them. "A few years ofinfrnlity, inanity
and pain, must consgn him 60 idiocy or the
grave-yet this was the gay, the generous,
I the high-sonled boy, who behefd his as
cending path Of life strewed with flowers
without o thorn. Such is human life--but
such cannot BIO the ultimate destinies of man.
Feeling and Geatimens. - There are
two men of my acquaintance, Of nearly
the same age, properly and stpnding III
society, one Of whom Is q man Of feeling,
and the other man Of sentiment. Senti-
ment is rather more gifted man than
Feeling, writes and talks well, and on no
subject does he speak 80 often and 30 well,
as on the duty Of doing good to each 9th
err. Feeling never wrote paragraph ina
newspapers, nor spoke where ten people
could hear him |; but there is not cellar
or garnet in street that he has
not been into, and there are hundreds Of
people who pray for him every day oftheir
Lives. Sentiment IS an admiration Of his
acquaintance. Feeling the delight Of his
friends. No better illustration can be
given Of the difference between them, than
was shown in their conduct on one part;c-
ular occasion. A mutual friend Of theirs
had died suddenly, under circumstances OF
i peculiar affection, and leaving a large fam.
/ ily nearly destitute. Sentiment heard Of
| his death as he was going 10 IN evening
party, when be spoke Of his departed friend
and 81 the irreparable loss TO his widow
and children in such way as 10 bring tears
into the eyes fall who heard him. but IN
a short time the conversation turned upon
other subjects, and Sentiment became a.
lively. and entertaining as ever. Feeling
also heard pfit as he was going 70 the same
party, and 4nrned about and went home,
for he loved his friend too well to feel IN
the mood TO Join in gay crowd while ne
was yet unburied. The nexf day Senti-
1 ment set down aud wrote a bsautiiulleiser'
10 the hersaved widow, while feeling went
( about and collected subscription for her
nse. Sen.iment published an eloquent
obituary notice Of his friend. while Feeling
raid his funeral expenses. FEELING adopt-
a enc Of his sons, and educaie9 him. while
Il senaiu,ont named one Of his own sllsF him.
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