The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-05-23

roHnst1c1l OF Cal1MlANs Accp asdoi
from Sadness" says an Ieelandiek writer
Of she twsllth eenlurv. =. for sadness i :
sickness Of The soul" That principle j.
weak ~ the root. which i unable 10
resist obstacles. The vessel is but III
constructed that cannot retain is integrity
against rough winds or an opposing tide.
Life has many Ills. but the mind that
xiews every object in It's most cheering
aspect. and every doubtful dispensatiOn
- replele with latent good. bears within
itselfa powerful and perpetual ansidoIe.
The gloomy soul aggraEases misfortune.
while > cheerful smile oilen dispels
those misls that pOrlsnd storm. Form
. habit OF being cheerful under adverse
circumstances. "0ur happiness" SAYS
fne writer. 4" is q sacred dePosiie. for
which We must give an account" A
serene and amisble temper is among rs
efficient preseTvaliEes. Admiral cOlling-
wood in his letters TO his daughters, says,
- | never knew your mother 10 utter .
harsh or hssIy thing 10 any person in my
llis. - OF Archbishop Leighton, tits related.
by one qualified In judge. that during
a strict intimacy Of many years. he reEer
saw him Tor one moment in any other
temper Than ihatin which he would wish
to live and TO die" Though some may
with more ease than others. attain equa-
nimily Of character, yet the cheerful
ness that surmounls care, disappointment
and soIrow, must be the result Of cullivas-
ed principle, Of perseEering effort, and the
solicited succour Of the grace Of God.
A good conscience isessential 70 consis
tent eheerfnlness. " Were thy conscience
pure" says the excellent Thomas A..
krmpis. " thou wouldesi be undislurbed
by The opinions and reports Of men con-
corning ihee;-for their commentator can
add nothing to thy goodness. nor their
censures take any thing away from it,
lchat thou art. thou art:-nor can the
praise Of The whole world make thee
happier or greater in the sight Of God.
Thou wilt enjoy tranquility. if thy heart
condemn thee not. Therefore. do not
hope 10 rejoice bat when thou hast done
we'll" A decided preference Of The right.
though the wrong may be rendered most
alluring. and the conviction Of having
intended 10 do well. are necessary 10 self.
approval. Success, and the applause OF
Others, may not always bear in proportion
to the motives that actuale US. We may
be sometimes blamed when our designs
are pure, or praised when We are no,
conscious Of deserving il. Such results
mus, indeed often happen. since this is
stale OF probation and no, of reward. The
true record must be kept within. It's
appeal is 10 tribunal that eanno, err.
The waiting and trusting spirit may
surely be cheerful. II is a weak faith
lha, canno, look above mistake and mis-.
construction uP 10 the clear shining ri
the Sun Of Righteousness. II is bu,
decrepii eheerfulness Iha. can walk abroad
only when the breeze is soft and the path
rsrdant.
We are instructed to believe tina, praise
is the spirit Of heaven. Cheerlulness, and
giving thanks, ought therefore tn be cul-
,iva,ed by all who have hope Of dwell
ing there. II we were to take up our
residence with distant friends, we would
wish to acquire some knowledge Of their
taste, that we might so accommodate our
own as 10 become congsnial inmate. II
we were 10 sojourn in a fhreign coun.
try. we would not neglect the study Of
l,s language as The means Of intercourse
with its inhabitants. II the spiri, of a
cline where we hope 10 dwell ciernally,
is revealed 20 rs, lei US not he indifferent
10 its acquisitions. Let us fashion the lin
eanen.s Of our character after that bright
and glorious pattern, that il we are so hap
py as to obtain enhance therein. its blissful
inhabitants may M, be 10 Us as strangers,
lnr their work a burden;-but let US be
i,ted By the serenity learned on earth. n
become "fellow citizens wilh the saints
md Of the household of God"