Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-09-30
From Tie Nep York Observer.

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s THE TEST OF DEATH.
Death should ever be to US the memen-
to, and the test of the true value, and the
great ends of life. So prone are NE. to be
1engrossed with the world. to yield our
Iselves to It's allurementS and temptations,
that we are often in danger of forgetting
our mortality and the Judgment, and of
living unWorthily of ourselves and below
the great ends of our being. 1t is. true.
| indeed, that serious reflection now and
then comes, in pensive moments, TO make
Us ponder the future; to wake US, as with
an angel touch, to full sense Of all that
we are. and of all to which God is calling
/ as. And In such moments, how often do
we resolve that we mill live more for our
immortality. But soon the current of
earth again sweeps over US soon we are
/ walking over the very wreck of our sol
emn resolutions, planning as eagerly,
! grasping as largely as though we were 10
live here forever And we need some-
thing, some everything monument, like
| The flaming sword of Eden to our first
parents. to warn US away from our dan
ger, to impress the lesson that here we.
are to live but little while And this
DEATH is ever DOING coming upon us
suddenly, like the thunder-crash in the.
I.clear sky, or in the silent, steady progress
LOT his ever destroying work. We are
just on the point of yielding to tempta-
Etion and death echoes to our. ears that
1. hejis bearing US to the judgment, where,
i il we yield, fearful account may be ours.
We are strongly tempted to course, TO
.enter upon which would practically be
saying that pleasure is our chief good -
land deatbWhispers 20 US, that he will soon
touch with his .blighting finger, every
pleasure whose sources are below the
skies We are planning as earnestly,
grasping as eagerly, as though the world
/ might yet be ours; and, as we look up,
DEATHS Standing by our side, telling Of
his claim from God upon US, and that in
a little while he will crumble to the dust
our every plan that takes not hold on
heaven. We are neglecting growth IN.
/ grace and death, in solemn accents
i warns Us that we shall soon be where no.
/ thing will seem worthy of thought COM
/ pared with progress IN holiness. We are
living for the objects oftiane and sense
/ living in continued impenitence; and
death, from the opening graves Of those
cut down by our side, thunders to US, that
we too soon must follow, and that if we
seek not Gods favor we are lost; that If
1 we repent not, we perish !
! Thus does death, ever beside us, like
our own shadow, warn US to live ia con-
/ sistency with our probation, and fos the
/ great ends of our existence. Like the
.ltruest friend-not the one who merely
lamuses US in an idle hour, but who stern
i " rebukes our errors, and seeks our high.
est improvement, and whispers to US of
high and holy eforts,-like such a friend,
death is ever calling us away from folly
and sin, to all that is holy,to allthat will
! fit US for heaven. Standing beside US, not
with sombre, but ever with serious as
4 pect. pointing US with deep solemnity to
the grave-whither he will SO soon bear.
us-reminding US that there is the test of
! life, surely it is wise for us 10 learn the
lesson heis ever striving to impress. AS
! 1.-The banner of the dymg saladin was borne
d throaoh his armies withethe monition,
IL z Is an tknt 1emGips of Saladin the
kould death impress upon our
!. ia bow little Of earthN will soon be
s IeIL " US As the herald was command
i ed by Phi|ip daily 20 cry before him, Re
mensbsf. Philip, thai tl0ls art asortdl,' SO
4 should death ever remind. ms of our NOR
tally, and lead US to live for brighter
J and better state Death-DEATH, tsis
/ Is the TEST 81 LIFE t. E.
! September, 1910.
Il MOTHERS. Ii is the glory of our re-
J lligion, that it assigns to woman her ap.
/. propriate sphere. La. all nations, ancient
) or modern, not blessed with revelation
: and even among the followers of Moham.
med, whose imposture is engrafted on the
!. sacred scriptures, women, the best IN
. structed and the most elevated, are bu
;, slaves Of imperious lords, and panders t.
! the most debasing passions Their men
tai cultureis almost wholly neglected -
8 and they are invariably treated, as belong
: ing to an inferior order of beings.
4 But even Judaism, though designed TO
h Ia people comparatively barbarous, an6
4 adapted to rude state of society. exalt
b woman to her just rank, as, in q com
= mand Of the deealogue, it requires chil
4 dren to honor their mother equally wit
8 their father.e
!. TEST OF EMPLoVMENTs.-I II is relate
! of a celebrated play actor, that he had re
Il ftired from the stage amidst his popularity
lei and thereby occasioned great dissatisfac
ut ton to those TO whose pleasure he had ad
le.l ministered. A friend demonstrated wit
to him; nay, it is believed, a deputation wal
i'd led upon him to request him to retur
--lagain to the stage. Mark his strikin
he reply i feelthere must be a gap betwee