Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-24
CoURAGEIN SICKNESS.

COURA AGE In SICKNESS.
!. If I must die, the will Of God be done.
but let me die like a man in the field
and in action, nobly struggling for con-
questp'
Such language may sound strange TO
those who suppose sickness comes by
stealth like the midnight thief, to steal
away repose and happiness; or as ajudg
ment from Heaven. for some crime of
theirs or their ancestors, which has no
connection with the disease; or perhaps
as kindly monitor. to teach them les
son on the frailty of human life, and to
warnthem to prepare for death. 1t sounds
strange indeed to such, to talk about
mastering up courage" and sallying
forth from the polluted atmosphere of a
close room, to struggle as on the field of
battle with the enemy; ofbracing up ones
nerves and going out as if to take "bou!
with Mendoza r. X.
But however chimerical such language
may seem to be, it is not the less true, that
scarcely any thing is more necessary Cor
the diseased and languishng than courage.
| AS long as matter and mind shall be con-
nected, they will exert reciprocal infu-
ence upon each other. No truth is more
manifest than that the body cannot be re-
stored to health, while the mind remains
cherries and gloomy, and that patient and
continued exercise of the body produces
in turn the most beneficial effects upon the
mind. Let the pale dyspeptic of gloomy
years, who has suffered thousand deaths,
and spent all his patrimony in drugs and
medicines, set himself vigorously and re-
solutel y to work to regain the health he
has so foolishly squandered, with all the
indomitable energy of Hannibal scaling
the lips. Let him rouse himself, if he
can, from his sick couch, and hasten from
! his curtained room out amid the sunshine
| of spring, and breathe the pure fresh air o.
Heaven, and persevere IN his efforts, as
strength will allow, and by degrees the
flush of health will mantle his pallid
cheek, and hope will gradually steal in to
revive his sinking heart, and he will again
rejoice in all the buoyancy of youth. j
he ever finds the gem he has lost, be mus
search for it earnestly and patiently, beside
the flowery hedge, or along the shady
brook, or on the forest covered mountain
rather than among the powders and pills
with which pulled and bIoated quackery
is flooding this "gullible age"
Has he permitted the unhallowed fire:
of envy or anger or lust to burn in hi
soul from day to day! LIE. him bow be-
fore his Maker, and 10 the honesty Of his
heart, impIore strength for conflict will
unholy passions, and wage an uncom
promising war with all sin, and commenc,
the attack and carry it on day by day, AM
he will present his soul spotless at last, II
: Him who made it in his own image. Fla
he revelled in luxury and INDUCED hi
appetite in all its morbid cravings 70
stimulating food or drinks, till his enfee
bled nerves and bloated countenance am
/, wandering senses cry out against his sui
,, cidal course? Let him turn and repen
, and abandon his tesiroyers, and tide @
holy emotions will rush in to bear his sou
E onward and upward to the snless land.
Is it not strange that a,an should wis
i TO know every thing else but himself
: that he should study all other laws but tn
d laws of life; that he should leave his bod
; to float like an unguided ship, the spor
) of wind and wave, till it is wrecked upol
e the rocks that peer up amid the sea of life
7? Ho.ye whose frail barque is already anon,
the breakers! Rouse ye, it is for you
' life A beacon light CLEANS out amid th
gloom. Strain every nerve, or the dar
e pillows of death will roll over your IN
!, timely gravesl
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