The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-02-08
Courage in sickness.


elf must die, the will of God be done;
but let me die like man in the field
and in action, nobIy struggling for con-
quest F" .....
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 a
judgement from Heaven, for some crime
of theirs or their ancestors, which has no
connection with the disease; or perhaps
as kindly monitor 10 teach them a les
son on the frailty of human life, and to
W IN them TO prepare for death. 1t
sounds indeed strange 10 such, TO talk
about mastering up courage" and sally
ing forth from the polluted atmosphere OF
a close room to struggle as on the field of
battle with the enemy; of b-aclng up
ones nerves and goog out as if to take
bout with Mendoza -
But however chimercal such language
NAV seem to be, it is not the less true,
that scarcely any thing is more necessary
for the diseased and languishing than
courage. AS long as matter and mind
shall be connected, they will exert re-
ciprucal influence upon each other. No
truth is more manifest than that The body
cannot be restored 10 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 dys-
peptic of gloomy years, who has suffered
a thousand deaths, and spent all his pa;ri-
mony in drugs and medicines, set himself
vigorously and resolutel y at work to re-
gain the health he has so foolshl y squan-
1ered, with all the indomitabe energy of
Hannibal scaling the Alps. Let him
rouse himself, if he can, from his sick
couch, and hasten from his curlaned
room out amid the sunshine, and breathe
the pure fresh air of Heaven. and per-
severe in his efforts, as strength will al
low, and by degrees the flush of health
will mantle his pallid cheek, and hope
will gradually steat in to revive his sink
ing heart, and ne will again rejoice in all
The buoyancy of youth. If he ever finds
the gem he has lost, he must search for it
earnestly and patiently, along the shady
brook, or on the forest covered mountain,
rather than among the powders and pills,
with which pnftd and bloated quackery
is flooding this " gulIibIe age"
Has he revealed in luxury and indul ged
his appetite in all its morbid cravings for
stimulating f'od or drinks. till his en-
faeb!ed nerves and bIoa,ed countenance
and wandering senses cry out against his
SulCIudl CUuTSS tJst nun tulu anu re-
pent and abandon his destroyers and a
tide of holy emotions will rush in to bear
his soul Onward and upward to the snless
land.
1t is strange that man should wish 10
know every thing else but himself; that
he should study all other laws but the
laws cf Iife that he should leave his bo-
dy TO float like an unguarded ship, the
sport Of wind and wave, til! it is wrecked
upon the rocks that peer up amid the sea
OF life! Ho, We whose frail barque is al
ready among the breakers Rouse We, it
is for your life j A beacon light CLEANS
amid the gloom. Strain every nerve, or
the dark pillows of death will roll over
your untimeIy graves!
PENNSYLVANIA FREEMAN.-The first