Litchfield enquirer., 1844-12-05
THE BOY AND MAN.
BY REV. JOHN. .. Q. ABBorr.


A few years ago. there was in the city Of Boston,
| portrait painter, whose name was MI. 'Copley-
He did not succeed very well in his business and
concluded to England, to try hisfortunes there.
He had little son, whose name was John Single
ton Copley. F'' ~ &sP'T
John was very studious boy, and made such rap
id progress in his studies, that his father sent him
to college. There he applied himself SO closely to
his books, and became 50 distinguished q scholar,
that his instructors predicted that he would make
very eminent man. - '2.,-.'2tta '''.'l|
After he graduated he studied law. And when
he entered upon the practice ofhs profession, his
mind was so richly stored with information, and so
highly disciplined by his previous diligence, that
he almost Immediately obtained celebrity. One or
two cases Of very great Importance heing entrusted
to him, he managed them with SO much wisdom g.
skill, to attract the admiration Of the whole Brit
ish nation "' | $50 s' 'NF
The king and his cabinet, seeing What Learned
man he was and how much influence he had ac-
quired felt it to be important 10 secure his services
for the government. They therefore raised him
from post Of honor to another, till he was Gre
ated Lord High Chancellor of England-the very
highest post Of honor to which any subject can at
tain SO that John Singleton Copley is now Lord
Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor Of England
About sixty years ago he was little boy IN Boston.
His father was poor portrait painter, hardly able
TO get his daily bread. Now, John is at the head
Of the nobility Of England; one Of the most distn-
guisneo men In talent ana power, IN the Rouse OF
Lords, and regarded with reverence and respect by
the whole civilized world This is the reward Of
industry The studious boy becomes the useful and
respected man. -''. NV"
Had John s. Copley, spent his Schoolboy days in
idleness, he would probably have passed his man
hood in poverty and shame. - '', '''9' t''~
But he studied in School, when other boys were
idle he studied in College, when other young men
were wasting their time, he even adopted for his
motto," Ultra pergere," Press on,cdra,) and how
rich has been his reward S' ''
You, my young friends, are now laying the foun-
school, deciding the question. whetl er you will be
useful and respected in life, or whether your man
hood shall be passed in mourning over the foles 81
| misspent boyhood. t,2 ''t,.|f at'" ya'o@
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Lo'ceW on Shnddys.-A writer in the Middle.
sex Standard, describing the manner IN which the
Sabbath IS observed IN Lowell, remarks:
"lf you would see" lowell Alright" as Walter
Scott says Of Melrose Abby, you must be here Of q
pleasant First Day, at the close Of what is called
the afternoon service The streets are then bios
soming like perIpatetlc flower garden, as n the
tulips and lilies and roses OF my friend Warren's
nursery In the vale OF Nonautum should take It IN
to their heads to promenade for exercise. Thou
sands swarm FORTH VINO 'iring weeks Gays are con-
whiteness-extremest fashion elbows the deInure-
ness of old fashioned Methodism. Fair pale faces
catch warmer tint from the free sunshine and
fresh air. The languid step becomes elastic with
sspringy motion in the gait which Charles Lamb
admired Yet the general appearance of the cit,
is that of quietude-the youthful multitude passes
on calmly; its voices snbdued to lower and soft
ened tone, ffesrful Of breaking the repose the
Day Of Rest A stranger fresh from the gaik
spent Sabbaths of the Continent Of Europe would
be undoubtedly amazed at the staid sobfety Of our
crowded Sunday streets, and jump at once to tho
| Frenchman's conclusion that the only amiiseInens