Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-11-26


maze Of gladnessi The desire Of na-
ture is strong within .him-he feels his
weakness-he Is sadl He has poetry in
his soul, and love in his heart! He could
tell a tale Of devotion and tenderness
to a dark-eyed one that Is there, but
she has suiiors that are glittering with
|jewels, and clad in garments Of fine.
ness; and she, would no; know him.
lahere; none % saisssns codld YccogflIze
him as kindred clay-as the workman.
ship of God! But see. now! he has hrac.
ed up his soul again. He turns away,
and looking on the stars above us, h,
sees that there is something bright in
this God made universe besides the
| glare Of an astral lamp, or the glitter
ing of a few jewels. He feels his own
nobility again, and is revived, and he
goes again TO his struggle, to cast tho
bread of youth, and energy, and health
upon the waters, and hopes TO find it
again after many days. God help and
reward himl In the mystical priesthood
of honor, he is noble brother! Thos,
stars that he looked shining
there on their supernal throne, like the
disembodied souls of the perfect just
those stars for ages long past, have be-
held all that ever was noble, heroic, or
beautiful, in the world. They have seen
the throne of the Montezemas, and the
riches of the Caliph Of Bagdad-the
beauty ofSolomon's Temple, and the
splendor of Belshazzar's Feast, and the
untold glories Of the enchanted palace
OF Chil-Menar-they have seen the
soul Of Guatemozin ueconquered on bis
"bed Of roses," Of fire and death
they have seen Saul die at G,Iboa, Cato
at Utica, and Leonidas at Thermopo.
la. al these things have they seen;
and they have beheld in the prime Of
earthly glory, the thousand heroes Of
the antique world, whose dim forms and
{ shadowy plumes float like spectres in
the twilight Of distant years; but they
! have looked upon no more heroic
scene, nothing more glorious or beau
tiful, than the soul Of that young man.
!; striving, with undying courage. 10 dig
out from the dark mines of toll, disease
. !. and suffering, the gold for himself and
: others.
My brother, nothing great can be
done in this world, without great cour.
age and suffering. 1t was by courage
and fortitude that the Roman soldiers
conquered the world; it is by abiding
in his faith, in the midst Of suffering
and sorrow in all climes, till his time
comes, that the son Of Abraham hopes
to tread again the hills of Zion. and see
reunited, on the plains Of his father
land, the dust OF Jacob-it was by for
ttude and courage that The Pilgrims
:, found these shores and peopled them
t and it was through the gates of death
: that Warren, Wooster, Jasper and De
kalb marched to find freedom for you,
, and for these twenty millions of peo-
pie! Be brave, my brother, be brayel
a and thou shalt have coat Of arms, and
: it shall be-VALoR sitting on the tabor
nacle of the soul like Pillar Of Fire,
$ and guiding it in the night of sorrow
It through the Wilderness Of Life. Nc
noble act, no good deed ofthine shall be
lost, but shall survive thee; and thy
works shall be, when thou art not
e "Tongues Of the dead, not lost
= But speaking from deaths frost, a. ~.
, / ru.o c.. toor,o, - p,ctn.o,s