The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-23

yet u not hsel 10 gAln r0nert ard useful
knOHleige-lO discover llle night and Inc
wEong paths Of liit--lo lsEesec evil In time
- avoid il; IL the head i carried 80 hlg'l
As 10 hinder dislinsl Fisian II lie SUM
hling-blOeks laid for The feet. they fail 10
answer lhe purpose Q! eyes. and might IS
well have beea in The sales Of their feel.
n j. mot without reason. therefore. that Tie
wise mans eyes are in his head; be uses
them Alright, and by The use he makes Of
them, they berome the windows, through
which lie soul looks out. in the direction
in which The finger Of Gods Providence
anal word paints. and They discover The
path Of Dschaness AID safety. 49,
In this respect. The difference is great IN
different men; and perhaps in no enc thing
is the difference greater. Some men seem
10 notice alike every phenomena Of uamre
and every indication Of Providence. They
find sermons in sinncs. books in the rum
ming brooks, and guod in everything Not
a pebble lying as il peeps through the
hedge, fails 10 receive from him due aisen-
lion. any more than the mountain that lilis
il heads high above The surrounding plain,
or the cattle upon thousand hills tllh-
ers pass along with rolling. wandering
eyes, and yet seem To see nothing distinct
Is; and il asked at night what one thing
they noticed during the day. which they
turned 10 some useful account, they would
be obliged 10 confess themselves none the
wiser for any Thing they saw between the
rising aud The setting OF the sun. tsse.
Morris this difference less remarkable in
respect 10 the signs Of The times, o. indi-
sallng The proper course ni setiaa No
one can doubt that the providence Of God
often gives the sound Of going; il not in
The tops oilhe mulberry trees, as to David
vet somewhere, as n signal 10 men TO he
stir themselves; coming events cast their
shadows before them, so. that men Who
use their eyes may lnresee many an evil
and hide themselves. We believe that the
observing man is able 10 recall many a
lime, when The course oleyents bad such
Shape aud direction asito moveshim TO a
certain course OF action, which The result
proved 10 have been iorhis own hest good
while those same outward indications wcro
unmarked. and OF course useless 10 The in
eonsitleraie multitude around him. sy &
Aud then there is what we call know
ledge of human nature--of msn-of the
lawstby which he i governed, and of the
best methods byswhichihey can be reach
ed and Influenced 10 right course Of life.
How widely DO meu differ in the use they
make OF their ewes in respect to this afti-
Gle! Some seem TO live and move among
their fellow men without ever really know
ing them, taking their knowledge Of them
from their outward appearance, which is
seldom the index of their true character.
Others make different use Of their eyes,
look deeper and more narrowly, and under
the covering thrown over the motives, they
see what manner of spirit is working in
the heart, and the direction. Of the deep un-
der.current which, though it be opposite
often to that upon the surface. shows after
all which way the man is going. Here
now is the use of the eyes, which marks
the truly wise man. y-.... + e#+ :
Nor is this all. There is an ohseiya-
ton which discovers God in his works,
and which brings him near TO the soul as
dread reality, insomuch that the obser-
yer endures--is kept true TO his duty, as
seeing Him who is invisible hi seeing
God as thus ever near, ever watching the
motives and conduct of mankind, as the
ground of his final judgment respecting
: them, which elevates man in the scale Of
being. aud imparts the highest wisdom to
bis soul. ~. ~s@. >*~aa~
, The wise mans eyes are also said to
, be in his head in opposition to being in his
heart; to show that reason, not mere feel.
ing. governs him; that he is not man Of
impulse but of discretion; that he is moved
: by truth, not by passion; and that, although
his feelings may often be deep and ardent
thew are nevertheless under the control OF
. well-balanced mind. Unlike the fanatic,
he does not permit himself to, rejoice, till
, he knows why, nor to remble Till he I'M
uefStslluS W liCICiOlCs iiC d iCd-
son for any course of action proposed to
him, and a reason which shall commend
itself to his sober Judgment. .>.. f. ..
And yet arc there. not men, full of feel
ing at times, they cannot tell why-having
this or that preference, they know not
wherefore! unstable as water, yet about as
, regular in the ebb and flow Of their feel
> ings, as the tides of the occan--men OF
mere impulse and whims Where are The
, eyes ofsueh men, OF she medium through
/ which the influence enters, that touches
!; the springs of action, il not in their hearts!
| How many people are often deeply NOV.
ed merely because Others are, seeing no
, reason for it. with the eyes they have in
: their heads, and excited therefore only by
f the tones and vociferations which appeal
to their sensibilities. .. .,.a5. ar l.
: Intelligent emotion is healthy; but It can
4 exist only as the facts which call for il are
, seen. The eye must effect the heart
, So David felt when he prayed, Z" 0per