Litchfield enquirer., 1846-12-10
Live not dO Y0.zrscIi.
BY REV. J. TODD.

Il hangs there. '" hang here" Sa,S ihr bcnU uul lluwcr." tn Aw, tltn the air !hnt man hlrlit,rS, t. upcn my hcautiGS, Ia kind rInotmn m his eye, tn show ht"u the hand of hts God, who ptnciltd each leaf aud laid ,h' m Ihu> un my bosom - And whrsh,'r ou find me here ,n grt C, Hun, every lnurnGug, or wh. thrr you find lnt. Gn the lnne mountain Sid.', wnh the bare possibility that he will ,h,nw un m" one passing glance. my cnG is 'hc ,lne live not 10 myself"
 Beside 3"n highway stnrds an aged tree solitary and antr'. You see un iv- .ng thing near II. md you s,y. su fly that n.,I>l stand tor itself alone. "No," say ihn tree, " Gni nrvrr m de inp for |; purpose. SO >mnli. For more ,hau a han. drrd yeats Il we stood here. la su'n- mer have spread out my ar,ns and shcl- tered lh" pa,isns fl "kS which h,s'rn",i to my shade. In my bosom l have concrnlcd aud prot, .trd tue hrnoi "t young hIrdS. n> they lav and rocked l.! lhc slnrn. have more than uuce r, c''i- ,cd in my body ,..e ligh'ning wh,ch had else G,'>,rnytd the travei-r-.he ac- .,rns which have ,ualurrd ,in,n year tu ClEs UdNC "d'Ii (uI ulltl iI' groves of forest oaks ran claim me as their parent have lived for the ragi. winch has prrched on my tnp-iiT the hum,nng hird, which has paused and re- tre>hrd nS gddy wings, ere II danced away agnin like a blossom ot ih'' air--fr Ihe insect that has found a home wnh,n the folds Ui my dark bark -and when 1 can stand no longer, lshaIl tall 5y the har d ut nan. aud l shall go io strengthen ,hr ship whIch makes hi.n Ind of ih' ocean, to his dwelling tD warm his hearth and cheer his home. live not for myself
 On \"nd,'r moun'ain side com"s d"wn ,h silver brook, in ihr dlstanrc the rih- bon of silver, runnng aud laping AS Il q shes joyou>ly and leal les>ly "owu, Cn ask the h'aprr what he Is 1ong. "l Was born" says the brock, hIgh up the ,,o,m,i,,,.--hu, ihrrrl could do ,io gnod- nmc! s, nm hurrying down, running wh, re l can. aud Irapmg where must, but haS,rnug down in water the Swer: vltlry ,whcrrihc thirsty cattle may drink, where the lark ,nny S,ng on my margin, wh I'll may drive the m;Il for the nc- cuniudallOn of man, aud then widen into a grra, river, md bear up his sicnmbmrS and >h pp"g. and finally plunge into 'hr ucrnn, ;O rise again In vapur. and per ha pS come back again in the cl"lld 10 my own native moIn an, and live my short life over again. No! n drop of waler c",n-s down m my chrnnel in whose bright face you nnv not read, " None ui Us i,vc,h tor himself"
 Speak now iu that star that hangs in ,hr far verge ot heaven, and ask the bright spark rr wha, h" Is dnlng there ]? Us vuicr comes down the path of lif, and cries, nnn Il mighty world. Was >rai,unch here at the creation, l Was "nunng ,hr mC'nlng stars hal sang l"gc'h- CT, and among 1hcsnns "t Cod H. a, shout ed for joy a, thn creation ot ihc cur'h.- Aye, i' as there
 When the radiant morn of creation broke, And tie world in h. smile of God awoke, And inc empty realms of darkness and death Were movqd through their depths by his migh
 ,y bseah;
 And the o.bs fl beauty and spheres of flame From the void abyss. in myrals came,
 In the in> of youth, as the. dlrtcd away
 Through the whaling wastes of space To play, rheir .ilvcr voices in chorus rung,
 And ,hi. was the song the bright ones sung"
 " Here among thc morning stars, had my place, and help To keep other worlds hnlnnc. d ;.nd in thcIr places. l hay" uceans and mountains, and l supper, myriads ut imnIo, tai b~'ingS on my i"'>'nD ;,.. whtn 1 have done ihI>. l send m.. b.ighl beams down in,a tn and ihr Sii .. or lakaS held .f the h. In "n.: iiNrs hi> owe un uc, amt iinhS hls h'mn nci'rS> tir. uce,n or alt lh" cou"ir>s hO-i> "f my >i>l.r stn,S, who Walk forth 'n Ihr gr' "i space ot creation, not one lives and shines for hin>' u v
 And thus God has written upon ih' flower lhai sW.rtrnS the nIr. upon the trc. Z.. that flower ni :i> ~i"ni. upon iit'' ram drops shat swell the nnghiv rivrr. uuou .hr dew drops tht rrir">h"s ih' >nsniirSi S,iIg (" 'n'SS that ft.rH ''S h''n': ,n ,he dcst ,t, Iip,lI Il C Uct an th..i rocks every Swi,nnnr m i's cha n'crS, upon eV- cry lnnc,i, shci; that sleeps m the cav crnS of the deep, as well nS upon lht mph,v sun thai WhlinS and chGrrS thc uui ions of creatures thht i've in hiS light upon nil has he writtcn, None of Us iIv- ch to htms lf.'
 And n you will read this lesson in characters stil. uorr .!Isiinct and si1IkIng you w.i. gn 10 the Gardennt Geihse'nt" and hear the kederner in prayer. wh'lr the angel oi God strengthens him. You will read II lon on ,hc h'il ct niv"ry. where n voice ih |; might be the c"ncrn' trn ed voice of the whole univ, r,e ot Go' no.IaImS that the highest. nobstH' "cea wh oh lh, Intinnr can do, ts to do good io 0 hus--not 10 live :n hinlS-ii.
 WIT IN CHOOSING IExr5 A young nreacher in the time uf James |. being ap' pDioted 10 hold fort te!ore the Vice Chan. r-Iior and heads ot colleges ol Oxford choSc i,, his text, " N hat, cannot ye watch one nour .n which caIr.ei personal alluSioH, as lhe Vlce Chancellor happened tO be one