Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-11-12
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| thoroughly religious, anu Will uouDittsS
be read wth inleres, by large portion
of our subscribers. All may gain ins,luc-
,lon by us perusal.- Hatck Eye.
Love 10 Chris, is All abiding motive
IL Is neither fancy, nor sentiment. nor
an evanescen, emotion. II is a principie
calm, steady .undecaying |, was once a
problem in mechanics, TO find pend, IN
which should be equally long ~ all wea.h-
ers-- hich should make the same number
OF vibrations in The summers heat and IN
the winters cold. They have now fund IL
out. BY "a process OF compensaIions they
make The rod lengihen one way as much
as ii contracts another, ST. that the centre
of motion is always the same: HE pendu-
lum swings the same number OF beats in
day Of January as in day of June; and
The index travels over the dial plate wih
The same uniformity, whether The heat Try
to Ieng,hen or the cold TO shorten, the pro
pelhng power. Now, the moving power
IN some mems minds is sadly susceptible
of surrounding influences. Ii is no, prin
ciple. but feeling, which forms their pen
dulum rod; and according as this very va
riable material is affected, their index
creeps or gallops. they are swift or slow
in the work gwen them to do. Bun prin.
ctple is like the compensaiIon-rod, which
neuher lengtltens in The languid heat, nor
shotlens in the brisker cold; but does the
same work day by day, whether The ice
winds whistle, or The simeon CLOVIS. OF
all principles, high prIncipled affection
10 the Saviour is the sleadlesi and mos.
secure. Other incentives 10 action are
APT 10 alter or lose their influence alto,
ee,her. You once did many things for
The sake of friends whose wishes, ex.
pressed or understood, were your incen-
live, and hose ready smile was your re.
cumpense. Blu, that motive to activity is
closed. Those friends are now gone
here ynur industry cannot enrich them
nor your kindness comfort them. Or II
they remain. they are no longer The same
thai once they we're. The magic lghi
has faded from oil them. The myslerl-
, Gus interest which lowered round them
= has gone up like mountain INST. and
: ieit Them in ,helr win,ery GOODNESS or
natural uuggednes>; no longer those
whom once YOU took them to be. Or
YOU did many things for tame; and were
well reqnlled for a winters work when
: The husannah OF "a tumullous assembly, or
the i4an OF a newspaper paragraph pro-
claimed YOU the hero of the hour. But
even tina, SCR, Of satisfaction has passed
away. and. meager diet as these plaud,ls
always were. you stand on The hungry
pinnacle, and. like other aspifants OF tie
same deserl-roamlng school, you snuff;
but. alas! the breeze h 5 changed. The
!, popular taste, the wind of fashion, has
enl,rely veered about; and. except an
occasional tan,alIzing Whit from the
oasis OF recedlng popularity, The SWEEP
;, gust of its green pastures regales you nc
more. Or YOU are used 10 work for
= money for literal bank notes aud pieces
of mln,ed metal. Yes, mere money i,
|, Your motive. And you will sit up nj
midnight, or rise III The drnwsy morning
to ge, one piece more. DO you not fee
as If your money safe were the metropo-
Il lis of your affections! Where you
money Is, is no, your heart there also
x W here your fortune TO clap It's wings AM
Il, away. would not YOU leel as il you
happiness had fed away! Have M
;, Your very thoughts got "A golden lnge
And tracing some OF ihiS SabbaIh's medi
,allon> back to their source. would nc
YOU soon land in the llll, the exchange
tie ccun,ing room! Is not gold you
IS chlele>t joy! But have no, flashes {
uuh iron. time to tlme dlsmayed you
w liza, am living Tor! For mske.b.
Iieve like thls! For a glil,ering che;
which lin the way lha; am using i
, viii be forgotten in heaven or felt like
canker in hell! How shall wake u
my demen.ed SELF from lhls spell dream
and see some surer bliss. some MOI
enduring joy! For grant that l shall
- buried IN IL coffin Of gold. and comnem'
rated IN a diamond shrine. what The hal
IT pier will il make the me that then sh;
Beg And even without these bright
5. convictions, without these mnmental
breaks IN The general delrum of cove
business, do YOU not feel a dulier dissatI
faction occasionally creeping over "
and paral, ztng your busy efforts! "W'
- is this right? This hesdlong hunt
(ortune-is II the end for which nv Gre
S: tor sent me into the world! Is it 4
hlghes, end for which my immortal s.
can live! Is il The best way OF bes,o'
ing lha, single s"Journ in this probaii
would, winch God has given me! A
what am | tie beuer' Am sure thai
myself am The happier Tor ii! Dare
- hauer mysef that in bequeahIng
oss much money, bequesth 10 my chiIdr
ii sure and certain good-an inevna
blessing!' And such intrusive though
en- whose shadows at least fiji across IN
y" serious minds, are very dampeulng
tffort-very desdening 10 diligence
business. Merely serving your frien
IN The pursuit OF tame, merely seekln
UT fortune, yon are IN constant danger
having all motive annihila,ed, and SO
and effort, pardl, zed.,g Blu. whatever be
business in hand. from he veries, II
up To the sublmest enterprise; II
;" bind ng a slnt -islchtt to preparing
highway Tor the Lord: If only YOU
conscious that ,h,s is die work wi