The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-07-22

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ffAEoF 10 give about half = dazeu strikes 10
Illusiraie nv Argument !" @~e ~@
! The pendulum complied, and tucked sin
times in rs usual pare. @
Nos, |" resumed me dial, % may . be
allowed 10 iuquiie, IL that exertion was II
all fstiguing OF disagreeshle 10 Won :"
Not in the least" replied The pendu.
lnm " Il is not Of SIX strokes that rom
plain. nor Of sixty. bui Of ailiions 1"
Very good. replied the dial but re.
collect that though Won may think Of q
million strokes IN an Instant. Won are re-
quired 20 execute but one and thas how
ever often you may hearsfier have Ioswing,
> moment will always be given you 70
swing in" D. @6a
That consideration s,aggersm me. Icon
frss." said the pendulum. t @@
Then I hops" resumed the dial-plate,
:. we shall all Immediately return 10 our
duty for The maids will lie in bed If We
stand idling thus" ....@ .+
Upon this the weights, who had never
been aerused Of light conduct. used an
their influence in urging him TO proceed;
when, as with one consent, the wheels be-
gan TO turn. the hands began TO move, the
pendulum began 10 swing. and. 90 lis cred
il, licked as loud a. ever; while a red
beam Of the Iisiug sun that sireamea
through hole in the kitchen. shining full
upon The dlal-plaie. il frightened up as n
nothing bad been the matter. =a -.s
When the farmer came down 10 break
fastthat morning, upon looking atthe clock.
he declared that his watch had gained hall
al hour in the night. ..a. s-a y g.
/ MORAL. s&:a
/ Accelerated modern writer SAYS, take
care Of the rqinufes, and the hours will
take care Of themselves This is an adj.
mirable remark, and might be very season.
ably Iecollectsd when we begin t. be
/" weary in well-doing," from the thought
of having much TO do. The present mo-
lment is all we have 10 do with, in any
sense; the pas, is irrecoyerable the iu.
ture is uncertain nor is il fair To burden
one moment with the weight Of the next.
| Sufficient unto the moment il the trouble
thereof. II we had TO walk hundred
miles, we should still have TO set but one
step al time, and this process continued
would iniallibly bring US TO our Journeys
end. Fatigue generally begins, and is al.
ways increased, by calculating in min.
! ystu the ser,;Sn vi iIvus-. rves - ,~~~~~~~
Thus, in looing forward TO future life,
let us recollect that we have not tn sustain
all its toll, 10 endure all its suGerings,' OF
encounter all lis crosses, al once. One
moment comes laden with its own lille
/ burdens. then flies, and is succeeded by
another no heavier than the last. II on,
team be borne, so can another and another
Even looking. forward to a single day,
1.-The spirit may sometimes faint from an
anticipation Of the duties, the labors, the
trials to temper and patience, that may be
Expected. Now this is unjusily laying
the burden Of many thousand moments
upon one. Let any one resolve always
10 do right now, leaving Then To do as it
can and if he were TO live to the age oil
Melhusslah, he would never do wrong.
Blu, the common error is, TO resolve to act
right after breakfast, or after dinner. or
I Tomorrow morning, or ne1i time; but
nor. just no,c, this once, we must go OH
the same as ever. ga44s Z ass sac
1t is easy, for instance, for the most i'll.
tempered person 10 resolve, aihat the next
time he is provoked. he will not let his
temper overcome him; but the victsry
would be 10 subdue temper on the present
provocation. il, without taking up the
burden of the future, we would always
make the single effort at The present mo-
ment; while there would, at any one time,
be very little to do, yet, by this simple
process confined, every thing would at last.
be done. nj. .4ev y: @na .ses.5 .sa5s i III.
I, seems easierto do right TO- morrow
than to-day, merely because we forge, tina,
when Tomorrow comes. then WILDE nc,c
Thus life passes with many, in resolutions
Tor the future, which the present never full
fils. 49, .++ - #4.F .ta-
Il is not thus with those who, " by pa
fienf eoniinuancsin sceii-doing," seek for
glory. honor, and immortality. Day by
day, minute by minute, they execute the
appointed task, to which the requisite mea-
sure of time and strength is pioportioned i
and thus, having worked while i. is called
day. they at length res, from their labors,
and their works /" follow them. $685..
Let US then, " whatever our hands find
to do, do it with all our might, recollecling
tina, now is the proper and accepted time. "
Putting the Saddle on the Right Horse.
The following anecdo,e from The ".
Y. Sunday Marcury points moral:
An lr,sbman. going down Barclay
stree. in no, haste, in order to &c, 90 board
the boat. which he saw 81 q distance vas
ct the wharf. arrived there Jus, IN lime TO