The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-13
REVIEW.

low Jasmine covered the old wal, and the bl.rL-
bird, aloft in the broad-leaved sycamore. -.
singing as if he was out Of his senses for inv
and nature and art conspired to make all vl,5
II was in the Poets own garden.
Was he happy Did content smile upou ana
bless hint Was his spirit in harmony with ~.
Place' II was clouded with sad and bi,.,
thoughts; his heart was. oppressed; he had lee,
disappointed; where he had hoped for good. n.
found evil. And US his little daughter ran NJ, =.
him to tell about the little charity children. fam
Of sympathy herself, and sure of finding /, \.
him, she heard him say to a neighbor:
"No, have no hope Of human nsturs
1t is poor, miserable thing that is NO, 80
working for. My best endeavors hav. -
spent in its service; my youth and NV ma.
hoods strength-my very lifs-and thi, i -
reward. will no longer strive to 90 good.
will write for moneys sake as others -
not for the good of mankind.'' "
The poets words were bitter, and tear. -
in the eyes Of his best friend. Neyer h.s ~
child heard such words from her father 49,
he had been to her hitherto as a great s,d
angel.
"Iwill wriie," said he, '.ior moneys sx..
others do, and not for the good Of maakias1,5
my father, If you do, said the Child. a
voice Of mournful indignation, 81 wifi trs.-,<
all your writings under my feet.' I.arg. 49,
rolled down her cheeks, aud her ewes ws,, 80
on her fathers face.
The poet took the child in his arms. and
ed her; ami angel had touched his heart ana =.
could forgive his bitter enemies
II Will tell you something, my ehid, " said he.
in his usual mild voice. The child leaned her
head against his breast, and listened. ..On..
upon a time man lived ia a gres; wide wilder
ness; he was a poor man, anG work ed ve-v bs,J
for his bread; he lived in "a cave Of a rock. snc
because the sun shown burning hot ialo M.
cate he twined roses, and JasInins. and honey
suck les all around il: and in front OF H. and IN
the lodges Of the rock, he planted fiower. ana
sweet shrubs, and made IL very pleasant Va
ter ran gurgiing from fissure ia the rock ia,o
little basin, whence il poured ia gentle streams
through his garden, in which grew all kiass AZ
fruits. Birds sung in the tall trees which natur,
herself had planted, and little squirrels. and
lovely green lizards, with bright, int.lligeur7
eyes, lived in the branches and among III tox-
ers. All would have gone we'll with tie MAJ,
haG not evil spirits taken possession Of MS cave.
they troubled him night and day; they cropped
canker blight upon his roses, nipped OF bi,
form of a caterpillar and blight, ale ms ,s,uu.
full fruits. IL made the man angry and bitter.
the flowers were no longer beautiful to him. and
when he looked at them he thought only Of Toe
canker and the caterpillar, Il Can no longer take
pleasure in them, said he, Il viii i=ave the ca,s
and 90 elsewhere He did so; and he Travelled
on and on; but it was a vasi wilderness in which
he was, and so it was many and mary cav BE-
fore he came TO place of rest, nor cia he kuov
that all this time the evil spirits who haa
plagued him so in his own cave, were still goiay
with him; but they were; and they maze every
place he came to seem Verse than the last: their
very breath cast blight upon every Thing. n,
was foot-sore and weary, ana very miserable
A feeling like despair was in his heart, I'd b.
said he might well die as live; he law down
IN the wilderness, and scarcely had he done that.
when he heard behind him the pieasanlest SOUND
in the world; alltle child singing like bird be-
cause her heart was innocent and full Of ioy.
the next moment she was at his side The evil
spirits that were about him, when they saE her
coming, drew back little, for she brought with
her beautiful company of angels an brigat
spirits, little cherubs, with round, rosy cheeks.
golden hair and laughing eyes, stuck between
two doves wings white as snow. The child
had not the least idea that these beautiful sv,rt.
always were about her; all she knew was. tnst
she was full Of Joy, and tina; she loved above al
things 10 DC good. When she saw the door man
lying there, she went up to him, aBo talked 50
pity ingly and yet so cheerfully to him, lhat he
felt as If her words would cure him. sue told
him that she lived Just by and that + e shouic 70
with her and rest, and get well'in her cave he
went with her, ana it was Just such a cave Is ms
own, only much smaller. Roses AM hoasy-
suckles and jasmines grew all around il; and
birds were singing, ana gold and silver tisA were
sporting about in The water; and there weres such
beds of strawberries all red and luscious that
hiled the air with odour. IL was beautiful
place; there seemed TO be no canker nor 81 gnI on
anything; and yet the man saw how s2i1rrs Lad
woven webs like the most beautiful lace from
one vine branch 10 another; ana butterflies that
had once been devouring caterpillers were aiI-
ting about; and Just as ia his own yar4en, ist
yellow frogs were squatted under the cool straw
berry leaves; bat the child loved the frogs as
well as the green lizards, anu said that they cid
her no harm, and that there were plenty Of straw
berries both for them and for her.
"The evil spirits that had troubled the man,
and followed him, could not get INTO the ehl4s
garden; it was impossible, because a lhese TO-
sy-cheeked cherzbs and white angels lives there.
and that which is good, be it ever so snlsll, isa
great deal stronger than that which Is evil, h il
ever so large. 80 they sat outside AMI CT laeir
nails for vexaiion; and as the man staysa along
time with the child they got so tired CT wailiag,
that some Of them flew away forever. Al lrug,a
the man kissed the child, ami went bscs 10 MS
own place. When he got there he found that
owning to the evil spirits having been so long
away, the flowers and the fruits had in great
measure recovered themselves; there was har5-
ly any canker or blight left, and as tle child
came now very often 10 SEQ him, anu brought
with her all her bright company, the place
freed, at least while she stayed. from the evil
ones. That is a true story. There are many
men, who, like him, live in a wilderness, AM Il
is happy for them when they have a child for
their neighbor."
The poet was silent, the child kissed him. ana
then, without saying a word about the little
charity children, ran of to sit down beside them,
ana perhaps to tell them the story which her IA
ther had lust told her
And, children, do you see Eor you may teach
Fathers aud Mothers, and your elders, whsa
wrong, how to do right A word kindly spoken,
when they are snsry-a sweet smile when they
are unhappy, the right thing done in the night
way, will chase away the evil spirits and make
them good again.
Corenam Breaking, aad its Consequence, or
the Present Position Of our National Affairs, IN
connection rifh The Meriean War. TrO Dr.
courses. BY Res. Thomas E. Thomas
arc very able discourses. The first Of them, ss-
Peciaiiy, we consider powerful" in The best
sense of the word. We shall hereafter make
use Of parts of both, and many of the facts they
embody.
We never read discourse which made us re-
aiize so wildly, that the hand Of God lead AID
directed our revolutionary fathers. And, .i'-
quently, is this great truth illustrated. We have
only room for the following interesting snee-