Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1848-11-02

of the contextl This kind comes not out
by prayer and fasting"
at is equally plain" replied the DOCTOR
land means that extraordinary difficulties
can only be overcome by extraordinary eff
forts, including mental labor and physical
priva,ion."
"You may be right" said H; 81 know
that faith and perseverance are necessary
in order to accomplish any thing, bu, time
is also necessary, and am now too old-it
is now too late"
Better late than never, sir. True, you
have spent half the promised term of life,
in folly and madness, chasing shadows and
dreamy nothings. But your age, so far
from being an excuse, is strong reason
why you should double your diligence, if
your object is right If your desires are
merely after the riches of present world,
about which the mass are every day be
coming more and more nsane,--I say in.
sane. for if any thing stamps Hunatic' mp
on the brow of humanity, il is the untirine
devotion of soul, body, and spirit, to those
things that perish beneath their hands, and
which at best they can only look upon, and
then leave forever,--if your ambition has
no higher object than dollars and cents,
have no advice to give. You must 90 to
the muckworm, TO the miser in his den of
filth and misery, or to the fool that spends
his strength for nought. But should you
feel within, desires of higher order--the
ndwelngs of nobler nature--a craving
after mental wealth and moral riches--then
Z say neither age nor circumstances ought
to deter you. Every onward step secures
an unending good, something that canno,
be lost; and were your spirit ready TO pass
from its house of Clay, would still say,
struggle 10 gain yet another idea, in ad.
vance of the store already acquired. Still
achieving, still pursuing is the true motto
for man. Let me tell you story:--
"When l was lad of some fourteen or
fifteen years Of age, there lived about half
mile from my fathers a man by the name
of SANDERS. He was poor man, very
poor--had been so all his life. At the age
of eighteen he could neither read nor
write; and think have heard it said tina.
there was not book Of any description in
his fathers house, Sanders was remarkable
for nothing but his ignorance and personal
appearance--large boned and over six
feet high; but it could hardly be said that
his bones were clothed with flesh; he was
something of a Calvin Edison. with head
that appeared dispropor,ionately large.
He was looked upon as very unsocial
boor, from the fact that he seldom mingled
in the sports of the young men of his own
age. He seemed to love and seek retire.
ment. Between the age of eighteen and
twenty, he had, by himself, without par
ticle of assistance, learned TO read WELL and
write some. An event that happened about
this time, proved that Sanders was not so
very ensocial in his nature as was general
ly supposed. This was nothing less than
his union in marriage to young woman
equally poor and homely as himself. The
good neighbors began to prophecy that the
county would soon have some children to
maintain; not that Sanders was an idler, or
Incorporate, but the business 10 which he
had been brought up was overdone, and
the very best workmen could earn but
bare subsistence. However, there was no
law TO prevent poor young men from get
ting married; the neighbors must there
fore content themselves by hoping that
Sanderss children might be few and far
between. In this matter they were sorely
disappointed. Mrs. Sanders proved to be
very fruitful vine, and yearly year pre-.
sented her worthy husband with an addi-
,ional pledge Of conjugal love. For ten
long years Sanders toiled on with praise,
worthy perseverance; and, although in that
time eight mouths had been added 10 his
family, yet strange TO say he had managed
to keep the day and the way alike. We
cannot say that he and his children were
so well fed and clothed as were those
around them, but we can say that com.
plant was never heard from the lips Of
Sanders, or any of his family. have seer
them often sit down with faces of cheerful
ness, to meal composed of few pota,oe.
and salt. Let it not be supposed, however
that Sanders was satisfied, with either him
self or the circumstance in which he wa
bringing up, for the stage of action anc