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consequence Of the right observance Of til,
great Law Of labor While, on the otheI
hand, such Is the spontaneous activity d
an undirected fruiffulncss In some soils
that thorns and thistles luxuriate in theii
own noxiousness, when the arms of the
husbandman are IN guilty dalliance Will
idleness. This may afford US an imper
feet illustration Of the inestimable results
Eof efforts strenueusly and pefseveringly
put forth for the cultivation Of right emo
lions; as well as of the disastrous effects
of permitting the ravages Of certain other
emotions on the heart The termination
| in che heart Of all virtues, and their efiio-
rescence along the path Of life are indeed
possible; but only for him who Is willing
/ to undertake thesscil of an unceasing %.
loperAtisn withkshe divine and efkcien,
cause Of all excellence
/ The orthodox Interpretation Of the
scriptural doctrine of our moral deprayity
admits in man the capacity, at least, (how
ever acquired for whatsoever things are
lovely and of good report" Pearls liz
scattered, in greater or less profusion, ii
the dark depths of every throbbing heart
but, alasl comparatively few are willing
to put forth the energy requisite to the ex
hausting work of the breathless diver be
meath the mighty current Of their own
mysterious nature Gems of priceless va
lue lie long buried beneath dreary masses
of grossest Ignorance, and moral pollution
and natural infrmity, either because the
soul itself has but the dimmest possible
consciousness of the precious deposits, OF
else because its native energies are, for
the time, benumbed and wellnigh para
USED in the harlot-like embrace Of sloth
A vein Of the very purest gold runs through
large extent Of this region of the soul
but, in most cases, that rich vein Is pierced
by no shaft, and worked by no hand, only
because it lies so far beneath the surface
that to reach and develop it's treasures
toil--most patient, diligent, and protract
ed-is indispensably prerequisite. Here
as every where else throughout the soul
and throughout all animated nature, Labor
is the law of success-a law dem0nstrably
holy, just and good
! Our natural desires rs we'll as emotions
it will be remembered, are included under
the generic .appellation Of natural sensi
bilities and, although there is very
close connection or species of kindredshiI
between emotion and desire, yet the latter
is distinguished from the former chiefly
by comparative ixedness or permanency
When feeling of the heart is only mo
mentary in duration, or but transient, it i
properly denominated an emotion when
lit is of heightened continuance it receives
the name Of desire This is, doubtless, .
defective definition but it is true, as far
as it extends, and is sufficient for all our
purposes, in this series of articles on which
we have entered
We shall in Succeeding articles treat o.
the mode and means of developing and
Progressing, that is of educating, Gas We
have defined the term the emotions and
desires. Our design at present, it will b.
borne in mind, is merely to complete {
hasty inspection of the functions of it
various departments, in order that, from
actual observation of the mind itself, ",
may learn the proper manner, as well a,
the Importance Of its education.
| The high importance of rightly educat
| ing that large class Of our mental suscep
Utilities called the natural desires, will B,
apparent from but little more than mer,
enumeration of the principal of them !! no
ting, also, as we pass on, some of their in
dications and Offices, In this department
Of our nature may be found the propen
sity of selflove,-which occupies, so con
spicuous q position in our mental constitu
| ton, ever requiring, in our lapsed mora
condition, the curb rather than the spur
always demanding some degree of repres
sion, never to be solicited to greater de
Yelopment The affection of love, as val
riously exhibited in the domestic relations
speaking in intenations Of sweetest mclo
dy from the lips of the husband, beamine
with star-like purity and radiance from
the eyes Of the wise impregnating with
resistless force the protecting arm of the
father, unsealing fountain of overflow.
ing tenderness in the bosom of the mother
iattracting homeward from his perilous
wandcrings the youthful prodigal, lifting
the meek eye Of the confding daughter t.
the face of an indulgent parent checking
and Christening the strong impulses Of boy.
hoods rude mirthfulness In Difference to
the presence of gentle sister, shedding q
more winning gracefu3ness around the
form and over the department ofthc sister
because Of the companionship of an ad-
miring brother; and throwing over the en-,
tire household the atmosphere of heaven.