Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1848-12-13
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BE Oh cerfuI.

ais il not than vain to close our eyes
Unto the azure sky and golden light,
Because the tempest-cloud doth sometimes RISE
And glorious days must darken into night"
Blessings on the cheerful! A thousand blessings
be showered upon the heads and poured into the
hearts of those who wear cheerful, smiling coun-
tenance Their influence tends, silently and sweety,
10 swell the tide Of human happiness.
The Lord never designed that his creatures should
always look melancholy and dsconsolae any more
than he intended that the sum- and stars should
always he behind Clouds or hidden by storms and
tempests.
''See how the day beameth brightly before us
Blue is the armament, green is the earth
Grief hath no voice in the universe chorus;
Nature is ringing with music and mrth
Lit up thy eyes that are looking in sadness
Gaze and if beauty can rapture thy soul,
Virtue herself shall allure thee to gladness-
Gladness phosophys guardian and goal
So says and sings German bard. And is there not
truth, as well as poetry in his beautiful language?
The happy hedr-the cheerful Smile-and the glad
some uoice, are all in accordance with Gods acM 81
know, says that heaven minded and almost angel
ic man, JOHN ANGEL JAMES, of England whose
10y 72ms IS mR 5ss sffHH i b @ that
aph between twg apostles, Twill my reader just cast
his eye over thai name again, either backwards or
forwards i know SAYS John Angel James that
the social, the cheerful, and even the tasteful, are
sanctioned by religion, than which nothing is more
social, cheerful, and tasteful; and heduen is full of
these attributes"
Methinks Gabriel, that tall archangel near the
throne of God, never has a scow on his lofty brow,
nor a tinge of melancholy on his heavenly coune-
Methinks the glorifed spirits Of those be-
loved brother Disciples John and James, radi-
with celestial cheerfllneSs Methinks this princi
pie pervades the shining ranks Of the hosts above
being universally prevalent among them they walk
arm in arm, or converse lovingly together, efiec
tonately embrace each other among the hills and
dales of paradise. And ought not to drink in
the spirit of heaven while here below
All usefulness is hindered by an unknd, sour, per-
verse, and grabbed temper of mind, or even a con-
stant appearance of dependency and gloom. IT'S
in the gentle sprt-the peaceful and contented dis
poston--thc kind ook-the cheerful answer-the
unaffected interest in others weare-the mild eye
and the smooth brows--that lone in the heart is
exhibited, and healthfIl influences diffused abroad
Instead of short lifetime being rendered cold as
an iceberg, dreary desert, dark as midnight, and
s,asspflll as the grare, may smooth our pathway
hope and cheer it with song.
4444atts-ttezlla is-ss5t SO bad world
As would like to make it;
But whether good, whether bad
Depends on how we take it"
Then let's cheer up, my lively friends, and be hap
Nv while we may. Neghbor Soberfdce, Just relax
those muscles Of yours, and begin TO look upon the
bright side of the picture Oh,
s'Tell me not in mournful numbers
Life is but empty dream"
Our earth is not all dressed in Grape And at each
SOrroi0 over.
Before closing this chapter let me whisper few
words in the of the ladies. Ye of the gentler
sex, pray listen to word or two of advice from a
well-meaning brother. If you would win your way
into the hearts of those you love, cheerful
look. AT least, rejoice with those who do rejoice"
Says that lovely writer, Mrs Child, in Of her Gel
ebrated Letters from New York: TO the young, l
would speak cheerluly to the DID, oyfIlly; TO all,
hopefully Would that might scatter roses in the
nath of every human brother and sister,
Sympathy and cheerfulness, blended together, will
impart to you, my sisters, strength that is wengh
omnipotent. Cheeriulness in woman, is all-impor-
tant; It's an indispensable requisite towards render
ing her truly interesting, or really and lastingy useful
at gives TO beauty half its power,
The nameess charm worth all the rest
The light that dances DER a face
And speaks of sunshine in the breast
If beauty FER have set her seal,
II will supply her absence too,
And many cheek looks passing fair
Because a cheerful heart-shines through"