The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1849-12-08

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Morning is ever the daughter of night, EnA
All tEat was black will be all that is bright: fF
Cheerily. cheerily, then! cheer up!n
It is great blessing to possess buoyart. cheer.
full and sauguine disposition--a mind and heart
which are Away disposed to look upon the bright
side of life and to hope and fancy amidst darkness
and gloom, that better and happier days. brighter
and fairer prospects are at hand We know an;
individual whose even, tempersowhose .exhauslless
and irrepressible fund OF good nature have borne
him up through many aserieus difficulty and car
red himin safety and prosperity, far beyond Thea
shoals and quicksands, which beset and senviroA
business life: He sisa pushing, goahead charactcrS
rather haphazard in his enterprises; and hence
has been in more than one awful dilemma
But although puzzled and perplexeds he wassaiyays
ready to take advantage of the first change
for the better, was ever on the look out and neger
permitted himself to despond or despair eaizzof
i His philosophy in the first place is sthas what
has been, may be again-that fortunes are read.
i lily won under existing circumstances as they were
years ago; and in the second that whateveroecurss
is the result fthe operation of wise and sti5erin
tending Providence, and will. in the end. prove all
for the best Thus he says, that Tnisfortunes are
often blessings in Disguise They are intended
to chasten the spirit, humble the pride to make
man recognise his dependence upon, and RESPONSE
bity to. the Deity. We he argues. cannot fathonr
the designs of the Wise, nor imagine the means
by which He works We know that it is our duty
to act uprghtly, to cultivate the gener we'll as
the sterner virtues deal fairly with ourneighbors
to sympathize with and assist our suffering feis
low-creature to the extent of our MEANS to make a.
wise and proper of the physical and the mental
} faculties enjoyed by u.s. end having done this we
: may feel convinced that come veal or come woes
that let darkness sadden; or sunshine brightenour
way all IS for the best, and all will in the end, be
as It should be. So .E.-z~ 81 qssfst.s,ss -
In brief, our friend has faith in Providence
faith in the ultimate triumph of industry and In.
. tegritY. It is this that buoys him up under ali
e circumstances. If depressed this year he hopes
e to be exalted the next IF unfortunate in some
r undertaking which he has conducted fairly and
honestly. he regards the matter with as much
philosophy as possible, looks calmly and quietly
around laughs at the solemn and hypocrtical ex-
pressions of the croakng and desponding feels an
inward consciousness that he at least has merited
, something better, and q reliance that sooner OF
= later, prosperity will again dawn upon him, and
: : that thus all will prove for the best. ata-4
J Let there, however, be no misconception Of this
doctrine We mean to be understood as urging,
that an individual who acts concentiously uprghty,
! as man and christian-who is industrious,
: well tempered and presevering- in brief ex-
erts himself to the utmost to discharge all his duties
! is neither drone, an ider nor drunkard, will in
: the end and in the great majority of cases, come
I out triumphant. He may be compelled to submit
!, to many troubles, may experience many reverses;
but it sarey happens that the cheerful the patient
:, and the presevering will always find themselves a
among the unfortunate, will always be compelled
to drag through life, pressed to the earth with Sor
: row, Ruin and Misery dogging their foot steps,
! Some, we admit, are subjected to very frey or.
= deal We have known cases in which years of tod
!. and integrity have brought apparently little no
- fruit But these, repeat, rare, and for such
. !; the reward and the consolation viii be found in
= brighter and better world But while among
= the children Of men, it is policy as well as wisdom.
! to be cheerful, buoyant and persevering pos
= sible to regard occasional vcisstude aspart of tho
= inevitable portion of poor human nature to manifest
Il, courage in difficulty, endurance in tral-to hope
and believe that all is for the bestand thus 70 spg
- gle energetcay from day to day to overcome the
y troubles by which we are surrounded.
There is one great error, which We fear induces
many bankruptcy and leads to many a case Of
Is ruin. We aude to the disposition of SO many TO
shrink from the contemplation of their real position
n to avoid bold interview. if may express it.
with their early misfortunes. and combined with
D. this, weakness which, deceving its victim induces
er him to fancy that affairs by mean SO bad as
a apprehensious would make them. In brief it is
es that want of moral nerve, which cannot look
trouble in the face-which avoids and shrinks a
e. way from it. and thus permits It gradually to OBJ
to tain an overpowering mastery. # sssasss sei
IS. Has this never happened withyou gentle read
n er? Have you not had some painful self exaInina
n ton to perform-some unpleasant task to accom-
ne plish and avoided it from day TO day and week to
er week, until the difficulty became serious, thai
ID you either shrunk away from it in terror per
IS mitted it to overwhelm you! You might have
s. mastered it at the onset but you lacked the nerve
a. the calm resolution, the sturdy determination, and
er hence the consequences became painful How
he many even now, distinctly recognise some diff
to Guilty in their path, which might be overcome by
a. frmness and virtue but which, permitted to in
us crease, will in the end burst upon them like al
n avalanche and involve them in ruin. Better fal
of better, to meet and wreste with the evil at once
he to pay the penalty and to make the atonement
he and thus clear the conscience and brighten thu
prospect for the future With such course, tht
misfortune or the folly would exercise an adn1oni
tory influence and all would be for the best.
But let US yield. in timdity and fear, at the on
IT. set-let be proud, too vicious. or too indo
s ent discharge duty because painful or hunala
,r' ting, and will discover that the mortal who re-
lis fuses or neglect to exert his moral as well hi:
sr, physical nature, will in the end and when too late
er be called upon to pay fearful penalty. No We
III repeat the true, the wise policy to be cheerful
s. buoyant, energeticto wreste with trouble at tht