Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-09-27
.MOnday Sept. "a.


them. The human heart is restless thing
and is ever striving after that winch II cannot
reach its asp prations only increase It's misery
and its hopes are excitr but to be disappont-
ed five could all learn TO govern ourselves,
10 study our own characters, and, above all
things TO endeavor to possess a moderate, re-
conciledspirit to whatever appears best, we
should be vastly happier. We may talk about
late and destiny and abandon ourselves TO
course of conduct which is reproachable, to
say least yet this is only the consumma-
,ion Of folly. There is no such thing as man
ifest destiny .here j. no fixed fate for man,
uHless he fixes il FOR himself God has not
placed us in,his'world, requiring US to live so
as 10 be accountable ior all our deeds hereaf-
ter, and al the same time passed upon us an
irrevocable decree, from the commencement,
which cannot be escaped. Such an idea
would not be consonant with finite wisdom,
much less is il consistent with infinite Justice.
We are empha cally the a-biters of Or own
destiny we carve our own pathway, and we,
ate at liberty TO select our own mode of action,
ueans of enjoy yment, and ultimate state Of ex.
istence We are blast with the light OF
reason, sustained by revelations in regard to-
the fuure,-and although surrounded BY
snares and all manner Of tempting influences,
of an evil nature, yet ws are not abandoned
TO these. We have The chart and the con-
pass, and every dangerous shoal and reef is
distinctly pointed out, while we, at the same
ii.nc, have al. necessary instructions in reg I'd
to our passage TO ensure our safety.
70 sly that we can escape affections and
sorrows, and avoid misfortunes, of temporal
n,turc, and the loss Of our dearest friends,
would be ridiculous. These are the conse-
qucnccs of -in and its necessary correctives
hey arc the inherited penalties Of original
transgression, and must be endured with re-
cunci d spirit. These, in themselves, are
enough. without our ding 10 them by a
c-'ursr of conduct which must bring unhaPp-
ness. We sh,-ld teel that we each have a
dn'y to perform we ov c Obligations to one
another, and tits imperative upon US to dis
charge them. When we do all this, and BAN
ish selfshnc;s in the desire TO render aid to
suffering humanity around us, by aeviatiEg
the distressed, rails ng up the pressed, and
smoothing the wrinkled bt'w, we shall forget
our own cares and troubles, and make Others
happy. Can any one consci n,iously say that
he will withdraw himself from the word, into
the retirement Of his study, or the sec'usion
ola hermit cell Can any lady relgously
dst ernine to withdraw rom the frivolty cf dis
sp1ted society, Of which she has become
weary, and seek refuge W thin the clustered
darkness o, Convent No, this is morally
wrong, for it is the excess of seIfst ness She
should withdraw from tho worlds disgusting
fsllies, because ,he has holier duty TO per
form. There is many sickened heart, many
an exhausted spirit that has long striven
against error, and almost faint with labor,
which would gladly retire from the conflict,
ifit could feel thari,s duty was fulfilled. But
iiknows better, and therefore heroicaly strug-
giles i'll.
Let rs be con,cnted with ourselves, and not
FIRE, away existence in meanings over the
past which cannot be remeded if We but
look at events in their proper light, we shall
see hat it is al for the best, and that what we
are inc ned 20 consider as depriy ,tions, are
bat Pro,id1niil rrescryatons from misery
that would haze choked the heart with real
gre, and broken down the spirit with agony
We should never despair il is word which
tire earthly h 70 knows not the m.aning Of =,
and surely it should be one wbicl the Chris
tian hero should never hear Of Rest upon
Truth as your foundation, be guided by con-
.cence, have Faith added to good works, and
come y hat may, the victory will ultimately be
yours,
The battle is over the hero goes,
Scared and worn, TO his lat repcse.
Ire has won the day, lie has conquered Do IN
lie has sunk unknown % his namcless tomb.
For the victors glory no voices plead,
Fame has no echo, and earth no meed.
But the guardian IN gels are lowering near;
They have watched unseen o er the conf iet he re
Ind they bear him now, on their wings, away
To re In Of peace to Q claud.ess day.
Ended now is the earthly strife,
And his brow is crowned with the Crown of
rLife,
Fashions mae'slromo and Folly's reefs will
wreck their thousands, but the Christian mar
Tyr, though he may be deriLed by these mis-
guided hosts as they are rapidly and blindly
beng drawn TO their doom, will avoid them
all, aud triumph in hallowcd JOY when his ad-
versaries are mC aning with despair unuttersbleI
and eternal.
THR FLORIDA TRouBLEs.-Despalchc re-
ccived at the war department from Florida,
state thai the chief Of the Seminoles discaims,
all connection with the late outbreak, and Las