Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-05-06
The Music Of the Heart.

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The heart chime.
1t isa sounding bell, and tolls at ths
slighiest breath.
Ii is s,norous one
And, ysl, when in the bower of love, il
ma rock.
IL we descend into its depths, really and
not Ideally, we are convinced OF remark
able eoo,rast.
The hear, is not pstfified when all noble
passions are departed from it, but on the
contrary. when swallowed up by the pass
ions.
Az iron, exposed TO carbon or the mag
nstie current becomes steel, so does the
hssft ossurns the 6rmnsss Of the unshhken
rock when penetrated by noble passion.
The ha aser pr ssions make it reniss and
faint, aod thea II cliDgs the more tenacious.
ly to the shadow Of the substance, and de.
esiyes SO many as il becomes more yacilla.
ting.
Ths heart mas direction, or color this
T. faith;-all shades 10 the deepest blue.
Heart, Faith, and Heaven, here become
ore.
The consciousness Of love is but faith in
the object OF our love.
Hope is faith realised by anticipation.
Tbs pure connection Of faith, love, ard
hope, makes the heart strong.
The mind is the other color-,he second
keynote OF man.
Whether the heart governs, or the mind,
depends on the individuality In general,
mind predominaiss in man, and heart in
woman.
The former is formed Of major key,
and the latter of minor.
This is the rule, but there is no rule with.
out an exception.
The shades of the mind, or rather the in
tsnsity Of its color, We call intellect, reason,
will.
While the tones Of tho heart float, like
The rays Of The moon, in ether and in mist.
delicu,ely and family shaded, those Of the
mind are glaring electric flashes in
the blaekness ofthe tempest.
The former make transitions, the latter
eonsrasis-those give the chromatic and
diatonic scale, these thirds, 6fihs, and sew.
enlhs; one ascends and decends, the other
leaps and bounds.
Mind and heart combined form a third.
When two beings meet whose hearts and
minds are in tune, we have the full accord.
From this Is developed melody, and this
is harmony.
No later harmony is equal in clearnsss,
dignity, and power TO the first accord the
original harmony, as no love is equal to
the first love. L. is the gift of God, and is
the fundamental idea Of consonance-
msjor.
When The major third is saddened, and
sdsscends to the minor third, when the nat
ural serenity leaves ns, than we fall on the
minor key with its breath Of tears.
And is this no, Life2
Soclear so beautiful, so bright and pow.
erful as given by God and only dimmed
by man when dimn,ed it is!
For there is no other fate than that to
which man himself lays the foundation, as
thaae is no other position than that which
himself creaies-this is Of course internal,
not external.
1,ruthlully speaking, the external con-
dition Of man is but q preconceived opinion
IN itself, which is influenced and formed
by the internal character. .ss-e
Men who have the kernel within them,
will. in every condition, arrive at an emi-
nence above things around them; while
those who possess not this internal spring
may sink below their own level.
This is ngain contrast to physical Ia VS.
where floating bodies are light; and, on
tho other side it is an affirmation; for cream
rises to the surface because it is light
But this contrast is only apparent, for
cream may be said to hive spiritual, weight.
The jeweled bubbles of champagne rise
to the surface-they are spiritual fluid.
This may seem paradox. and yet perhaps
only seem so.- Columbian.