The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-05-08

Aticr tolling Oft in vain,
Bniiied, yet TO struggle fnin;
After toiling long, to gain
Little good with micklc pain;
Let me rcs;-but Icy me low.
Where the hedge side roses blow;
Where the little duises grow,
When the winds n. .NIuying 20;
Where the footpath r,Istics plod,
Where the breeze. how'd poplars nod;
Where the old woods worship God;
Where His pencil paints the sod;
Whcrr the welded tirrstlc sings;
Where the young bird tries Iii. wings;
Where the wnilins plovcr swings.
Near the runlcts r',shy springs!
Sincerity is the ground work of all
that is good and valuable. However
beautiful in appearance the structure
may be, if it stand not on this found.
alton it cannot last. But sincerity
can hardly be called a virtue in itself,
though a deviation from it is a fault.
\ man may be sincere in his vices, as
we'll as in his virtues. Now he who
throws off all rcmorsc or shame, and
even makes boast Of his vices, can
claim no merit from the sincerity he
expresses in so doing. If he who is
sincere cannot appear amiable, his
heart is wrong, and his sincerity, far
from being virtue, seems only to
add to the rest of his faults that of be.
ing willing to give pain to others. and
able to throw aside that shame which
would attend on every fault, whether
great or small, Ind which is some
times a restraint to such as arc inca.
pablo of being influenced by noblcr
motives. Ronghncss of manner is,
in fact, so far from being in itself a
mark ofsinccritv, that it is merely the
natural expression of one character,
rs gcntlcncss is Of another. And it
should always be remembered, that to
connect the idea of a good quality
WITH H!s9 a$a as9 i4'G;SEfJ ;ajf ana leads 70
much more pernicious consequences
than may at first be apprchcnded.- -
Yet this is too often done, in many
Instances, not only by those who are
interested to promote such a dcccp-
ton, but also by those who take up
maSims upon credit, and believe what
others have believed, without inouir-
ing into the grounds of such opinions.
This is too much the case with the
world in general.
There arc many different species
of heat ache in this world, and many
sharper and dcallicr panys than that
of absence; but still separation from
those We love is a hard thing to bear.
In that respect, rs in many others,
men have the advantage over women.
Wherever the lover goes, on quitting
her presence to whom lis heart is
bound, he goes 10 action and to active
lilc-,o life that demands the cxcr-
ton of his mental, perhaps even of
his bodily energies, that brings him
but little time for the weary pinnin.
Of the heart, which is the worst pain
Of absence. And hope to him with
whose own efforts it ut least partly
rests to change hope into certainty
wears an aspect brighter far, and
speaks in a tone Of far more JOYOUS
promise, than she does to that heart
which has nothing to do but to wait
Ito suffer and be still" The du-
ties Of woman are rarely such rs to
hinder her thoughts from dwelling on
the past.
DIsCoNTENT.--. Discomfort is n sin
that is its own punishment, and makes
men torment themselves; it makes
tic spirit sad-thc body sick-and
all enjoyment sour; it arises not from
conditton, but the mind. Paul was
contcnted in prison-Ahab was discon-
tented i'll a palace; lie had all the de-
lights of Canaan, the pleasant land,
the wealth Of kingdom, the pleas.
urc of court, the honors and powers
Of a throne; yet, all this avails him
nothing without Naboth's vineyard.
lnordinate desires expose men to con
tlnnal vcXatIons; and being disposed
to fret, they will always find some
thing to fret about. .Wauhew lien.
ry
TIE PRoGREss OF LIFE. Men re
.jolcc when the sun is risen, they re-
jolcc also when it goes down, whilst
they arc unconscious Of the decay of
their own lives. Men rejoice on see
ing the face of a new season. rs at the
arrival Of one greatly desired. New.
crthelcss the revolution of seasons is
the decay of human life. fragments
Of drift wood meeting in the wide
ocean continue together little space;
thus parents, wives, children, rcla-
tives, friends, ond riches remain with
us for short time, then sepcrate and
separation, is inevitable. No mortal