The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1851-12-16

aN And yet a spirit STILL end bright soc
| it0. With something of angel light.
o4a.i Lectures on the Passions.
| a Lecture Oh this subjecr was delivered or
To 'sday night by David Paul Browp, Esy
| Of PhilAdelpha, in the Library Association
| The audiencewas exceedingly numerous, and
the lively salles oi the Lecturer frequently Gre
| tod hc most unconlfolAbie laue bter. lie did
not ascnbe. he said. hrs present honorable po
sitirn 10 his own merits, but raihe 10 the kind
ness of the gentleman by whom he had been
INTRODUCED; aud il hc should succeed ia shed
ding one additional ray Of Intelligence across
lhe path Of those whom he had tho honor ol
addrcssiHc, calculated to render them bette,
aud wiser. all that he'desred would be accom-
Ip'ished. He begged 10 be allowed TO presen,
The prominent passions, 10 order thai they
might PASS in eview before them. Those AS
sembled there that night would losve either
be:ier or worse. In the world in which we
breathe, nothing stands still he was uoi there
to uaee ouI the vaiious passions shat sway The
human btcas:, according To The lsbo,ed div
tincilons Of melaphy scans, which do not in
the least affect The passions--mere distinctions
without difference. Would the person an
xious TO sIake his hirsI by the sIreaw neander.
Jog al his frei, pause TO aualyze from whence
il fewed! ,T,uly such would be most un-
profil"ble employ meat. sff.... ,...t ~,
The line WHICH had been accorded 10 them
or the disoussiun al the subject which had
been chosen was shvii but he ,wonld not br
cha,y of lhs time which might be used for their
bepefi, il was so shorl that he had no time to
fell them how shon il was. Trnly IL has been
said. ,"man was tearfuly and wonderfully made;
IN the best copdiiion which il was possible fo,
HIM Ia srsiye at. lie was iile less than an an
gcl-io his worst copdiiion. lutte short. of a
devil In his formation the head was consliu-
ted lhe sea, of the Intelligent faculties, while
tho heat was commonly accounted the center
OF the affections. lr ,a ...D
Whrn they reci7iocally sustained each other
like well tuued instrumrOls .,nmgiing in hsr
mOny; their power was irresislable; but when
th' y come in conflict ia the tumult of the pas
sions. reason is drowned. IL sometimes hap
pens that QUO faculty acqnires an asceudency
over The pIhrrs and stamps us impress upon
them; some direct their poison agains, The bo-
som which purtures them breathing an incipi,
ent Hell. Allihe other passions sacrifice to
The ruling passion-they obey It's mandates,
and are the obsequious slaves of ITS Gcsirrs'-
Ambii0D rules vanity. pride, haired. but love
sways ,them alI-omiRG amor Uiacit--lo IL
Z, irid obedience. l. vanity in The ascendency,
all bow d. wn before is avsrice elevated TO the
throne, aud all paltake oi, its starving
qualities. 81 W r.,a q ss
According to the ancient system or rewards
aud punishmenis, s"us in Pluto'sIegions were
obliged to conduct themselves in direct oppo-
siton TO the passion which had been the rule
pf their lie; Illus Alexander vas confuec ia
an iron cage, with scarcely sofficient territory
10 allow hiul 10 stand with comfort, contracted
within ils narrow limits julius cao,ai was a cob.
bier. f"rr,d d to spend lis hours mendi"g old
was a beggar. The suicide OF
Cato. Marx AuIhoay. and Castlereagh Of mod |
,rn times, proves that The disappointment of |
he rnliog passions results in maduess, like
when a monsich is desp sed. confusion 'eigns
~ around hen the rolling passion is desIroy-
d. all The others run Into the extremes of H.
;entiousncss, aud mau's lirle kingdom in a
tate Of iusurrectipn. The loc.urer then pro
;e eded to con.ider the various passions sepa
arcly. .i....t ~. ...-9. ~
The mobiles, or all The passions were parent-
j love-that love which father bears 10, his
laughie,; the love which a mother beats TO his
on-iu this there is no alloy. 40 base admx
ure; it vas neither boisicrous nor violent, bu,
was calm aud serene; IL partskes If none OF
he gross qpalliirs Of the other passions. AID
ubmits 70 be ruled by any other passion-lt
) sbovo sefshncss; il psirakes Of that divine
pi,it of sell denial, which, by fee sacrifice,
cjeemrd mankind; il Ioves even when that
pve is not relurned; it loves in birth. through
fe i, conlinus AID ls DOT extiogui.hed 10 dea,h
loves here and hereufcr; the l's, hope Of
he dying mo,her Is "a meet her offspring in
Ilc sprn world 10 which she IS huriying hcav
% would moi be heaven w'thou, this union Of
ears; Id exists without the aid Of the other
assiuns. aud IL most devoted when the world
ruffs; the iopdnrss Of a mother reigns Without
wal and. knows no end, IL. Is brought more
lose when vice .ioterposes to seppaIe.g aafsl1 i
All the other passious which sway tho hu
,an bsess; we're renewed IN a similar msoucr
y the Lectures, alior which he concluded by
ppealing earnestly to the young now presen'
neglect no opportunity of forwarding ,hem-
eves--,hcy shoald be the architects oil their
sn ioruuos.--(N~ Y Express. i.s,Isi hs