Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-08-12

to improve by the melancholy appeal of their
sins and sorrows.
A thousand thanks for your patience and
industry so plainly manifest in the examina-
tion you have just passed We would that
we could red you TO Science. She will un-
lock TO YOU the mysteries of the universe.
and bring you to Wisdom and to God. With
this fair lnStructrcss III your mind. you may
close your book and look out, understand
ingIy. upon the volume of nature, and the
mysteries there. These mysteries are God
given leSsons-the earth teens with them
they swim in the dcep-fash frcrn the
dark robed clouds--they whisper in the
gentle tones of the summer winds--thev
speak intrumpct tongues in the voice Of the
tempest and the thunder. The author of
mysteries in endeavorng to rouse the sleep
ing energies Of man to the importance Of
study. directs him TO the smallest of his
creatures to learn wisdom: "Go TO the ant.
consider her ways, and be wise" See be-
fore you the tiny insect; you can scarce dis
tnguish it from the grains OF sand that sur
round it. Watch it, it moves on with an
energy that enables it TO overcome every
obstacle. See! il goes bravcly on; it has
seized some object larger than itself; and
still it goes bravcly on, nothing da'mts liz
tread it under foot, and it will rise up again
/ from beneath the ocean of sand. and return
once more to its labor. 1t is lion hearted {:
toiling amid the heat of summer; and though
the seasons brightness and its warmth arc
bringing up and producing ten thousand
enioyments for the little traveller. he is bu-
sy gathering together his provendcr for the
long winter time, when frost, and snow and
cold have locked up the granaries of nature.
But you will tell me am mocking YOU.
for this you can see daily and hourly, and
this is, therefore, no mystery. Ii YOU had
read in the ancient pages before you of an
insect so courageous that it would attack an
animal of ten thousand times its magnitude:
} of industry so indelatigablc, that it would
Climb house-tops and mountains to pursue
its course; of perseverance so unflagging
: that though repulsed thousand times. il
still would return, and overcome the cbsta-
Gle that impcded it-your eye would have
sparkled with interest and amazement!
1t is because it is constantly before YOU
that you look disdaintully upon it. Wher
did the knight errants of your heart do hall
so much? When did their bosoms beat as
high with valor and determination as this
insect? But you will say why do you lure
me from my books to point me 10 this morn.
ing atom? Why waste my time with to.
pic so insignificant? | answer, because il
Is insignificant!
| point YOU to one of the smallest of earth.
} creatures, to ask you, IF the atoms contain
! Il, l.
ty works Of nature?' II is to stimulate you
to enter the caverns of EARTH and mark the
sculptured halls, the rocky avenues stretch.
ing miles and miles below the busy haunt,
OF men. To plunge into the deep, and see
the huge leviathan sporting amid the natus
or the rainbow-hued dolphin as she fling
back bright rays of the glorious sun. re
, climb into the air, and behold the eagle
with his untiring wing and his unfinchlng
= eyes, the noble image OF indomitable pcrse.
veranoe and of brilliant genius, soaring
proudly and gazing tiXedIy towards heav,
= ems brightest luminary. To look ont OF
: the forests in their vast magniticence--or
the flowers OF ten thousand tints-on the
oceans wave, and on the starry sky. the
banner Of our God waving from the far OF
battlements Of heaven.
: Draw from these their hidden mysteries
and drink from their gushing glory in, til
l you feel their flash electric trembling witt
a strong vibration down the living wire o
glowing thought; then
Take thee pen plucked from an eagles pin.on
e And on the tools Of lite write immortal thoughts
Teach man that he forgetS his high dominion,
, Creeping Oh earth, leaving great deeds Uudoae
- Strike Il bold blow on those kindred pages!
Write words the angels whisper in thy ears!
= No bud Of thought, however lowly.
n But planted here, wilt bloom in after years"