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


over their bright tops, and trembled the
chrystal sea to a song that had never before
stirred its bright depths, and the "Glory 10
God in the highest was a seven-fold chorus
of hallelujahs and harping symphonies!-
The unuttered thought Of one female, six
thousands years ago, as she discussed a
question of pleasure and duty, between con-
science and desire, in the garden of Eden
will be felt whilst eternity shall last. 1t will
run on vibrating through all the regions of
the moral universe. 1t will affect the dcs-
tiny OF worlds or moral beings. 1t will be-
get thoughts of unutterablc bliss in heaven
and sentiments Of unutterable woe in the
world Of darkness. Its consequences will
fill the universe. The Patriarch from the
black crested pillows of the deluge saw,
through the window Of the Ark the ruin of
which that thought was fraught to the hu-
man race.
The Son of God saw from his Fathers
throne, and from the accursed tree on Cal
vary, the ruinous issttes of that woman 5
dalhancc with rcbellious wish.
When conceived in the mind of Eve, it
affected the character Of every thought, and
word and action, which has been conceived
and said, and done frcm that time to this
And it will affect the character of every
thought, and word and action of all the re-
naming ages OF time, and the never ceas-
ing pillows Of eternity.
We are treading upon wires whose Vi
brations shall never cease! We cannot get
away from the working of this law if we
would. 1t is amagic circle, whose spell VIC
cannot break. 1t has been drawn around lis
by our Makers hand and we cannot extri-
cate ourselves from it. No man stands by
himself! There is an invisible tie which
binds him, not only to all his fellow beings
but to everything in his sphere Of creation
You can no more isolate mind than you Car
matter. Efforts to prevent the working O
this great law, are as futile as those made tc
prevent one magnet from influencing anoth
er. We are constantly changing others, ant
being changed ourselves into fitness or un
fitness for heaven. The present stage o
our bengis only Il cchool in which we ar,
fitting TO act our parts in the grander thea
ire OF the world to come. ErerWhing is to
eternity! Talk not of failure or success il
an enterprise here! Eternity decides every
issue. and gives success to nothing bu
Truth.
Ii you had all the artillery of Napoleo,
laundering at your back in support of al
unjust thing. and infinite bonfreS invsibly
waiting ahead TO blazon your victories on
Iwould say pause and consider your success
II the thing is unjust you have not succeed
ed.--though bonires blazed from North t.
South, and the shouts Of men rended thu
air, and editors wrote, yet the decision i!
still to come-the victory is not yet gained
1t is by this law that men though dead still
live and speak and act. Their thought,
pervade and inspire other minds--their feel
ings reach and enrapture other bosoms, anC
their deeds nerve other hands to toll. TIL,
influence of Franklin, who wrote his nam,
on the heavens with every flash Of lightning
is now whispered along. the tell-tale wire
as they weave the two ends of earth togeth
er. And every man that is lost by tn,
power of steam, proclaimS the influence o
Fulton. And thus might we multiply ex
amples by the thousand, proving the Pres
ent to be parent to the Future.
How vast, then, our obligations and res
possibilities if we are to fill with sunshin
or shade all the future; if we are to sen,
light or darkness among all the future gen
erations of earth.
How solemn and impressive our positio,
IA bridge from the shores of the Past t
those of the Future, over which shall pas
or shall not pass, the tide of evil influence
of ages past. This, the education Of til
present day shall determine.
And now we can determine of woma
what her Future shall be. 1t shall be a
her education is! For good or evil the Pr
sent determines alike hers and ours! al
happy to say that nothing short of the edu
cation we have advocated is the tendency
the instruction given here. Your daughter
are here safe. Their minds and hearts ar
in the hands of those who understand the st
cret of their best development, and have III
virtue TO prosecute their work with fde
ity equal to their responsibility. Your
sir, is an arduous task. 1t will not pay
the present day. He who chises the pc,
feet statue from the rough marble hiaiSe
must feel the biting hicks from the flying film
The hand that holds the lance must feel Il
blood that flows to heal.
But you are educating the educators
the world, and the impress OF your intellet
tuality and virtue upon these plastic nature
will bless mankind for n hundred gener;
tionS; and what YOU are now imparting wi
flow back upon YOU in endless revenues
love and joy, amidst the glorious scenes ar
blissful songs of eternity. What though
tault-fnding tongue may falkland the bin
may see no need Of light, 'yet It's nobler
brave the lightning's flash than never st
the sky"
To you, Madam, may it ever be gratif,
ing to know that your efforts are not una
. preciated Your name will be mentiont
with love in many distant domestic circl
Hearts that now beat within these wall
+ will make frequent pilgrimases from aft
, TO bless your bormteous hand. As here,
must your genius preside there; as here,
; must your intellectually reign there;
here, so must your piety govern there; al
as here these mental mirrors receive yor
! impress and image, they shall reflect W