The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-23
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glorious. l see Gods matchless crea-
ton. | see mans wonderful invention.
see houses Of luxury and splendor,
homes of thrift and comfort, the haunts
of qinglorious ease" and of honest labor
see fair, joyous children, blooming
maidens, eager, adventurous young men.
see the hustle and haste Of business,
the glittsring array Of pleasure, halls and
galleries OF art, noble edifices Of COM
mercialindustry, Libraries, reading rooms,
lyceums, for the intelligent and enquir-
ing. see great churches, tall Cathedral
spires, unobtrusive temples of Christian
worship, and say to myself, what a
majestic world is this in which we live
What a great country is ours But this
is not all see; and it is of the datk
side of The picture. that | wish now 10
speak. We are all prone to harp upon
one string, and when that one note is a.
prolonged note of sadness, the chances
are against our finding patient listeners.
The human heart Graves happiness lit
rebels against sorrow. People in gen.
eraI do not like to feel uncomfortable /;
and the sight of sorrow and suffering
makes one very uncomfortable. There
are two ways Of warding off uncomfor,
table feelings; or rather, two ways OF
trying TO ward them of. Success is by
no means sure for there is such strong
feeling of brotherhood in the race, that
the appeal Of want and woe, which
meets us on every side, touches sym
pathetic chord in almost every breast.
One way, however, to escape such
gratuitods compassion, Is by shutting our
eyes and ears to what we might other
wise see and hear daily. Another way
is, to let sympathy find its proper exer-
else in acts of benevolence and charity.
If we adopt the first named method, of
saving ourselves pain, we must also
blunt our sensibility to the beautiful and
rue. five do this, we may spare our
selves discomfort, but we must also fore
tgo happiness. But who can do this! =!
The air is heavy with this burthen of
human sorrow and wrong. 1t greets us
on every side, from the piteous cry of
helpless infancy, to the feeble moan Of
in6rm old age. Turn where we will,
we hear it. Away from busy life, in the
solitude of the forest, the winds catch up
the sorrowful wall, and bear it on through
the quiverlng leaves, in low undertone,
that blends strangely with the carol Of
birds and the laugh Of the ripping brooks
And in that deeper solitude, on the sea-
shore, where the tide ebbs and flows, and
"rests not day or night" far across the
blue waves, the low murmur rises and
falls like the deep signing of human
heart craving something that it cannot
find.
Then, if sorrow and sadness are around
us everywhere, and we cannot shut our
eyes or ears to their appeal, (and would
not if we could J our only alternative is
10 find some field wherein we can labor
to alleviate, if we cannot remove, this
load from humanity. What see daily,
might fill volume, and yet the half not
be told. wish to prove that the greater
part of the misery, want and woe around
us springs from one source. If | can
find patient listener, | think ! shall
make convert to my opinion. In the
first place, what | see daily, almost every
time | look from my window, might
sound in very bad taste to ears polite,
whose neighborhood is more genteel than
my own. | confess it is as little to my
taste as it can be to theirs, to look out
upon squalor and wretchedness; but as
the lines are not fallen to me in as plea
SAINT places as could desire, take it
for granted it is because my mission can
be best accomplished where | am,
Here, then, look out upon large and
commodious dwelling, wherein abide
some twenty or more families. On each
conner is a grog-shop. The one nearest
my eye at this moment, being most
densely populated, and doing the best
business, (f can Judge by the swarm
passing in and out,) will take for the
subject of my picture. II has no font
windows. Such as they are who dwell
there, belong to the class spoken OF in
the new Testament, as loving darkness
rather than light" The only way that
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