Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-25

ssThe Rule or Lffe.;'
. The following Is an extract from the address of
Hon. r. H. CHaRlToN. delivered at the request Of
the Young Mems Christian Association, in the Leo
ture Room of the Smithsonian Institate. It's theme
ii the Rule of Life. We need hardly say that it
is characterized by the lofty religious tone which
pervades most of its authors publications. Strange
as it may seem in professed Christian country it
demands no small measure of moral heroism on the
part of Senator Representative, thrown amid
the fashionable and political circles of Washington
to enable him to appear before Christian Associa
ton, in advocacy of the Christians " rule Of le."
The following extract with which the lecture
eludes NAV be taken fair Indication of the tone
and talent which it exhibits
What rule of life shall we follow to insure our
happiness o. What is the rule!
II belongs to no profession in particular; the mon
arch upon his throne secure 1t; the captive In
his loathsome cell may retain it, There is no sta
ton there is no condition. where it is not to be
found and it is his: 1t is the faithful and conscien
tious discharge of every duty which may be allotted
to YOU, no matter how minute for the little things
of life are the terrible, they also the beautiful
the unwayerng attention to the suggestions OF the
monitor within our breast. Ne man, though sur
rounded by fame, by wealth, by science by love- can
be happy who feels that he has turned deaf ear to
his bosom's lord. No one, however degraded, trod-
den down. athirst, hungry. wounded, can be misera-
able who knows that he has been earnest in his
thirst after TRUTH and unfaterng in his devotion to
! principles.
Act we'll your part, there all the honor lies -
1t is the memory of our past life to which we must
always look for comfort or for reproach the pres
emit we are too busy with the future has too much
of Hopes brightest hues 1t is the stern reality OF
the past that must be treasure house of gra'e-
fu recollection, or our charnel-house of persisted
tod Ic no M
prominent attribute of the mind it is the golden
thread that connects the jewels together and if it
break the gems will fall to the ground and lie scat
tered in useless profuson. 1t is said and have no
doubt of it, that what have once leaned we can
never forget. The trifng incident of our boyhood's
years the passing event, which seemed to float by
upon the stream of Time, almost unobseryed, will
in more mature life, fash back upon our mental Wis
ion with startling vividness; it may be true. thai
we apparently forget much that we have witnessed
it NAV be- that we cannot recall each at pleas
ure but in the Judgments of the brain they hid
den. and memory when we least expect it, will re
produce them, and oft times make cheek grow
pale, our brow crimson, at the unwished for re
collection And time is like the skiful workman
who is about to take down some ancient mansion
he begins at the roof and after he has demolished
that then he takes down the higher story, and 81
on in inverse order to their erection. until he
reaches the foundation, which, last ofal he removes
and such is Times attack upon the memory. HI
cayng tab. rnacle.. The old man, lettering in thu
second childhood, will forget the that be ha
just witnesseda and vet remember we'll the inclden
ofa score of years ago; and as he advanced neare
and nearer to the grave of all his faculties, and
gloom more horrible than death is settling upon hi
WORKOUT mind, whilst The present is dark before
him, his garrulOas tongue will still prae to you o
his chldhoods visions and tell you truly, the event
of his early life What a warning does this give us
4 we laying up for ourselves bssful dreams
or are heaping up layers Of wrath each deed w
now commit, each thought we now harbor, whethe
it be 0i evil or of good, putting up in sOr
for the retrospection of of lie's last hours Oh lie
e us to it. that when draw nigh to our fna
rest when the damps of de- tn gathering upo
our brow and the hand Of the destroyer is uplifte
to strike US down. may look ba k upon the lon
avenues of years through which we have trodden
and see there the smiling cOuntenances OF those who's
g. hearts have gladdened, whose lives hav
= cheered, beaming upon their gratitude; and tina
t. we may look forward with joy, and humble hope t
. those bright and beautiful mansions prepared for
" in Heaven. whose maker and builder is God
have recently met with beautiful little Poem
the author of which am ignorant Of which give
1.-THE rule. in few practical words, and with the IT
) citation of which, will conclude this lecture
u ''There three lessons would wrte.-
- Three words-as with burning pen,
H. In tracings of eternal light.
l. Upon the hearts of men.
Hare Hope Tho clouds environ now,
III And gladness hides her face, with scorn,
:, Put thou the shadows from thy brow
No light but hath its morn.
~ sc Hare Faith whers'er thy bark is driven
ie The cHim's dsport--the tcmpest's mrth,-
|. Know this-CIod rules the hosts of Heaven,
h TIL inhabitants of earth.
q &c Hare Love Not love alone for one,
4 But man. man, thy brother call -
. And scatter. like the circling sun,
X Thy charities on all.
&C Thus grave these lessons on thy Soul
Hope. Faith, and Iove-and thou shalt find,
to Strength, when life's surges widest ROLL
at Light when thou else vert blind!'
v Later from Havana-Hsalth of MIR. Ktng-San
2 Anna. &c.