Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-06-09

his prospects. The dark hour may
threaten him--he may droop for mo-
ment; but the tear is dashed away. the
brow dauntlessly uplif,ed; determination
unfurls her flag; resistance to the adverse
winds of fortune fills his soul /; he sets
every sail, and to the astonishuent OF
those who thought his bark was total
wreck. steers safely into port. He is up
and OF his feet again--up with hearty
good will /; up to meet other shocks. II
they must come; up TO astonish those
who mourned his fall. and disappoint
those who glotied in his defeat. To such
man there are no stumbling blocks,
Tmpedimenrs become formidable weap-
on with which he gets back misfortune.
lake away every support but a good
conscience. and still will he battle on.
Burn his house over his head and he
will build it u2 again. Sink his ships in
the ocean, he will sail others over their
wrecks. Take from him his good came
even, and, God he'll ping him. he will stem
the tide OF oppression, and swim on till
he gains the dry tand.
We do not say all this is easy. If il
were. thers would be no merit IN it. On
the contrary. it is very difficult; but is
not difficulty The very thing to put a man
on his metlle? Where is tie glory Of
doing what any fool could do +? Virtue
is not virtue until it has been tempted
and proved victorious; and the real
strength of mans mind is only shown
by difficulty and adversely. II has been
said Of the Yankee that if he were cast
on barren island he would contrive
some way to make fortune. And so it
is with the man who is energetic and
pe'severing. Strip him Of Lis resources.
cast him down into the deepest waters
Of trouble, and while , GU are gazing on
the place where he disappeared, you will
see his head. then his shoulders. then his
arms, and finally the whole man, emerge
iriumphantIy from the gloomy current.
Let us not, however, attempt to prove
100 much. We do not assert that Nil
may become rich. all rise to greatness,
all attain the height of their ambition.
The race is not always to the swift, MOI
the battle to the strong, nor the vic DRY
70 The mighty. Man must work and
wait. Wo'k upon earth and wait for the
dsws Of Heaven TO give the incl ease.
But there is no electric telegraph with
lie .ven to indicate which will be the
! victor and which will continue in adyer>.
| siiy. The book Of the future is sealed 10
all. TO the rich and to the poor, to the
| prosperous, and to him who is now strug
Cling with adverse circumstances. No
man can tell what he can d. ill he tiles
tries. not carelesslv, not half looking
back from the plough. but with his face
set firmly towards attainment.
We would ask our failing reader
whose dark hour may have oppressed
Inn, not to be discouraged il all things
do not appear to work together for good.
Rise superior TO adversely. and never
allow yourself to become II victim Of the
delusion that you are entiely under the
dominion Of circumstances There is not
IL more danger Gus belief ia the whole
creed of wo.ldiness. Others have t'i~
umphed over signal defeats have lost
fortunes, and beginning humble. were
soon on their feet again; have been pros>
t,ated by sickness, yet have worked on
until mind trumphed over matter; have
hidden fare well to dear friends. and seen
the cold grave close over all their hopes
yet forcing their sorrow to succumb III
energy. have given themselves to higher
hopes. and have perscver"d ill their trib'
ulation has worked out a great reward
Bunyan was thrust into gloomy prison
there he made himself immortal. Milton
lost the preci"us boon of .ight-but CON-
posed the greatest mecern epic poem -
Luther was maligned and despised; ii
only added fire to his flaming zeal. So. it
you ave cast down by sorrow, or envi' oned
| with difficulties, remember that. to aban'
don any project because " difficulty pre-
senls itself. may be to cheat yourself at
the very moment of fruition that each is
called upon to endure. bat he only thai
endurelh to the end obtains the victory
that all men have their dark hours, but
the darkest and the coolest houi is that
which precedes the dawn: