New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-16

whore patient en- sDeerng eau ~ lie rerstaue@'
when be hes fine and loon i Nous devices bu'
when be opposes all the wisdom and the strength tn"
is in him 70 Tie power OF Nature, BE- - whsted d'Nn
tie wind with as little ceremony and as helpl assiy
as bird or feather. Such 4 the enormous dsPro-
portion between The strength OF man and OF natural
forces that nothing ridiculous exeep, STRIFE OF
resstanco Al proportions lost, and the United
efforts OF q thousand more appreiaole mao
would be the signing of babes breath. ms
none know 50 well a. they that have seen
mountains rocked by earthquakes, as If AIDS
or Andes were mere babes 10 be daniled;
who have blenchei beneath re continuous blaze Of
tropical lghinings; wio have trembed to the mar
row while the ocean sao we'd ii thOus and devils
tormcnicd it, and the thunder and the storm walked
through the Az with the step anu vcice Of God, going
forth to take vengeance uPon bis enemies Yet IN
al the tumult Of such Wild and dreadful storms and
earthquake # there be tinli, gentle heart, wo-
rnsn meek ard qriet mao, who has learned to
trust in God, there shall rise mp in them calm and
sorore courage clear and perfect reat. which shan
not ony bar tie soul TO fear, but clohe ii with JOY
and trim ph. Tbe1e in the very black jaws Of the
tempest il shall csr no evil. For, rs once Ch,is,
arose from his sleep and looked forth upon bestormei
Genncsarcth and buked the sea 20 canness and the
wind to peace 50 hath he ever since given 70 those
who have the secret OF Col with them the power %
sing amid the tempest and to be quet when TIC very
Garth DOH reel and shake. Gol Is or rJage AMI
strength rery present help IA t1se Of trouble; Hcrs-
jogerH not ne fear though the crrth be rcm0rcd and
hough ne ouHfqin, ie carried into the nils. ojtts
sea: Horsi he rcfcr Hsrr.f roar ard &c tr0gJ-
h9. nouct lie moTA'a.Hs staIe ritk tie sre'i-
/ ing hcrooJ. Another expression Is given by tho
4. F.f+.
anothcr lass Of experiences thar usually beat do
mel's he1osm and make them dwelling coSarl3.
/ WHEN men are shutup By circumstances anil by pow
cry. and pcs,iontia Diseases fall among them,
a. tie sc0mge fell upon tho City OF New
/ Orleans year ago, when disease seemed IN
/ decd an ANGEL Of death and all who were attacked
oi,d almost at blow, as If they had been shot
through the Vitals with poisoned arrows; 80 tina!
nohiug was safe. neither ago no; youth, temperance
nor goodness and man lying down knew no:
whether DO should rise up again or rising IN
the morning, kew not whether he should re
down in Ttace agan-hoy fcoi-h and vain y
WISDOM, power, skill, or courage OF rass lnce
under such assaults In ike manner, when
The hideOus compan AMI pareut o. disoa.s iaml 90,
stalks shroad, consumes tn field sucks up tho haf
vest arr wards Of supply and cattle dwaile and per
iii. a men grow tim and such scenes are enacted
az mace poor / Gland the worlds gaze and PITY
towns thinued out villages dep pul i'sd Eel dying
=
b trCos il OctObCr-h)w pGny doth mems Industry, or
/ en'erprse, or skill, seem ia srch mltcw ani con-
sumption The sOpl IS de-Olate desc lndeacy tyran-
T iZes and casts lie victims into deep Dungeons Of
darknsss. The nerve wifhars, courage dsre nor or
I deaver. But while strong men thus anguish, aud
the bold are rs a withered eat there 9ro th'so "hO
in such time Of blasting and destruction bright
and cheerful. j. is those Who like the prophet n
cav: "1kk0vgh tie fg.frs shat not bosom, ecilhsr
0H trul be IN H. ripc ne lg50r Of tie Oiire sb0H
/ ." joa, and the 6clds shall y'clf no mat, Ge f'-k
/ sAoH b. ch eG from NJ Jod, ard - serd Se91 D.
I Z" in the st7Vs YsT cV reoic' ~ me LJrf mi
ion in the God Of ay s1iratioRl" (Hqjb 2: II. II
There j. no reading psrson in the community, SUP
/ pore, who has not with Deiniul eagerness witchod
ibe melancholy progress Of news in tho daily papers
respecting the Inflated irctc aud her precious fright
of human lives. The ship itself with its fellow shos,
was connected with popular regard by patriotic leel'
| ings Without ono unkin1 feeling 10 yard Old Eng
] land with sincere kindness and good wishes, II vas
vet natural and proper hst should rejoice in the
success of any fair competitor upon 80 grand
field as the ocean and by an instrument that stands
nj the top o: all human endeav0r-an ocean steamer
propelled by marine engine. There 3 no SIX and
DO art set, nobler than Such vessel as rosfs nov
upon the bottom ands of NewfDnpdland waters. Bnt
all this feeling which would still have iamented the
disaster II every soul had been Rescued for the
mere ships sake that hsd often carried our flag
through night and storm, reading her way the
deco BY that my sterious eye in the binnacle ia in
ttpsifed thousand fold by the dreadful m needless
destruction of precious human life. And in the gloom
/ ony-the heroism Of n fsv, - whom honor and duty
were more precious than life and the Christian ch
of many may hope who, IN the dirost surprise Of
tLat evil hour found in God O. 3 very present help
| time of troube;" who sst serene though the sea
roared and the waves thereof and gave up their
trusting souls with sweet gnaon 10 tho convoy II
Christs angels that waited around the spot TO give
them swift delivcrance and instant passage heaven
ward. They fonJy ihought-these Christian he lrts
that they we're but HJee ddys from home. Indeed,
they were but three hours from Home. Many Of them
sad 10 themselves, Once among familiar places,
"ihere 1ewil abide; will never wander again,
"pilgrims in strange lands We will never tempt again
the pesils OF the deep" And God SAID Verify,
"ye Lever shall This Christian faith and its ira
dsiion in the dying hour, when that hour comes
like bolt, Is in such contrast with other horrors
OF the scene, that we love TO hover over this
thought We turn from every other view appalled,,
ard qniet orr agitation and bitter sympathy
in the radiance ard soft glory Of the Divine presence
and benedicon which snatchod, we may hope, scores
from the hands Of terror and wrapped them in the
bosom OF peace and serene resignation.
II was autumn. Hundreds bad wended their
wsy nom pDgrmages: from Rome and its treas
pres Of dead ait and its glory Of living nature,
from the sides OF the Ssitzers moun,ains, from
the capitals OF various nations; all Of them say
ing in their hearts, We will val. for the septic n.
Der gales to have done with their equinocisl fury,
and then we will embark; we will slide across
the appeesed ocean, and in the gorgeous month
OF Octo Der We will greet our longedfor native land
and our heart loved homes. And 80, tho throng
streamed along from Berlin, from Paris, from the
Orient, coDyergiDg upon London, still fastening
toward the welcome ship and narrowing every day the
circle Of engagements and preparations. They
crowded aboard Never had the Arctic borne such
best Of passengers nor passengers so nearly related
10 30 many among u. The hour was come. The
signal ball fell az Greenwich. IL was noon also 8,
Liverpool. The anchors weighed; the great hull
sway Cd 10 The current the national colors strcamed
abroad, as if themselves instinct with life and ma
tional sympathy. The bell strikes; the wheels re-
voye; the signal gun beats It's echoes in upon every