Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-09-02
The Dark Side.

There are come people who are always
looking on the "dark side" Of life. They
seem to see the world through "coloFed
glasses" and thus everything bright. beau
tiful. and glorious, takes sonbTe tint from
the medium through which they gaze
They have not strength and courage 10
struggle with the actual ills of existence
for these are wasted in graphing with ina
ginary evils If in the sprinetlme they sa"
amid the budding loneliness OF nature: they
do not believe that when autumn comes
their fields will be filed with "pumy
sheaves," and plenty will sit smiling at the
household hearth They think OF the de-
vastatine march Of the tornado. and the
whitening breath Of the frost king. rather
than the crystal dew-drop, the refreshing
shower. and the cheering sunlight. that
shall ripen the fruit and give golden hue
to the waving grain. When the harvest has
been gathered in, amid the merry songs, OF
the reapers. they do not offer prayer OF
thanksgiving for these mercies.
On the contrary, they borrow tronble con-
corning the winter. and fear that during her
long and dready reign, want shall chase
abundance from their dwelling # they
have white-winged vessels floating in far
of seas. they listen to every rising breeze,
as If it we the herald of coming doom.
and fancy each ship thousand times
wrecked, Do they possess richly stored cot
fers they are in constant fear OF burglars
and assassns Friendship they do not trust,
because there is a possibility that smile
NAV conceal a deceitful heart, and kind
words be used to lure another to ruin. They
visit homes that seem to them like ernb!ems
If ~
over them halo of light, but even there
shadow floats up from the murky atmos-
phere which enshrouds the iistrusttul soul.
The wonder of this apparent happiness is
not assumed in order to make an impression
and give them an idea OF real domestic bliss.
There are those to whom they are bound by
athousand ties. but instead of enjoying their
society they spend the hours in gloomy
forebodings of death and misery Dear
reader you have seen just such persons, SO
have we. and marked how they not only
rendered themselves wretched, but cast
dismal spell over all with whom they came
in contact. 1t is we'll to look upon life as
it is 10 realize that it has sorrows and SUIT
ferings, and prepare for them; bqt it IS vain
and sinful to look continually On the dark
side. If wants fall to your lot. remember
mat lie VINO sent Inc ravens 70 leel MS
servant, will not forget his trusting children.
If friends become your foes. do not think
that the whole human race are the same
stamp
Angels are bright STILL though the
brightest fell and so is with mankind.
True, there are thousands Of wretched, fallen,
guilty beings: but there are, also, hearts
tina, throb nobly with their wealth Of pure
and generous impulses It Is a pernieions
doctrine which too many are teaching,
when they portray friendship as "only
name,' and truth but the fair semblance Of
what she ought TO be. Death may sever Us
from those to whom we have chung with
yearning fondness: but we must not repine:
in every hour of trial and suffering. we must
remember that there is One guiding the
affairs and destiny Of the world, and that
He doth all things weli'-Oliee Branch.