The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-07

"faker naturcs. lie whose genus 3Nd WIS
dom are but Instruments Of oppression, low.
ever covered and soffened with lying names
aeihc Degrading Of monster. The line 'h,
divides between the animal anil the divine i,
the line Of suffering. The animal, for It's own
pleasure. inflic;s suffering. The divine en-
cures suffering for another's pleasure. No
then when he went up to tie proportions q
original glory was Christ the greatest hu
when lie descended, and were our form
- and bore our sins and sorrows, that hy hi
stripe: we might be healed.
have no vicarious mission for these po|ulou:
Insects. Bat will at least not dc>pi>e then
littleness nor tramplc upon their lives. Yet
how may spare them: At every step
Must needs crush sores. and leave The
wounded in my path. Already I've cs; ny
patience with that in:o'crahIc .Iv. ard slap
:: eti h,n ont of being. and brcatI.e,i OF, frey
vengeance agairs: tho*c mean cons .!ors
that night and day. seek NY Blood, hvrocii'-
really singing grace before their meal.
The chief use of farm. il it be- well select
CT, and Of proper soil. is to lie down upon.
Alinc is an excellent farm for such uses, a;Id
thus cultivate it every day Large crops
are the consequence, of great delight and
fancies morefhan the brain can hold. Ny
btry is Exemplary. Though but wcc;
here, | hav1 laid down more hours and in
more places than that hard working brother
a mine in the whole year that he has dwcIt
here. Strange that industrious lying down
should come so naturally to me, and stand
ing up and lazing about after Ike jow Or he
hind the scythe, 50 naturally to him. Ny
eyes against his feet 1t takes me hut :cc-
ond to run down that eastern slope across
the meadow, over the road. w To HAT l,nr
hillside, (whicl. the benevolent Hir. Dom j.
Sc beautifully planting with shr;.iicry for
my sakc-l!cssinrs OH hin y lut his fee;
could not perform the task in less thar ten
minutes. | can spring from Grey Lock III
the north through ;hc hay air, over the
wide sixty miles to TIE dome of the Taronic
Mountains in the south. by a simple roll Of
the eye-ball. mere contraction OF a few mas
rles. Now let any one try it with his irr.,
4 twodays would scan; s,.liicc With nv head
can SOW the ground with glorious larvc>is
can build barns. gill them with silky COWS
sa,. nimblc horses; can pasture a thous,.t,.
skcep, run innume,a!le burrows. SOW every
sort Of seed. rear up forests just wherever
the eye longs ior them. build my housc, like
Solomon's temple. without the sound of 4
hammer. -Ah a mighty worker is the head
Those farmers that Use the foot and the hand.
are much to he rtied. can change u.
structures every day. without cxrrr~.
can enlarge that gem Of lake tina; lies vor-
der twinklng and rii.i,!iag in the sunlight
! can pile up rock, where they ought to have
been found. for Landscape effect. ard c!o'le
them with the very vines that ought to grow
over them. ! can transplant every tree that
inject III my rides. ans! put it near nv house
with the dropping of Il leaf.
But Of what use is all this f,ncifl:! using Ct
the heal ? 1t is mere waste fprccious time,
But lift gives great delight. if it keeps the
soul awake, sweet thoughts alive. and sordid
thoughts dead If it brings one a little out Of
conCeit with hard economies. and p"nuriou>
reality, and stinrv Scli-conceit if it BE like a
bath to The sou!, in w!,;c!, it washes away the
Crime of human contacts, and the sweat and
dust of life among selfish, sor!id men if ii
makes the :hous hts more supple to climb along
the WAYS where spiritual fruits DO grow, and
especially if it introduces the soul to a fuller
cynviciicn Of the Treat Unseen. and tca,.hcs
it to esteem the visible as less .ea, than ,sinrs
which no eye can see. or hands ha:.di" i: vii!
have answered purpose which is in vaiI
sodgnt among stup,i ccnve:.ticna!iies.
At any rate, such discourse OF the thought.
with things that are beautiful, and such an o
peniny OF the soul to t!.inns which are sweet
brcathed. will make one joyful At III" ';r'c
and tranquil thereafter. And ifonc fully i';
lieyes that the earth is the Lords. and tia
God vet walks among leaves and trees, in tho
cool of the day, he will not easily Ge rcrsu,
died. to cast away the belief that all these va
carries and wild conmunings are those Of
child in his fathers house, and that the So
rrct springs OF JOY which they open,arc touch
ell Of God
MR. SlMNEI: OE BACKBUNES.
Senator Sumner is an eloquent mar: an
his speech, male at the Worcester Con,cn
ton, is an eloquent speech. ron sol:ie point
connected with the relations oi the Gcner,
Government to SLAVERY. it GOES further thai
We can; hut its leajin. sentiments are jus
and its spirit and temper are slicii as the time
demand. 1t is manly, bold, energetic an
practical
The most eloquent sentence i'll this speech
-becausc it is true>t lis that in which Nh
Summer declares tina: there are three thing
needed to enable the Free States to resist tt
inccssant acgress;oas o. Slavery: that the tl'>
is backbone the second jGrlL,ro, ard til
third BACKBONE.-Trncr word was ncvc
spoken. The saying OF Demoshencs that iii
three essentials OF elOIuence We're actin..oc!
ting, ACTING,was not whit more true. Back