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sTakb bed ShttefsEe that the ghtiwhleh is IN thss
I'll be not darkHess.f
Ekh acquisition Of knowledge is an influS
Of Iiht to The human sohl From the ear
liesfdawning Of the infant tafnd. when 81
thises are new, until tho wbfld-Eeary mar
sseis the re2pse Of the grave, lie is irarpins
s9nath}ng thht enlargesl his spiritual yisioE
i aHd illuminates its houndaries.g
/ II lat be learns may moi Ia worth th,
j tine and toll it costs; bnt BE canuqt g
wholly uareefmpeused, since honest - ~
f4as ia#itself soue s@s -fscrsns wlthous u
coIm eRssuus ~ P IN Il WISER Lhe pi14e
anipg haElisrs I e Fooa, s50reheuses
orI'ons re r1addenipg jfalonsies, BY e. ar
9. Yetings that disturb tile MENTAL peace 81
hifl who floats down the carrent Of time
without vlksl 10 fathoul tia depths Of Ia
| pofsess fife's fmperishabie treasures /.
Qne cannot wholly lock upItbe senses erbc,
~ exceeding beauty OF the earth and skies.
Ye9 ne experiences 20 warnings after their
nsE'eFles; 90 cravings oftheEappetite which
gloRs With Wgat tteees oaf aid thus some
earning as It we're 10 despite Of themselves.
~ consequently very slowly walk dader d
eanqpy o. ig4t-Ehere only Anew stars shine
IathFiV If
ssfe are ofaers. auq t3ey afe large and
s'Yglsg company 70 whom knowledge. is.
, ,pofE aesira oieIthatl any eethef possession
4 I i sle5 eeygte their dHys and extend
-, laoers iaE INTO tae midnight hours
hey vase and watch and tod to satisfy i
nunser'gg. thiIsting soul taat cannot feed
oh tfe yanitieslof the Sosll They are not
am o.'loas for wefth, station, power. but to
seahd % tha npupfala. up whose sides thro'
eoqfa IS lle aud discoarag3ments they
e nave WI e4lad through years Of patient e.
They have atthined. light, and TIE prospect
opens more NOR dtmore widely, tsut aee comes
on 70 palsy tha faculties, 10 weaken tie
powers OF endurance, to teach tlIe lesson Of
men brief mortality In The pazt, then.
WITH rs accumulation, sufficient for the-pres. +
~ aila the iut4feR Fl view ofithe coming
'haaoE OF the grave, is therellight sufficient I
g pierce the dag kness Of is precincts. ana
% guipe the tFembling soal through the
Tread change thAt surely awaits tt7
= tpere not appetizer and pafer light for
Vhichit has not sought, and whose absence
lo ~. tqfns al otAAer, brightness into gloom
- ss n ,'ts uesti11iy1' mat attends III
.se,y ffFatee soy, that t5e only friend who
ahn l' iaii u Cog that the only friend who &
asa29 PC oesSaredis the light Of His a.
sster s AMI r. Mlt ar9aSut EsSs5Bs
an u tunnel fFa dar If ntiR4ly there Is az
Of the death ang4ll
When the would and all thatlit could be- |
Stow Il passing away, when the mind is too
weary f6r lis ACCUSTOMED flights into the /
realms Of knowledge. when honor has but
4 hollow sound 10 eaFs already dead to itB
allnrements-t en, Ike the returning prod
i Al. tile repentsnt child Of GpdBlPpgs to cast
himself On His BOSOM aud forgetting all
that il behind. breathe its life put in the !
prayef. abe mey@ifpl 70 ME aIsinper
These " shd uld have done 'ahd not have
left.tAe other ndd0neH WhRshauld science
he divorced from thoughts o. Gbd when it
sboalA directly HAD Is the better under
standing Of Hi3 attributes ri Why. should
all other supports be sought and Used, while
the oIlv sure add abiding one isl neglected
OH with all Other light, crave that most
which cannot baI turned into darkness; with
all other hopes cherish that most whose
fru;ti5n is fife eternal ii. TIE presence Of the
Father and the Fellowship CHANGES