The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-10
NUMBER 7---VOLUME |.
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lnolv1ousnty--A0eic
.The present. If It wiIl have the future accom-
plish. shall itself commence, Thou who prophe-
siest, who 5clieyest begin thou TO ft,ltl.'- Cur
twe.
1t has been well said by good writer,
"The crisis of mans destiny is to-day"
and the time for every man to act well
his part in the great drama of life is no,c
with the passing hour. and in the ever
living Present. There is no retreat here.
The duties of to-day are upon us. They
will not wait for satisfaction and there is
something here for every man TO do, in
the great strife of contending forces that
is forever going on in the world around.
For no man is wholly free from the pass
ing duties and everyday responsibilities
that cluster along the pathway of life.
The links of human sympathy and COM
mon dependence bind US together in one
common destiny. Our interests are so
eonnec' ed, that our social necessities and
common wants demand of every person
a corresponding share of all those moral
and civil activities which go TO mike up
that state of moral power, public virtue,
and civil order, upon which the social
fabric alone can exist.
In reply to that oft-repeated saying,
which has had so great run, Il can do
nothing-I have no influence" let me
say, it is false from fils: to last Ii does
not belong TO the social state, and can
have no true application but in state of
perfect isolation. No man of sane mind
is without an influence, and no man of
sane mind is SO imbecile as to be incapa-
bic of moral action, and some positive
good. No matter of what occupation, or
what condition in life, there is part for
each to act, which shall tell on the des-
tiny and welfare of his feilow-naan for all
time to come.
Look up. then, my brother, wherever
you arc domiciled, up and down the
broad streets and narrow lanes of this
breathing. busting, clashing, striving
world. Arouse thee from thy inglorious
ease, and awake to the great truth in
scribed upon every part of Gods uni
verse, which proclaims that life is labor
life is action-life is earnest" Re
member that thou hast possibility in the'
for much-the possibility of writing OF
the eternal skies the record of heroic life
You can do something to make societ.
better than it is. You cai, exert an influ
ence that viii tell somewhere in the grea
strife of progress, in arresting the tide q
discord and widespread despair.
There is work enough TO do, if We g
no further than the complete developmen
of the individual mind. The provinc
of self-elevation is by no means circum
scribed. There is vast field even her
for intellectual effort, But, beyond this
how much more to accomplish in tn
great community around US; to original
plans of social improvement; to eleyat
every social virtue; to propagate senti
ments of justice and humanity, and hell
roll on the tide of human progress agains
all those institutions of wrong and oppres
sion which destroy the happiness and i'm
pede the prosperity of the race.
Yes, there is work enough to do, and
worthy of the best efforts of sincere,
earnest souls. There is work enough to
do to engage lifetime in self-sacrifcing
activities, in manly virtues, and noble
deeds. Then waste not the hours away
in sioth and forgetfulness. Remember,
true life is ever wakeful, ever active,
and ever pressing on to the goal Of toll
and unimagining realities.
"Trustmen gently-trust them strong,
ly." Brave the evil and cherish the
good; "and though we walk in the viii
derness to-day, the light shall come To-
morrow"
| 20. youth! flame earnest. still aspire.
| With energies immortal,
| To many heaven of desire
Our ycarning opes portal.
! And though age wcarics by the way,
And hearts break in the fUrrow.
Well SOW the golden grain to-day
The harvest comes to-monow.