The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-07

that glorious nmnlaIity awaits the soul
may we'll exclam--
"Oh grave where is thy victory!
Oh death where is thy sting.
Death surely destroys The body, all OF
man that is material.
But the soul What is it Can man
comprehend itf What is our knowledge
| Of it We cannot see it except as an
electric spark We cannot hear it only as
it comes in contact with material sub
stance. any more than we can hear the
wind in an unabstracted area. We can
Ieel it only as gentle zephyr. and with
these indieea are we sure that il is the soul
Of The departed We hope SO ardently
that it is, we fear it may be immaglnation
But is not mans destiny as he wishes 7
Mans actions will generally correspond
with his will-he is the creator OF his
own destiny. II he desires to live in peace
with all mankind lie will not be belliger-
ent, he will be in peace with als iel-
low man. Mai follows the bent OF his in
clination and his destiny is certain to be
in accordance with his inclination. We
may therefore inter that Moses longing for
immortality is prima fnria evidence ct his
immortal destiny--the desire is based upon
some innate power. and this IS a power
greater than the body and there is no coun-
ter desire-it is power therefore inde-
pent of all things material. Is it not the
prompting of the soul itselfindependent OF
organized matter
Having promised thus much--let us see
what are some OF the duties of man.
These depend entirely on his inclination.
IF he will to assert downward course,
then he should lore his neighbor as him.
self,n for in This lore his action will control
his destiny. What ID meant by neighbor
rs it all the descendants Of Adam II Eve
or is it all having common interest in
the destiny Of a particular country The
Philanthlopist will answer the question.
But who is the Philanthropist7 answer
it, is he who so protects himself at home
that he may have it i'll his power to do
good abroad. Some men steal, in order to
give; there is no philanthropy in this
Some men beggar themselves in order to
bestow charity on unworthy objects. The
True philan,hopist must first be able, then
willing to do good, and the object must be
worthy otherwise he can not call him
neighbor. The gull y should be punished
and not rewarded. Now il is philanthrop-
ic to admit the virteous poor of other lands |
INTO our country, because we have it in our
power to assist tbem-but not the wicked |
and in admitting any philanthropy tea
ches us 70 beextremely guarded, otherwise
in the course Of time there will be such an
influx as will dissipate its ennobling quail |
tiles, That people who are the most char
liable, are the happ.est, and we should
ever remember that charity requires ca
pacity. The ,eW without the means, ar
CUES want OF Judgment.
Men are some times fanatic. and run to
great extremes,and the a mission upol equ-
Al terms with ourselves, the paupers & cram.
iaais Of he world, is an extrem which if
persisted in. would in the course of 90
years up-root every feeling Of phianthro-
,y and charity, ri9ues which should
De nurtured and well sua,ded Tie
rue philanthropst then is he, who,
20 protects himself and his country, as to
nave it ALWAYS in his powe: to do good
o others, in order that good may be done.
lN-CoG.
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