Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-04-20
For the Lcwisburg Chronicle

4 lie ul.uSNpNE OF ht1DluIlplS.
FRANCIS W. TUSTIN, Chester !4rings
For the Lewisburg Chronicle.
have Inst come from the Soirec Musicale DC
vi the UNIVERSITY FAMAIL Institute. Music
is omnipotent, saith Shelly. Sure, 1t is. y
sense yet remains, and us responses are mol
mute even now, IN the quiet Of my room, the
sweet tones are floating on the spirits arr and
In this subdued and lonely hour they linger
sweet companions. Aye, indeed and 1t IS
omnIpresent. " 1t IS the delicate spirit tina,
leads the earth through heaven" And when
too II is associated with those fair forms which
are 10 men as angels on earth, then at least
the ''reverieS OF d bachelor" are delightful.
1T unlwIneS the serpent care hath bound
Were this world made Tor dreaming, l would
fam let my soul float in the glory OF the world
tina, the voice and the string hath this night
created around IT, and luxurIate IN lis heaven
like happiness; bu, Il Is a work-a-day world,
and ulterior thoughts inirude.
IL was but with a dim sense of good, thar
We were led 10 encourage the placing OF this
Institution among us-but rough calculation
ci ean-ihe ease with which cbiidren would
be educated, and with such saving OF cost.
We never thought of the genial, Sun-like
influence II would exert on ourselves and our
social lIie-purliylng the air;ant warming into
life. And 50 gently has II Stole on Us, land with
such delicate touch picket away our faults
and pOlIsscd our manner OF h.c, lhat we are
scarce conscious OF 1t. Oaly those who have
visited US al intervals, can notice It-and this
Is a presasc of the future, inasmuch as the
world of good Is infinite. The gains of the
noiC are the blossoms :. the leaves that fall
are Of the future"
- t, ,c
caticn TO remember thai we have been rescued
from the danger ci being condemned 10 mere
animal life. 1t is true that there NAV be midi
vIdual instances, one here and there who by
tirt of perseverance may lift themselves above
dollars, and show that eating and drinking,
marrying and being gwen IN marriage, Shaving
and drudging, are not all that we are made for.
But such are cepuonS-oddities and there
is no pleasure in being thus isolated. And Il
Is impossible that IT be genera, unless the taste
IS cultivated IN ali-ualeSS new world Of
intellectual and spiritual life, surrounded by
an intellectual and spiritual atmosphere, be
created-that we may live IL II, breathe in II,
and be fcryaded by It's essence. The lnStitu-
ton has done thIs-created this new wc-d.
Education stops not with those Nho are the
immediate participants. Our daughters and
our sisters are refined by its power, and bear
It's refining influence into our homes. Besides,
II is only by education that we are able TO
come upon that common ground on which the
whole world meets. We do not suppose that
the little world whose horizon IS the blue
mountains Of Bulialoe, will he always our
home. Alas, no, the hectic flush, unearlhy
beauty, and the hacking cough tell US too
painfully that some wlii leave US for a world
where The skies are more blue and the air is
more pure; and there is new form. But many
no doub. vii go to olhet scencs-mingle
among cher companions than those of their
childhood. If educated, noGe need fear-for
all are on an equal footing, and provincialisms,
If any there be will fade III the blaze Of higher
wor,h.-I could not help thinking of these
things Just now-and that, too, with lively
qualification.
The several pieces of Music, we can not
critici>c. We can only say that we telt-afid
those that can judge, say that the execution
was very fine. Pure thoughts and joyous
heartS-,efned feeling and its ultimate good,
are the tribute we bring. And consciousness
of having done good, the pride of success, and
the gratitude of the parents, are Mr.GEssNERs
reward-their teacher.
This long, hard winter has at last gone
the new sun has awakened life, and we have
heard the birds sing. And many weary,
world-wcrn wretch halls milder season with
10Y: and so sung the choral group, gathered
there in their beauty and loveliness, the ode
TO SPRING
Oar senses and our feelings could not claim
the whole treat. As was becoming when our
hearts were Joyous, instruction poured IN its
fruits. "What can satisfy the desires or our
hearts," IN Essay. Not surely, ear'h-bcrn
pleasures and gains alone. The longing for
the uuknomn. though men may mistake fer
something afainable here, is not SATISFIED by
The finite. The s,atesmans stormy road, Or
the miscfs boarded care, arc vanity; IN such
things
---'ii,',n proht brings
Speed IN ID. van or llinlueas In the rear