Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-04-06
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''Man is tn sLin,si -, qGgnl rlous.
"Soms mems 50 81 jec, e. euirc eni
lsmoney, and f0T ibat purpose TIE, brr8
Their energies 0hets have creni ifsire
: Tc attain noted name and for 't'hry hire
iheir very souls 20 that tisev may gain
Their object. Othrrs have irss+r ainI.
i Than getting money o. eternsl fa.ne;
( Their only object and desire IN life.
! For which with generous zeal thsv ever strig,
Is 70 niske others happy! IN tAe end
/ Meihinks these last are hsppier, for lhey ient
| Toward that celestial tate of mental 10y
EDgendered by life free from aoy %
SoLUUiE Hz Pooh PArER.
7 When God cresicd be earth. he ordained
man as tie leader ard cumpiFollsF of n. living
beings aud things which WIRE brought igio *.
istenre with him. He gave lin mind hich
was denied sIl elsa mind which siIonld be
enabled TO grasp the entire msieTisIiiy Of earth,
10 weigh the causes aud tTscts Of trauspira-
lions, TO call up the past, 10 anticipate, 10 GER
tain extent, the fuiure-u miud which should
enable him 10 provide for future wants of fhiin-
self aud his dependencies How wonderful is
It's tormatioR--how singular its aspirations.
Drawde SAYS: al liave long been stud yia 2
myself, ard hence, man. What an cid piece q
mechansm. how intricate, how perfect. how
ineomprehe nsible. Yet the desds of this me
man are the mora singular Of ala Study Is as
specimsn Of workmanshI p, as 40 acting,
living, moving, self-dapen dent existence, lis
ever the same iucomPrehensbe, wonderful,
god-likei''
Looking upon the mind as the man, and per-
miiting the curious encasemeni, with all its
minute perfsctiOns, TO resolve itself into its ac-
iual individuality the servant and protector
of the mental organization, the study becomes
the more interesting, the more instructive yet
the more perplexing. This it is which controls
the entire physical system, the earth, the un-
verse! Here do we find the germ ~ everything,
the intellectual power which renders the earth
SO perfect, the moving, controlling being which
can measure Eternity aud produce TO form
seeming chaos-here, the likeness Of Cod
This il is which renders heaven 50 sweet to our
anticipation, yet it is this same mind which
makes earth! Here at once are seated the ex
alting, ennobling, purifying and happifying, and
the lowering, debssing aud grovelng tenden-
cies. God has made man free agent, with
power tOlive according to the Dictates ofs mon
itor which is seated within, and which is pos
sessed OF more or less power as its possssssOr
may cultivated il. IT'S this which gives man the
idea OF wrong and right, which is the guide Civ
en- whereby be may direct his steps. which shall
lure him toward happiness and holiness and
to perform its functions through an inculcated
weakness, and leave man to the natural result
ofhis own evil tendency, a speedy arrival at
present sorrow and wickedness and posLhumous
misery which shall have an end.
Yet this mental power. this man, is not alto
gether, in these latter days, the controller Of it.
self, free agent! The desire to stand well in
one snother's esteem is the bane which DESTROYS
mans independence, which makes hun mean,
crnging and comparatively helpless creature. -
How infinitely better would be the entire organ
izalion were our conduct less regulated by that
Of others. If Mrs. a. buys a splendid article
Mrs. B. must oveItop her, if Mr. R goes into
a new house of splendid and hence mighty ex-
Densive style, Mr.. S. must match him, even 4
though he spend hail as much again as he is re-
lilly worth. But we have taken different couse |
rom our original intent, and have exceeded our
limits. In closing, however, we would take the
liberty 10 suggest that man, and BY man we still
mean the mind, is intended for higher asp;ra-
ions than the mere temporal pursusts which /
'eem to torm its chief end here in New York, I
md should strive to attain lOfter-imagiue
ermOn! POOR PETER.