Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-04
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p emotions, according as the connection i
/ which they are used tends to excite the.
a opposite passions. Let US add to these tw
words, another clause, and it will rea
l thus: Only one more composition t
| write" and does not this cause acrceabl
sensations, especially in the mind of tn
school girl who regards composition writin
as the alloy blended with the gold of schoc
life? But when reason whispers, that
!. with the last composition all the man
golden privileges which school aft rd
will also have gone, perhaps never agai
to be enjoyed, feeling of sadness steal
over the thinker, and she beglus to regre
that she must say "only one" Thcs
whlsperings of reason are soon followed b,
other thoughts, as if the mind would deriv,
consolation for these losses, from the ide;
that it is only one week more and the in
dividual shall return home-shall be will
ear y friends; with fond parents; lovet
brothers and sisters shall again visit the
haun's rendered dear by association. Q
how the school girls heart bounds at these
thoughts How she lives over and over
again, IN Imagination, the return, the joy.
full meetings, and revels in anticipated
pleasure, sometimes even at the neglect o.
ctn do Rnf h.t II
Wherever sunbeams fall, the shadow com.
eth too" So, IN this instance, the sunshine
of the heart is soon dispeled by shadows
shadows caused by the remembrance that
the home relations will again be resumed
only a: the sacrifice of the school relations
The ties that bind us as pupils in the
same Institution, as members OF the same
great family, as sisters If the same section,
younger sisters of the same dear Sec
';y1-teachcrs--all these ties will have to be
severed and that too never again to be
Iinhva r--.-f-nna thnsa with --h~--.
we have associated 50 many months, with
the knowledge that we shall never meet
again as mortals, and with sigh is heard,
"Unly one"
'Tis useless to attempt further to illus
trate the effect of these two magic words
upon the feelings, so let US turn and con-
slider the effect upon the character. Who
will deny that these simple words are one
of the most powerful instruments Of Satan
to tempt 70 sin2 If any deny this, let
him ak the one condemned to lnger out
a miserable existancc in a states prison,
for forgery, what his thoughts were when
he committed the first act in bis catalogue
Of crimes, which have been increasing in
geometrical progression Ia vickeduess,
and he will answer, " Something whis-
pered, lis only one" Go to the drunk
ard, and ask him what led him to take
the first glass, and he will exclaim, "Sa-
tan with his bewi,ching voice whispered,
'Tis only one, and yielded" Ask the
Christian grown cold in the service of his
Maker, wha, first cooled his zeal, and he
will reply, " Oaly one neglect of prayer.
1t is yielding to temptation when clothed
in these simple words, that has such
deadly influence upon the character. 1t
-needs only one sin for a beginning of many,
and thus this one, is the means of sinkiDg
man, made in the image and likeness of
God, lower than the brute.-But, again,
when these two little words are used as an
incentive for good actions, how they exalt
the human character for only one good
deed, one good thought now and then,
will lead the way for others, ald in life
time will amount to many, causing much
good and much happiness upon the earth
and will not the character increase ir
strength and beauty by much exercise?
Only one is the apology of the inactive
in the world. Each one says | ain but
one, what can l do? of what advantage
would be all |, single individual, could
accomplish Z" We would answer, the
world, and all things in or on it, are made
up of single ones. The numerous dwellers
on the globe, are all counted by one, none
are more the forests are composed of
great number of trees, but each tree is only
one tree; the shore which bounds the great
ocean, is made Up Of single grains of sand (;
the ocean itself thong h vast it be, is com
posed of single drops Of water. But We
would say, too, that each object has to i'll
its office, or nature would be imperfect.
No one object in nature, refuses to do
what it can, though it be but small : why
cannot man learn lesson in this respect
from inanimate nature?
"what IL the little rain should say,
So snsll thin, as
Can ne'~r refresh the thirsty soil,
III tarry iu the skyi"
The time waster, also, attempts to quiet
the reproaches of conscience-that faithful
= ,nitor, although so frequently abused
i- the thought that it is ''only one" hour
be Is squandering bu:, alas that "ou!y
one hour today, and "only one" to,mor-
row, amount in lifetime to days, months