The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-08-07
From the Waverly Magazine
" SOMETHING TO PASS AWAY THE
TIME"
ADA VERNON.


"I want something to help me pass away
the time" Is it possible. my dear friend,
have heard you right ? You, with youth health,
energy,-you, upon whom the Father of mer-
cies has bestowed so many blessings, COM
planning of WEAKNESS, ennm! Parden me
then. when l say if this be the cause you
must have sadly mistaken the aim of life
you must have buried those talents in the earth
that God has given you, that you may do good
with them. Tell me not that you have no in
fluence, or talents You may not be gifted
with genius, or wealth, or beauty, or extra
ordinary abilities in any way,-but it is i'm
possible for any human bel g to live with 9TH
ers without exerting an influence over them
for good or for evil. Your time, your health,
youth isfelf, are talents for which you are ac
countable to the Giver. "No man liveth to
himself" and if you attempt to do SO you will
meet the reward, even in this world, in the
form of languor, WEAKNESS of life, the indif-
ference of those around you. If you would
experience true happiness yourself, you must
strive to make others happy.
Do you ask what you can do for such an
end ? If yon had wealth, you say you would
know how to apply it for this purpose, you
would clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and
" cause the widows heart to sing for joy"
But you have what is infinitely more valua-
bic than wealth, h,--sympathy, affection, kind
words, pleasant smiles. These are common
things, you answer; so they are,-and 50
are the flowers, the sunlight, the song of birds,
the ripple of the walters. Go forth and read
the lesson which.
He, whose dearest name is Love"
has written for your instruction upon the page
OF Nature. Wherever you go, carry with
you the sunshine Of love. Let it brighten
your home with a light as from Heaven. The
children, the servants, the house-dog, even
the cat that purrs upon the hearth should be
paItakers of its blessed influence. Never, for
an instant, allow yourself in what are called
"com pany manners, let your smile be as
cheerful and as frequent for every inmate of
your home as for the most honored guest
Never cause needless grief to the heart of
childhood Remember that He who on earth
folded the little ones so tenderly in His arms
and blessed them, loves them still and every
wound inhct on the sensitive hearts of the
lambs of HIS flock, lie looks upon as given o
Himself What though it cost you some self
denial to leave the lavorile book the interest
ing employment, to share with them their
JOlo anu sOIiOhS, Ut " shlIsi( tuSlI CuilOuo
questioning Will Tot the pleasure of seeing
them happy amply rePlay the trifiing sacri-
fee q?
And oh, be kind to the aged They have
seen the fri nds of earlier years pass before
them into the valley of the shadow,-and
what a cordial to the weary heart is there
spect, the kindly sympathy, the affection of
the young. Do not count any service for
them a weariness-the time may come when
you, TOO, will know the loneliness of age, and
long for the gentle soothing of those who
stand where you stand in the spring-tme of
existence Visit the sick comfort the orphan
read the pages of Holy Writ to the blind and
the infrm symp thize with the wayside wan
derer, and pity the erring,-let there be a
fountain Of love in your heart drawn from the
great Source and Centre of all Love, and let
It's refreshing influence be felt by all with
whom you meet and promise you that you
will never more exclaim, weary,-" Oh, for
something to pass away the time p nor wan
der vainly in quest OF happiness" fer ye
shall be the children of your Father which is
in Heaven" and his peace shall be with you
foreyerm ore.