The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-08
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AS - Gem.
Ono of the sweetest gems of poesy ever
written - following. from the pen Of Fran.
ces Ann Butler:
ABetter trust oil, and be Received,
And weep that trust, and that deceiying,
Than doubt one heart thatif believed
Had blessed ones life 18th true believingn
"Oh, in this hooking world, too fast,
The doubling fend o'ertakes our youth!
Better be cheated to the last,
Than lose the blessed hope Of TRUTH
In the early time of youth we trust all, and
are deceived; in the reaction, we doubt all, and
finally discover that man is mixed being, none
wholly evil, none SO good as to be free from
alloy. Out Of this knowledge grows charity,
and expecting less from poor frai human M
ture,we are moIe easily satisfied with its modi-
cum of good, and less indignant at its huge
preponderance of evil.
i was an old maxim of the Cynic school of
Philosophy, to "tieat your friends as tho they
might one day he enemies, and your enemies rs
though they were to be your friends" We envy
no man or woman their happiness. based upon
this cold. skeptical philosophy. 1t is the cum
ming OF the horse jockey and they tina, have
calm even life, and are never de celve
because they never trust in the truth and hon.
esty of their fellow beings, lose half the beauty
of life. Should we neglect the flower tina.
blooms by the way-side, because it has thorn
or may have a serpent coed beneath it. No,
let US pull the flower and enjoy its sweets, while
we may. There may be no serpent, no thorn.
0, better, thrice better be deceived every day.
better be fooled and deceived to the last than to
go on through life unloved. unloving, because
all are not true. If we laid up all the charges
we have against mankind, and paid them back
in distrust of all those we meet as we journey
on in life, we would soon doubt ourselves, doubt
the goodness of God, doubt every thing. Not
long ago, we talked with edy who has perhaps
seen more of life than any other woman in the
United States; one who has borne lofty spirit
and spotless soul through wrongs and pcrsecu-
!, ton under which the bravest man S spirit would
quail she said in regard to this matter OF
faith, 81 have been fooled and deceived and
cheated, but thank God have kept my faith in
human nature, firm and steadfast II | end
one true friend oct of hundred false ones j an
well repaid for the treachery Of The Kindred. >
3 So say We, let Us be deceived hnnared times
we wiIl ~ sesin' Tie Impress ofsGot IS nof
wholly worn off Of his crea,urrs We may not
always know the chink Of the true metal aur
none but barterer and broker in human fee
tons and feelings can know it, bur bacaus, W.
, get the counterfeit netmes, we shouts NJ,
! neglect the opportunities of securing the good
, 1t is a poor triumph, and ono that cambl alone
ought to be proud Of, hat Of deceiving one who
trust7 in ne. aetter to be deceived hundred
times, than to forfeit one trust reposed 10 us
Those who keep thus their confidence in then
, fellow beings, enjoy perennial youth For them
life has springs of pleasure constantly babhlinG
a up from beaten track the of experience, where
the more worldly might in vain beat the rock
and nothing would come up but bitter wat RS
E No, no. letsus keep our trust, and we can go OF
a through life gathering up CLEANS of hsppines,
which our wiser and more discreet neigl Dor.
never dream Of