The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-12-05

ton.
Indeed, as we move on, toling
through the journey of life, we have
often to look back on the past, that we
may the better judge of our safety for
the future. 1t is in this way that we
are to avoid the many oscillations that
we are destined to witness in steering
our course over the billowy tide OF
time. The path of rectilude is mar
row one, often with temptations on eli
Their side to lead US astray, but having
by rctrospection improved our juds-
mcnt, and strengthened our toriitude,
we are better enabled TO avoid the
dangers that Turk on our way, though
an occasional obstacle may impede
our progress, for few indeed are those
gifted ones whose alterations are but
short and seldom. AS we pass away
from the theatre of earth the step is
more elastic and the road more pleas
AM, if We but carry along with US the
consoIing reflection that though inlest-
cd by many snarcs we had been con-
SANITY taking lessons in the school OF
experience, and continuing to square
our lives by the golden compasScs Of
wght. Life at best, is bat a DREAM
an atom of duration,--a state OF tri-
al, "a mere introduction to mans in
tcrminablc career. 1t is briefspace
allotted to man to prepare for u nobler
and far more glorious scene Of action.
a blisSlul and uncCasing iuturity.-a
state of endless progression. with a
capacity that will be forever increas-
ing and forever filling with all the
fuIlness of Cod, while the soul
throughout the eternity of her exist
encc will "bc continually expanding
her views. strengthening her energies,
and drinking deeper and deeper Of the
river Of pleasures that flows at the
right hand Of the NIosT Hen" Here
then is perpetual tendency in the
mind OF man never to be at rrst,--a
desire aftor something beyond his pres
ent rcach,-a want Of satisfaction
from the attainment Of his present de-
siTes, his mortal capacity ever seeking
yet forever refusing to be filled from
earthly sources. There must be u
place somewhere ain the immensely of
being, in the unknown vastness of
space, for the more complete develop
lnent of the moral and intellectual
powers, and the more full comprehen-
sion Of the mysteries, the wisdom and
goodness Of Providence. 1t should be
an abiding stimulus to us as we pass
on through liie's storms and tempests,
that there as a futurity in which our
desires, though boundIess, can be ILL
ed,--an Immortality that transccnds
the utmost stretch Of mortal concep,
ton in point Of enjoym"nts--enjoy-
ments that can never be realized in
the splendors OF earth, nor in The most
destinations within the envi-
rons of earthly ambition. Here, the
objects of our wishes are magniGed in
proportion to the distance in which we
view them. On approaching them,
the charm is broken, the illusion van
ishes. They prove to be but bubbles,
which az soon as touched dissolve in
airy smoke" Not so with those that
are INFINITE; they are worthy our hea-
vcnly origin, worthy our pursuit which
is to run on through the annals of
Eternity. Here, at every successive
disappointment, we put forth new de-
sires and exert new efforts for the at
tainmcnt of something still more re-
mote. The most unbounded success
does not even satisfy us. ave weep /,
for more worlds to conquer" Not so
when we awake in the likeness of
God. AL we can desire, all our ma
.ure can receive, and more than the
almost powers of comprehension can
each will be ours, and our ever.in- ,
'reasing capacities will always be fill ,
ng in perfect fruition.
Sad indeed to the intelligent and 7
mind is the thought of being