Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-08-27

CdNclHo dllG ueoCehuo INTO It's secret cnam
bers, and there, craven in indefacoJle cAar
acterS upon the living rOck, he reads thc
wonderful doings Of God before and sine,
the creation Of man; and traces from indu
bitable signs, the different periods or stage:
of its growth or formation, until it reached
It's present habitable form. He then look.
upon himself, at his own matchlesS form
clothed with all the beauty of the mos
: perfect symmetry, and finds that this no
bic form is only the tenement of a higher
nober principle; the immortal part of him.
self; the deathless mind; the inner man
whose presence alone gives value to the
outer, and whose will controls its motions
and causes it to perform its various behests
Il spiritual essence swelling with heaven
born aspirations, and struggling to accom-
plish It's immortal destiny. All these pre-
sent themes of deep and thrilling interest,
and furnish food for contemplation during
the leisure hours of 4 long lifetime Hap
/ py Is he Who can Withdraw himself from
the busy, bustliny world, and in the calm
enjoyment of self instructive Thought,
commune with these wonderful works of
nature, and draw therefrom those lessons
Of wisdom and truth, which they are ca
pable of teaching.
In the consummation of any great enter
prise 1t Is necessary to bring into active
operation all the thinking powers of the
mind, with an intensity of concentration,
which shall preclude all possibility of fail
ure; without this, Washington would new
er have achieved the liberty of his country
and established lis government upon a
firm basis, which has enshrned his memo
ry in the hearts of every true lover of per-
sonal and political freedom; or Franklin
to demonstrate the Identity between the
electricity Of The thunder storm and that of
the electrical machine; or Luther TO prove
the absurdity of the religious doctrine un-
der which he was trained and educated:
neither could Gallilio have discovered the
true motion of the earth; but through the
agency ofthis immuiable principle of mans
nature, they have been able to bear an inn
portant part in reforming the political sci
entIilc, and religious condition Of the world
IL was the application of this same princ-
PIE that enabled Frauklln to tame the fierce
lightning of heaven and quietly conduct it
to the earth, thus disarmin@ it Of its dread
power; it also enabled Morse TO make elec
tlcity obedient to his will as he sent it forth
on the tiny wire througout the earth, the
messenger Of thought.
When we look around us and see the
numerous works of art which owe their or
ISin to the almost omnific energy Of awak-
ened thought, we cannot deny that man
has the ability to accomplish eventually
higher and noble purposes for the benefit of
mankind. The application of steam as
motive power; the construction of rail
roads, and the invention of the magnetic
telegraph which brings the extremilies of
the earth in close communion: are but the
stepping stones to higher advance in civ
ilization than was ever dreamed of in the
philosophy of most of the ancient saoes
They are but the harbingers of that .sgood
time comiug" so long by poets sung, and
prophets foretold.
Thought, deep. comprehensive thought
Is the only channel through which man is
enabled to search into the mysteries of ma
ture and science, and bring thence hidden
treasures of knowledge, which have been
buried for ages beneath the rubbish of ic-
norance and superstition; and as he follows
on lis train he is led from one field of
thought to another, gathering new and
beautiful gems at every step, and as he ad-
vances the prospect brightens before him
and his range of mental vision continues
to expand, opening to his awakened mind |
newer and richer fields of intellectual beau
ties, In which he wanders at pleasure.
in lessons of wisdom until his
soul, filled with ecstatic delight, ascends
towards his Creator in fervent emotions of
wonder, love and praise.
There are many, who desire TO become
as men of learning and abil-
lty, yet who neglect the means by which
TO attain such an estate; we often hear
them complain that they can never accom-
plish anything as they wish, while others
Of no better natural abilities or advantages
are ploding their way slowly but surely up
to distinction and renown; and why? Be-
cause the latter are gathering little by little
the requisite knowedge, and by patient
'aborlous industry are treasuring up one
one thoaght at time, and eventually come
before the world, rep'ete with that knowl-
edge which will render them renowned
among their fellow men, A man TINS de-