Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-02

STEP HIGHER-Lo0K NINETY RODS
BEYOND.


STEP HIGHER-LooK NINETY RODS
BEYOND.
sSissy, come into my bedroom and look out
of the window; see what beautiful pros
pectl"
sMother, see nothing but the white house
close to us, and the high board fence, and the
little strip of land in our back yard. l don't
like to look out here, 'tis not pretty"
s'Step up on this stool, sissy. Look higher,
nav what do you see 2"
81 see over into the other yard, and see little
children playing there"
f:Sissy, look ninety rods beyond--oil-off."
SsMother, is that the ocean, and the great
ships2 How beautiful! And what is that great
thing running on the water and should l die
il / should get in the water Can walk on
the water SO, mother2"
sENo, sissy you can not walk on the water;
that great thing' is a steamboat, u beautiful
boat. See, too, the little ships and sail boats,
and there is a very little speck of a boat with
a manin it, and there is an islanddo you see
the white buildings on it, and the high towerl
That is light house. Now look ninety rods
and more beyOnd-see that large rock 'Tis
higher than this house. That light house is
ON the island to prevent the beautiful boats from
running on the rock in the dark, and being
wrecked. See the little islands, back--see the
points OF land which jut out it into the water,
covered with beautiful trees. Look over the
other side. This is lake, sissy, if it were the
ocean, you could not see across it. Look over
the other side and see the mountains. How
they are piled up against the sky !how they are
patched with green and brown! See the sun.
light play hide-and-seel among the hills-see
the shadows chase each other up their sides,
and jump off at the tOp-see the bright silver
light which stripes the lake like ribbons, and
makes it look like an angels looking glass. Is
itnot very beautiful, sissy?''
But sissy was too deeply buried in the grand
eur of the scene to hear the last remark, and
so she continued to gaze, lost in admiration,
while her mother remained silent.
.'Step up higher-loolS ninety rods beyond, ?,
thought |, as silently listened 70 this eonyer.
sation. How many times we have wished peo-
pie would step up higher and look beyoPd
When We see young man wasting his time in
loating about the streets, lounging in bar.
rooms, beer.saloons, and bowling alleys, smok-
ing cigars, chewing tobacco, swearing, and us.
lug obscene language, We want to whisper
loudly in his ear to step up higher, cultivate
ms mind, regenerate his almost prostitut cd
talents, give up his pernicious physical prae
tees, and take care OF his body as well as sou
10 look beyond his present qualification, an,
catch glimpse of the glores of the world o
good actions, and feel the warmth of the sun
shine Of pure heart and clear conscience.
energies to get money, at the sacrifice of a
thai makes life worth having, we say, Step II
higher,-look forty rods beyond.
hen We hear minister in the pulpit grol
cling among commonplace ideas, getting Il
labored Illustrations on points which need i
illumination, turnisg an idea round and rount
over and over, till his audience is sick of IL
very sight Of it, making circuit In a pee
measure speaking swords, words, words f
the space of an hour, and then saying, Amer
we want 10 thunder in his ear, Step mp highe
Get out of earth into heaven and try to carr
your hearers up with You.
Ministers should never try to praach heayt
down to earth, but bring earth up to heayrl
Look ninetys yea, thousand rods beyond VIII
Sallr a..aaasl-1..,a--i.s r~----s
most prominent man, will say of your sermon
Launch out on the great ocean of truth if yo
would run clear of shoals. Search ont trutl
believe truth, practice truth, preach truth n
matter whose creed ii un1ermncs, who's
opinions it clashes with, whose praise or Ger
sure it eicits, yoH are responsible TO God, an
he will take care of consequences. o. step IL
higher into the clear atmosphere Of mara
courage, look ninety rods beyond convention
al forms away over the lake of life among til
''delectahle mountains" Of the higher spirit
world, then shall You see Il prospect which
make you deaf to the voice OF men.
But can not close this article without say
There are thousands of women in our lane
who are mere drudges to needless houseworl
and slaves to foolish fashions, because they
dare not step mp higher and look beyond W hal
their neighborS will say--darc not study and
prtctico economy and simplicity in their man.
nCr Of living and dressing themselves and chill.
dren If they could only step up higher, and
look over and beyond the high board fence
which is constantly binder to their eyes, what
glorious prospect would burst upon thcit
view and entrance their cnraptured souls
Woman would then see no iatsriority Of intel.
feet to man, however difereHHg she might he
tonstituted--would see no white house bound.
ing the limits of her sphere, and look into no.
body's back yarl Her intellect would range
side by side with man, as She now walks side
ny side with him through the gravel paths OF
herlittle garden. Her sphere would be bound
ed only by her capacity to perform whatever
iihor mental or physical she desired to do, and
enough to do would be discovered within nine.
~ rods, if she could only peep over tho fence
SO that she would never be obliged to read
trash for dinner, spin street yarn Tor supper
eat gossip for breakfast, or sip dish Of scan,
da between meals. Woman, step up higher
ana iook ninety rods beyond TopsY.