The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-14
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A sprightly lad, the captains only son, not
knowing what to do, began uiischievously o
climb the mast He had got halfway to The
top, when, tuning his eyes below to see how
far he was from the deck, he suddenly grew
dizzy. 81 am falling, am falling" he cried.
Look aloft," shouted his father who at that
moment was leaving his cabin. The boy,
accustomed instantly to obey that voice,
looked up to where the man-truck swung
against the sky, recovered heart, went on,
was saved.
We do not give the anecdote as new
Doubtless every one of our readers has heard
il before. But the story has a significance
not always noticed. Others, besides the
captains son, have been saved by looking up.
In the dizzy ascent of life many n man has
been on the point of falling when some sud.
den thought has hidden him "look up" he
has taken courage, has persevered, has won
the prize. Bruce, when he saw the spider
fall six times, yet succeeded Mt the seventh,
was of this class So was Washington, when
! CORVALLIS had driven him across the Del
aware, and, when, instead of giving up in
despair, he suddenly collected all his resour.
ces, feIl on the British lines and achieved the
victory at Trenton.
! There come times in the experience even
of the bravest when the heart is ready to
Uiva nm Aff1ictinn ,ftar .ffl;c,;op for 10
ample, has assaIed him till hope itself drs-
pairs. Perhaps favorite child has been
suddenly stricken down. Perhaps terrible
epidemic has destroyed more than one little
one. Perhaps the wife OF his bosom Is 10
more. Perhaps, by one of those awful ca
tastrophes which occasionally occur, his en-
tire family has been swept into eternity in
moment of time, in the twinSling of an eye |
tie feels as II there was no longer any OBJ |
ject for him in life. In the first shock of his |
agony he would not care even if news was |
brought to him that his fortunes were bank |
rupt, that he was disgraced beggar. But |
by and by, u still, small voice within whispers,
"look mp" He sees the sky is still as bright |
as ever, the breeze as blessed, the trees as
beautiful. He hears the waters run. leaping
and laughing, down the hill side, glistenng in
silver rs they 60. The earth is not less lovely
than before, the stars are as numberless, the
ocean and mountain as sublime His fellow
creatures have the same kindly heart towards
him. He owes them the same old duties
Gradually he rcalises that he has much vet to
live for. In time even he regains Il subdued
and quiet happiness. He has learned to look
up.
A great financial crises ovcrtakes the strong
man in the midst Of bis schemes. He gathers
up all his resources, contending CALAMITY and
desperately long after hope is over; struggling
for his family rather than for himself; fight
ing, ngonizirg, like LAGOON in the serpent's
folds. 1t will not do. The mighty whrlwind,
whose outer eddies he has been striving To
resist wheels down upon him in oil its power;
he is torn up in an instant; he is hurled on
the ground; he is left GREATNESS, bruised and
seemingly dead. At first, when he regains
sensation after the overwhelming shock, he is
without hope. He has neither strength nor
wish TO resume his work. He is willing that
the tempest shall sweep the wrecks of his
fortune out of sight forever. 1t is useless, he
says to himself, even 10 try TO ,gain what he
has lost AT last, gentle wife or sympa-
thizing friend bids him not 10 despair. "Look
up" they say. He looks. lie looks. Al
once he is new man. lie RECEIVERS his name
and fortune.
In every circumstance of life, "ook up"--
Are you about to enter profession! Aim
at no secondary success; fix your mark high;
"look up" Are you merchant? Become
leader in your business, and to do this, first
"look up" Are you ambitious of political
distinction! Scorn to be mere demngogue;
resolve to be a statesman, "look up" Is au-
thorship your wish! Endeavor TO take rank
among the classics of your language by stu
dying manner as well as matter; aspire to tri-
umph greatly and permanently, rather than {
premaiurely; in a word, look up"
All! If all would only "look up" But some
never hear the cheering words. Some dis
regard them. OF the thousands who have !
failed utterly in life. or met only q seconda- 4
ry success, the majority owe their misfor- ,
times to not "looking up" In sorrow or q
disaster, remember the boy upon the dizzy
mast and "look up, look up"
GEN. Observation-Disclosures OF GEN. /
WALksR.- Washington, August 3.-Gen. ,
Hennlngsen and his hrolher-in-law, DR.. Bell,
left for the South this afternoon, to visit the
vile OF the FORMER, now in Georgia. Those
best informed in regard to Walkers move :
ments, say that llenuingspn's visit is for the ;;
purpose OF comforting with Walker in rela- :
ton TO new expedition for the invasion of ,,