Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-04-08

AS II Is win the oody, SO Is II win the
spirit. One is materially organized; the
other, as have often SAID to you, is spirit
ua!ly organized; and both are subject to
laws which cannot be violated, even in the
smallest particular, without evil consequen-
ces. 1t matters not whether the distur-
bancs Of harmony come from without, or
from within--the indicator, pain, gives
surely its alarm, and ceases not until the
danger has passed. If it were not so, spir-
itual death, which is the extinction of all
good affection in the soul, would as certain
ly follow spiritual disease"
81 see, but dimly," said Mrs. Warren,
with sigh. "Disease-pain-death! Alas!
Alas! There is not human flower un-
touched by their blight. As for pain
pain Of mind, and pain of body-it is the
deaths heao grinning at all our feasts."
"Say rather, dear sister, the angel who
points to the enemy Of our peace, and cries,
Beware! Beware! Look down in your
heart, and question it closely. From what
causes hare arisen pain. Of mind? From
orderly or disorderIy activities? That is,
from neighbOrly and divine affections, or
worldly and selfish affections; for in these
two lie all the elements of life. There is
no! an impulse of feeling, nor the motion ol
a thought lying outside of them. As the
fountain is, SO will the stream be. As the
life is-Ordsrly or disoraerly-so will bs
the consciousness Of life. The orderly
movement will be smooth, harmonious, de.
lishtful; the disorderly, with shock, anc
jar, and pain.
"Dear sister! Look into your heart, ant
answer the question-What has caused TN
happine,? The activities Of neighborl,
love, burning with desire to oless others
or the activities of worldly love, seekin;
to receive rather than to bestew? Wer'
we in the true order Of our lives, we woul'
be God-like-for we are the work of Hi
hands sand to be God-like, is TO love 9th
ers, and to seek their good. But If, de
parting from true order, We love only our
selves, and seek merely our own good, dis
ease Of mind follows as a sure consequence
and pain, true to her mission, will give tn
needed warning, lest we perish in eterna
death. Mental suffering is, therefore,
sure sign that our life-mOtions are in tn
wrong direction. Pain touches us in mer
cy, not in wrath. Let us be wise, and hess
her divine admonitions." -.-
"The memory of a good deed" said Mrs
Warren, speaking from new state of per
cep,ion, ''rarsly gives US pain"
Never" was answered, when tn
prompting motive is good. "Bui if we ex
ersise nsighborly charities from selfish o.
worldly ends, we cannot claim the high re
ward Of interior delight. As our ends are
so always viii be the quality Of cur enjoy
ments. Real good must be genuine, froH
inception to act"
"But how are we to know whether oul
motive be selfish, or unselfsh? Ends o
life are most deeply hidden"
"Ws surround ourselves" replied thu
sister, "wi.h an atmosphere SO dusky tina
vision is often at fault. And so we move
forward, not always certain Of our steps
But thanks to the promptsr, Pain! she viii
not permit US to swerve hairs breadii
from the right path, without giving sign
If we heed not her gentler admonitions, sh'
speaks in clearer tones; and if we heed no
vet, her voice takes on harsher thrill
Louder, sterner, harsher it becomes, if oil
feet continue to walk in the ways that leat
downwards, and she ceases not her cry
even unto the end. A Blessing on Pain
then, repeat, dear sisterl A blessing OF
Pain! She j, Hearen-sent, and would leat
US to Heaven