, 1858-08-27

And ilk said to his neghbor, in cottage and ha',
Come, give INC your hand-we are brethren a.
.r NicoH.
The whole human race are in pursuit Of
happiness The rich, the poor, tho lofty
and the lowly, are all seeking pleasure of
some kind or other. For this the adventu-
rous youth forsakes his native home and
digs and delves in Californian or Australian
mines, or wanders through foreign lands,
inspecting their euriOsities, and making
himself acquainted with the manners and
customs of their inhabitants For this the
sturdy mariner ploughs the deep and buf-
fets the storm. For this the idle and dis
solute squander their precious time, and
for this also the man of business deyotes
his hours to laborious calculation. In
short, all ranks and classes are wandering
in quest of happiness, :-.
But, though the whole human race are
in the pursuit Of this end, the methods
they individually adopt to obtain it, are
frequently the reverse Of each other. One
derives pleasure from bathing in the pearly
fountains Of literature, and striving to rem
der his knowledge q means Of advancing
us lello" uyn III S0Heia. uhVVnei, enyVys
an idle apathy, seemingly convinced that,
where ignorance is bliss, tits folly to be
wise"
The miscr has q sordid qualification in
beholding his amassed treastres-iu count
ing his gains. Nature presents no land
scape to his view so bright and beautiful,
.as his individual possessions Inc 1old
and striking promontolrY, the green island
laved by the waters that surround it, the
ragged rock, towering abruptly from the
earth, as if in scorn oil things below; the
peaceful valley, the wlnaing river gllding
maJeSIlcaly through ~ ul eholem Vi eteI7
nifty and vegetation /; the lake beneath the
summer sun, and the forest waiting the
efIlorescense OF the balmy season, afford no
delight to tile 'miser, IKE that Of the single
spot he calls his Opp. yigs
If we contrast this, character with that
Of the spendthrift, we shall find the two as
opposite to each other as tight and dark
ness. The one seeks happiness by amqss-
ing gain-tho other BY spending it. The
one foregoes almost every, comfort tAthc
other can deny himself nothing !; one short
ems existence by yol1ntary Ihardships the
other dilapidates bis constitution by bis ex-
cesses, yet both nevertheless are seeking
the self-sanle thing-happlness Pleasure,
either immediate or remote, is. the OBJECT
thev have IN view thouph thev seek II bV
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ul1erent netnOus' .pe- i.o.t .~yt Joi-...
Improvement q our mind and character,
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ers, but more happy ourselves. MILTON IN
his T" PARADISE Lost, SHOWS concluslyely
how guilty conscience haunts IKE q dem
on its victim ; and he makes the arch tiend
exclaim 1t,,f s,r, d. 6-c ..,af.9.,i ..si.
The mind y lts own place, and o. ltseli no,
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uur n tGoglsS are unpouoleqiy aI} our Iapn'
SON. our ioou' OF WsaIsn, our innerlt9nce'
Every Is VIEW vieMeu sulougn 'ne lleuul
OF tnougn1s tere, sIe present i. yorlu' tns
worid T 70 couie ourselves, our irienpS our our
loes, SS, anu sVel I1eayen, ars re1eStep, spr
ye;yeul anu co.'elnPl1tep hnu nencG, 10
nave peace ot In.nu u IleaVeu' Gu, s1nn
G,are, S1e Peasa9S ss PYef say tru!y' tpat
wnel an Is t[snqI urouuu eIc mug Tl may
oe liAe Sue yOuo,Su' eSa auu % Vn . 'ne Sosy ~
lary' 1ne SuuHIeI 4I may Io1., 'ne eurtu ~
quake ana the deavenS dissolve and melt
with fervent heat, and yet the soul, far
from feeling alarm, may exult and sing ~,
$50 sit on my bench, or enjoy in the shade -,
Ny toll as Pastiine while using the spade;
Making uPy voyages 70 round ind the whole \ world n day.
gather home comforts where cares never grew,
Ke as t t1e n hsna GUS9 aT Ein ne
Then like a tired bird to my corner 1 dy,S
But to attain to this envialble state, we
must strive for ralexcelleuce. Improve.
ment in goodness IS increase Of bliss. And
there Is no other way to an increase Of
bliss but bv increase in goodness. Nav
more there is no way by which we can re-
tain our present amount of happiness but
by continual improvement in KNOWLEDGE
and virtue. There is no ceaseless happi-
ness but in ceaseiess progress. The man
that stands still or goes back in knowledge,
virtue, or benevolence, mast lose bis happi-