Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-08-05


tion of his toll. There eau be no dis.
tinction, then, in the essential value Of
every human soul, though there may
be diversity in its progress, as we'll as
its power of enlargement One star
may differ from another in Wonder
armament. but all add to It's splendor;
the twinkling luminary. first percepti-
BILE to the vision. as the blazing orb,
which shines like another sun. "are
parts of the stupendous whole. whose
body Nature is, and God the soul."
Not particle of the shining dust
which paves the golden streets above
us, but has its mission; the more mi.
mute it may seem, it is still the crea-
tion Of the same hand, "who bounds
and fills, connects. and equals all"
As in the construction of the Jewish
temple. there was no discord among
those who wrought, and no jarring in
terests to harmonize among those who
planned the work. we are taught les
son OF self-rcliance, and yet of mutual
dependence. Every one who partici-
pated in the erection of that edifce,
from the laborer i'll the quarries to him
who squared the stone. and at last
with level and plumb-lne built up the
walls, felt that his toll was incorpor-
atcd with the structure and identified
with its existence. The sturdy arm,
striking its sturdier blow, by associa-
ton became part of the living struc-
ture, and the united offerings of all the
tribes of Israel to bcautiiy and COM
plete it, gave it national character
Hence it was that the eve of the en-
thusiastic Hebrew, as he left the Holy
City, fingered upon the house Of God,
and as he returned from his wander
ings his first glance rested upon its
hallowed dome. There was an inspi-
ration in its name that filled the heart
with Joy, and the mind with rcvcrance.
No reverse of fortune, no change Of
government. could impair it. And
when at last the Roman Eagle was
planted for the first time upon its
shattered walls, the dying descendant
of Jacob sealed his devotion to the
house Of his father in blood and in
fire. Masonry appropriates to herself
a kindred spirit when she estimates at
its true value the efforts of the hum
blest instrument in building up the
temple of our common humanity. She
believes that religion as we'll as sound
philosophy. regards every man as O
unit, possessing in his own sphere Of
action all the elements which really
dignity and elevate his species, and
which may be developed by kindness.
however they may seem 10 be conceal
ed, that there is chord in every heart
which needs but the touch of SYM
pathy TO return a kindred ecJo.
If we are dazzlcd by the sparkling
gem, shaped into form by the hand Of
art, and polished to crystalline brill
liancy, we remember the half.starved,
half-clad Inlian, who dug the dia-
mond from its bed, or washed it from
the sand. However scourged by his
overseer, that slave is still one of the
processes through which the precious
stone must have passed, and is there
fore a component part Of its value.
When we visit the factory, neither
its complex machinery. nor the costly
expenditure, nor the varied skill ex-
hibited in its construction, nor yet the
|. tumbling water, nor the kissing steam,
draw our attention from the little girl,
whose daily wages are perhaps n shil-
ling. applying with her tiny fingers
the handful of silk, or cotton, or wool,
to the spindle, whose anxious eye
, watches the delicate fibre. until the
thread is produced which becomes the
perfection of art or taste. We remem-
Der as an important part Of the pro-
cess; her humble effort is embodied in
the work; perhaps booming her to an
early grave, or what is more to Ia
dreaded, the loss Of her innocence.
It's Oh to be slave,
e Along with the barbarous Turk,
f Where woman has never soul to save,
, If this be Christian work.
| From the rudest attempt mp to the
proudest triumphs of art, every steT
a is conquest, every gradation proc
+ of the infinite power of the mind tc
: expand itself; and in the composition
t of whatever is grand, or intricate, Of
beautiful, every amount of labor ex
: pended. every arm employed, every
S blow struck. are but the aggregate o
: the skill and effort which have achiev
D ed final success. Every sunbeam il
S but the union Of luminous particles
Q and the mighty ocean supplies tn,
c dew drop; even further. the fruit ant
e the flower. nourished by the dew drop
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