Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-25
For the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
wait a Little Longer"
BY FRIEND FOX.


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Were we to search the history of the
past, and review the peculiarities of man
from the days Of his creation until the
present time; were we to look back, even
to the time when our first parents chant
ed hymns of praise and Thanksgiving to
that great, mysterious, incomprehensible
power which placed them beneath the
verdant foliage of Paradise; were we, by
the aid of historical narration and tradi-
tionary story, to review the great drama
Of life, from that early period, When
the morning stars first sung together, and
the sons of God shouted for joy;" were
we to study the real condition and won
derful construction of man, intellectually
and morally, we should behold many very
peculiar traits in his character which ex-
listed not only then, but "have grown
with his growth and strengthened with
his strength" until man has become SO
careless in his habits that, in many iu-
stances, honesty, virtue, punctuality, firm
ness, in short, that exalted and amiable
position for which he was created, by him
is forgotten, and when called on to take
an o0blfO POI U III ti1O SlGdb tllOtQ 4 lCiOIlHS
Of the present day, he sinks quietly back
into the easy armed chair of Old Fogy-
ism" and as he allows himself to be lulled
to rest by the music of the countless busy
throng which surrounds him, he careless
~ and almost inaudiblyt exclains,-
!" Wait a little longer.n
We find this simple expression to have
been, in days gone by, as it now is, a very
common one. When it was decreed and
heralded abroad, to all nations, Kingdoms
and tribes upon the face of the earth. that
ttru ufukvd shUufd perish by a deluge;
when the angels Of mercy proclaimed
aloud to. the hayward and degenerate
sons of men, to flee from the wrath to-
come, how many Gained their fears in
worldly cares, and reposing upon the de-
lusiye prospect Of q long and happy life,
kept putting off those timely admonitions
until the fated hour arrived, and they
were inevitably and irreyocabIy lost.
"And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew" and
the ark which God had provided foated
proudly upon the bosom Of the waters.
and hope no longer existed in the breast
of man. And when the waves rolled
mountain high, and all the unrigbteons
had been destroyed, in Imagination is
heard coming up from the ~foaming Deep
and mingling with old oceans roar, the
dangerous and fated reply,-sWait a lit.
tie longer"
When the grim messenger" calls, and
the weary way-worn traveller is about to-
ho n poroannl TO III & loa. l-.1 ~ L.
eagerly he clings to the delusiye phan-
tom of hope; his soul recoils within him
at the thought of being encircled in the
cold and icy arms of death, and while be-
ing ushered from time to try the realities
Of an unexplored eternity, this common
expression quivers and dies away upon
his lips" o death Wait! wait a little
longer"
But turning our attention, let US con-
template matters Of a more pleasing ma
ture. When a young man of forty. FIVE"
who has tasted all the horrors, miseries
and disappointments of a crusty, insig.
niicant old bachelor, is importuned by
his friends to emigrate from the island Of
!" single b~lessedness," to enjoy all the
pleasures of matrimonial felicity, he re-
members, with regret, his grey hairs and
shrivelled face, and as he looks upon
bright eyes, rosy cheeks, and smiling fa-
COS, which vanish hafnra his earnast gaze.
and he can only behold remaining for
him an array Of artificial teeth and false
curls which decorate the heads of the Hs-
fortunate single sisters association" he
looks back upon his past life, and in q
paroxysm Of despair ezclaims ,-"Wai q
little longer
So, in every condition, and under oil
circumstances in life, man has been, and
is now, too indolent in his habits.
1t is very evident to every close obser-
yer of human nature that man is natural
ly inclined to ask at least " three days.
grace" and in many instances: when
called upon to do his duty, he requires
three days to think, three months to form
his opinion, three years to act, aud ell
time and a portion of eternity to accom-
plish his object,
Let US, then, be up and doing. Let Us
be prompt in responding to every call
which may subtract from the sorrows or
add to the joys of those by whom we are
surrounded, and the nineteenth century
shall be remembered by future historians
as an,era worthy tho name Of the Golden
Age.