The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-02-10


IT will surely come you need not stir 10 find
it. Ii he has not, all effort is vain; no move
meut Of yours viii bring it. Therefore, De
calm.
Now, if you suppose that wish to sublimate
you into airy nothing cross between tho
patient Griseld and Romish saint, have
only to inform You that you are entirely mis-
taken. Though would have you depend chiefly
for your happiness on the next world, / would
also have you, by all means, make the most OF
this. 1t is very certain that there is a hearen.
but earth is also fixed fact. 1t may Re yer,
pleasant to die but for the present your especial
business is to live; and if you can't be as happy
as sou would like to be, be as happy as YOU
can. Because you can't get what you want,
don't throw away what you can get. Squeeze
out OF the world all the Juice there is in it, IL
is a mistake to suppose that you must be either
at the brow the foot Of the Hill There ar.
many steps between, some of which command 2
charming view, and all new borizon. Because
you are not particularly happy, don't condemn
yourself to particular misery, 1t is possible to
sleep soundly, eat heartily, and be on the whole.
very comfortable, without being in a rapturous
frame of mind. Only when you are simply con-,
Portable, don't pretend that you are trem.r
dousiy happy. There is nothing to be g,ined
by the deception; and if there were. Van donI
want to gain It, Do with year MIGHT wbatco
ever your hand finds to Do. SympathTzt, largely
DON'T merely try 20 feel, but feel Associate
WIN children, not to harass them by continu
any setting them right-which is of no use
since they will inevitably and immediately fail
lack INTO their original sin-but make Yourself
one with them. Nothing pays so well. / tb:rt
1t rs the easiest of all WAYS to amuse yo,-eoji
ana benefit Others. But don't copsne YOURSELF
10 any one class. Whenever anyhsdys orbit
l lI yours, make something come of i,
Sink shaft wherever there is the least ,roba.
bihty of water. Find out the secret nlsca Fyxber.
abldeth the soul of your Irish < girl See i
there may not be something in common BE-
t"een you and your washerwoman, your semp
stress, your chamhermaid, your cook. Ifthars
Is single Plank IN their platform on which you
car atand, join hands thereon. and give one
throb to the heart Of humanity. Do NOT Va.
sUpnelY lor opportunity, but 90 out and seak
hef III the highways and hedges Be alive 81
every pore. Make your soul great S,,a uuceas-
ing benevoience. Make common cause with
virtue against temptation, With goodness against
Wich,euhess with rlght against might If truth
is solvent in saisehood, precipiate The truth and
cast oat the false. Do no; be inundated h..
cause human nature is not every inch a s.int
nor caIoled because it is not every inch satan
lpH great world is powerful diluent, Accus-
tom yourself to analyze, and haViv+y decided
uehnerately, maintain stoutly, Bnwever vvask
unpopular or ridiculed, the ipst cause NAV b..
icy ~ hhd IN you ah untiincning and impartiai
upporter-lRpartiaL, for women are TO-, aus
haYNs once espoused a cause. to cling 10 X
win woman's Devotion" right or wrong: or.
having rejected II, 10 fancy no good thing can
eonie 'heseiFom. III you approve one thing and
! eSnuenh another, both of which Mrs. Grurdy
| ahKe condemns don't abstain from SAVING, a.
J al II.
! you approve any measure which Yesterday voy,
condemned, don't be afraid 10 say so for f.e- nj,
being deemed tickle. Is IL not Ruskin who sa,s
tnat he has little faith in an opinion tn he h..
changed II three times? Pope asks, Whas
chsngny The mind Is, but saving We are wi,i.
to-day Than we were Yesterday? And anotbe,.
sturdy EngllshmGn bids Us say what we think
/ to-day IN words AS hard as cannon balls. ana
so What We think Tomorrow in words lust =,
d marc n no matter one assertion ilatY c3nra
ncus We Whef' Consistency Is the bI.gbsar
small inactive minds. A living SOM oTonnl;r.
WITH the great truths of the r.v.,Int. bn, M.
leisure to go digging among a. wears ram, u.
gee whether the two sc,s GQvetail exactly. Lei
Hgones be bygopeS. Re, the dead mast b,..
It's dead. A SINCERE and honest hi, will a.
range l'seu. All opinions and beliefs. inteI6
gently and conScientiOusk adopted will pr.u,.
themselves into a beautiful mosaic, winch Won
7 cah9ut how sec because YOU are too near. ans
must behold one at time; but, when stand
point IN the other world gives YOU the proper
local distance, you Wil behold, with wonder
and admiration, how the most diverse and tb,.
most si1Aliar were alike necessary 10 !o,n, /,
neftect and artistic whole
There are sorrows thar spring from other
Snufce5-hope deferred, love wasted exrec,,.
ton disappointed. ambition crushed -aoiseless
Sriel That saps the foundation. eats into tb,,
very penetralia of life, Of which the wLit-d
walls without give no sign, though Death rot
Wllhm--anguiSh that sweeps over the soul Tx.
| the desert Simeon, blasting every green tbirs
drinking up eveCy iresA fountain. leaving in H.
wake only biackness and blankness-trou BE,
that come naturally, and troubles that seem,
nave been wrenched from their places 10 oss,is
some doomed liie-troubles that no wisdom.
could have averted, and troubles waptoriv ar,
wlckedly seli-inhicted, vet oil alike sore evils
ana OF long continuance. There is in woman.
y power OF acute gathering. from causes which
scarcely affect the Steiner nature Of man. Re-
pulslve but mercitul necessity bears down upon
his sorrow, smothering il with rude, relentleas
hand, indeed, but smothering it. Her quioier
more monotonous life fans the flames bu:
gently, so that though the bush is burning 3
long time, yet is it not consumed. There an.
many, l see them every day, whose garden OF
lilies and roses is become a bowling wilder
ness. The poetry, and sprightiness, and spring
OF life, are gone forever They walk, perhaps
with downcast, introverted eyes They arr.
called reserved, naughty, cold, stupid Merr-
tb9ughtlessness would fain sec If there is blood
beneath the marble and, drawing her bow 9,
venture, sends an arrow quivering into their
heart OF hearts, and goes on her smiling way.
But al this can and must he borne Il
hard that metes out the measure TO as ali
never yet held false balance. Every p.in IS IN
stIict, with good fyou will but have the wisdom
TO discern it. From every bitte-, pluck its sou
of sweetness. The conflict may be fierce. b,,
who fight for God in the sighting grow strong
\ GU may leave the battle field with rent ami
blood streaked robes, but with d nervous rigL,
arm. &c NEST pas la rict0ire gui fat Ge bon.
hei" des MOBILES occurs; c'est Ia combat "--INot
the victory but the struggle, makes the hap
Plness OF noble hearts Says French writer
but upon you, if YOU will, wait both struggle
and victory, Strength which placid lie ca,.
never give may be yours. Heights which IN
rufiied souls never attain, you can climb if your
feet are willing and from those mountain tops
you will gaze on Such visions as never met tic
eve OF jewellers in the valley.
"Behold yon gro,,o where the dropping tears
are eys'ailIzed 20 columns ny Icing years;
so shall Thy sorrows child Of mighty GRIEF
Bear up like pillars for Thy souls reIieCn
But if your sorrow is TO DO thus converted
into strength yourself, mast work the change.
Ii has not, as many seem to suppose, sn inmate
selfdevelopiag, eleyating power. Whether the
SCULPTOR chisel earves from Parian marble tn
pnri,y and grace of an ideal womauhood. o.,
the grim visage of churchyard Death, depends
on the hand that holds, The April rain falls
alike on the gray roak and the brown earth.
But the one aulpindfil of treasure v;alds - nm