The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-07-14
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HUMAN DIVERSITIES.

We find that the differences between men
are formal rather than renl that with. va.
rlo"s outward conditions, they pass through;
the same great trials; and that the scales
which seem 10 hang uneven Mt the surface.
ana to be tipped this way and that by thu
currents "t worldly fortune, are very nearly
balanced in the depths of tile inner Info
We are shallow Judges of the la,bincss or
the misery Of others. it VIZ estimate il Id
any marks tina; distinguish ,;c,n .ror, o,f
selves; il, for instance we say that bcc,usa
lhey have more money .hoy are h.vpier d.
because they live more neagc,lv thew are
more wretched. For, men arr. allied bv
much more than they differ. The r;cl.
man. rolling by in his cl,aiio,. and The Lc,,.
gar sh'vering in his rags. are allied bv
much more than firy ,ilier. 1t is safer,
therefore, to est:.na,. our neirhbor's r.,s
condition Ivy what we find in our own lot
than by what we do not find there. And
now, see into What an rs.nut;a, rulr th;s
criterion draws the o>tne. ,lvcrocn,
masses in yonder street. Each man there
like alt the rest, fnds life to he. deciplinc
i!ac'' has his separate For:a cf discipliuc
but 1t bears up on the kindred spirit that is
IN every ono OF US, and strikes upon mo-
t'ves, sympathies, faculties, that run through
the common humanity. Surely, YOU will
not calculate any essential difference ffo,t,
mere appearances; for the light laughter
That bnhb!es on the lip often mantles over
braeklsh del tbs of sadness, and the serious
look may be the sober veil that covers
divine peace. fou know that the bosom,
can ache beneath diamond brooches and
how many blthe heats dance under coarse
wool. But do t'ot alIule merely to these
accidental contrasts. meair that about
equal measures Of trial, equal raeastircs Of
what men call good and evil, are allotted
to all enough, ct least, to prove the iden-
tity of OUR lIHmaf1tv, and to show that VIC
are all subjects Of the sarre great plan.-
You say that the poor man who passes
yonder, carrying hi: ",',lcn: has hard lot
of it, and it niay be !s@ has but the rich
man who brushes BY him has hard lot of
1t too-just ia hard for him:, just rs we'll
fitted to discipline him for the great ends O.
life. lle has his money to take care of:
pleasant occupation, you may think; but,
after all, an occupation, with all the strain
and anxiety of labor making more hard
work for him, day and night, perhaps, than
his ncghbor has who digs bitches OF
thumps lapstone: Md il is quite likely
that he feels poorer than the poor man.
and, if he ever beco,ncs self conscious, lHs
great reason to feel ,neancr And then, hc
has his rivalres. his competitions, his
troubles Of cnste and etiquette, so that tito
merchant, IN his snmptuous apartments
comes to- the sd,r:c essential point, swcats,
and bears fardels,' rs well as his brother in
the garrett tosscs on his bed r::lE stf:cit.
or perplexity, while the other is wrapped in
peaceful s!umber; and, if lie is one whn
recognizes the moral ends Of life, finds him.
self called upon to contend will, his owl.
heart, ;tnd to fight with peculiar tempta-
t'on'' And thers the rich man and the poor
man, Who seem so unequal in the street.
would find but thin partition between
them, could they. as they might, detect or.
another kneeling on the same platform OF
spiritual endcav"r, and sending up tho
same prayers to the same cternal throne
p. II. Chap;n.