Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-02-04
!, THE PAUsE I'M LIFE

.safE ad5 THE PAUSE IN LIFE ee
There are periods, perhaps, in every mans
Nfaras which he panses, fearful TO make ano =
thar step forward. He becomes timid, irres-
oiate and discouraged, His eye looses its won
ted light; his step is no longer elastic. and his
expressio on is one of weariness aud irresolution.
4 sickness-not Of the body, but of the mind
has seized him. Disc couragements manifold
and heavy have arfes ted his progress, and he
pauses in the midst cf the great highway of
life without the heart to lift mp his eye to the
rrospocs IN advance, or move inward in tn e
toilseme Journey. He sees the masses of his
fellew men pushing beyond him with bounding
s.ep, and their eehcing laugh comes back TO
Aim as . msckery of o past hapPin ess. The
heavens above him are sad ani gloomy and
naturs around him, although its melody is
loved by tie myriads of earth. has no voice of
usinstrelsy to inspire his bowed spirit, or ava
ken einotisnso OF pleas ure. "1
II may be that all men have not suffered
thus. The man Of giant frame, and heaFt. of
roughest mould, may not pause thus, when
the storms and the night gather about b i'm; but
theirs sre many sorro wing ones VIII ose energies
and whose ssRfferance--tricd through yearssef
patient toil-give way before the tempest; end
hard by the spot where there is no running
brook, or crystal fountain or leafy tree, they
pause q anguish, fearful to venture longer on
the way. Even astar would guide their weary
feet; but the lightB Of he aven have gone out in
darkness-they srs alone. The thr obbing of
their own sick hearts is the voice they hear,
and comnunion with agony that may not
have expression, is all the fellowship that can
ber1ainied.
God help. these wayworn pilgrims: Wan
derer, the day will dawn to theel Grid on thy
sandals, and prepare ST u for the race Cast
ifrssoiation from thy heart; throw thy discour-
asenaents far behind thee into the tempest that
howls slong thy way; ;eall up thy courage from
the depths OF that heart v hich erewhil laugh
Cd 1t danger; lift up thine eye TO region Of
beauty still in the distance; and while the
night IL about thea and bile the ehon tenn
.pesss sswseps vrathfuAy from it's homo of
storms, moss oheerily. hopefully, trustfully on
thy journey. If thou hast enemies live down
sIsif hate by d life of principle, but pause not
il. AL thy course, If friends have betrayed
thae, forgive them but move along thy jour
ney. Ifhopes, brilliant as the Jasper walls of
hsaxsn, have been blghted BY disarpointme 1t,
hope thou again, but continue upon thy jour
4sy. ffthy business has been blasted by the
dumbly, wearily on the way, but move for
zuard hopefully toward the star that still shi-
meth beyond the gloom and darkness. Ifsthe
Sdsarest ties have beensandered by the death of
the noble and the loved, shed thou tear on
aths sepulchrs, and hasten away to meerthe
dead in . higher and better Sphere. NJ
Dixon. 3 SO Aa
ssKRa s,s,sTRAsTs
y& IN ali the .rdens of she earth, says the
newark Mercury, the ross grows beside the
thorn, and he who stoops to pluck the one is
not unfreq uently prieked by the other. So it
IS in all relations of life; the dark shades of
sorrow fringe all the garments ofpleasurc. The
san raay fling its golden scarf about the feet,
and sweet flowers may press their fresh lips
against our sandals. but then in 20 me
dark co Tner of the heartor brain, sad aud bit
ter thoughts too often lie concealed serpents
! In D birdling's nest. There is nothing earth
aitogetEer puro-- no cup that has not its bitter
tinge--no CROWN that has not concealed among
sits gems sems, ,vorthiess hauble. There are
rnany streams o & joy fewing beside our hearths
: Sut he who win search sheir depth will find
Shat sparkling as IS the surface, death and ruin
are crouched below, waiting with ga ger ilnpa-
tionce for their prey.
A friead Of ours had two Children son and
"a aAue lifsrassIn their infancy, they were pure
u and holy both az. q vsstals prayer; in all the
's homes Of earth, there were no fwccter chcrube
than they. But a. years crept on, loose ming
+ the clasp of tho child angels upon their hearts
sshe sun grew. pilsul. and AZ last became yaga-
sbend and ioutczst, wandering uaa aud do wn tho
world hopeless, aimless, selpless. Yet in his
slater pray ers f,e was remembered oft, and ut
leneti ON her wedding day he passed again the
/, family threshold and sitting down among the
! sgnests, Gods finger touched him. and he slept,
hid Aandsflinked in the bFidegroom's and the
brides. In that house thorn had grown be-
( side fose,s ,saHd he W no plucked the one did
net feel the sting of the other! And so at every
wedding feast, If we sought carefully within
ear cups. we should find ashes, and no pearls.
within their rudy depths.
We should be more cautious, reader. in ou'
reachings forth after happiness. The crown
p may appear bright in the distance, but in the
hand it is ut best but useless bauble inspi rinl
..snsisher happiness nor wise ambition. Thi
sfese too, which ws sxeuld bear upon our breast.
may seem fair when dripping with tears o
eheavsn, but pluckcd too early, it willis and dies
70 snfy tho thorn that grew beside it remaining te
- tsli Of its existence. Let US be more careful
;: therefore, how we gs.her up onr treasures, lest
$ indoing 20 we are scratched by hidden thorns
and the object of our struggles is crushed ant
ruined within our grasp. Caution, brothers
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