Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-21
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ATTY at Ls~i,5arg, July "a, !syt-
"Excrci,e thy,elf unto goiiiness.' /!
is in efforts to become Ike tod that We
rise 10 be true men. The mere study e.
manliness, siil rot make men manly. it
Ne, rr has, aud it never viii. Il n.ay u.aay
them glali1ror,, or rrize-i-ht-li, OF Wran-
DIR. Or rhetoliriau-, IL, It .au ut make
them True MEN |; l. MT by criticism,
but by cghcersion, that mlnliuy>s i rcc',-
cred, and by looking ~ TO Gol tor the
restoration Of that image of him IN which
man sa. created. and in rhicl. ;iir IN Z
Man lived aud di=l-lguhius till cAau-ei
into that same image Tn, conception. i
lost, and as mos, Literally 10 n.an can
ever learn the direction IN which he oU-L.
to walk from looking at his feet, =, ~
man can ever learn how truly - live from
a mere looking st tie dai!y life AMI l-Ie-
ricnce Of othrr- The li-ht- ofcxpcri,.cc,
a. CgleriIce says, are Ike those in tie
stern Of slip, ,Aewin- only the stormy
seas over which the vessel has r4,-..'. Int
throwing 10 ray on tie breakers, aL.al,
tha; are about 10 siuk il, |, !. lot l.
looking at lis ow-u s;cI.- that ,aaI can ri--;
he must look ~ and look beyond the pc
sent, to Heaven, to Eternity, T. God, aal
10 Infuity, that he may know Low to walk
straight amid The pcril- Of time au.l nam
tain the true balance # manly character.
There i IL South Carolina rivcr,r-,.-l.
from is great width, tie BrsaI river I,
has many fyr,l>, tLyu-L full half Z Lib
ac-cs, The stream i often impetuygs,
but it runs over . -gcLy AM .rravelly lgt-
tom, aul Is most easy and safe to cross Just
above some Of thyse rycLy lodg.s over
which the water flows rCiely and angrily
enough, and in which it has il a.,e> sco0rel
out huge holes where cdlyin- waters ever
rcvolye. There, white and hoary breaker,
foam over the jagged leaks yfr,cA- which
spring up between. ! had to eros, one Of
these tyrls fy- the first time without a
guide, but Was tod there was no danger
il only the traveller would IL lis eye upon
= certain point of land, and make strai-ht
acro.s the stream fJr that; it was mcatio-
ned at tie same time ss lrstty certain
death t. get down stream among IL brca-
heFs. Ny own experience, however, wa-
that Of many travellers. =ct out moving
as seemed across tie river towards the
proper pOiut-but soon, ss the watgrs
came up high around the horse, over thc
.tirrups, and high on the saddle, | -yt
looking down into the .tream, yainly styi-
wing to 9eu the bottom, and So rin. Iy tie
stream 10 60 straight across il, instead o.
keeping my eye On tie opposite -hoge,W when
suddenly found myself al the edge Of tLa
dreaded trrakers, aad at each motion Of
the horse, lie, the seeming to step acro~,
the curreut,wss really getting down nearer
to them ] l9oked up was far away
below tbs proper spot. The water w..-
rushing past with dizzy. ,i,kening no
ton, ny head recl,l, aud ny eyes swan,
while the white breakers seemed rushing
W stream to meet me and oppose the cur
rent rushing downward Tie waters swept
more and more wildly past every moment
Then l saw the Ioin, Of gock fyr which
was 70 have made, far away up stream
Locking down At tie current a; each step.
,hc hors. head had inclined further and
further from The truc course. Laltei to
recover selfpo>>cs>ion. b.; one hope
remaircl-not to look Al the stream. but
rc,olutely to lift Up the rye and fix it Oh
the opposite shore Then, ins;inetiyely,
l guided tie horse to the paint Of safety.
1t i 20 with man 1t i not 10y peer
Ing deep into the stream and current Of
men, and obtaining thus through criticism
Z knowledge Of human nature, that enc
Gan become ] t-ae man, or rros- the stream
Of life without being carried away by its
forge. l; Is by fixing the eye upon that
other shore, and upon the rock of Ages.
and lifting the waves and current, and
buildings in the stream below Of rAat Is
ca1e,l humanity rol! On as they li>t, while
the Christians eye and aim aud hope are
set On things aboye aboye-on God
"IIis hand the good man f.,:ens 20 the skis,
I-is sa.it 50 '.sun! noE hse4s Ia Lie ~LiE.'