The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-02-09

VIVA, A number Of wonders and conirarietes
,,o,id hs uresefited 10 our amazed visions. II We
conla only view the inner lives Of those who sur
,o,,na N. and form our world How many bright
lv h.amipg smiles that deck the brow OF beauty
would seem a ranhows sprung from tears, or
the f,lul meteor high, tina, dances DER The char
mel Vault How much OF sparkling VII would
owe rs origin TO rs cold and hard source ~
the scintla,ions nroduccd 10y the contact o' steel
and ain,l Beautiful flowers spring nom 'he
cold dark earth and brightest diamonds are
born Of blacklist coal There Is skeleton ~
every clo-et Then OH what througs Of horrld
.pecires would blast our eyes II we could unseal
our visions and read the d" inner life. There Is
a secret fount OF tears In every heart W hen We
withdraw from the world and enter into the Sc
cref chamber II the heart. there 10 commune
with il. fearful inhabtani. and add new drops to
,be jo,n,ain of tears. each deems the skeleton
that blasts his own existence the mes, unsecmly
Ind the Caun, In rs own heart Is certainly the
mos, bitter Of Marahs The closet aud iount
ARE in every heart You may often times ind the
door Of The one wrcathei with bright garlauds'
and the other composed Of crystal waters nut
Oh the flowers are deadly and the waters are
bitter. WHY then are the doors SO wreaihed.
aud the fountains 50 clear 80 deceive the world !
Ne % deceive ourselves. We would aiu be.
licye that the garlauds are all aud the drops
plrasant 10 the taste a. beautiful othe eve. We
smile and saw 10 ourselves that the fair flowers
Ike the wreath 81 Nam0uua have exercised
The demon that haunted my soul and the ioun'
tain 80 sparkling must surely b. sweet Then
comes a horrid mocking laugh like an echo from
lemen.lund tina, floats over the soul wiiherng
a. certainly as the deadly -imoom. each iair bud
NJ promise. aui cammy drops Of bitterness battle
onr brows We know from whence they came.
The closet is still inhabited and the fountain
still Hov. Then do not sheer when another 2
brow is clothed IN gloom, Il s. only the passing
shadow OF the skeleton. aud do not smile at the
onieky starting tear, It IL only stray drop
fam the secret f1nnt Nc DO mol smile, nor
succr AT auothers grief nor think To sean theif
woe Bcarc-, uot thou within thine own breast
the same accnrsei mark and springs not the
same bitter fouat within thine own heart some
one. who had caught glimpse Of the inner hIe'
ia4 said il we could look INTO the hearts OF our
most bitter foes W. would 'eo sorrow and caro-
enough TO disarm all our hostility There arr
deep hrartbrcakrg signs Of which the world
hear not even the echo There art prayers amt
cries n anguish and regret sent up 70 the cicr-
p.l throne OF the Almighty Father when mo- hu-
man eve is hy 20 witness the struggling soul As
~ fF-Isi- lNf hHhittitHN lhtits ~ ''t 80" NV
ny who reigns over all its darker hours
There are hot scaldinF tear. that burn the check
Of maiden md manhood alike but leave no trace
visible to the careless cye of mirih
There e sigh that tells of snrrov
Though the $50 and eye De gay,
For the heart sees M tomorrow
Through the darkness Of to-day
The hear, knowe,h itsown bitterness Then
who shall nudge Of another's sorrowg Read the
story Of your own inner life and realize that TIE
heart Of your brother has as mnuF thrilling pangs
afanrush. known ouy 90 the spectre that iuhah-
its ihr secret chamber; and as many dark pas.
sarcs in nnothcrs lie that are witnessed alone ut
that secret tribunal Some profound philosopher
has said that s0fak were invented 10 c3aftdi our
hauebt then how much mere Do the many
wfeaihod smiles the silycry laughter and all the
outward show Of life conceal The inner reality
TIE Airest rainbow will follow in the track of
the most dosolating storm Sweetest flowers
bloom in the loslitst burial ground and The
far moon will shine with loveie-t sheen upon
the rallcst battle ground And YET our life Is
not all shrauded in gloomy night. There are
sweetest strains Of fairy music that esme 10 glad
us in tho wo.ry march Of if 1iUre are glow
Ing SUNSETS that Shed iheir varci ba''.cs around
our earth home Then Itt us not mourn Tint 70
E, ieuIed MS 40 enjoy the perfect blis- oi another
and brighter le Wilde yD. $500 thread tle Wild
0f lila wilderness home unr roirrt taa fragrant
bul. ni PROM. p isst sW'.' u tF'rv ra'h 20 cheer
tho weary wunl.f.r They are Or.4hi and beaH
tim, iu1l accept thm as such. hHlrl tic
t-Hi - 0r Tu' g. over Hnm al.