The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-20

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dFcn happy--afier filing the world with
good things cor their usc, and giving item
abundant facilities ior enjoying ihemaf-
Ter cndowing beauty and 4 sense q that
which i Beautiful must be sad 70 Him
70 see them wandering about ia strange
disguise, husging % their half febrllious
heart. ne apei mistake that, however
they may suffer, lhey are gaining favor
thereby Ia DE sight Of their Maker. OF
course believe in sell-denal, and in the
nobility Of seli.tlenial, for the good Of 9th
er bot believe that al selfae0lal that
pailakes Of the character Of penauco, in
whatever form and under Whatever cir
umsiances il may develop Itself, is always
a thing of mischief. and always thing Of
error Chat has its basis IN The miserable
theory, that there is something in the pas.
sions and appeiiles with which God has
constituted man that is essentially bad--a
theory as impious as ii is iniurious-as IA
tai 10 all just conceptions Of the Divine
Being, and Of mans relations to him, as to
all human happiness.
Everything which is truly admirable is
good, and is desirable in the degree by
which il Is admirable. A beautiful face
and form are admirable and just rs good
as they are admirablc--just as good in
their element Of beauty. They are good
for that quality, and in that quality which
excites our admiration. A beautiful bon
net, beautiful dress, a beautiful brooch,
or necklace, all are admirable, and good
because they are admirable, and good be-
cause everything admirable is necessarily
good. A family over which the father
presides with tender dignity, and in which
the mother moves with loves diyinest
ministry-when faces Of innocent children
are shining, while their vel es make mu-
sic sweeer than the morning songs Of
birds--is admirable, and it is good in all
those respects which make it admirable.
A well dressed man or woman is admira-
bic, and that thing is good in itself which
makes them So A man who carries bis
heart in his hand, who deals both justly
and generously by men, who carries a
sunny face and pleasant words into soci-
ETY., whose cultured mind enriches freely
all with whom il is brought into relation,
who has abundant charity for the weak
and erring, and who takes life and what
/ it brings him contentedy, is an admirable
man. and good in all the points which
make him admirable A house presenting
a harmonious and handsome front to the
eye Of the passenger, and whose interior
combines equal convenience and elegance,
| is admirable, and, by that token, good.
Now these very simple propositions
have tleir correlatiyc, which it is not nee
essary to set down in order any further
than fairly to illustrate my point. Things
that are not admirable are not good. II
the dress Of d Shaker is not admirable il
is not good. II that sort of life which is
led in n closter, by monks and nuns, is
not admirable, it is not good. II a man
who processes 10 be a Christian lives a
life out Of which is shut all with which an
unsoplisticated humanity sympatlizes--
life barren Of attractive fruits, life bare
in all its surroundings life with no gen.
ial outflow and expression life Of mig
gardly negative rather than Of generous
positiye; then that life is not admirable
and If It be not admirable, il cannot be
good in those respects. A man may car.
nv along with such life as this a spotless
conscience and a strict devotion TO apprc.
bend duty, and these may he admirable
and good, but the other characteristics
cannot be either; and however much God
may approve his honest heart and honest
endeavor, He cannot admire the style o.
manhood in which they have th ir dul
and difficult illustration. The idea that
] wish definitely to convey is this: thai
on the basis Of right heart, God would
have US build up bright, generous, gen
ial, expressive Christian character, and Us,
gratefully, and gladly all those thing
which lie has prepared to make life cheer
ful and admirable. Ibelieye a saint ougi
10 have better tailor than a sinner, an(
be in all ways a better fellow. ] believe
( true Christian should be in every thin:
that constitutes and belongs to man thu
most admirable man in The world.
have an idea that God looks with til,