The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-06-11
MAN :--Eidueated-N Neglected.
LADIES Am GENTLEMEN.

MAN :--Eiducated- Neglected.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
We have chosen for this evenings dis
cussion, 8 subject of universal interest,
and our only regret is, that we shall not
be able to do it that justice its Importance
imperatively dem ands May we not in
advance, ask your generous indulgence,
for any short comings on the part of your
unworthy speaker With this brief intro
duction We proceed to the discussion of the
subject under consideration
It was not che seraph, form that bathes
IN the crystal stream whose placid tide
flows from beneath the Throne of God,
that was before the minds eye of the Seer
of Horeb, when his inspired pen recorded
these memorable words :-tsIn the image
of God created He him" 1t was not the
chefub that poised on gossamer piniou,
sports and basks continually 10 the mere
dian glory of that world, whose Sun is the
Eternal, of which he wrote. He thought
not of the mighty intellect and the majes-
tic person of the towering arch angel who
hoBored above his felso Fs-stands next to
the Throne and renders highest homage
to Jehovah. Nor yet did he speak of one
of the swift winged band, who take their
willing fight from world to world, at the
bidding of Him = hom they delight to serve.
No. 1t was of Him to whom all these are
ministering spirits-it was of Man he
wrote
When the earth was made the morning
stars sang together the praise sublime of
Him who breathed it into being; but its
creation was not alone the subject of their
song. The sons of God shouted for JOY
as they beheid the beautiful scenery of the
infant world, fresh from its Makers hand
Bat it was not It's Eden, its wide exten
ded plains-its majestic mountains, its
lovely vallies, Its fowery meads, It's grassy
dells, its ioaining water-falls, its silvery
lakes, its mighty oceans, that moved their
raptures for their own native cline were
scenes more passing fair. But in the
Councils of Eternity they had heard God
say, ssLet US make Man in our own i'm
age and it was the view of Earth, as
the birthplace of Man, the intellectual
and the moral, that tuned their song and
gave tone to their JOY.
And what is he at whose nativity the
tschimiDg spheres were moved y and for
whom this resplendent earth was called
into existence Where is he upon whose
forehead the finger of God has indelibly
written Immortality Alas
ave may not seek for the long lost gem,
On the Nonarchs brow
But groveing low aud forgotten now,
With its lussre dimind and its brightness gone.
seemed thing 10 be tT0dden upon.
Fallenl and how fallen Is that he
That abject drivelling thing. who in tat
tered gasb with idioIic mein, reels from
his wine, his iEtellect clouded, his feelings
bliinted, his moral powers debased, the
harp unstruDg that was wont to wake
such pleasant strains respondent to the
magic touch of affection and of love-in
soul, and mind and feature, the very car
feature of humanity If that be Man,
Lucsfer, the Son of the morniag, had not
more de ply fallenl
Is that he, who sits, crouched and shiv-
ering in his cold and cherries chamber,
over his heaps of glittering coin. with pal
sled and trembling hand ,clutching his un-
holy idol; starting at every sound, his ev-
cry breath panic, lest it prove the step
of ore who shall despoil him of that which
to him is more than his Hfe's- blood, fam
ishing and dying in the midst of plenty,
for want of sustenance which his unhal
lowed avarice alone has denied him; and
with bis passing breath, cursing his hard
fate that had not formed his saul Of gola,
that he might forever have had his God to
worship.
Is that he, who, in bis damp and loath-
some dungeon, loaded with chains, sits
h~oodin0 over his hatred and his crimes