Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-08-06
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and tho fret impulse OF the child is 20
appropriate the whole of The fruit for
itself and TO look upon those other
wis,ml eyes as eyes Of enemies. The
mother begins to try the child, and
says. "My dear, divide the fruit, and
give some TO Mary and William, The
command is unwccomc to the child's
sclfshnCss II does not want to di-
vide; but the mothers authority COM
pcls it to do il, and it does it with
many tears But when it is done,
thomothcr talksto the child, and says,
"lIOw noble it is to be generous :"
And the next time the child has TO di-
vido fruit, il docs it reluctantly It's
selfshncss has to be crucifcd, and it
suffers but it does give away two out
of six apples. And then it is praised,
BY this time it begins to get an idea
that there is good in giving things a.
way, and gives the third Then it
looks for praise, and the praise in
stantly comes, and itgivos the fourth.
Praise follows giving, and giving is
rewarded by praise, till it comes to
the last ono, when it hcsitatcs. And
the next time, perhaps the girl is 50
much pleased with the remuneration
of it's higher feelings in the act of
giving away, that it distributes all its
fruit, and stands with nothing for it,
self And the parent says to the
child, That is noble Thus tho child's
better feelings are brought into the
asccndancy,and its sclfshncss is com
pcIIcd to take subordinate position;
and the child grows up to be u true,
noble, manly boy. And he docs not
divide he squandcrs in giving. He
cmrties everything, and walks like Il
prince, feeling, at is my nature to
give, and | prefer to do it." There
is no pain about his giving. The boy
that gives freely would be ashamed
to have it supposed that it cost him
any struggle to give. He has over
come, he has cruciod, tho clement of
selfshncss in himself; and being gem
orous has become 4 pleasure to him
This illustrates the fact that al
though every struggle between Il
higher and a lowerfeeling begins with
the suffering of the lower yet, when
the lower is subdued and brought un-
der the control of the higher, that
which WAS painful at first becomes
plcasurable. We see not only in chill
drcn, but in ourselves, that although
Christian cross bearing or self-dcnial
begins with pain, if the process is
rightly carried on it ends with pleas
ure and peace.
gsg"An apple in September is about
as big as it is in October; the color is
higher, and the flavor is a great deal
better than in September. a man
that is mOralist gets to September,
and no further. When man gets to
October he is converted. Then the
sour has become sweet The shapcis
the same, and the weight is perhaps
the same, but the quality is changed.
The fruit is ripe, and saccharinc has
been developed instead of acids. There
are thousands Of men, by the shining
Of Christ through law, through soci-
ty, through the family, through COM
paniOnship, are carried far along the
line Of development, and want but
little moro than inside cripening There
are many men, therefore, of whom,
when they arc converted, people say,
81 do not see that they are much diff
crcnt from what they were before"
No, you will not till you eat them. If
you tasted them you would perceive
the difference quick enough. 1t is in
the inside that they are different, if.
anywhere And there, the difference
is not in the cellular construction.
The pulp is the same but the flavor
Of it, the quality oft, are not the
same. What brought the change d?
The sun. And there arc many men
that grow up to such virtue, such mo- F..
rality, such general excellence, that |
if you see them by the side of Chris |
tians you cannot perceive externally
that there is much difference between
them and the Christians and there
is not much external difference. And
if they are converted, you say, 81 do
not see any change" Nor you do
not see any. 1t is in the pulp; in
the mind; in the spiritual nature
You cannot perceive it with the out
ward vision but when you tasto, us
it were, the interior life of man, then
the difference is apparent.
Bss- Barnum's last curiosity is a
small baby; very pocket edition of.
the article. The baby is eight months
old, and weighs only one pound and
seven ounces. 1t is perfect in form
and features. An idea ofits littlcness
may be gained from the fact that Mr.
Barnums finger ring can be easily
passed over its foot and ancle to the
knee.
SoUND.-The Democratic Conven-
tiOn of Fairfield Co., Ohio, adjourned
slll.,, 49, .. Al =.