The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-07
A FUTURE LIFE.

How irrational is the conclusion that
man fills up his only measure OF existence
on earth, and that he ceases to be at the
end of this transient life II it were so, it
would follow that we are cast upon the
ocean of eternity, to float and sparkle upon
one of its waves for moment, and then
sink to rise no more, to go out in everlast-
ing darkness, to return to nothing Such
view of human existence makes life the
end of being, the object for which we be,
and as such, it does not pay. The great
est devotee Of the world, VINO is most sue
cessful in its pursuit, does not feel that the
past is sufficient to answer a rational end of
being. What he has achieved and enjoyed,
if considered in connection with an open
chance for future operations of the same
character, will cause life to appear worth
its tolls and sufferings; but let the world
ling see life's closing hour, and realize that
his last effort and last success is finished;
and then let him look upon the whole of the
past, and see nothing but dark and endless
non existence of the future, and he will feel
that he has lived in vain, and will say to
himself in the language of Lord Byron
"Count Ger the joys thine hours have known,
Count DER thy days from anguish free;
And know, whatever thou hast been,
IT'S something better not to be-
Here we have the testimony of a gifted
one, who lived the present life as an end,
and regarded it as an end, and he declares
that it does not pay.
But if this life be all of being, why do
it's transient fires flash out with such bound
less and deathless aspirations, that ever
wander unsatisfed on earth, and overlap
its bounds, and soar above the spheres, and
revel in Elysian fields, which are the crea-
ton of fancy, if this life be all of human
existence? These thoughts of future and
higher life, leap from the temple of the
soul. like winged angels, in search of light,
and life, and bliss, and glory, unknown in
the journey from the cradle to the grave.
The evening cloud with its golden fringe,
and the rainbow with its beauteous hTes fade,
but they leave upon the mind an impress
sion of unearthly glory, and awaken thoughts
of brighter world from whence such beau
ties are borrowed. The stars that bestud
the heavens when the world is dark, like
the eyes of so many sentinels watching
around the throne of midnight, perpetually
remind us of a world beyond, where spir-
it's, restless here below, hope to find hap
py home.
The human form itself, in it's beauty,
seems borrowed from some celestial model,
and can be wrought into such glorious
form, only for some higher end than to eat
and drink few days, and then fade and
die; we can never look upon il, and see the
rose on the cheek, the fire in the eye. and
the high resolve resting upon the brow,
without feeling that there is life within,
which the frost of years and the blight of
Autumn can never touch. These bright
forms of human beauty stand around US,
and draw out the deep sympathies of our
souls, and then are taken away, leaving a
back in chilling torrent upon our hearts.
When such forms vanish, we are reminded
that we are born for higher destiny than
earth. and our thoughts viii wander after
the loved ones gone, in spheres beyond the
circle of this life, where, as yet, thought
only can roam.
Life is passing. its flowers have faded,
its Summer songs have degenerated into
into the sighing of Autumn winds; their
chill is felt, and the frosts of more than
sixty Winters give certain proof that the
closing hour is near, and sad indeed would
that hour be, if it were all of life to live.
But we are born for higher destiny than
is developed in this life; there is a realm
where the beauties Of earth will fade no
more, and where beings of our love that
fit before US here and like shadows pass
away, will stand in our presence, with in
creasing brightness forever.-Luther Lee,
IN Wesleyan.
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