Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-01-29
: acre is a Silver ID every Cloud

ef And right glad and il we are too
D ! slaa n grateful thai In this world :
I there De a thousand weoubles to afaict
and sadden the mours,art: there be a
e thousand dark and pkclouds--clouds
omnlous and terrible-s of disease and
+ aeath-of sorrow and sng-of the rude
n severing of the hearts i and most cher
ished tles-of giving toying hunger of
n the ravenous grave Unrest idol of the
e SOni-0 misfortunes but number-of
grief, the canker wornmany burthens,
:, all like gloomy clouds bus and terrible /;
but to every one thereadiant silver Ii
S ming that lights with jol comforts its rug
ged and darkest edge !As world is full of
countless ills, of sorrow yexatieas with
out number and then shadows cast a
gloom in our pathway; hut from the dark
ness the silver lining d, and it shineth
a light to our feet! Attn our flesh grow
weary and our spirit faind the soul trem-
Die at the terrible dark vet we thank .
God that from every i however grim
and f~orebodding, a lighineth-a light Of
sllvor-a light that cheeae heart by its
mellowed rays-a gladd merry, silvery
night from the bright ing of sorrows
clouds
we are given a mind cup; there be
/ alof,1o n~1 -.
ciouos and singing thorbut they all are
lined with a silvery tissuuthose web is the
blessing of the earth, Use wool is the
smiles of Heaven, and Erich benefits of
Our Father, God! Sorropnd untold aflic-
tons crouch in our pathv. bnt TO every
cloud a silver lining is ,en that shines
brightly and it shineth a elness to our feet.
"ho is 1t that looks aloto the dark pen
cliIngs on the gliding psrana of life p
Who seeks alone the dark falls and snares ?
VINO repines by reason offs lot being cast
IN a world where the mined cup is given?
Who looks alone at the dix clouds on the
hitting panorama of life, nd mourns and
takes the burden of griefs Brother. Sister.
look with gratitude on the ,ber sidel Does #
not gladden. the eye and .yarm thy heart
when thou seest the silyerininp thv Father
hath given to shine befou, thee, a silyery
light to thy feet in the dak and dangerous
we might be happy five would; if we
"oa'o cherish the good gifts of the Soul
'oVe' hops, charity, peace, friendship !; joys
lnspeakable would more abndantly abound,
nd the ever grateful heart would devoutly
praise God for his kindn,ss. Selishness
too vigorous in the hyap,nan heart the
was made for many; a mingled fountain
Or the sons without number, mingled with
rief and glory, at which all must drink and
epine not, by reason OF the gall; for every
loud is lined with a silvery light, and it
hines and shineth a light to our pathway
a beacon lamp to our feeti
The glad ~sunshine-ths bright rays of Joy
nd gladness are scattered everywhere, in the
across the vaulted sky, upon the stor-
~ oceans waste, ecery@here even in thy
eep heart chambers, brother, sister, if thou
7ouldst but see it; for every cloud hath a
liver lining and it shines a light to the heart,
0 our pathway and shineth a beacon lamp
D our feet!
The storms that howl so dismally will yet
lie away into music divinely sweet; the sor-
ows that hedge in our way at present, will
re gone like the snow on the mountains to-
borrow; the beds where the thorns of afaic-
ion spring will be the green plots where the
oses and hyssop display their beauty and
fragrance; the fountain that gushes in angry
treams the bitter wavelets of Mara's waters,
hall yet nourish the sweet smelling myrtle
nd dash bright spray upon the thirsty daisy;
he deep lamentation OF the heart that cries
'ut in the anguish of bereavement shall be
hanged to a chorus of wild and ~ecstatic Joy A;
OK the mourner may meet his buried friends
n fresh life and beauty again in the gardens
If the skies, where love raineth forever and
where death and sorrow no more cometh.-
How true it is that every cloud in life, in
death, is blest with a gladstone silver lining,
that shines a light to the weary heart, to our
and shineth a beacon lamp to our
5eet! 1t is the light that shines on every
.'roubling cloud /; it is the light that shines
~ stars on earth, and it is the light of silver
hat shineth, and now is shining in Heaven
PUBLIC SP1R1T.-We learn from the New.
FERN Progress that DR.. R. II. Hooker and
"A. Simpson, who have for sometime been