Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-05-02

US stingly, He left broad margin
We have legs and lungs, and ears and
fingers to spare, We can give up good
many outpo,ts before the citadel must
surrender; and the fight is so prolonged
that often by the time it il over, we
should have to Yield 10 the natural course
of things.
And suppose your friend cannot live
what earthly good do you imagine you
are doing by saying so? Do you in
crease his chances for life? Do you pre-
pare him or his friends to meet death
with fortitude? Don't you know it Is
sin to die as long as you can help NJ
Don't you know that hope is the great
onnonent of dsease--that when a mans
spirits give way his strength follows
When YOU dishearten him you kill him.
1t is quite likely lie does not die Of disease
so much as he dies of you. Look to ii
that you do not lay yourself open to III
action for manslaughter. Turn TO the
bible and see how your ancestors Jared,
The sons of the prophet at Jericho heard
that Elijah was to be taken up by a
whrlwiud to heaven, and they came out
all of breeze to meet Elisha. Know
est thou that the Lord will take away thy
master from thy head today Yea, !
know it, answers Elisha, heart sick, hold
ye your peace There are things that
will not bear to be talked about. Your
friend and bis sick wife, in the solitude
of their own room, before the throne OF
the Most High, will adjust themselves as
best thew may to the conditions OF their
life. They may even come to speak
cheerluly after a separation while they
assiduously strive to prevent it. They
will not weakly and cowardly shut their
ey es to the possible future, while they la,
Dor and pray to fashion it after their de-
sire. But where each others touch only
soothcs and strengthens, yours is torture
| Stand of. What does he think OF her
He does not know, and if he does he can.
not tel. There is a terrible deintene,:
in words. lie sees the Possibility that
stands black and trowning in his path
but do you think he is going to photo
graph it for you? The heart knowetI
its own bitterness, and strangers should
not iutcrmeddle. He is girding up his
lous in the name of the Lord to wade
through his Slough Of Despond. Don't
insist upon his measuring it and giving
you its length, breadth, and cubic con-
tents. What you can discuss calmly, is
to him fraught with the issues of life.
You are walking carefully, sympathetic
ally, il may be, but coolly, over the nerves
Of their heart.
Nobody wants you to tell a lie bu
also nobody wants you to tell the truth
You need not tell anything. Keep still,
can't you BE cheerful. Don't look
plying. Talk about common things in a
common way--the common things that
belong to this life, and those that touch
on all life. Walk softly, and act Christ.
iaply in all your sphere, but don't PROJECT
yourself into your friends innermost cir
Gle where he alone should tread whose
form is like the son of God.
And if your neighbor has baby who
sickens through these wintry days, whose
/ little life quivers on its mothers love, dc
not loosely inform the mother just as yor
are stepping into the sleigh for drive
that you expected every day last month t(
see its death in the papers. If the baby
were French turnip with which you
neighbor was trying an experiment. you
Aippaucy might be tolerabIe; but it i:
not So. Babies, know, are consumer,
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may he very we'll that society does moi
miss The few who cannot weather IL,