The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-20

in the course which circumstances condemn, |
rise up like man, and with calm wisdom or
der every thing I,r the best Thou hast lost
nothing as loD5 as thou last net lost thyselt
thou art not forsaken, as long faith III the
support o God has DOT abandoned thee
Il thou hast been impoverished, or thy
worldly prosEec are threatened with ruin,
and thou tjreseest s'raiteued circumstances TOR
t65self aud thy loved ones in the future, there
is one means by which thou mayst suddenly |
again acquire competence :--learn 70 bear
privations with manly lortitude. he proud OF
this poverty, in respect to whica no blame can
be attached 10 thee A wel.sored and noble
mind can afford to laugh at such ac:jdeatal
revolutions Of fortune. Do thy pes; for thee
and thine, and God will WORK with thee He
will not cave thee, neither will be iorsake
thee Rcuouuce the proud wishes a8d extern
siye plans 10 which thou hast hitherto n1uIged.
1t is not money out his own heart that makes
man rich 1t is not poverty, but only ciae
that entails shame.
If thou mas. los. file. Is, agl those even
dearer than friends, If thou hast been de-
caived and betrayed by on,--d thou AFT sur
rounded by envy and calumuy, -hoa hast o.
ly lost what could not remain thine forever
wherefore then pine for that which evea thine
own reason refuses to grant thee? As Tor
those that have tIeacherousiy deceived the
be proud that hou hast no share 10 their H.
fanny in the midst ot thy mi>fortones thou
must be an OBJECT OF respect 10 them, in 50
lar as thou has actel more molly than they.
Tnat the eaVious envy thee, why should that
distress tlee ?-Wasps ever swarm round the
best fruit let that in thee which awakens en-
W De thy consolation when thou art offended
by evil minded perso0s.
But II thou art the author 0. thy misfor-
tunes, against whom dost thou raise COM
plants Why dost thou rest contented with
lamenIing? Why dost thou sigh forth What
is to become oil me ? Thou seest what has
become Of thee, and what is further to betall
thee is in the hand Of God. The evils that
are now weighing upon thee are the punish
men Of thine own folies and 5 MS De not
augment toy guilt by injurious dependency
Thou hast fallen well, then, make speed
70 rise again, and be sure that the hands with
which thou hast destroyed thy happiness can
build 1t up again. Let true Christian up
rigktuess be thy support, and the teachings
OF Jesus be thy guide. Thy sins have brought
the curse upon thee; Christian magnanimity
and Chr ian wisdom will briog the blessing
back into thy house. If thou hast but toe
courage 10 be happy, thou wilt not fail 10 be
SO. Turn towards the grace Of God, AID it
will again shine upon thee, Follow the foot
steps OF Jesus, and thou wilt have entered the
path OF that peace and contentment of mind
which are independent OF all outward things ;
thou wit have chosen the better part Thou
wilt again belong to God, and be will not
eave thee, neither will he forsake hec
Well, then, my soul, take courage Be
without fear for the coming days, God will
count them out to thee. Arm thyseit against
every iI-iortune that may assai thee, with
the courage and resignation Of Christ Let
not thy magnanImlty be overwhelmed, what.
ev r may be the mstortuues that beiall thee
and thou wilt have saved everything learn
to bear prlvatIon, and poverty Will be un-
known to thee; renounce thy ambitious aud
sef-wilIed desires as idle iancies, ard thou
WIN uaNC HOtuluS ~ lear, UuJ ever JU0lpg 10
hope from the future | am com lorted, | feel
at rest in thee, o my God. | will resoIutely
encounter my ia,e; | will await With uufinch
ing courage whatever may befal me, for thou
o Father, who ordaiDeth ever thing for the
best, thou my Maker, thou wilt not leave
me, thou wilt net torsake me. Resigned to
thy will, Will renounce without murmur all
that have lost, | Icuouace my wishes for the
future, and my ambitious projects; for know
that that canno. be good for me which thou
the A wise, withholdcst from me | will re-
ly on thy help, without fear or anxiety for
myself or for those who belong to me will
trust to thy inclinlDg towards me the hearts
OF those that surround me, OF to thy turning
wonderfully in my favor the circumstances
that now threaten to crush me. My God,
know thy tathorly love, have experienced
it. How often in bygono times has not ooe
moment suticed to dIspclso the gloom that
surrounded me
pray not for happioess, but for strength
and courage, and that thy Holy Spirit may
never lorsako me, and that the example Of
Jesus may ever b. before me | Will deny
myself, as be denied himself; | will drain my
bitter cup Of sorrow with the same h Iy res.
ianation IN thy will, o, Father, as he drained
his, and shall triumph over the ills of these
days as he gloriously lriumphed over evil and
| shall feel even III the midst of my tears and