The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-06-18
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Suggestions aud Notes fOr tho Month.

Suggestions aud Notes FOR the Month.
limo month OF the year, are The poe
try and prose of farm life moro mingled,
than in the present Earth, air, and
sky, are full ofinspiFation. Each Gle.
mGnt seems striving TO express the JOY
Gus fuIlness of life which Spring only
awakened. The fervid glOncos Of the
sun are answered by blushing fields of
beauty upon tho earth. Tho morning
and evening clouds seem to>yie with the
plains beneath in producing exquisite
scenes for the eye Of The artist. Light
fQolod'z ephyrs dance along the plains,
their tresses laden with perfumes show
.eted from orchard and forest. Joyous
notes echo from the focks and herds up.
on the hillside, and perpetual chorus
Of song from the blisSful birds reminds
the hearOr of heavenly symphonies. 1t
is striking fact that in nature the peri
cd Of the greatest activity is accompa'
MED with the highest display of beauty.
When her most important works are to
be executed, hel servants don their hol-
idOy attire. Those gorgeous clouds are
her industrious water carriers; the 70.
freshing breeEes that sweep across the
fields, convey nutrimeut to the myriads
Of leaves that The genial sun has called
forth, and these, 80 radiant in their livc>
ry ofgreen. are each rapidly celebrating
the nourishment that shall add 10 the
parent growth. The beos that SO gaily
hum from flower TO flower, are not only
gathering provisions for their own sus.
teGance, but distributing the pollen by
which the flowers arc TO be ferLilizsd,
and without which, in large measure,
their beauty would DO fruitless. The
birds. in addition 10 filling the air with
sweet sounds. are, with watchfuI eyes.
guarding the fields from depredations
which no human scrutiny or skill could
avert. On every tree, shrub and flow.
or, vorucious insects are preying, that
the superabundance. may
not itself become noxio> -adc6eck.
eddy the birds, these otherwise useful
little creatures become a most intoIara.
ble pest. Thus, in every field, labor,
and the signs ofrejoioiug go hand in
hand. Surely this is the visible teS,i-
mony of the Crestorto His estimate Of
labor; ii is His proclamation Of the be-
ing thOthappiuess shall be found, not in
passive reception OF ouiw ,rd appliance,
but in the active use Of thu faculties He
has bestowed Surely as We rise in the
scale Of being, The enjoyment Of toll
should be lighleneI. If the birds sing
while laboriously gathering food for
their young, shall not man be joyful
while pursuing his nobler avocaLions?-
But The picture has its prosaiC back.
ground. II is delightful to sing Of
pleasant fields, but not so enliveniug 10
hoe corn, The flowers are charming 10
look upon. but the cultivator finds little
delight 10 them when, on the thistle and
the deisy, they require vigorous work
for their extripation. Much Of pleasure
will be found in the poetry of the month.
and the more its perception is cultivated,
the more may the husbanlman be cheer.
ed in his toll; but he ends that stern
purpose is needed to hold him TO the
heavy tosk of field labor He may be
encouraged by the thought that his
wotnow is only preparatory. His
time oFjoy viii CONS when tho Zelda
shaIl have been despoiled Of beauty. the
birds ceased their song, and the WINDS
only sigh over the ended harvest. lie
should also be ncrred 10 patient oudu'
rance by the knowledge that his end Is
higher than merely to change the form of
outward things By industry andits nc.
cOmpsuying virtues he is working out a
character whose development but oom'
moncos here, Ho is sowing SeedS chat
are 10 spring up, and blossom, aud bear
porenial fruit in land that knows no
Winter, where activity and enjoyment
sre co.elenOl,
Hope.
Hope 10 the great stock of believers; it