The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-03-08

We may be EiFs and ''fsil ROs. - but it is not
sell to Gil cur Riind' gallery Bith dark
pictures uf miHfutsuas, Pieturos9thai are to
be turned to sll aloug The Eh"leiOaFn6y Of
life, Darkness enosgh vii come Eith life :
voyage, and sadness enough viii be
gathered with Iife's joys.
But We have said that sIl are thinkers,
aud that they cant helPit; thinking every
moment Of something, aud chat something
the mold from which thar life is TO come.
Yes, nader, as you think. 50 you live; if
a sad, desPOnding soul du.iu those hours
Of thought which are solely jour "Sp, you
must come out into the world sad, ds>p nd
ing, beanlesSWnEker. Itlis great lesson,
and enc We can net learn too SOM or we'll,
that We can not stay with this world, aud it
can we'll do without us; but it needs au ex-
aeteOPy Of e'eh one Of Us to pFeserve-ahe hen
We are gone. 4 fomlFiut must be lett sOme-
where on the sand, OF the great chain is
broken. We must live in miniature long
after the wheel has made its last revolution.
A great deal Of the Eork We are puE dning
may be merely for the time, but thi, ques-
TIN Of IleEariug fF Li.Ls5 it hi
gathrEmg abuut ourss vesthe elements ui
manhood, which ia to give Us strength for
. the. d-yrUf storm ard tempest; aud more,
z'Or the day when ih EOrl Is prl oxs vii be
br X his q W k Ehrh reaches beyon
u +; aR eau Only be su cessiully done a. er
we have b me right thiubers. There Is
s IN thing f aifqlIy awful IN the though
of endless Progression, but We must meet
it; AMI if We would d. this, and be happy
and lovely d useful, We must train our
salv. sto tiink Of happy and LIVELY aud use
ful things, We must gather ab ut our
ssves themes for thoughr which haze the
golden fringe there must be, suRlIght ~
we as shadnw.
If the WatchwQrd is ego OF" let US obey
It, and toll p'anfully a. r'uroEn sks aud
for the worlds sake" ;" and when we thiuk,
think but to be wiser anI better, and max,
others 50. You may not reosiye, reader
maze from this world than othrrs have vnu
do no m're, and perhaps far l. IS an you,
but yeu have pnrtion, and it will en-
riurs gn to it by the stairway of hope,
and faith, aud Well.dOing. Ssneti e,
when you are thinking, think that after
the suO's setting it vii rise again therr
may be a morn b ight aud j.y,uS after
the nights wa ching. Thi" K that you are
now ling u sOrrnW, butas you clear away
the thistle you get the surfars ready for
that N reabundanr harves', when you sha !
reap and your joy be full. Tank that lif,
Is great fact; /; that it means something
an has it purpose purpose reaching
farther than the confines or this world; a
purpose which liuks man 10 a higher
world, md Civ > him a higher obars, ter
thaua feeti G shadow.
R member while you toll on and o.,
ami ! the conflicting ell m nts Of this lfe
seeing something die, and passing yourself
away fcom others, thatit is no part of your
duty to be sad aud pOndOiing over the
rhauges going on ar uud you, for you arr
e!rHn lug to-, changing for the better per-
chSnee, aud it will BE- well if, when tie
de- n t, this life closes an / leaves you for
ever oatsite, YOU Will have 30 suffered, and
thought, AID iSOorei, that the closing Of
that other dor may shut YOU frever
within.