The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-12-26
CoBIsEsPoNDENCE.
A QUESTION.

WHAT 10 SAY, AND now TO SAY II;
WHEN TO sPEAg, AND wHtS TO DE SILENT.
These are que-tions Of sufficient Importance 10
every human being, hut Of what vital interest are
they to the clergyman Called as he is at every
hour Of every day, either to rejoice in the new
aedged happiness Of his flock or to SO. the their
sorrows; feeling his way as it were among so
many diverse temperaments and different degrees
Of mental and moral culture, how necessary 10
him that discriminating tact which will save him
trom collision with the sharp angles Of personality
about him, aud that large, loving, all.embracing
heart, which shall rrisistibly gather to itself,
all that is best and purest IN every nature for
heavenly guidance and direction How compre
henslYe is the scrptural expression 'The Man Of
sorrows" Ii must needs indeed be he who has
had many sided personal experience, to be able
to look with charity and Dealing into the windows
Vi other mans souls. Else lie might os well ex-
pect The safely housed lands-Inan, amid whisper
Ing trees, aud soft skies, and waving meadows,
to measure the fury Of the ocean or the despair
Of the struggling crew, amid engufag saves.
AS we'll might we expect to judge Of the rending
fury Of he beasts of the desert, iron the young
cub, tanned and eneryated by the over-feediug
and warmth Of artificial life. as to expect bim
who has never struggled with himsel. for the
mastery Of himself to comprehend the fearful
ihroes between good and evil in every human
soul Oh, how should the clergyman learn to
Judge as GN judges not alone By the prominent
ioliies and Sins Of the surface. sad aud depor
able a. they may be, but also by the struggle Of
eifeamslaniial temptation, aud the desperate,
uhreeorded, though not alas, always successful
resisiatce, And how can he, who stands over
the erFins. with the stern face and spiting sword
Q. ssliconscious virtue whispers in heavens own
music, 'Ae'thtr DO coudenu thee, 20 aud
sin more iiow can be Who has never stood
helpless by, shen death sirode past him over bis
oHa lhiesaheid, ioJk on auothers dead. and
measure iiie depth aud breadth. q tie SAVIOR,
.bguish. iiow-eau be Sho has never 10 the hOu,
4 h. oWa soals peril cried not, Lord, save or
perish Compr ebend that sobbing prayer,
abeu ibe heAseus gren dark. and xtth face prone
iP5a the earth some poor sa.i,ien wretch lies
ftmbang, vhile the rec storm rushes by
5or shall be Sho has never lifted bis own bow
Z bead. Hhen the clouds parted. for the brigh,
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