Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-04-08
Life. 1

says the Philadelphia Evening Builetm, occurs
in sermon delivered by Rev. Z. E. Adams, il
the North Broad street Presbyterian Church OF
last Sunday evening:
. There is life in the lchen that clings to the
shaded rock. and drinks the cold drops of the
mountain there is life in the FREELY that light:
up the marsh with his evening ray there is life
in the lark that halls the orient sun with psalm
more sweet, and not less glorious than the
notes of Haydn and Beethoven there is life in
the hon who shrkes the wilderness with his ter
riblesroar. sending horror through every wild
pusing heart there is life in the eagle he
sits in solitary grandeur on his alpine hight
or sails on steuiy pinon above the clouds that
crown the Andes there is still higher life in the
specchless child just opening its eyes to the
light, and with pure lips in its first smile there
is lite in bovhood, glorious in its fresh ambition
in its untamed aspirngs there is life in girl
hood, the charm of beauty and innocence play
ing on the cheek if the smile of God were
there there is life in manhood, and in the her.
culean arm. in the brow that rivals Joves. and
the eye that shoots out the fire of Mars. Meas
ure. if vou can, the mental life of Plato the
depth and compass of Webster Fathom the
intellectual and moral depths OF Moses and PAul.
Take the life of humanity let it he represented
by all its best qualities in single human being.
Give him the frame of sampson. the intellect of
Lord Bacon the soul Of Pavson or St John. the
beauty and grace of Alcrbia.ieS. the song of
llandhl or Mozart. the oratory of Cicero or Peri
Giles or Clay. the devotion of Daniel or Paul, the
executive genius of Alexander, the science of
Humboldt. the statesm ln>hip of Washington,
and the social nature of Burke, the of
Shakespeare. the chivalry of GuStnvns Adol phus,
and the piety of Daniel or of JoSeph-hnd let
him stand forth among his species to defend, to
enlghten. to win.
:. Let him shed his great light the earth.
Let him reform Governments. revolutionize cas-
toms. awaken thought, inspire devotion, baniSh
abuses, elevate life and fill the age with new,
inspiring, grateful, holy sentiments, feelings and
resolves. Let him impnrt something OF his great
nature to humber mortIls let him speak in
m mAjeStv and tenderness to MS, and be before Us
the way. the truth and the lite-the highest
standard of manhood, the living depository Of
all human greatness and gOodness-an that Is
mighty in the arm OF mIn. all that is profound
in his intellect. all that is precious in friendship,
all that is sublime and bli>stui in holiness-and
will tell you that the life OF Christ is infinitely
more ! Angels cannot reach H. scraphs cannot
know.t: it is the life Of God dwelling in the
soul ii is holiness that no spot darNens-love
that fills every capacity and cxpels every fear
1t is eternal life in uilncss, in variety, il beauty,
in strength. in joy. in duration. If there is
ANYTHING rap'urous IN song. anything exalted
in character, great in thought and achievement,
il is in this life.
ExrIrEp.-The editor Of the Gold Hill Ns,cs
has witnessed the brutality of quartz tcamsters
towards the helpless hrutes under their con-
troll. until bis Surcharged heart finds expression
in the following vigorous terms
For us to repeat the instances of wanton, use
less malignant cruelty which lave been enacted
a thousand times before our unwilling eyes would
he merely repeating what has been seen Ivy every
man and woman in town who has walked the
streets or looked on Of the window within the
paSt SIX months The lush of the - hacksnake'
whip, the legitimate weapon of the teamster. is
Il cruel thing enough in its way and when wan
tonly and uSelcsSIv used upon an animal already
doinr It's hrSt ought to be snatched out Of the
hands and laid across the back Of the wretch
,yno ,;;snses it, Bat the whip nj the Kick Z
which cxc;f.9 the wrath of the New York editor,
are God own sweet mercy compared with the
brutal tortures which dal; lniiictcd on our
streets upon willing and striving beasts taxed
beyond their strength. Not the i"Sh, nut 'ne
butt of the whip. clubs, stones shoves and even
picks. have thousand times. seen horses
and mules he ten with, until the wretched ami
mails would in agony and despair lie down and
submit motionleSs to the torture. The inhuman
on two legs would then he compelled to unhHr-
ness the animal and take his pick and shovel and
:. dig out" which he could have saved half
hour By doing in the first place. Do the owners
of these teams see this outrageous and useless
cruelty and they forced to permit it ? Arc
there no men with human hearts who can drive
a four or six mue-team2 Is the spirit OF "A COW
ard and devil an indispensable qualification OF
a ulIartz-teamSter2 Is the calling 50 low ana
degraded that he'll must be raked with fine
toolhed comb To get men with hearts black and
and hcllish enough to accept the situation? One
would suppose to see these scenes which are
enacted before our eyes daily.