Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-22

God hears the cries, the signs not the
words only, but the wishes Of His peo-
pie; even the unuttered and unu:teraOle
sorrows Of broken heart. This in
parts undying value to all those in
stances of heard, accepted, answered
prayers Of which the Bible is so full;
answers common and miraculous, TO
prayers for blessings temporal and
spiritual, in all variety of imaginable
circumstances--pray by saints and
sinners; prayers offered with LIES last
breath; and by childhood's lisping
tongue in royal palaces and in loath-
some dungeons; in den OF lions, and
in the depth Of the ocean for health In
sickness, and for bread in famine; for
patience under the sorest trials, and
deliverance in the most hopeless circum-
stances for pardon of the greatest sins,
and mercy to the greatest sinners. Never
was the Lords hand shortened that 1t
could not hear.
-Rothschild with all his wealth must
be satisfied with the same sky that is
over the head of the poor man. He
cannot order q private sunset, that he
may enjoy it with 8 select circle Of
friends, nor can he add one single ray to
the clear, bright beams Of the queen OF
night, as she sails magnihcently through
| the heavens. The richest banker cannot
| have more than his share of the air to
! breathe, and the poorest of all men can
| have the same. Wealth may buy a
| brilliant bracelet, dazzling with diamonds
! and rubies, but wealth cannot buy
| graceful and well-turned arm on which
| to display its splendor. God only can
| give that, and to many of the poor he
! has given it. /" wish | had the health
of that rosy checked peasant girl, slghs
the aristocratic invalid, propped up with
! pillows in her costly carriage. All,
me :" says the girl, " if | could only ride
in such style as that" Wealth cannot
purchase health, nor can it give q con-
tented mind. All that is most valuable
can be had for nothing. They come as
presents from the hand Of kind and in
dulgent Father, and neither the air nor
the sky, nor beauty, health, strength aud
genius, can be bought and sold. WHAT
ever may be thy condition in life r.
member these things, and Herewith be
content.
Time has been given to man 70 use
aud not to waste. 1t is for rational use,
and not for foolish abuse. And at TINES
it appears to the rejecting mind that We
are mistaken in our endeavOrs to crowd
inc half An hour what should fill half
day. We do not refer to our habits OF
hurried eating, so frequently the subject
OF critics aud lecturers, but 10 the
general hurry and haste that characterize
every movement of our people. In
travelling we give preference to the fast
est lines, this being the grand recon-
mendation of one competing line over
another. The humiliation of space and
time is modern boast, as though The
feat were really meritorious.
1t is to be questioned whether this
idea Is correct one. Human life is
more valuable than few hours or days,
yet we risk life and limb in patronizipg
those conveyances in the shortest posi-
bic time. The employees of railroad and
steamboat companies have received the
title OF baggage smashers," for 20
reason except that the rules of the com
psnies and the exacting demands Of the
( pubic will not allow them TO hau lie
baggage as Tom Hood advised the
enlargement Of the body Of the DESPAIR
iug suicide:
% Take her up tenderly,
Handle with care"
It is public demand that everyth d.
shall be done in the shortest possible
time, but it is wasteful and often
suicidal demand. We do not alive out
half our days" If we exist the allotted
space of mans life, we do not live. We
are driven by this spirit OF hurry as
relentessly as the poor souls in Dante's
Inferne by the tormeuting devils Of
Hades.