The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-06-01

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Y depgesathe SCALE iadss,I. n
selilsliie# { man IN his aateueue
rate ialIea laie, l. lhe ruling prlael
PIE ~ passh n tbe smI. All 6,he
prine'ples epasslons afe merely .al,
sefyleht 70 purposes, and Il may
b. douIted teiher any one 4 eapa
BILE Il pefIoains q truly di.Iaier
ested aet wether everything sail
and done haaot IN view our ev,
immediate ofultimaie qualification
To q certain ttent, seld.bness 4 a.
sential 70 oufprospority and we'll
being, for witput II no man womb
excel In anythgj the chief incen
tive 70 action pnld be wanting, ant
the world wod soon rctrovrrde abt
lapse into ignoncc and barbarism
Tho school mtcr while "icaohinp
the young ideapw to Shoot look,
not exclusively, the interests Of NJ,
pupils; The tlaght that he may
make himself aame or iill his cof.
icrs with gold, 1.-THE moving spring
to action. The wycr pleading Che
case Of a client-hd farmer sowing
and harvcsting-te statesman har,
anguing his cotrymep, and tbe
doctor bending or the couch of the
dying, are all me or less influenced
by this one granidea--self-agrand-
izement. Thus |, It il commend
able, as II looks ojointly to the in
terests OF the wot and themselves.
But there are mares so sordid, that
look exclusively their own inter-
ests, regardless Others whose every
thought, wish anaim are concen-
trated within thealves. So they
are prosperous andhappy, they care
not what becomeaf the balance of
mankind. A malf this sort, bless
ed with health andenty, gives him
self no iineaslnes sccncefning the
wants and miserieS Others he can
laugh as loud and,e as merrily ns
tho all the world te as happy as
he. The aristocrat nabob, rolling
in wealth and revek in the pride
and pomp Of luxuhs ease, heeds
not the shivering, hrving wretch
who stands suppliing before his
princely mansion. le can scarcely
realize the fact thahe human sys-
tenn is capable Of ling either cold
or hunger, for he never expert
enced such sensatiol himself The
selfish man will kie--he is thus
wisely constituted he permitted
the unhappiness Of lers 70 mar his
own bliss, his woule a life Of nm
ceaslng wrctchednes He fills 10
remember he may 4 she suffering
his sympathy and and feel and
know that his own ppiness is en-
HANGED by the nobllct. Man il,
indeed, wonderfull1d happily con-
stituted; and vastxhaustless re- |
sources are ever irach for multi |
plying the joys ofc. The very
misery Of others m be the means |
of making us unakably happy. |
Oil that must b blissful sensa-
ton which results Il the concious-
ness Of having perncd a good, be-
nevolent deed-of ymg showered
blessings upon himlt was ready to
perish, and caused widows heart
to sing with joy. . selfish man
can never realize self-approbat-
ing feeling; he wihver learn the
invaluable Lesson, Is more blessed
to give than to rse;o and yet
were he but for onsy TO lay aside
selfshness and prae bcnevolence,
be would learn thruthfulness oi
this strange noctL The poor
widow who cast ihcr mite, was
doubtless the happibcing who fg-
ured in that vast mbly, and The
selfish miser who lesscd the act
may have called hefool, but not
so, for her old hearas filled with a
holy; Joy which all boarded wealth
could never buy. lt.cold unfecl-
ing nature which il moved at the
sight Of woe and my, was never
implanted in The hun heart by the
hand Of Deity; 1.-THE natural re-
suit Of selfsbness. eIfshness will
stife every good cmn, choke every
feeling Of sympath,nd hold out
fair promises Of r,h, fame aud
happiness as It's rfi; but in the
end, will punish fsictim for his
folly, and miserak lcrifce him up
on tho altar Of Is ,wn meanpess
Hence We conclr, Iat that sort of ..
selfshness which inerent in every !.
nature, and whiIpnnpts and slim ]
alates . man 10 lpsve his talents,
chiefly with thjew of beneiiainR =
mankind and tet winning for
himself an implhalle name, Il not !
only excusableut commendable. !,
But this same Iinf when unduly ;,
cultivated, and United to absorb !
every other iceland passion Of the !.
soul, which appristes and forces !
everything to |ne subservient 10 J
self, and whichlly causes a man !
to wrap himseb il himself, kills !
him to the wojan1 the world to !
him, h 10 b decaed, al il not !, /
only misses itstk for happiness, =
but brings bo,hbpaal and eternal
ruin upon iss ufpJ victim. d
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