Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-09

class of books IS one of lhescauSes Of mis-.
efy ID the void. Misery Who can ever
ten how much humanity can suffer- How
the wan Q awSoe IS heard ii every con:
ditiOh Of life; Yet man hands the cup Of
sorrow 10 his Brother. He saupss and suf-
lsfs loo.
No man has asl clam oodness
eho j. boz in sympathy wish hs suffer,
ings Of humanity, let the cause OF thai
suffering be what j may. No man can
have s4Hch gOodassa in hiP character,
who can know Of the want lhe woe, lhe
heart aching. the sp~iri7l0nging Of the
Iost, children Of earth, ard not feel Panga
Of grief pierce his own heart, a,o14 ans
The Christ. our elder brother, Mhose
beautiful character we should constantly
study, and ever try 10 initiate, came 90
seek and serve those who we're lost, He
wept over Jerusalem, That city lying il
~wickedness. and doomed to destruction.
No man has much Of a claim TO goodness
who does not use his talents, means and
influence, in removing the causes Of ,spf,,
.fering, Novel reading IS great source
Of suffering, therefore young men and
women should be warned Of its, cohssr
quences. ~. -. ~~,
Well would il have been for the world
if no human mind had ever expressed
itself in written word until it had been
Northumberland !. had been made
a partaker Of the Divine nature, Mans
intellect is Benighted, b%ewildered, his
moral nature is fallen into a low condi;
lion ; his affections are placed upon for.
hidden objects; his spiritual vision is
darkened / nay, he is blind until his ma.
ture is s~Pirilualized By lhe obstruction
of Him who "came 10 reveal the Faith.
err" TO lost man, and until be. obeys the
teachings of Him who spake as man new.
er spake,' he is pot capable Of governing
himself or teaching others. q h7rgsl
There is an uncomfortable desire ia
the human mind 10 give ~ulierance to its
thoughts. This is true, both 10 the good
and the bad man. sdIt is true that there
are many who have never penned 4hsir
Inspiration, yet there is a Strange, mys.
FERROUS influence which compeIs SONG 8
write. And there is not a man, however
highly cultured his entire nature may be,
who does not feel some kind Of an infu.
ence from reading d book. The mag.
netic power of mind it would seem, pas.
ses through the medium Of letters from
the writer to the reader. And though
their minds are indiVidnalized, vet in a
certain sense. they are one. This pow
er Of individual minds becoming one,
was expressed by The Saviour, as be was
about to leave the world 10 person. In a
full knowledge Of the mystery of mind.
he prayed to the Heavenly Father that
his disciples might be One.oilag75saa ~
Who can ever tell The evil influence Of
the writings of Paine His bold, reck-
les attack upon, the Bible. was worthy lbe
deep depravit1 of the Evil One. His
reasoning shows, not only amisrepresen.
talion, bot an utter ignorance of the spir-
il,of Christianity. and the teachings of
Christ. Uncullured, undisciplined minds
read his infamous writings, and wander
on with him, into the darkness and gloom
of iniGelity. Rosseau, from the depths
of a sensitive nature in ruins, has pro.
dHced dreams Of perfected governments.
and wild fancies Of ideal beauty; men
gaze upon these bewildering pictures.
until the fendish charm draws them in-1
to the same wreck Of mind with himself.
Voltaire, with bis deep hatred for
dressed up his blasphemOus tho',s
il a brilliant drspery of expression, and
men followed The false glitter 10 their
ruin, and perhaps viii follow il untiIthe
Lord comes in the clouds Of heaven, 10
be admired Of all those who love bis. ap-
peariDg," and stakes vengeance on all
who obey not the truth"
What have the poets done for the
|! They are a strange kind Of be
.ngs. II is difficult to find a place for
hem. They are too refined and sensa-
i've for earth, and not spiritual enough
or heaven. Dantee would have to en-.
age bis Inferno TO find them a niche.
Byron, with q sublimi.y Of thought
reached the hight Of all human
;oscepion, Dnd a refinement of affection
of a wOman's heart, yet he had
weaknesses which placed him among
hose Of the lowest moral attainment.
Burns, "canty, witty rhyming plough.
man," possessed a power, perhaps une.
with his simple style of toucb,nc
he chords Of the heart with his pIaiptive
Iong yet, bis piety and virtues were
lot Of the highest order. Shakspeare-,
hat strangely gifted man. who has read
luman nature as has no ether mortal, and
an infaIuate his readers with his no,
rerY classicaEstyle. II is true, nothing
O very bad has ever been said Of him.
Who can end a heart to find tfao!t with
shakespeare? Yet the nature of The bood
has left 10 The world, is not caleulaGd ,
d 10 elevate and purify humanity. He
las earned 4 fame which he Justly ee4l
erves he will have that fame uHsil the
ind Of time, but whether any longer We
say II IS not 60 much intellect.
al strength, as moral culture, and spir.
al attainment, which eaFrys n 60 on TO s
high destiny. ef 7fs 1ogtI1 aish ~
In our dispaiTing moods We eould Sit