The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-10

/ than death. When the anthem Of the free
islost in the sclank Of new forged chains
| how that clarion 0fia96s--that blast for uni
| versal freedom wjll ring over the years.. and
| oyer the graves, and oyer the silence of ten
THOUSAND nights, along the corridors Of half
a century I Tliey wlltj aforetime stood hard
| by the helm of the Ship of State have gone
aloft, but the tones of the lookout come to
| the rocking deck, like light from the solemn
| stars. '''i. '''''''A' -"
sConsecrated and devoted in their elo-
| quence and power ito, the general interests
| OF the country. they rose above the limit of
sectional prejudice and party lines, and bent
their whole energies in maintaining reciproc-
| ity of feeling and union Of action. These
are the spirits now demanded, IIwho would
notstoop to q mean -act to crafty person
al pique, or eubyert the dignity Of a true
humanity to cultivate animosify and hate.
Men may honestly and conscientionsly differ
in their religion and politics, without culti-
waiting exclusiveness, and, shutting nut the
kindlier properties Of heart and mind: b,.ao
s'Great God when the spirit offreedom shall fail
And tile sons of the pilgrims iu-sorrow bewaiI,
Their religion and liberty gone;,9 q i .iaf,
oh, send back the forms, that shall stand as they
Unsubduedby the tempest unmoyed by the
II flood
sAndto Thee be tile glory alone. nbhr a. l'1f
The true and false intermingle in society
likeiclouds skirting, a clea, sky. and the
selfish often become spots on. the feast of
charity. With such, the best motives are
impugned, and the pnresti objects which can
ennnble and dignity humanity, are treated
with. scorn and contempt. Wherever this
element exists, under whatever garb, the in
fuence is disastrous, ahd fatal to the best
interests of society. '9Tliere is no better max
i'm for the practical purposes of life,r than
that uttered centuries since, 7r.s A soft answer
turneth away wrath" ~; He that ruleth bis
spirit is better than he that taketh city"
.hThere are six things doth the Lord hate !;
yea, seven are an abomination unto him ~ A
proud look, a lying tongue. and hands that
shed innocentrblood a heart that deslreth
wicked imaginations feet that be swift in
running to mischief; a false witness that
speaketh hes, and lie that soweth discard
among 7l,rcthren.n,5 In moukling our
spirits after, this model, and in yielding our
selves to its teaching, our influence will be-
come reformatory in checking tile turbulency
and restlessness ot misguided passion; and,
the gold of the refner will not he purer
than its effect upon the public mind. -,.t.
twas dark night. A storm was on the
deep. Dark clouds hung thick athwart the
sky" andsettled with increasing gloom where,
lone and cold, the brave heartsol centuries
were entoombcd. A vessel had long been
struggling to gain a place f safety. The
starboard and larboard tack had been made
without success. Weary and worn the ocs
cupants of that recling craft were about
yielding to the inevitable doom to which
their heplessness consigned them Hope
had we'll nigh yielded to despair, and
there seemed nothing left to that exhausted
band, but to throw aside all thoughts of
human safety, of home and friends. and pre-
pare for that long dreaded moment, a Craze.
The waves were opening for them, the storm
cloud for their mantel the winds for their
vigils, and seek for their fainting spirits. far
starward, a home in the great Pacific of God.
= By one of those strange interpretations by
which the divine mind provides for the ex-
tremes of human weakness, a cry from the
look out brought hope and JOY to the faint
ing crew. They were. saved. 1t was the
hight reflected upon, the foaming surge, from
the tower erected on that dark and treach-
erous coast, warning the unwary and point
ing to place of safety On Blended knee
and with grateful hearts, on that night of
storm, the crew blessed God for the light So
oppertunely semitic meet the crisis, if not to
quell the power Of the storm. r.; H., 60.
W hat the lighthouse is to the sailor amid
the perils of his outward and homeward
bound, humanity is to manin the exercise of
itssympathetic and social properties. 1t is
this which, conduces to smooth the rough
ness. of the way we tread, and straighten the
crookedness Of htiman paths. Thepressufe Of
the storm is lessened by the sympathy accor-
ded us in passing through it, The social
properties of the heart, like oil cast upon
the angry waves, breaks the power of the
life-struggle to the tempted and tried. There
is power and majesty in the sympathy of
well-discipllned humanity in bunting the
keenness of disappointedhepe, and in allevi-
ting human wretchedness and sorrow /; tam,
ing the rage and thunder of human passions
and in guelling the spirit and power of an
archy and despotism. Human sympathy
well regulated and properly directed cOnsti.
tntes for society and thecountry, hna .51srJ
Natures storm proof fortresses,
sam by freedom children trod,S Efn s,fF
~ Mans inyulnerable walls,
iii" The Masonry of God.'ndi ni ylbt9i
Of It is pleasant to the eye and grateful to
the heart, to behold the light of a single
STAR. on dark and stormy night 1t is
the promise Of Hope but Hope bursts into
a reality, when the. rainbow ltspans the
heavens, reflected from the dregs OF the pass
ing storm. So does the Great Architect of
the universe make the, wrath, of man con-
tribute to his praise, causing truth to
sparkle and brighten under the prejudices
that hound 1T, and break forth into noontide
splendor and meridian glory Truth gathers
strength. from the pressure, las love warns
into life, and the social and domestic re-
latlons tighten under the impediments which
environ it. g..-..ssa snit NJ ge., II 7s...,. .-,
ag The intrinsic value of Faith is in the
trial, and beingHot' weH-founded, fears no
danger" The -conntry has had her days of
darkness. Clouds have settled upon her
prospects, her progress has been retarded
her very existence threatened, yet above the
din of conflict she rose, and the spirit and
power heart of the Republic sought refuge in
apnrer atmosphere Faith assembled with
the violence OF the storm. Hope nerved the
heart to breast the conflict, while, charity
spanned the Heavens in robes dipped in
sunlight. 9fIG I OIL
Tho rolling cloud, the sulphurous glare,
the bowling storm are past, and the capitol
of the nation stands forth in its strength
and beauty, bright and glittcring, with dome
and shaft and architrave lighted by the rays
of the morning sun, while the, truth and
principles of her foundation is marching
step by step to the eternal skies.
Long may it live and ever, blast defy, s'ii''
Till Times last whirlwind sweeps the ,yaultet