The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-05-08

AMI Close OF day .s.rS
We did 40. think the yearssoue6iais our fAisl
In fhecawsy rs
Our faith IN rse-s.srirs it. ,Losl-.ud al
our fSith in nss; -
Thy kisedom som...s FOE We Ssad have thai
chilAsA faith again
And well Ne, kbow evil not be ours, ossver
UNIV er. - "a
In the work o. seskiug tesavemss all ongh
to sug.e~ n Chsi.,isn admits il 10 be bind
Ing on lin ssbllov Christ y
n God hss sho-es oar way. SRpd upon L
II = thsysottHat cdsd BE- choss1 ;it may b
tedious, butftis sats.-- =
Men work for wealth., fight az n, and ii
forit--sn9Shthe ~tfse, from - csadle to III
grave, sSand gu are Numbering Va on
earn the solsa question. "whAt bAAli IL pros
man u =: sain the shols worry and lose hi
own sosl.s
Piety drsssto what Is most posseful. whic
10 God, and 10 whssn most week. - children
the aged. ths poor. The sick. the unhappy, III
AFFLICTED, without misty. old &c odends u
sight. isAvuity repets. imbecilisy shocks u.s.
With u. Ne 80. In oiaage only NssGife, In IN
trinity. suffering. m imbecility. misfortune
We feel only respect. oompassios.a AID desire I
fsne'e' -
If Won aver noticed an icclesss Il formed
you woulA have seen how IL froIe one drop =
time, pntn Il was hot long % more.
the water 10 clear. the icicle pesleihs clear
but IL the wster was slightly muddy. the icici
looked Jonl. and the beauty spoiled Jus, :.
our characters are formed. One little though
ut o time adds IN influence. IL every though
bcpure and right. the soul viii b. br'ght-ss
lovely. and will sparkle with happiness bu
II there Is many thoughts and Feelings impur
asd wrong, the mind VIII be s9ilsd, the. charac
Ar bsdeprsved and daikened. /
The example Of Jssos b the example We. ar
TO copy. He IS our pattern. For the object
TO which his life was given, weare To contend
his principles we are to adopt, and his Low
for men make our own.- Let Ne not deem
an inferior aim In life. and put above IL any {
the aims Of q selfish and wicked heart. Il any
thing nobler in life than the imitation c
Jssus Il anything in earth or in heaven BE-,
ter than likeness TO him Following In III
footsteps. we shall practice seltdenal for th
welfare Of Others. and seek their happiness an,
eternal interests with the same esfnestness 3
we seek our own. II the example of Jesu
teaches, the command Of God requires US thu
to live. Can we neglect that example AM
eomnspd and NOT bseriist 70 an aceeuntf -
The lessons s,1 iSssst d par rsths hAI
skoald b discfp lne 10 sphftnef sseelNnss'
and power more than comparative. AssSe
dreaded as cold, lone, drear. oongesled, ma,
be like the peaks Of some high volcani, noun
tain projecting themselves out OF masses "
evergreen only 10 reflect serener and pure,
light, and by their cwn interior, ever, glowing
fires, littei above cloud and fog into the loitie;
and grsnder converse with the upper Infinite;
So, CONCEALED and lone and drear rs ace ma.
seem. il may yet be serrner. grsoder an
Il fall ha ARA tha =
come FROM eternity. But these airs are per
p.tually yitaliIinc. They come from the field,
of immortal youth. Still II Is our duty al
keep young rs loug as can, and rs on
means Of keeping OF mould from the soul, d.
not allow yOuseif to be made old before you
time. Do not be "yenersble"-iled prtma.
tureiy into decreptuie aud retirement Con :
tend braysly Tor your manly life aud force, az
q great Gin Of God, and In pOt bc rsyeftd ot
,enerstei out of your consciousness of it.-(
Consent TO no burial alive with. whstsysy tuner .
nj pageant or honors. DO not be eaiogized o \
epitaphed into eutombment bsiore your time.
WHO sh.ll re~ass ard declare .s.se ,n ,
portapee of the truth ef2ChrbttAnitH prope'l
Ia insAnkindf While encyclopedias ccssd nos
unfold IL, no mini but Coils can grasp u In
all its immensely. Education. the sciences, the
arts, asricup CONNIE rec, guscfnmsut. pese'
and sometimes even war are each AMI All o
iucalculable Importance TO them but this truth
exssh essk seayur OF them CAS- the sun tn'
ptsases revolving. srcandG IL hohkshem 20
their orbits. ann fee'ls them with We light, a.
IL has evoked them into All their modern deNel-
otsasnt aud progress. u Is !" All tros AMMAN
progress what the soil, the sunshine AM
showers are TO all Negetaipn, nowers anl
fruits, aud TO all animals life AMI health. II
has given cIearness AMI power % oil the clas'
% truths known and movable without a.
flashing vitality into. and glory upon them
II 10 the one grand f,uataia Of AL oar eivilir'-
ton. the one reposstor OF character and emsn-
dator Of life, the ose valid source OF oil con,
ISOLATION In Affections and OF AL authentic and
rIp -, IN an. ,.rr;sc
Gu, III III. wrl.1 s'ssiI = M ,,rse m.nkind
!oes snu e,n' .aa 70 49, nj ,,va ~ CO.
.osons y1y oss ~ t mus s ~. al III n. Saow Nh,
anu OF III sAlvsnOn Itom Mo hhu w. uoVtus wv