, 1869-02-28

Ut: :. F44satr, Il b poss1hlc, Let this cup pas
Ii Ho~ -. pa:nsuc the wi, Of ,our t.,o,t,e 1,r,., ]
hs was g1op1pg her WY through thn shado rs ot I
be Valley On ner waJ TO the Heights.
y Bow oid hte 70 % lt1ns. How. did che go
q nrtpRf Hat aut &.ksd htn how Ia
.Tts,is Is = nd axatsriny 10 ind that s,sn
tGthks Mamie u Indifferent to our panY ttdtnd.
s. s.fsis.s Il - :,ss!s sSs IT, Is.': 's~
Behold We know 60. ans.hsag:
We ,ss, s.n i,3 sqt t1u,s ta.; soes ;hsll ial
And every winter Change TO Rp1ing."
"Faith' mistakes me in one important
oolnt. It il not the Idol that vonlu smash,
but the Idolator for making himkelf grester
han the idol Ihave all manner of teycr-
-uec for the object Of worship, none at all for
that worshipper who makes himself or her
seli greater than the object. I doubt the
sanctity Of that worship which Is expended
upon something lower than the woEahtpper.
am free TO confess that I have Il lore for OBJ
ieets Of !do!atty th4t tEesc Is An inexprestI-
bic charm to nc in the tll~slons OF child
hood, AID that 1t la q delightful pursuit for
me to Unrest even very common things With
halo ofpoeiry and mystery aud beau'y. I
think exn look upon An earth worm With |
certain desEee orrevcrence, and that meu-
tally touch my hat to him and say, Your
servant, Ill" when T reject that most aug
day I my be served up at bis |
dark table underground. When I stand |
upen the sea-shorc and watch tho
surges rollin G In aud laundering at my feet,
and think that thus they have rolled through
Thousands Of years. moaning rcqulems over
whole generations and races OF mcn, aud that
they will continue to roll long after have
gone, must acknowledge that have afeEl
Ing Of humility and itttleneas. And when
reflect that there IL mot little brook In the
woods, not tree In the forest, not q flower
IN the 6elds, not star in the heavens, that
will not outlast me; when I think that the
eagle that hles through the beaseus. and the
| sluggish turtle that craWls in the mud, aud
| the worm that wrigElea under the earth, eau
outlive me, I acknowledge my weakness and
stand uncovered ia the preseuc~ IT c,r' H-snd
a~+ asI1z1cr, tSttute- IT IL the boasttnE.
trnwllne, noisy Sir oracles. the men and wo-
men who 70 up and down tho ear,h, blowing
thcts trumpsta and exhibiting themselves
and their wares to be wor4hipped Of other
mrn, that ~eNd su,ash With my hammer.
can ses hut one ercusc TOT pride III tnsn, weo
Is utterly dcpeudtnt npou the beast, which
may outaiSe him, for existence. II man has
|
esass Rtuw where II never grew before; or
has made flower blossom which never
elossorned befotc, and thus added to the
beauty ofthc world u he has ~Eitten grand
| Or noble thoughts which will be treasured
and bear aower and uuIt through all the
cornit r ages, and thus added to the grandeur
Of humanity; il he has peuned music which,
with Its dc1lcacy, Its beansf or 1ta subitaaity,
makes hone the sTee:et and Heaven he
nearer, and thus makes life worth living Il
he has -mphahed one thing however
triftnei which beu.nts humanity or ad.
vances 1he world, he. has right
to be proud. Bat It Is exact'y
this class Of men who get The nearest
that are The huub1est. Does Faith !" re-
member that 1rma, when n the world, was
= proud That when she left the world and
! lIred ou the Heig ht4, IN that sublime repose
: humble, and that the smallest insect in ths
graEs and the rudcxt work Of the little Pitch
: Mar n ere alike Invested with re* aad
+ strsngc beauty under the influences OF thl
I humility aud that on tho Heights, undeI
thcte conditions, she solved the great riddl,
Of life and that what vent into the crucibst
as DR.. IS cane out as purity:
MOL MT dcar; let 1hose who Will, make
uotsc sud blow their truuapesa and vend 1nel
nostrnns to the gaping crowd: Let US cou'
tent Ourselves to live IN humility very nes
:. 10 Nature, and through Nature very near tn
Great Father, until our little lights are blowl
out, remembering that the candle which has
made the greatest flame always leaves tn
Ihave received othtr vc1y lntertstln. letter
this week. which would like to give you
!. hsd The space, among them one ffou
"Fesn1a1ia,' who Is FcrY nu1ious on II
!. subject ol my late trip to Heaven, and want
= to know II II Is Of seven bT'nine proportion:
. streets arc paved with gold or s'carpeted "a
/ much prefer With bright, beautiful gree
gtus, interpreted here and there With howe
y ing shrubs > II saw auy angels; iftheT ha'
- wings and were ever 1lorta!s like o1seelges;
- I heard any psalm -s.netne there, and II the
=. sung "Hnfk from the Tombs, do!eft
e. sound !" and lastly. Ahe ~antk to know
IL there we're any Chicago people there hestd'
mytelt, "or were they all sent TO the otht
,. plac: - MS correspondent will bear d
d, witness that did not go inside the gates, 4
that l cannot answer all these question
et Whether the fact Of u1y locality had anythir
ID to do with mT Inability to get ID. eanut
state, but In anf event 1t will probably III
he thsll probably 50 there thts week. AID ne:
]Y. Sunday may he able to tell her Wheeler The
ID arc any Chicago people there, as we'll
~ other interesting facts.
~ Which remind: nc to sny thst new idea b
~ suggested itself to ne, which I AT astonssh'
~ u have not feized upuu long before this q.
~. made the bulwark Of their argument for v
nc mans suffrage, namely, that the ballot C
be made wonau's support. The moment Y
no men commence to soto thef eau begin
ian support themselves BY offering their vote
, u the matlct for sale- Thc5 can make
terms Of office short. hare the elections Of
ok and thus derive very handsome scyenne,
i'd. | there arc slways plenty Of buyers OF Fot
ohu The uurcr, Of course, wonl9 hare 70 1ake
MI. te1le1 agree to vote dq0inst him IN order to
her 10 vote tor him, allowing. yon SIC, for
.t~ | change of mind.
Sno Ing / don't charge anything 1or this hint
-. -. I the Live.more, but It she an couple
- support Will suffrage, 4 VII help great
Woman out Of the lmissd1 which the Ter
not Man Is NOW tranf5as her with oppees
pro feet
i, be Thesei Is aanshcr poI,t which wish
slsh ! Ltvefnore would clear up before t1urae
rug aad hat i, how a woman who keeps up
tsTy lhc style can keep 1p 4@tth polite:
aTsa | E1cfy woman, from BtddT iu her calico
4 st Celeste In her Atip. bows the knee to the
aFazhint. Nov, when 5ou consider taat g
i In. woman nnAs hAyc . pew eoanes ss- a. H.!
tour old ones that she must spend
~ 1sss over Z dozen dresses year: that tnefa
LEE be lonely bouta Of meditation orcF par
'sn0h lar enade ot relget, and solitary days
dectfon over tho cost OF clo3k, a1d Aes
fla&ot ipg minutes over q Bit Of r1eaon Or of'.
t1csi- ot fringe that she must consume
Losher mart Of Tic day in getting up her tof1e
, re- fore thc Is really fl to xppesr b=fJrr
% b. Great world which viii look At her
mental ,nIcro:co g Of 40 ono kpoFs
trst., mauy d]aueters; that she Is to be compr'
eldest and expanded, blown mp and squeezed
d al.. eclsscrcd, irizzsd, fasbelowed, ertmped,
r,,oo, noued. vaterfallcd.. panniefcd. q
,..xr. Hcnded ard otherwise fabricated In
fashiopAble monstros1ty, Just 10
pr:,t thst God and Sature m1de
.t,.d mf.t,kc when thcy built her; aud when
~ t.a thcrucre, ron consider that having dou
r~na naa this. having exhausted their oEn N
os.,. procestcs Id making themselves NJ 10 9
.e1ss Il society, their work Is not osSr, aaa ~.
I"ee thcy hsYe rot 10 eSAn!ce all theh
x,x - qustntanees' outdta and discpss them
s,as. that this Is daily task With nine-1eot
-. our Flora cFlimscyA how In Inc "or
NJ s1At w they going to k9 p up With POLITICS.
'eseNe, R.,t r.,, bnr thst Fexhfnn ssauds c1
tac l2.s in her ath. / u. MD like to see a IN
hand conflict between Lltermofe an
nR.ost Goddess Of Faahlon. II she can oyel
l.o2le. Fashion and snElhi1ate Mrs. GrundJ
Iosust- COST Ia clear fer her. II L1yermorr y
nd now deFtAEe thus little job. I will agree to
uehter 1stnc, Llvernore Bless you, my
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