The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-12
Eoanomy of Lie.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The exuberance Of nature, shown
wherever the eye can penetrate, is bal
anced by an equally careful economy.
The more thoroughly science has re-
vealed the secrets OF nature, the more
mainly do We discover that nothing,
however minute and trifling it may
ennear. is ever finally lost. Every
dr6n OF water and atom of matter,
though subject to momentary and con-
stant change and transformation, is
nreserved. By chemistry we learn how
to Initiate nature in some of her pro.
cesses, and to change firm, solid sub
stances into liquid and then gaseous
forms, but though they seem to float
away into space, every particle Is kept
safe, and ready 10 be applied to future
uses.
To the thoughtful observer of human
life, while the same abundance Is man.
accomplish its true ends. Time, oppor-
families and faculties are given to us
all, without stint. Those who claim the
want of time as an excuse for neRlec-
ting duty usually deceive themselves.
The most diligent generally have the
most leisure, and few would admit that
they filled up the whole of their time
worthiIy. In the same way, which of
us lives up to his opportunities or cul.
tivates his faculties as far as they can
be trained? Most men are conscious Of
a far greater abundance in all these
gifts than they use, and their effort
should be to initiate nature in her wise
economy. fall the matter In the uni-
verse is so precious that none of 1t Is
ever lost, but finally comes back,
again and again, to new uses,
equally precious should we regard
that which is given us in charge, and
over which we have unlimited control
to use or to waste. In the employ
ment of material things we are guilty
use things that are capable of subserv-
ing a higher. Good food, that might
nourish man, when thrown away, may
enrich the earth, or feed the lower anil
mails, but its highest good is sacrificed,
and we rightly call 1t wasted. So mon
eY spent recklessly on dissipation or on
sensual pleasures and excitements, or
boarded up in the miser's chest, is de-
based from its highest use, which is to
elevate and improve mankind. Time,
a possession of all, and one whose value
is never sufficiently estimated, is, per-
haps, of all property the most frequent
ly wasted. Many 1ritter 1t away upon
the lowest objects; others, in its parsi-
monious employment, trying to utilize
every moment to an outward, visible
end, forget that 1t is needful tor the &C.
complishment OF any purpose to spend
a portion of 1t in gaining new lite and
moral power by wholesome recreation
and social intercourse.
The highest economy of life consists
in its devotion to great good. All cal
culatiug selfishness is opposed to this,
as much as is the most lavish wasteful-
ness. Not only in the regulation of our
own money, time and opportunities,
may this economy be most truly prac-
ticed, but in gathering and cherishing
all that is most worthy in those around
US. TO recognizes the seeds of virtue in
the hearts of others, and to aid in their
development Is one OF the noblsst OBJ
iects in human life. The best progress
is not that which drops all that is lower
for the sake of the higher, or lets go all
the past for the sake of the future, but
that which gathers and preserves the
good and true wherever they are found,
and carries them up into the higher
forms and forward into future develop
ment. Even the worst persons have
good in them; which, thus
sought for and saved, may produce
untold blessings to the world. Those
who do not despise the poor, or neglect
the stranger, or torsake even the vicious
but who help the helpless and com fort
the distressed and guide back the err
ing, are most truly saving to the world
the fragments of love, hope, truth and
goodness that might otherwise be lost.
and to which gold and diamonds are as