The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-09-21
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oprn compliant and seorot discouls ut Is
tbc apparent inequality 81 ibs human
lot % lie ln proof 81 TINS, we are
pointed 10 the outward differences SO
palpahle 10 all Wealth and poyor.y.
hoallh and sickness, education and *
uorauce, ability aud febleuess. success
aud failure, certainly prcseui very op-
posite appearances, but that they are
either the fixed and inevitable lot Of
those who now possess them, or that
they are themselves the true elements
of lite's happiness or misery, are erro.
neous, though very prevalent IDEAS,
The truth that ought 70 be impressed
on every mind, aud especially npon the
young. both to prevent ropining. and
to animate the energies to their fullest
capacity, is that ne Is ubai ,os make a.
Two men stand side by side, gazing on
the same sceno IN nature The one,
who has a bright aud cheerful disposi
ton, it reveals only beauty aud glad
ness; While 70 the other, gloomy and
sad, the whole scene is spread over with
leaden pail. It is our own state Of
mind that creates for us, even Nature
herself and pants the same scene IN
beauty or gloom
Still more is our social io0rld What We
make il ourselves. Tho selfish aud
eold-hearted viii ever ind GOODNESS and
solfshness il Others; the proud will be
treated haugbtily, the angry and pas
sionate viii receive rudeness aud vlo-
lence, and those who dishonor them
selves will be dishonored by others. --
But society, to the good, the gentle, and
+ the benevolent, is different. Their ex-
ample wins others TO similar virtues and
deyelps the germs Of good, which, tho
they may be hidden, yet exist in every
heart. From man Is estimate OF soci-
ETY. as a whole, we may gain very fair
knowledge Of his own character, for Ms
he is, so will others appear to him. To
the pure, all things are pure, because
their purity, like the magnet, attracts
the same quality in other; while the
heart that is itself estranged from yir.
tue, can find none elsewhere.
Equally true is it, that our world o.
circumstances and events is what We
ourselves make it, The Injuries o.
wealth, the triumphs Of success, the
scintillations of genius, and even the
blessings Of health, may be converted
into bitter evils if the well springs Of
nature are corrupt, while the seyeresi
trials and temptations can, to a pure
and noble heart, be changed into bless.
fings. The power Of trial to harm us
does not reside in itself, but III our own
fecbleDss to resist or to endure it. Ev.
cry temptation resisted purifies and ei.
eyates the heart, and every suffering
rightly borne strengthens our nature
Business life seems to dry up some ma.
lures, and lead them away from higher
things; while in others, it creates vir
tuous independence, munliness, aud in,
tegrity. Pleasure to one proves a pois
onous draught, while to another it is {
healthfu resreshment. Thus life Ii
,chqt zoe make Il. 1t is not made up, IN
its intrinsic nature, of the matcria
world, nor Of the society in which W.
move, nor Of the external circumstance!
which surround us 1t is our own IN
ternal character that mouIds and fash
ioAs all these outward things, and OK
tracts from them the bitter or the swee
that best assimilntes with itself. Thest
outward circumstances contain the es
sence Of both happiness and misery
both good and evil. Happy is the per
son who can extract the sweet aud leave
the bitter-who can develop the gooc
and extinguish the eYi!. As the chem
ist works up tho elements into the de
sired condition, and obtains fro sh knoBl
edfe from all the difficulties they exhib
it, SO in the moral, everything externa
may be resolved into good by the pa
tent efforts Of man, and all that SEEM
most adverse may be 50 overcome oi
endured rs TO prove greater blessing
than the most apparently favorable
events
This view Of life will lead Us :,
pat juster estimate upon tho com
plants which are 50 rife among all
If life is what We make It, we mus
look within and not without, for th,
sources Of discomfort. We complain
Of society, Of circumstances, of every
thing external, but in most Atera
sense they ape al. what we make them
La proportion as We are industrious
and yirtuous shall We be honored and
rewarded, IN proportion as We arr
lovely. We shall be loved; and even il
the most trying situG .ons and the
sorest trials, the main point a. to then
severity il the spirit in which they are
received Patient, faithful endeayour
norer results in continued unhappiness
and il never ultimately unsuccessful