The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
ODE TO THE BLIND.
rs OTIS PATTEN.

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ODE TO TIE BLIND.
By OTIS PATTEN.
Yakan brothers haste, bestir you,
III Golden moments fly apace-
There a glorious prize before you,
Up ana grid you for the race.
III b., shake of iguoble slumber,
III SlImber. that euChains Try soul
I'D and join the busy number
~ Who are striving for the goal.
81 pr misfortune uc'er unman you;
Deem not fate hath fixed your lot;
HBnlv think YOU can; then can you;-
Fl Think you cannot, aud, you'll not.
4 n OF the sIothfuI, not the firing
sH Shall obtain the golden prize;
Ent the earnest the aspiring
Shall alone To greatness rise.
Aightv men renowned in story
For their noble acts sublime,
i 81 not step at once TO glory,
Bu, by earnest effort climb.
II rerv age and every nation
III ueems with great men, great of heart.
lie is great who fills his station,
Acting well his destined part.
III each being how e'er lowly,
Il fitting labor given,
lot the sacred Herald only;
Every man is called Of heav' -
called, to stand where he is needed;
Called. TO do a work his own;
Y neither by a nation needed,
"A Or N solitude. unknown.
Is Dt the simplest flow'r is wasted,
IN Though it breathe on desert air,
n Dt a gem-in ocean buried,
n But fultls a mission there.
Fery atom throughout nature,
N Fills a station all its own.
Ahd removed part were wanting
y To the great, harmonious one.
& Ell the place then. Heaven designed YOU
Lee yeur sphere be great or small :
nt all obstacles behind you;
NJ b. obodieut to the call.
Think not yours mean vocation;
Make il noble, sure YOU can.
MS the man that makes the station;
y Not the station makes the man.
s ly not Blindness all units us
in life's turmoil TO contend;"
ke who placed yOu in the conflict,
\ Can sustain You to the end.
IL host of sightless heroes
z Who have uobly braycd the strife
B ome have conquered, some are struggling
Y On the battlefield Of life.
4 ome have made nation wiser,
Some have gained a worldwide fame.
eOme have simply done their duty
And in heay n inscribed a name.
on may never frame an epic.
Lead in council or command;
Bot you may fulfil your mission,
With the noblest i'm the land.
Fhosoe'er with single purpose,
Be his object wise or vain.
ferScvere through every trial
May at length his end obtain.
e We wise. nor labor vainly;
Make il fleeting hour to tell,
ct each moment as il passes.
Bear the record ''All is we'll"
All is well, yes, to the faithful
Out OF evil. good shall rise;
Hen Affections, to the righteous
fArc but blessings in disguise.
e who notes the fallen sparrow,
And the crying raven feeds,
ltever will forget his children,
Nor despise their humblest needs
hrist, the elder brother. Inoweth
AI his suffering brethren feel;
Or their ills, His heart o'erfoweth;
fHe their every wound can heal.
Ibpy Him, and live for others,
ii life Is not for self alone;
IL who lghtenS ills anothers.
Feathers strength to bear his own.
labor not for worldly honor,
Nor for idle praises sigh;
10 the crowds that shout 'ilosanna,'
Soon may clamOr Cruelty -
hoose the right; with zeal pursue it,
fIhough doubling world deride.
Ntyi duty not ambition
4Be your watchWOrd, and your guide.
best not, on the field of battle
tPauSe not, till the race is run;
9ere'S glorious rest awaits you,
when the victory is won.
ser your works bear witness ample
Tor a living faith within;
gver teaching by example
EIove for right, and hate tor sin.
Though your deeds be not emblazoned
q on the gilded scroll of fame.
Enough no chTonicler record You,
And the world forget your name,
/ Happy, your imprisoned spirit
Looking downward from above
Nav behold the seed you scattered
Springing up in fruits of love,
Ind the little twig you'vebudded
In this sterile vale below
Nay regalc the heights of heaven
With the fragrance angels know.
Courage then, rs on you labor,
How e'er humble be your name,
N lille each stout heart cheers his neighbor,
Onward! upward be your aim.
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1t is stated that in North Carolina more
profit is derived from the peanut than
bonn the cotton crop.
The EpiScopalians of syracuse have
bought Bishop Huntington a house for $50
o..
i Iridium, used for pointing gold pens, IS
Fought, principally, from Russia, and costs
l200 per ounce.
4 The snow shed of the Central Pacific rail-
4p4d Is the largest building in the world
= Is IL feet high. 16 feet vide and - miles
phg' and took about forty million feet of
Nhmber.
The ''oldeSt Mason has moved to Virgin
where he is named David Eaton, and is
r old That he don't know his exact age.
All New England fasts April Sth.
foot of snow fel at Albany, New York,
sn Thursday.
Massachusetts, has population of 1910
indians.
a population of fifty thousand has been
discovered in Alaska.
A Iynchburg paper reioices at having
maidstone in our midst"
The latest about Bismarck is that he still
PEARS bullet-proof vest.
Rejected love " is becoming very popu-
Aar indictment to murder and suicide.
Custar has surprised 300 Cheyenne lodges,
hnd captured several chiefs.
Two hundred aud seventy lives were lost
py the wreck of the Hermann.
/ A revival in Steuben county, New York.
Us conducted by a woman mora than e. wears