The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-03
Life is what We Mako It.

From the Philadelphia ledger.
One OF the most prolific sources Of
open complaint and secret discomfort 10
The apparent Inequality Of The human
lot tiniPllfe. In proofto OF Jhls, We are
poInt9 10 the outward differences %
palpahIe 10 ~. Wealth aud poverty,
health and slckness, education and Il.
norance, ability and fe6bleneBs, atlecels
and failure, certainly present very op.
poslte appearances; but that they are
either the fixed and Inevitable lot Of
! bose who now possess them, or that
they are themselves the true elements
OF LIES happiness or misery, are erro.
neous, though very prevalent ideas.
The truth that ought 10 be impressed on
every mind, and especially upon the
young. both'to prevent ropinlng, and 10
animate the energies 10 their fullest
capacity, 10 that IIe u what tpe make u,
Two men stand side by side, gaElng on
the same scene In nature. 70 one, who
has q bright and cheerful dlSpoeltion, 1t
reveals only beauty and glRdne9si
while 10 the other, gloomy and sad, the
whole scene lsBpreRd over with Q leaden
pail. II IL our own state Of mind that
creates for US, even Nature herself, and
paints the same scene In beauty or In
gloom. .l.s...,-.. ..as -G4l'Ld
Sill more 10 our social .UOrld what
we make II ourselves. The selfish and
cold.hearted will ever find oUldnesB and
Selhshness In othars; the proud will he
treated haughtily, The angry and pas,
sionAte will receive rudeneBa and VIC,
lenqe, and those who dlBhonor them
selves will be dlshonored by others.
But society, 70 the good 1.-The gentle and
the benevolent, ID, different. Their ex.
ample wins others 10 similar virtues
and develops The germs OF good, which,
though they may DO hidden, yet exist
In every heart. From mans estimate
ofBoclety as . whole, we may gatu- q
very fair knowledge II his own char
acter, for as he Is 50 will others appear
10 him. To the epht6, all things are
pure, because their purity, like the
attracts the same quality In
oLhsrE; while the heart that 10 itself
estranged from virtue, can ind none
elsewhere. .... - ,.
Equally true Is II, that our world Of
circumstances and events 10 what we
ourselves make H.. The luxurIeS OF
wealth, the tTlumpha. OF success, the
OF genius, and even the
blessings Of health, may be converted
into bitter evils II the we'll springs Of
nature. are corrupt; while the saverest
trials and temptations can, TO o pure
and noble heart, be changed into bless.
Ings. The power Of trial TO harm us
does not reside In Itself, but In our own
fee0leness to resist orendure 1t. Every
temptation resisted ,puideso and ele-
Yates The heart, and every suffering
rightly, borne strengthen our nature.
Business life seems 10 dry mp some
natures, and lead them away fr6fH
higher things; while IN others, Il Great e.
Independence, EnanIlness and
Integrity. Pleasure to one proves q
poisonous drAught, while to another
II Is q Ibealthful reireshment, Thus
LIE ID Irhlt Ige make II, II u not made
up, in its Intrinsic nature, OF The
material world, nor Of the society In
which We move nor ofthe eternal OR
Cutnstances which surround uH, II IA
our own internal character that moulds
and fashions all these outward things,
and extracts from them the bitter az
the sweet that assImIliates with itself,
These outward circumstances contain
the essence OF both hAppIneaR and mi
good and evil. Happy 10
the person who can extract the sweet
and leave the bitteE-who can, develop
the good and extlngulsh the evil. As
the chemist works up the elements tn~
10 the desired condition. and, Obtains
fresh kno Wedge from all the dIfiictil.
Ties they exhibit, 80 In the moral,
every thing external may be resolved
Into good BY the patient effort Of maIi,
and ll.that seems most adverse may
be 70 overcome or endured do 10 pf6vS
D greater blessing than ;the pmoat ap..
Parently favorable eventR. ii ~ ,Cgsi .gHI
This view Of life will lead US I'd put q
ulster estimate upon. the complaints
which are 80 rife among al. ~ II liIeIiS
what we make II, we muaE look within
and not without, for the sources ufl(lIsl
content. We complain Of Socitey. ar
cltcu INSTANCES, Of every thtnR externai:
put In q most lltetal sense, they! are all
that we make them.n InproportIon
as I'VE are industrious and Yirtu0ns
shall we be'honored and rewarded! In
proportion as we are lovely, We shall
be lOved;r and even In The most trying.
and the sorest trials, tbs
main point as'to their severity Ii the
spirit In which they are received. Pa
llent, faithful endeayout never results
IN continued unhapplneBs, and Ia never
unBuccessful. Misery chiefly
arises from insufficient effort and con.
Seqnent iIl.succeaa.- II then We would
ind life, good, we must fill our hearts
with good ness; Fl W would nave the
" 0rld ahine brightly upon US, we must
kindle light In our. own souls and
cause it TO- shed al.radianCe on ell
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