The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-04
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The uisht 10 made for eooiias SHADE,
For silence And for slespj.
NY hands upon my breast and prayed
And sank TO slumbers deepi
Chtldlike - then, lie to:nighs
And watch ny lonely cabin light.
Each movement of the sv.yias lamp
Shows how the vessel reels;
As DER her deck the bniows tramp,
with every shock she fselai
It starts and shudders, while Il burns,
And In Its hinged socket turns.
Now swinging slow and sisntipr low,
1t almost level lies;
And yet / know. while to and fro,
watch the seeming penduie go
with restless fall and rise,
The steady shaft 4. .till upright,
Posing lite little globe Of light.
oh.nd Of God o lamp Of pssssi
o promise Of my soul
TSSSs 4. s ,:,, 81 spa .n ,S;;:d 81.
The ships convulsive roll,
own, with love, aad tender ave,
Yon perfect type or faith and iawi
Ssssv .sa tr MT ny q, ;p's,t s.ln''
The ocean sings his solemn psalms,
The Wild wind ehsnt.i cross my palms,
Under the cottage roof, again,
HEAVEN Is place whereall IL right. The
mind hovers around that thought; IL pleased
with 1t; settles down In 1t. We arc living
upon the surface Of shattered world. The
earth 10 In the midst Of an eclipse A do
formed race are born hero, and here they
die. No damaged thing is toaud In heaven,
The souls and circumstances there are Just
as they should be. Heaven 10 the chief Joy
amid the realms Of God. Glorious lAndl
how many sigh to reach thine abodes. In
exile we wander here; In darkness; In the
midst OF death. No day nuds rs we'll; no
hour 10 radiant with the light Of the eternal
morning. How the spirit tires In its toll
some way; wishing that reposo might come
quite soon. We long for q righted nature;
for q vision Of complete life; for divine
presence TO beam upon US. What moment
that will be when frst We reach heavonl
The soul embosomed in bliss; at homo In the
lands OF eternity; living with Godi
WHATEVER you try to do in life, try with
all your heart to do II we'll; whatever you
devote yourself to, devote yourself com
pletely; In great aims and small, DO thor.
that any natural or improved ability can
claim Immunity from the eompanionship Of
the steady, plain, hard-working qualities
and hope to gain 10 the end. There 10 nc
such thing rs fulnllment oil this earth
Some happy talent and some fortunate op.
portunity may form the two sides OF the
ladders on which some mon mount, bat the
rounds Of that ladder must be made Of stun
to stand wear and tear;and there is no sub
stitute for thorough-going, ardent and ain
cere earnestness. Never put one hand to
anything on which you eau throw your
whole self; never affect depreciation Of your
work, what 1t Is. These you will hnd 10 be
golden rules.
The Sabbath days followed each other,
and had higher fulhlment In the ssbbatical
year; and the sabbatical years followed each
other till they had q higher fulnllment In
the year Of Jubilee, the great year Of rest,
OF deliverauce aud release. But this itself
was typical Of the Christian kingdom; aud
the prophet Isaiah, In describing 1t as the
acceptable year, is, by the very words which
describe It's observance, speaking Of tn,
coming OF the Christian Kingdom. This
therefore, 10 the great Sabbath on Garth,
which all those sabbatlcal days and year
presignlhsd. And in this great Sabbath our
lot is cast; that kingdom which consists In
doing the work Of God, not our own, and in
peace and crest which remaineth unto the
people Of God"
SOME ONE has very truly remarked: "wheu
sec Thousands on thousands Of people drift
Ing hither and thlther at the beck Of every
odd invitation, and reflect how few OF them
will ever In themselves out OF mediocrity,
and achieve Anything noteworthy, either
within or without, ! see plainly what ID
wanted. 1t is less subjection to tickle i'm.
pulses and chance lures, more sensibi'ity tc
great prizes, with a girded resolution to toll
heroically for them In that solitude OF the
soul where the Father OF spirits seeth Ia
secret without mistake, and rewardeth openly
without fail"
How OFTEN does the stealthy Islander,
whence no one knows, destroy character, II
not life. Like the good Baldur, in the Scan
dinavian Edda, who was slain by the mistls-
toe the blind Hodur threw, how many repu-
tation has been destroyed by Q Islander
springing from shadow!
REVOLUTIONS use one TO seeing In the van
guished Of to-day the victor Of tomorrow
The constant thought Of surprises makes us
lnstinctively provide for all times In one
There IL no oblivion save that OF eternity.
We neither ertol nor defend what Is, and va
smile At what may be.
GOOD CONSCIENCE Is better than two
witnesses-it will consume your grief a. the
sun dissolves Ice. II 10 o spring whom you
are thirsty-a staff when you are weary-a
screen when the sun burns pillow In
death.
II an earthly prince quit his palace to yisl,
the cottage OF poor peasant, II 10 though,
great condescension-what then shall We
think OF the King OF kings, who deigns tc
ix his abode In the contrite spirit Of an hun
BILE soull
DEPEND upon 1t, religion is, In its essepce.
the most gentlemanly thing 10 the world. II
will alone gentillze, II unmixed with cant;
and know Of nothing else that will alone.
-Coleridge.
Con transforms, purihes, perfects. There
are certain schools which can only mutilate
cut OF aud destroy. Gods mode Of proce.
dure seems to displease them. They like or
clusion better than selection.
IT Is the mark Of generous spirit to aim
at what Is lofty, to attempt what 10 arduous,
and ever to keep In view what 1t 10 i'm.
possible for the most splendid talents to ac-
complish.-Ssnecd.
JONI BrSYAs was once asked q question
about heaven which he could not answer.
because the matter was not revealed in thu
Scripturesj and he therefore advised the in
quirer to live holy life and go aud sec.
WHATEVER is Of natures spinning mu.,
be all unravelled before Christ's righteous.
ness can be put on.
KEEP pace with the march Of time In ths
improvement Of thy heart. To fall behind
10 to fall Into perdition.
THOSE who would 90 to heaven when thew
die must begin their heaven while they live.
Alexandria and viefnfsy.
The Gazette Of yesterday evening has the
following news items:
The assistant keeper OF the lighthouse at
Lower Cedar Point reports the appearance OF
aremsrksbl meteor some nights since. Its
course was Athwsrt the heavens, from east TO
west, and Its size as large as a full moon. It's
motion WAS like that OF a bounding ball and
after Its disappearance bright light 10 the
ssset shape OF sword marked the point Of
its oblitefAtion.
sUNBER of gentlemen from Lsesburx
passed through this city last night on their
way to Richmond. to which city they had been
summoned to attend as witnesses in . case be.
fore Judge Underwood's court.
SIX three-story brick dwelling n ouses are to
be erected at the corner OF Payne And Duke
streets, and two on Washington street, be-.
tween King and Cameron, As soon as the spring
opens. The building on Duke street, Adjoin.
Ing the residence Of Mr.. W. W. Adam on the
east, has been purchase by that gentleman
and will be improved.
THH revival at the NJ. Church South.
under the ministration Of DR.. Houxh pro.
crosses 10 interest, and lts results in masnI
tude. LAst night between twenty Ave snd
thirty persons united themseIyes with M
ohurch-the fruits Of the revival, A. nd an. -