Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-24
DIAMONDS OF THOUGHT.

THR DEATH OF 4 CHlLD.-0h! the
rending of ties, knitted at the FIRST
opening Of infant eyes, and strength
sned by numberless acts of lore, 10 .
sorfowful thing. To make tho grave
tho only door to'a meeting with those
on whose bosoms We have nestled, in
whose hearts we trusted long before we
knew how precious were such love and
trust, brings with It an overpowering
weight Of solemnity. But . grave is
yawning for each of US; and is it much
to choose whether We sever the tie that
biuds Us here to day, or lie down on the
morrow? All! tho g wsavsr's shuttle"
is flying, the Glover of the grass is
whitening, the span 10 almost measured,
the tale nearly told, the dark valley Is
close before us-tread We with carei
But a few steps-diflcul. the pathway
may be, but rery bright! And thsa Ne
put on the robs of immortality, end
meet to part never moro. Aud No shall
not be apart even on earth. There is
an electric chain passing from heart to
heart through the throne Of the Eternal,
and we may keep its links all brightly
FURNISHED by the breath of prayer.
Love THE NATURAL ELEMENT OF THE
SorL.-There needs no other proof that
happiness is the most wholesome stmos-
phere, aud that in which the Immortality
of maa IL destined ultimately to thrive,
than the elevation of soul, the religious
aspiration, which attends the 6rst as
surance, the 6rst sober certainty Of true
love. The soul il then the very temple
Of alteration, Of faith, Of holy purity,
Of heroism and Of charity. At such a
moment the human creature shoots up
Into an angel. There 10 nothing on
earth too de6lsd for its charity, nothing
in hell too appalling for 10 bsroism,
nothing Ia heaven too glorious for its
sympathy. Strengthened, sustained,
vivifed BY that most mystsriou, powsrS
union with another spirit, it fse's itself
set we'll forth on the way Of victory
over evil, sent out conquering and to
conquer.
ADVERSELY. = Oh, Advsrsity 10 a
shrewd taskmistress, a mighty moral
lsveler. How it teaches Us to appre-
ciats kindness, aud to discover friends
where we had previously only discerned
interiors. 1t is, indeed, as the great
poet of the world has said, the jewel
struck out Of the ugliuess and venom OF
the heart. Fine friends fall a%wny--tho
dust Of the butteray's wings 10 swept
of 5y the cold touch Of this same Ad-
vsrsity and it is theu, aud only then,
THAT We turn to simple, puro, and hon
est human hearts for comfort. Happy
they who, even thus tardily, find what
they seek.
our, AND BE Doisa," is the impulse
for ever with me, and when ask my
self both sadly and scornfully, what?
both my nature and my convictions re.
peat the call, Cup, and be doing" For
surely there is something to DO
done from morning till night, and TO
find out what i, tho appointed work OF
the onward-tending soul.
HoLpISo TIE MIRROR VI TO NATURE
Ths true moral painters part it is to
hold up q faithful picture to the heart
of the long succession Of evils which
from enc crime springs.
ISrERIoRs.-Disdain not your infe-
rior, though poor since ne may, pos
sibly, be much your superior in wisdom
and the noble eudowments Of the mind.
WIspoM.-True wisdom IL to know
what 10 best worth knowing and to do
what is best worth doing.