Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-13
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This Saturday night we cit
down fatigued by q weeks severe
labor and brain-taxlng anxletIes,
and our tired pen feels 10th 10
plunge again into the wearisOme
work Of woodworking, so perhaps,
Il, for q change, we give our kind
readers some other ideas than our
own, both they and we may be
prOfited.
The coming morrow iS the day OF
rest. It should be 90 with all and
everywhere, A day for reflection
and Of resolutions, to do good &C.
tons.
About the Sabbath we ind this
paragraph in our scrap box:
The Sabbath days follow each
other, and had 6 higher fulfilment
in the Sabbatical year; and the
Sabbatical years followed each other
till they had o higher fulfillment
in the year Of Jubilee, the great
year Of rest, Of deliverance and re-
lief. But this itself was typical
Of the Christian kingdom ; and the
prophet Isaiah in describing it, as
tAc acceptable year, is by the very
words, which describe its observ.
ance, speaking Of the coming Of the
Christian kingdom. This, therefore,
is the great Sabbath or earth, which
all those Sabbatical days and years
presignihed And in this great Sab.
bath our lot 10 cast; that kingdom,
which consists In doing the work Of
God, not our own, and in peace and
"rest which remained unto the peo.
pie Of God"
Here is another word.gem; and
were the principle here inculcated
but practiced, how like q heaven
would be this earthl Here is the
golden rule, that which should be
the pole-Star Of every life. Would
that poor human nature could live
up TO this faith.
To think kindly of each other is
good to speak kindly Of each other
is better, but to act kindly one to-
ward another, best Of all.
Speaking Of the in6rmities Of
human nature, we are forcibly re-
minded ofa remarkable expression
once made upon this very point
An eminent divine, remarkable for
the devoted piety and spotless pu.
rity Of his character, was heard to
say that he never read or heard Of
q crime In his life, no matter how
heinous, without feeling an inward
consciousness that, under certain
conditions Of education, he might
have committed the same crime
himself The same feeling mus.
have been experienced, more or
less, by all rejecting and enlight.
ened men; and yet--and yet-how
little charity there is in the world
Many Of this worlds saints are
painfully aware In their heart Of
hearts of the narrow escapes they
have had from becoming the most
debased ofsinners.
Here is another paraphrase OF the
golden rule, which should impress
itself upon our hearts.
The noblest revenge we can take
upon our enemies is to do them
kindness f; for to return malice for
malice, and injury for injury, will
afford but a temporary qualification
to our evil passions, and our enc.
mics will only be rendered the
more bitter against us, But to take
the first opportunity OF showing
them how superior we are to them,
by doing them a kindness, or BY
rendering them a service, the sting
Of reproach will enter deeply into
their soul; aud while unto US it
will be a noble retaliation, our tri.
umph will not unfrequen,ly be rem
dered complete, not only by blot.
ting out the malice that had other.
wise stood against us, but by bring.
ing repentant hearts to offer them.
selves at the shrine Of friendship.
And here we come upon few
stranzas, which embody much
tnat II 10 TO our welfare to know
and do. Let Us read them:
Our aims are all too high; We try
To gain the sun nit at a bound
When we should reach II step by step,
And climb the lad Ter round by round
he who would climb the heights sublime,
Or breathe the purer tir Of life,
Must not expect to rect in esse,
But brace himself for toll and strife.
We should not in our BLINDNESS seek,
To grasp AloLe for grand and great,
Obtaining every smaller good,
For tribes make the aggr gate.
And II cloud should hover Ger
Our weary pAth.waS likeayAl,
Remember God permits II there
And his good purp, sc reigns o'er all.
Life should be,niil Of earnest work,
Our hearts undashed by fortunes frown;
Let perseverance conquer fate,
Aud merit seize the vlctOF's crown,
The battle Is not 70 the strong.
The race not always to the 1eet;
Ard he VINO seek, TO pluck the stars,
Will lose the jewels at his feet.
That last stanza is very true and
very excellent. 1t is true that in
seeking to "pluck the stars we
" lose the Jewels at our feet"