Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-12

Aud the rare foundAti9ns gllsten y
TIN the eager eye Is blinded -. ~
= MIAMI ~ the sight, e.r. H
Aud thehcart grows sidk with IonsinE
For the rleier Joys beloa{lpg V'r.
To the beanteous home Elyhian,
Never kenned by mortal vtHion.f ~ :
All sweet eyos, whose saiRi.llke Chances
on my vety aohl .dntranees r.
In this Beulah lNnd you've tarTledS W :
And 10 hearts without have carried = I
strong aaaurauee OF We pT9ppne y "a
.For your far-OG look and IsIlu5e. lSlr
All the glorious earneata given ri.
To the aout Just ripe TOT henven- - E
Ripe In All the Christian GtAOea,
And prepared for higher places.
Knowing this, how eau wonder .3s
That Bometimeb you wish the sundet
:, OF clay bonds that elinIisE ,lIhtly
Hinder us from seeing rightlyf
= Olive thee up; -
lDaIb DO pray, 20, Islheil :
DOLLY tAis, so bitter msssurS ~ !
+ Surely cannot be thy pleasure. "a
d Our SD earth doth need such beauty e
To refresh Its pAths Of duty" III
q Yet, ualcss my heart eau duly E21
HNot my will, but thine, |" forever, aN- =
: Well know that oAn never do -
Feast with thee In happy p9,f foT Ton O
waiting Ia the hono Shsrs .Stsrsth = ~ :
SOL bow In meek Submissidn, =
Praying that the glorious vialon.
Aud the Joys Of thy fair BeulAh,
MinO may be, o, Gracious RalsS 49,
Tan EvES1Nu STAR or LiER.-Tho even
ing Of every mans lie q coming on Apace.
The day OF life will soon be spent. The
sun, though Il may now BE- up In mid
heavens, viii pass suiTtly down the western
sky, aud disappear: What shall light up
mans path when tho sun Of life has gone
DOWN. He must travel on 70 the next world,
but what shall ilumine his footsteps after
the ufghtfall Of dep tn, amid the darkness OF
hIs Ioarneyi What questions more impor'
tant, more practical, more solemn for each
reader Of our journey 10 ask for himself
That Is q long Journey 70 travel Without
light, WITHOUT guide, and without a friend.
YET 0vory man must perform Il. Tho tine
Il not far distant when all must begiR the
journey. There Is an evening star In tha
natural world. Its radiance IA bright and
beautiful, AID cheering 70 the beuighted
traveller. Bot life's evening star Is found 10
a good hrpe of heAysn, Its beauty and
bfllllhncy are rejected from the sun OF
Righteousness, whose bright rays light up
tho evening OF life, and throw their cheering
radiance quite across the darkness Of the
grave into ImmAnnal's land. II has illu-
mined tho Footsteps Of many a traveller to
eterlity.. II Ia the light OF llfe, II ls OF
priceless valaa. A thousand worlds cannot
purchase II, and get itsis offered, without
monogram without prisa. to him who will
penitently and thankfully receive It.
lsAkBBArH PIErH.--Here IL the hit. OF -Slsv
suggestion from some anonymous source
"Thore Is my stery about this effect Of the
weather on plety. Sabbath heat seems hot
ter; Sabbath cold colder, and Sabbath ralr
wstter than that Of any other day. For tht
weak day will not keep him from his uSua
business. We need Sabbath Almanac
calculated for our churches, that will show
by Its weather scale when 1t will be safe fol
y vigorous Christian to expose himself OF
the Sabbath by going 10 tho house OF God
Such an almanac would enable pastors and
aupcrintendents Of Sabbath schools 10 know
whom they could depend on In church,
Sabbath school and prayer meeting, have
recently been examining microscopic vieHs
OF the different snow fiRkes, q hundred or GO
OF them, would suggest TO our curious
sayaus an examination OF Sabbath GnoW
tosee II IL has peculiarly shArP and inlu
rlous crystal"
AVON IHTHRRUPTIoNs.-AtR late Sab
bath-school Institute In Boston, one Of tn,
answers given 10 the Hquestion box'' would
thing to interrupt the teacher during The
hour devoted TO study. That time IL sacred
10 him. The most earnest and faithful
teacher will DO thwaTted In his best endeayOr
to bring home tue lesson 70 tho hearts OF his
scholars, II their attention is cOntinuAlly ). At
tracted to other subjects. Better to keep no
record of the school, Important as that ID,
and TO have no library, II the secretary and
the librarian must consult with teacher and
scholars during the lesson, Let superin-
tendents insist upon the enforce ment OF this
plan, and see II q decided Improvement does
not ensue In the entire character Of the
school" ..q91%e ,,
WIrsEssEs FoR AVID AGkINsT Us,--what
ipextrioable eonfuslon must the world for
over have been In, but for the yaEiety which
we and TO obtain In the faces, the voices,
aud the handwriting Of meni No security
OF person, no certainly Of possessioL, no
iustlce between man and man, no deAtiue.
tion between good and bad, father and child,
husband and wife, male and female. All
would have been exposed TO malice, fraud,
forgery and lust. But nov every mans
face can distinguish him In the Ught-his
voice in the dark; and his Handwriting can
speak for him, though absent, and DO his
witness to all generations. Did this happen
by chance, or lie IT. not q manifest a. we'll %
an admirable indication OF n Divine super
lntendeneel .raf..F. ... ..H.aH..-. ..H..s
RIou WITHOUT MOSHT.-MAny man Is
rich without money. Thousands Of mon
with nothing In their pockets are rich. A
man born with good heart and good limbs,
and a pretty good head peice, is Tieh. Good
bones are better than gold, tough muscles
than silver, aud neryea that dash IRE and car
~ energy TO every function, are better than
houses and land. 1t is better than landed
estate 10 have had the right kind OF father
and mother. Good breeds aud bad breeds
exist among men Rs really as among herds
and horses. Education may do much TO
check the eyil tendencies, or TO develop good
ones, but IL is a good thing TO inherit the
right proportion Of faculties TO start with.
TnE Christian we not bring up eur
girls more usefully, less SLOWLY, less do
PENDENT on luxury and Waalth Can we
not teach them from babyhood that 10 labor
10 higher thing than merely to enjoy that
even enjoyment Itself IL never 80 sweet as
when Il Is earnedi Can We not put Into
our minds, whatever be their station, prin-
ciples OF truth, simplicity Of taste, hopeful
meas, hatred OF waste, aud these being hrmly
rooted, trust 10 their blossoming up In What,
ever destiny tho young maiden may be
callsd.-MlII MHloeA- -ra
THERE are more asses than those with
Tour legs am sorry 70 say they arc found \
among working men as well as nnO gentle.
men. Fellows who have no estates but their |
labor, aud no family arms except those they |
work with, Will yet spend their little earn. |
ingd In the beer-shop or In waste. No sooner |
are their wages paid than away thew ID ~ |
the "sp0tted Dog" or the "MaropfS n
CRANKY" TO contribute their share Of fooIs'
pence toward keeping up the landlords red
fAce aud round corpOratlOn.-SpUrgsOn.
TtNEs never were good TO lazy ProdlgalS
II they were good to them, they would be |
bad for All tho world besides, Why men |
ihould BE- IN auoh q hurry 70 mRks them. |
selves beggars b 4 mysteryI but nowadays, |
what With boltlng AZ horsc races, laEinen |
md speeulating, there soems TO be a regular |
.Our-hoTse coach running " Needham oyeT5 |
10 IrHHlfTtl HHna.U...
wHEN two conflicting tfuthi are brought
lace 70 face, we muat accept neither. We |
must tell ourselves that therc ID q third
Nlhhsla Ataong the secrets OF God, which,
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