Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-05

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Animal, mental and spiritual, the
flesh, the mind. the soul.
And # ia not always that they
combine like PTismaHo huss and
that each mating into the other
ends, BY control, 9 subduing radi-
ancy that wins lie Illuminated way
70 the aesthetic heart and impressss
upon lie camera the gorgeous han
diWOrk Of imperial beauty. Alas
mol At times the one nature a.
seFts supremacy, and rears alOft
q massive front Of determination
that seems to have gathered super
human intensity and power and
would drive its pOwerless human
victim over the brink Of reason
into the chaotic gulf Of insanity.
Life, with Its lights and shadows,
grief to-day, Joy tomorrow, grow
cling away down in the lowest
CULTS Of Q reckless dispair to-day,
exalted TO the pinnacle Of desired
hope or ambition Tomorrow
From the cradle to the grave a game
Of see-Saw, Success at the one end
Disappointment at the other, the
frail, plank balanced upon Uncer-
taihty.
We wero taught that life in its
yicissitudes was comparable to a
wheel which much abused dame
fortune turned. Thai If We were
at the bottom to-day, thatothe
wheel always revolyed and we
would be at the top anon: But we
never liked The Illustration. There
are few such regular and gradual
changes as + thus suggested.
And, Furthermore, the History Of
mons lives show 1901 often TO The
contrary. &aa
Here is one Adamitc, good, hon.
est, struggling man, whose con-
slant companion is misfortune.
Not an endeavor can be suggested
cd, or undertaken ITO cut" this
proud acquaintacO, but i, fails.
ObScurity, sights and ncglects,
oyerclouds his youth. lie marries,
and his domestic hearth is haunted
by the tleshlcss ghost Of poverty.
Disease fattens upon himself and
loved ones, and failure follows fast
aud surely unon the heels Of his
sanguihe expectations. Rnd yet
morality recognizes him as a sub
Ject, the community pities, COM
miserates and deplores. His NAME
is mentioned Will a mounful shake
Of the head, OF q mounful look or.
the eye. The only1steadfast friend.
who takes him by the hand through
the whole journey orhfe Is Death !
Is the picture oyerdrawn? Have
we taken the raFest and most ex-
ceptional case upon which to found
principle? Few as they may be,
there are for too many such in every
community now 10 dispel the lin.
sion of Fortunes Wheel, which BY
ccaseless turning, must ut last
each ono TO the top.
Nay, not SO! Not only through
life does misfortune. cling to some,
but others 4 constantly the favor
ties Of prosperity, and not a cloud
is seen TO sweep over their happy
horizon. For the Que class, that
eud of the soe-saw upon which sits
disappointment, goes up for the
Success goes up, and Disap-
pointmgnt goes down.
If each life is in a greater or less
the epitome of all Others,
then drawing upon our own expe.
we say these gradual
changes from good to i'll, from JOY
TO sorrow, are infrequent, and not
the rule. Well may we say, life IS
u series OF ups and downs. To.
We glory upon the pinnacle OF
fortune, anon we grovel in the
deep abyss Of despair. Now It is
the animal or physical nature
which is uppermost, and our pas.
sions over master us, and we are
guilty of the commission of great
faults, wrongs or crimes.
1t is the animal nature that is su.
preme when humanity ignores rea-
son and soul, and panders to the
grossest of human passions. And
it is when this physical quality is
uppermost, and the mental and
spiritual in subserviency, one
might almost say, in allegiance, that
life gives experience of severest
trials.
When We cay that quality could
reign supreme to the exclusion of
others we do not mean that the
Othere are extinct. By no means,
for under all and every circum-
stances in the insanest visionary,
the most dsbauched prOdigal, there
e method, ct times, In the madness.