The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-03-03
sTupY or NATURE.

De3VeH'
STUDY OF NATURE.
10 tho original constitution Oflbings.
II tis wiselylordsred that happiness shell
be found evsywheie about Us. We DO
NOT need TO have rock smi,tnp, 10 sup
ply this thirst Of Ihe soul; il Is not a dis
tanI good; it exisIs ih eSety thing obpgs
around aud beneath our feet; and oil We
waul is on eye to discern, and heart 10
feel Il. Letany one fx his attention on
moral truth, and ilspresds out and en-
larges its dimensions beneath his view,
till what seemed at irst As barren props
osition us words could express, pppeatI,
like an interesting and gloIious truth
mUmeuLous in lis bearings on the desI'
nies Of men. And SO il is with every
material things let The mind be inlen:ly
fixed upon Il, and hold II in the light OF
seisnpe; and Il gradudlly unfolds ne"
.WondorO. The flower grows even MORE
beautiful tban when il drSt opened its
golden urn and bpalhed its ineense %.
The moTning nir; Lhe lree which vas he,
fore thought Of Ouly % . thinsto DO cut
down iuto the Gre, bFeoules mqieRlls,I
y \ h6lfl n hlQ4 1hi6'1 lolofs u
Isummst 6ans oF Wllep u llpnJs ]ike. q
ship, With ils sale sflad ena ,all rigas
fast shout Il ID preparation for the wins
ltSr6tcFm. r,t
h IlFSibgs IL nSturs Inspire ia g5.a
no Wheeling, aud we begin 20 oonsldstt,
lbsiry fotO and lottanss, Ibelf birih and
decay as resembling those Of man, The
ttuth Il. that iguoranGe aud indifference
are Almost tie same, and We are sure
ID grow Interested. SSifaSt 6s our knoWI.
edge extends, ID any sutjsSt whatever. -
Tkis expIains.hoR meniol great Gbiliiy,
are 90 epgased in what are ofIen iguor'
aahtty regarded as little lbings; how they
can watch, with the gage pfa loges, TO-
catch tholslan6s Of Tue smSh birds wing.
,or lisEent6 itSs song, as lfctl were the
breath o. Seul; how the world end essst
tHipg 10 Il looks 90 spiritually blight ,lo
chem, when to Others The bird is but q
iayfas ahimal. and The aoWer only tbe
covering 81 S'sio1.s q r g'3
d AdeEoled amdchmeot Ia the wotts'oi
nature 10 40 evidence oE delisasy and lfes,
iinemsnt; and Ihe common prejudice
which regards Il as inconsistent with en-
ersy Of thought and Acliop. Is entirely
unfoaaded; lot ossufedlSi The TddisnI'
l6le6 Of, war can 3show no spirits more
resolute, than those Of The men Wba.
leave tho abodss of fcivilisid life, lsppeeh
Lheif canoeson un6foken voters, depSpq
on their ride fot subsistence, keep on
their solitary march till tue bird bas
sung his evening bymo, aud have uo'
5ocietyat Hishc bdl the cracking sound
Of tbsir DE. Neither iSit iheonsistenl
viii strict ftgsr6 u 81 tkS 2atiss o.
re; on the contrary. itis The part Of dpS
u 70 draw happiness IRON these 'sources'
which 10 oil The chousss aud mislof,
tu06s Vf NE, will never cease 10 flow
The poet GGOy, one Of the most tntslIec!
ual and fs6IidiouO Of men, ORgs,
.Happy they who Gao eFsGle Q rose.tr!s.a
or erect honsySdckIe; who cot, watch
tho brood Of hen OF aest Of their o@a
duckIings They sell upoo the water
The words are true 6S inspiration, and
NO recommend them 10 our readers, OF
due proportions. no doubt, 0Se miseEe
BILE. They will ledrn fr6mstheu what's
Of srebt import Snee to know ia such
calculations; that .heif unhaPpIaeSS q
owing DOT gtoiLhe want ofpIstsutes. but
10 their not understanding how TO selset
snd enjoy ttoso WhiSh they p bIsss.sincA
they srb given freely end impSrIially to
all, 90 that no svattoS can mOuoPoliESi
them, and no oppression take them . way
This being The case, those who poin! e
Us the extent and resouFseS, aud show oy
their own example how full, rich, and
iuspiriug they al, S,deseTveto be recorded
among che bensIaclors Of mankind. no
greatsr treasures can be Offered to bus
man desire than eojoymenl0 like etheSe,
which ct once exercise the mind ea0
improve the heart, Eeptl the ihhuenee Ot
soFdld passions addoencourAge the.Vue>
eeolions ofbumauily, virtue, aqdRlieS
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