The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-01-19

is " greater thing for man to DO
governed by his conscience. But
before proceeding further lot mo
dcfino tho meaning l attach to tho
expression.
Tho old scholastics, aftcr Aristo-
tic, referred to lifo rs movement
-"vita in motu." In each move
mont t}lrcc parts arc disccrniblc-
tho point of departure, the limo
traverscd, and tho point of arrival.
1t is thus in life. Tho motive pow
OF in life is tho hcart-,l moro i'm
pcrativo, impulsive power than tho
conscience, from which, however,
it is not to be separated. I have
tho right, 50 to spcak-I, q priest
of Jesus Christ addressing you.
Guard thino own heart; every
man hath his own heart in his
keeping. II he thrco principal
powers Of tho soul and tho body
aro tho reason, the senses and the
heart, Neither of the first two
mentioned arc real powers. BY
the senses man is assimiIatcd to
tho brute creation, and sometimes
degraded below it's lcvcl. BY rca-
son he is assimilatod to tho angels.
lie reasons on truth under n dim
! shadow, while tho heavenly hosts
behold it in all its full radiance.
Nothing, however, is moro cxclu-
sivcly, moro essentially human
than tho heart, for man cannot
live or find any permanent princi-
pic that will inspire him in life
without it's aid. | have loved, and
still love, ideas, but l have mover
found in them absolute ccrtaintics,
or consultations and joys. What is
the hearth Its tho flesh it is an
organ that commands blood and
life. Moses said !: "Thc soul is tho
blood" The heart is almost the
man, for in it all motion in life
commences and ends. It is tho
first organ awakened to life in tho
infant in the mothers womb; it
is the last that beats on tho death
bed. Tho material heart is tho
image Of the moral heart. And
the heart is love, tho power Of
loving. Man is not u thought, Il
sentiment, but he is lovo. This
lovo is tho source Of all moral acts,
for in every man, you will find Il
good or bad love, tho weight Of
which will decide lis after lifu.
st. Augustine has said: "My love
is my weight; where it bears mo
thithcr / go." l may rccitc to
you Il German lcgcnd have heard:
1t deals with a ayoung man in love.
lie is skctching an admirable land
scNpc. Behind him is tho ficnd in
human scmblancc, watching his
cvcry movement. Satan, after
Watching him for u while, cries to
tho youth: "You arc in love"
"And how do you know that p"
replies the youth. "I can SEQ it,. !"
The ficnd was right. Lovo cx-
presses itself by means tho most
foreign to it. In man it is as 1
have before said--at tho root Of
every act-the heart is at tho foun-
dation Of all. let us thcn be men
of heart. IIct us bear our hearts
into civil life, into social life, into
domestic life. let us bc men of
hoart in city and in State. let
us love country, family, loyalty,
probity. TIet lis love tho Church
of Christ, but not as tho church Of
any particular sect. Let us respect
tho letter, but not asan cxtingnish-
cr--thc lcttcr kills, tho spirit gives
life. [ Loud applauso.1 Let us
then, ! repeat, start as mon of
heart. Your great poot, Longfcl-
low, whose acquaintance it was
my great privilege to mako q few
days ago, has writtcn in ono Of his
vcrscs-thc forco Of which is but
poorly rendered in Fronch-lincs
which have been my motto through
lifc:
"I.ct ny then be up and doing,
With heart for any fate,
Still achieving, still pursuing.
Learn 10 labor and to wait"
| Tremendous applnusc.] Now
would speak Of the direction to be
given to life, and OF tho region 1t
should traverse. We hnvo ofton
hoard Of two roads opening before
man, cnch divcrging from the
other. Humanity has hositatcd
between tho two for centuries
| Shall heaven or earth be chosen
Shall man glvo to his existence an
impulse that will separate him
from tho world that bears him
and tear it from all that tho Crea
tor has mado its basis--family, af
fcctions, interests, suffcrings; OF
shall ho cast away all idea Of low
ing heaven, and concentrate upon
earth his faith, his hope, his
lovo2 Man, 7 say, hositatcs bo
tween tho two roads, and the most
r0Sb puSh to ma or Tho nthnr