Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21
From the New York Tribune.
They also Serve Who only Stand and
Wait,

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American population should be rest
less and entcrprising. Millions OF
acres, rich in all the elements of un.
bounded fertility, invite our young
men to break away from early ties
and associations and make new and
! opulcnt homes in the great West
| Uncounted valleys in the foothills OF
the Sirras, and in the mountain ran
gcs that border the Pacific coast,
where rolls the Oregon, are waiting
! the foot OF the settler to give birth
to sill the industries of agricultural
and commercial life. Progress is
the watchword # the age to stand
still is to stagnatc, to die. While
thousands embark on the swelling
tide that rolls, as they fondly hope,
to some FL Dorado, thousands more
are anchored in secluded harbors or
quict inlcts which they may not
leave. They look cut on the far
horizon line of the boundless main
and long to breast its heaving bill
lows, but they are fast moored i'll
the land-lockrd bay. "Providence
has for some years to come marked
out my life" writes one of onr COR
respondents 81 must stay at home
in our little inland village and take
care of my aged parents. There are
few opportunities here of intellectual
culture, few Of social enjoyment; but
my duty is plain, ana have no other
than to do it." Is there any way in
which this exemplary daughter can
work ont finer character than by
checrluIIy and patiently performing
Offices of necessity and love for those
who nurturcd her in her early years
Ruth, the Moahitcss, for her fiIial
virtues, was thought worthy to be
set in the hallowcd Inc whence
sprang the long descent OF iilustrous
Judcan kings, eliminating in Him
who was "thc brightness of his Ea-
theirs glory and the express image
of His person."
With many of us the only way of
improving our condition is by accept
ing it's general features and working
them into better shape. 1t is true
that the square" man seems often
thrust into the "round' hole, and the
Ground" man into the "triangular'
opening. Notwithstanding all this
there are very few but can adapt
themselves in a great degree to the
circumstances in which they are
placed. Corners in character may
be smoothed off, convexities may be
worn away, deficiencies may be
made up, and a general effect of fit
ness be attained. lfcvery hour lost
in useless lamentation over the inc
qualities Of fortune W no given to
steady work in some one of the main
lines of industry, rent rolls would be
much shorter than they are. When
man or woman lives habitually
in the land of regret all progress is
at an end. Those who look back
must share the fate of Lots wife.
So, if the way seems long, the goal
can be reached only by pressing
forward ; if it is dark at the end OF
the gorge the light will shine bright
or, and ut the last all the incquali-
ties of life will be made even.
When VIC accept the burdens that
weigh heavily upon us, and rejoice
in them, when we kiss the rod SO
grievous to be borne, when We bow
submissively to the fate we cannot
avert, that hour is oftcncst the hour
of our triumph, and we are prompt
ed to places of honor. Some of the
promises of God can never be read
but through tears. The sweetest
, utteranccs arc from hearts who have
tasted the acutcst SORROWS. The
song of the nj ghtingalc is never so
ravishing as when she mourns her
young. Let all that think their lives
run backward, that seem to be Of
those
"Whom unmorcifnl disaster
Follows fast and follows faster"
that stand upon the shore and beck
on to the grim ferryman to wind
down the watch of their lives and
cut them off before the hour, or who
are condemned in remote cottages
to a monotonous round of apparent
ly unimportant duties, take fresh
courage. For them suffering may
work out mighty results, for thcil