The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-12
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undoubtedly the patgrals ~ epd + JN JgNSoper
condition OF mankind. -Aa life advances,
eves;fnaoss ';ng II its citadel. the hsaSt. palpi-
tate, receiving and retnrnihgfthe vital
current by: which that life ispS6longed.
tin DEATH masters the, fortress, k1sd blank
inh9ition' stperyehes. So, Il ths paatal
world within us. thought navers fssts.
WIEN, slu@ber tsahamutes the faospltiss.
fancy. ,unsa;ded. plays strange antidsfyet
mlHd, like oGeaG, is never. wholly ina9tlye.
We dream. even when memory fails to
record, ,those,, myssarions visitaBts;A de-
nominated visions or dreams; For these
strange ,hailucinations and vivid Opera
ious of mind we are, porbaps,. not ac-
countabte, but forS our waking thoughts
We certainly are Mental regulation and
employment is certainly, to some extent,
under the control of every reasonable
creature. Now, there is no; more pure
prevelter of::..heSlthful mentul action
than'the pursuit iof trifling Occupation
with the hands. That young laay, Who
sits down intent on fabricating aha ele-
gapt dress for some grand display, en-.
courages her mind to dwoll on all the
fri1olous details. not, only OF, what that
dreBs requires for itdseohpletion, but on
the thousand and ona apoco ompanying
oitaumstances which may attend it's wear.
ing. All this isS vanity. s Even! she, how
ever. is more .eaedbabfa than her more:
idle young friend, .wEoS cannot spare
time to manufacture for'hefself her own
costume, and runs from shop to dress
making establishment, ordering, and re-
ordering. arranging and re.arranging. the
ninptim Of that dress with as, N ooh, FORE:
thought and pains as if she were training
der spirit 70 acta oi beneyolence, or res7
CHING some child Of poverty from despair.
SO sad thing is it to pervert from high
ana beneficent employ ment the faculties
or the soul, that we may well belieysss the
angels weep on pehoiiihg IT,. Since the
sAGaghts of foolishness is, sin, we are
Warranted. in: concluding this waste Of
activity and energy sin alsoc, But, ,ld-
mitting this I'd be the case, what shall be
said Of those who employ their time in
idle gossip. btattling and disingenuous
representation, and comments on the
acts Of others? Whose delight is in-
trigre; whose qualification comprehends,
in it's highest reach, the humbling Of a
rival. or, still worse, the impeachment of
o superior? ,Let Us beware OF the man
ner in which tine is spent, or rather we
should say employed. because lazy pe6-
pie sRehd much time without auy ostau.
sible employment save that of killing il,
and this We have heard soms hardy
enough to confess! Kill timei That is
q direct peryeisaion. Of Gods qphmraand,
"What your hands find to do, do it with
all your might. knowing that there is
neisheri work eor device ID ths: gtave %
which nse hasten The employment, of
tltAs not only, Affects. our present oonai-
sion. but.reaohss. by its ultimate efaataS
agfsat'hereafteE' Let us. then; se suBg
every passing moment that, as it speeds
on, our record may he carried before as
by attestipg time. wAon his scythe is
finally broken, and he shall expire,
being merged IN eternity.
Son1PTURE AGAINST RECEIVING GIFr1s.
a. Republican. who shares with many Of
his party the mortiapation OF the Presi-
dent being the recipient Of 80 nnnahy
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