The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-19

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ctltngs Of the morning are varied by the
lights aud shades OF the evening.
To teach man wisdom the bee con-
structs her cell in minimum space and Of
maximum capacity.
10 teach man reliance the bow OF
promise never lAlls to make disappearance
as a perpetual remembrance OF the faith.
lulness OF God. This token Of peace
caused even the admiration Of those who
know not the philosophy Of its cOnStruc-
ton, and 10 70 Us an assurance that He
who watched the lonely ark as It cruised
upon the waste Of waters will not leave us
10 guide our bark alone.
To purify and elevate the thoughts Of
man the sunbeam paints o thousand hues
upon single rose, and beauty spArkles
from the morning dew.
These aresome otthe possessions which
belong to those who look out upon the
vast material creation and realize that
these arc Tor wise ends. But these things
are only valuable In so far as they arc
media In the education oil man to do and
10 be what God intended.
Realizing this the true student looks not
upon the world as though It were barren
waste or shoTeless sea.
But. regarding 1t rather as q great store
house into which had been gathered the
grain aud fruit Of many years, be enters
and selects the seeds he desires 10 SOW
and fruit TO sustain him until the ingath.
erlng from the fields oil his own sowing,
The students hope. What Is It? Not
that the day may come when labor will
be unnecessary, discovery impossible, and
advancement beyond question; but rather
that that he may enjoy the day when OPP
portunity Tor discovery and rapidly o!
advancement will be greater than now,
he Is not q true man or true student
who sees nothing In the world Of matter
or the realm Of spirit worthy OF his ad.
mtration, and for which he should strive.
The man Is not true to himself, TO SO.
ciety, aud to God, who makes any other
use OF his od.given faculties and posses.
sions than to advance the interests Of the
world, and whose desire 1t Is to be more
useful tomorrow than to-day.
The students hope, most glorious,
most divine, because, as beacon light,
1t dlspels the mist for miles and leagues,
and assists safe anchorage In the destined
port.
Most glorious because II leads to honor
and 10 glory, and to the fulfllment Of all
the noble purposes In life.
MOst divine In that 1t leads 10 the Goun.
tain Of lite and TO the possession of real
good and true enjoyment
Most glorious and most divine, because
elevsting in its character, ennobllng In
It's nature and purifying in Its tendencies.
Without such hope as this, all the true
purposes In life would be but as SO many
names for things destitute Of all reality.
Having mot even the shadow oil sub
stance, and being deprived OF that which
gives Vitality and lends a power to all
our charms, we become Indifferent OF self
and surroundings, and finally cease 10
cultivate the garden we have engaged to
dress and keep
The end must ever be kept in view, or
the path becomes winding, devisting at
every advancing step from the origin, I'm.
iii it becomes impossible to calculate the
departures, and renders all attempts to
lind our bearings utterly hopeless.
High aims are necessary to the perform.
ance Of noble Deeds Fixedness OF pur.
pose TO the continuance Of action and the
accomplishment Of any desired end.
But above these, high hopes are neces.
sary TO sustain and render pleasant the
difficult task Of arriving at that degree Of
perfection for which all should strive, and |
short Of which none should be satisfied.
He who is inspired with noble pur.
pose ITO work well his part" will find
that in this noble purpose, seconded by
a noble effort" is that In which true hon
or lies.
True greatness is only found In com.
pany with true goodness, and true honor
can only be received or bestowed by those
who have true purposes in life.
"Alas for regal greatness; and alas
F0sglory's Hplendor on q mortal brow.
The st1tlIest realms must down to ruin csumblc,
And the m'ghtiest monarch to mighIes bow"
Not this the students hope; not such
his end. The students hope most glori-
Gus most sublime.
"GIve me the mind that bent on highest aims,
Deems virtues rugged path sole path to fame"
aud who spurns every other as beneath
the man who is actuated by the students
hope and expects TO enjoy the students
reward.