Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-02-01

Man begins with God when he
gets to the end of himself.
Tho tears of our misery often pre-
vent our eyes from seeing the mercy
close ut hand.
If we thoroughly examine wo
shall find that pride, policy and power
are .he three principal ingredients in
all the disturbance Of churches Hen.
rD
Il won't say the more ihtcllcct,ihc
less capacity for loving; for that
would do wrong to the understanding
and reason but, on the other han,!,
that the brain often runs away with
the hearts best blood, which gives the
world a few pages Of wisdom. or SEN
tlment, or poetry, instead of making
one other heart happy, ] have no
question. .--Iutocrat Of the Breakfast
Table.
,-Chrlsilans must give up thinking
about Christianity as only means of
escaping future bel! and arriving at
a future heaven. They must show
now, mole than ever, that, by a union
of loving and truthful hearts, God
comes here, immortality begins here,
| and heaven lies about us. SO fight
the good fight Of justice and truth, az
the disciples of Xoroaster tried Ia
fight it. This is still the true work of
man, and TO make union of those
who wish to fight against evil this IA
stllI the true church Of Christ. ---Janses
f. Clarke, u. D'
If you wish to make n man look
noble, your best course Ii to kill him.
What superiority he may have inher.
tied from his race, what superiority
Nature may have personally gifted
him with, comes out in death. The
passions which hgitate, distort and
change, are gone away forever, and
the features settle back into marble
calm, which is the mans truest I'M.
age. Then tho most affected look
sincere, the most volatile serious-all
noble more or less. And Nature will
not be surprised into disclosure. Tho
man stretched ont there may have
been as yoluble as swallow, but
now-whcn he conld speak to some
purpose---neither pyramid nor sphinx
! M tpv az pat,
-" As tho let upon the mountain,
when the warm breath Of the summer
sun breathes upon il, mclts and d.
yides into drops, each of which re-
fleets an image Of the stin, no life, in
the smile Of Gods love, divides itself
into separate forms, each bearing in
it. and rejecting an image Of Gods
| love OF all these forms, the highest
and most perfect in its Godlikeness is
the human soul. The vast cathedral
of Nature is full of holy scriptures,
aud shapes Of deep, mysterious mean.
ing; but all is solitary aud silent
there no bending knee, no uplifted
eye, no lip adorng, praying. Into
this vast cathedral comes the human
soul, seeking its Creator; and the un.
lvorsal silence is changed to sound.
harmonious, aud has a meaning, and
is comprehendcd and felt.'
1890" DO yop pity the sky when IL
gray, dark clouds are marshaled in
battle array, peala Of thunder, flashes
Of lightning, torrents Of fah ? Yoa
know is born thereof q heaven of
peace, glory Of sunlight, /. crown of
j9wels for eyely flower that blooms.
DO you pity earth when the kecn
March winds search out ils most bid
den crevices You know il is the
cleanlest breath that blows. 10 vol
pity the gold when the crucible shows
at whitehead and the metal falls, drop
by drop, in liquid purjtyi No need
to pity those who safTer There is
mystery about human sorrow that is
beyond and above human sympathy.
Into the depth its keenest anguish,
as into the depths Of its deepest sin.,
the soll admits no eye, but that Om.
nipotent ore which brings healing in
J its gaze. III deepest sorrow, ia high.
est joy, in darkest sin, even as in
death, is the soul alone with God"
Some Of the smaller cities arc
charming. If they have an old church
or two, few stately mansions OF
former grandness, here and there an
old dwelling with the second story
projecting, Uor the convenience of
shooting the Indians knocking at the
frontdoor with their tonahawks. )--if
they have, scattered about, those
mighty square houses, built something
more than half century ago. aud
standing like architectural bouders
dropped by the former diluyian Of
wealth, whose refuept wave has left
them as its monument, If they have
gardens with elbowcd apple.trees that
push their branches over the high
board. fence and drop their Fl nit in the
sidewalk, If they have little grass,
on the side-streets, enough to betoken
quiet without proclaiming decay, Il