Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-12-04
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a. Delire,ed before lie Faculty and .Sy,tde,,
"A '.'i u or Bethany College,
1t BY I, J. SPENCER, on FRIDAY NOR,
i ~ ING, NOVEMBER 8, 1873.
!, h UJ11t Iil2 I.--lJtN lglg1.laT
~ The Pleasures OF Science. 5c
r Our possession of faculties capabl
i OF sublimer and more varied gratiics
! tlons than the senses, places US mfr
q iteiy above. the beasts that perish. An
: While 1t Is true, that resting in ser
4 sItlve pleasures degradeS US as meu
IL is also true, that when properly II
strained and guided, they not only full
I'll necessary condition of our being
but contribute more to our enjOymen
! as we rise from the animal to the intel
leetual world. For, who can doub
that when We learn and appreciate tn,
purpose for which they We're designed
their use becomes the more delightful.
The ladder, reaching the golden apple
or the trealsure-iaden store-house, NAV
be eheerfully climbed by, him who /
: ignorant of the reward; but by him
W no knows that some kind hand ,ha,
placed it there for his good, it is scaled
with exuberaDce Of joy.s0d3 VI ,ssT105
L.. REASON; SHOULD BE OUR GUIDE. %
s4 Since the r use of the senses is the
means and, not the object of life, and
when made the object, its pleasures
dininish-ahd since the mind is the
glory of man, and as far above sensa.
tioa as the beating heart is superior to
the sandstone that cruInbles into dust
at the slightest touch; how appropriate
that the ma0 ali be led and ruled by
siun when He bniIt tho throna - -
son In the unner hrain and nIsoed AZ
seat of nassinn ,ndarnaatbe ~ ;f;t
he true that He intandad Iraaso. ~ ,,,;th = -
her roval servants -iu,t~ment1 : Ioeno.
~ o an9 T imsainat;o,n1 1to 10 y.rou III sn eu,or
ire did lie intend thai oIr bann;n q.
81 cr,n ry ~ ,,,,,. cS,,ca,f;aeS - If;s
jove and banavoIanca- Wha-s;O 49, s
Is This 4arrsnOen,enth haste IRlsrs;,, ara
the | Measures of intell..ct ~ of m sc;onoe GIG
for we reao,rd them as Identical Nfrro,te
eui omJ ,,ab,ar then % ,Sola Ss le,,omet ~ soac
- lJ.-.NaieH = -, y 90. - -..-,-..
H., II. THE QUESTION ANSWERED. AND
- -'-' AhosIhAIE ED. p" sil' O4li
= Picture to yourselves the state Of him
whose mind is enveloped in ignorance;
q
plant and dies like an OK for the butch
er His mind 1S smgnant, for itsehan-
mel Is never widened nor deepened by
the streams OF science. lie sees the
faces of his .friends,- the sky. that cells
and the hills that wall his home. He
sees no beauty in the delicate structure
or hues of insect life, ia the cOloring of
flowers, the plumage of birds, the foli-
a no of q nj trIr tho inf Of
the silent stars. He hears no melody
IA the gurgling brook, the songs Of
birds, the roaring cataract, nor the NUT
tering thunder. He has about the same
admiration for the true, the heauti-
ful and the good, as circus clown or
an idiot possesses for the castles along
the Nile, or as thief exhibits for the
natural scenery on his road to the PEN
itentlary. In short, he sees no object
OF interest in the heavens above, in the
earth below, or on the earth, unless it
supply his immediate Wants, And in
the ignorance OF noble pleasure he mar
ries his lust, and having wandered
through all its labarynths, unlocks the
secret, tatn door, and when the bloody
key has told its tale, his lust condemns
him and take his life. h9oN ol--liTsz
2. Not so with him whose mind is fill
ed with substantial knowledge. To
him, the enjoyments OF the former are
low and repulsive. He has entered a
new world, TO whose varied objects and
scenes of beauty the Ignorant Is straii-
ger, anu OF Whtcn ne cannot form the
ieast coileeption- ne can IoiioW BACK
ny t,G ',uo y, nu,,'an ;uu 1919 10 Ils soutSe
anu asrnS in.o ouaiiusioli, ..n can penoi9
ohno ot,tn TotSu ;otn HSo4 a. Hni,t ioI, & ou. q
s.iaos iHso se. ilie anu suiii III, anu "heeI-
ilS oi ~ i,n 'tg,,sl.y gn tnolisano lnues
PEI iiiiilut mn he ea9 ooselve hatioms
Ilse, A.ns. uesraoueu' tts' a.u el,iPilss iail:
d;.; lhe e'n sno5 a,eu ;ne StSe walls u
-s;t st'eJ' d', ''ho,an1h 9y.,s .J"s, anu
-. uImm ;nnn ,.ne.d n ,u.hHiai tgi a.cne
n'. ,ons 49, potso pot,.ts ' nienai
~ of.,, peno ,, .no 81 So III, con'en
pae pna.s ~ ~, S ,,rsans thn ! .;, ooes Una.
tn; eUpH S;I,1 10 n1 L., ttto ;te h;';, ar, niouu-
;t ;aius lih,is a,,u uai ~ ooi,llg speihgs
~ ~ ~ pm t.;a ai,. ..o oIuans nsius
' :: .nu .o,i Ionc ~, afo ~ eau allay oe,ote
y ,il5 !.i'iiu & ,lie iaces VI eFery ianui thei,
nao,.s, c.aot' .aaS uase, Ie,lglon anu
ceIeinoiiieesm an eceiesiaseieat ana
p1ii.lca,. ~. a. hneii leaxsns tae eaI.a WIN
al US .eiLa.lsly, ne cau nlesssure me ce,
testial sPnetes anu Win unWearleo ano
fearless lear iooe 'seau touno tne ZODIAC.
put put we ieave nun a9ove, W9lie we at
teinpt tosnoW Una. the PieasureS OF sci
ence are FREE, ELEVAfiNa, PERMA-
NENr auu Nl i''f7L1 INFINITE. EE..[sI s.isq -,.f:
III. THE NATURE OF THE PLEASURES |
IN pnr t,.,. OF SCIENCE. - -
Il. They are free. Every one pos
sesses both desire and capacity for
knowledge; and when these are guided |.
by an indomitable will, all barriers, I
like mirage, are quietly dispersed, and I
clouds are banished from the -Pierian /
stream as it mingles with the river of
mans pleasure. We sing of; freedom.
but we seldom touch the highest note.
No freedom can compare with that oil
the soul. For UPON it no enemy can Y