Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-13

and selfhumiliatioh ola woman. How
she owns that it issshe and not the man
who is guilty; how she takes all the
faults on her side how she courts, in
manner, punishment for the wrongs
she has committed, and persists in shield
ing the real culprit ''--Thacheroy.
What strange thing mirror is
and what wonderful affinity exists be
tween it and mana Imagination For
this room Of mine, as | behold It in the
glass, is the same aud not the same.
II is not the mere representation af the
room [ live in, but IL looks just as if I
were reading about it in story ike.
All its ccm.n5unessI has disappeared.
The mirror has liftad it out of the re-
gion of fact in to the realms Of art
and the very Representing Off to me
has clothed with interest that which
was otherwise hard and bare; just as
one sees with delight upon the stage
that representation of character from
which one would escape in life as from
something uncndurably wearisome.
Phantdsls. +
Fear not, thou that longest to be
at home \ few steps more, and thou
art there Death, to Gods people, is
but ferryboat. Every day and every
hour the boat pushes off with some OF
the saints, and returns for more
Soon, Q believer, it will be said to
thee, as it was to her in the gospel.
1.-The Master is come, and calleth for
thee" When YOU are got to the
boundary Of your race below, and
stand on the verge of Heaven and the
confines Of Immortality, then there will
be nothing but the short valley Of
death between you and the promised
land; the labors Of your pilgrimage
will then be on the point Of conclusion,
and you will have nothing to do but to
entreat God as Moses did, "I pray
thee let me 60 over and see the good
land that is beyond Jordan, that good
Iy mountain and Lebanon. Top1ady.
But in the depth of winter, when
nature lies despoiled Of every charm,
and wrapped in her shroud Of sheeted
snow, we turn for our qualification to
moral sources The dreariness and
, dcsolatiou Of the landscape, the short
gloomy days and darksome nights
while they circumscribe our wanderings,
shut in our feelings also from rambling
abroad, and make us more keeniy dis
posed for the pleasure of the social cir
Gle Our thoughts are more concen-
trated; our friendly syrnpsthies more
aroused. We feel more sensibly the
charm of each others society and are
brought more closely together by de-
pendence on each other for enjoyment.
Heart calleth unto heart; and we draw
our pleasures from the deep wells Of
loving kindness, which lie in the quiet
recesses Of our bosoms; and which
resorted to, furnish forth the pure ele-
ment Of domestic felicity Irving.
An old man is like an old wagon !;
with light loading and careful usage it
will last for years but one heavy load
or sudden strain will break it and ruin
it forever SO many people reach the
age Of fifty Or sixty, or seventy, meas
urably free from most Of the pains and
infrmities Of age, cherry in heart and
sound in health, ripe in wisdom and
experience, with sympathics mellowed
by age, aud with reasonable prospects
and opportunities for continued use
fulness in the world for considerable
time. Let such persons be thankful,
but let them also be careful
An old constit ution is like IN oil
bone broken with ease, mcndei with
difficulty. \ young tree bends to the
gale, an old one snaps and falls before
the blast A single hard lift, an hour
Of heating work, an evening of expos
ure to rain or damp, severe chill, an
excess Of food, the unusual indulgence
Of an appetite or passion, sudden fit
Of anger, an improper dose of medicine
any Of these or other similar things,
may cut off valuable life in an hour,
and leave the fair hopes of usefulness
ard enjoyment but shapeless wreck.
--Sclectea.
Marian Douglas tells in love bal
lad the experience of maiden who
had resolved to stay single before she
should marry Methodist minister.
How and why she changed to keep
forever moving" let her tell herself:
Bat when came to hear him preach,
lie tod the hospei story
So thrilingiy through All the gr3vs
v ent one siraut % Glory -
Rough men we're brve |. hard sinners .ept,
owned his p,vcf TO hold n.e-
His glowing feryor. like spell,
Against nv viii controlled me.
For who is he p | said. my own
Almiring thoughts reproyiu.;
"A Methodist itinerant
Who keeps forever moving,
Moving. moving. moving,
just tsv0 years in place
That's too hard way" th0rgttI
10 run the Christian race"
said the preacher plcasei nc not
/ did not wisf. 10 meet him
And when met, tried TO seq
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