The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-24

the use VI Worus IN the least. There were
many persons who could talk well. but
were wretched writers, their failure being
IN speling, pronunciation and construction |
Oh words The art never was taught. |
whereas it is the chief end to be gained, II
is q good idea in connection with the study |
to learn to write letters by daily exercises,
subject them to the criticism OF the teach. |
er: All have to write letters, and we are |
all judged, to great extent, by the letters
we write.
MI Dana gave an instance in connection |
WIN the subject advanced by DIR. French, |
OF young gent who was about to marry
highly accomplished girl and sent her. as n |
gift, a handsome silk dress with this note.
PLEASE ercept this dress, etc" The spell. |
ing Killed the match.
ADDRESS OF J. 3. CIILRY
We read somewhere of an old astrono-
mer exclaiming of the thoughts of God and
his boundless and tenderest love, of which
the vaultcd heavens, the starry sky, and
darkened night increasingly proclaim. As
1t was three thousand years ago so it has
been in all ages of the world. A voice has
ever been heardin its wonder of the magni-
tude and glory of the Infinite. We behold
the greatness of His majesty and wonder
at the extent of His thoughts and boundless
love. With the longest line of latitude
used the measurement Is made until the
space of this broad expanse of light com
prises twenty trillions of miles. Do we
fail to appreciate this? One hundred and
eighty-fvc thousand miles are passed in
coming to us. Overwhelmed with awe
and wonder we gaze. Be not yet dis
mayed. Turn thine eye to the central
light of our system. Grasp and compre-
heDd the mighty thoughts of God if you
can. Look at the most distant world,
throw out your measuring chain of one
hundred and eighty-five thousand miles
again, again and again, and once again.
still on and on until you reach number
that no mortal can comprehend or fathom
and you have but just reached the earth.
Then wonder, worship and adore. Rising
from such communion with God YOU are
told that what is done in the far-otf
heavens you know not, but We shall know
hereafter. To the Christian this announce
ment comes laden with joy unspcakable.
Still more plainly is this magnitude revealed
in the earth we tread. Mountain. plain.
hilltop and valley and all we sec or feel of
the material worldinvites us to communion
with God our Father. We may family see
some glimmer of light, and in the seasons
OF the year, in the sprnging grass and the
unfolding leaf arc seen the breath of life.
while in the blade, the ear and the full
corn in the car is shown the perpetual sue
cession of life and growth and its death
and decay.
The greatest mystery is man himself.
His symmetry of form and powers of mo-
ton and speech, and above all the
home of an immortal mind. But all this
mental power decays and the spirit is
thwarted of its strength by the infrmity of
the body. Clay becomes the triumph of
thought and every work in the whole is
emptied of its powers. We look at the in
ventions of man, at the great genius, enter
| prise and perseverance of these men who
first invented the steam-engine, the print
| ing press and thousand other wonderful
things They are themselves expressions
of thought That which gives most ex-
preston is speech, and to that the speaker
would invite the attention of his hearers.
No other department is so important
very means of communication which we
all use so much and cannot prize too high
ly. In the first dawn of history this
was the blessed, priceless treasure of
man. In the Garden of Eden speech was
first delivered, in communion with God.
But cut Oft from the Garden the first par
ents were left henceforth to struggle with
infirmity darkness and sorrow. The rich
est gift, however, survives the fall. Lam
guage keeping pace with knowledge be-
comes the expression of man and aspires to
still nobler heights. In the land of Sinai
was set up a tower, against the wishes of
God, and the speech of the people was rom
founded. Hence the multiplicity of
tongues. All, however, are controlled
by one law which changes not. The
modes of living, the different thoughts and
medium of communication on all divisions
of separate nations, under one God. The
mode of expression plainly shows the
thoughts within. The cultivated and the
refined are told by their language while the
vulgar and barbarous are determined in the
same way. Their speech betrayeth them.
In Bible times the people spoke as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost and in that
language the Patriarchs spoke and told of
the glory that followed the coming of the
Son of Man. Is there language adequate
TO express so divine a subject or one SC
great and holy ALI, yes. On the shores
of the Mediterranean, a land of genius. is q
language refined, chaste and holy, the beau.
tiful, polished and immortal Greek. Let
the language of Xenophin, of Phidias and
Demosthenes be hOnored, loved and studied
so long as time endures. That is too pre-.
cious to die. Socrates, Demosthenes and
Others have died but their works fill the
world. Rome was the land of poetry and
of eloquence. The Greek and Latin Ian
guages have published its acts to the respect
and admiration of the world. From these
languages do we translate those blessed
words, God so loved the world that he
sent his only Son into the world to be {
Precipitation of cur sins" while the Englisi
tongue publishes it to the nations. Let il
be proclaimed and let the tidings not CEASE
until it has gone over the world.
1t is not my province to advice but hop,
classical culture and learning will nevel
die, but that it may be studied by ALL Tht
children who cannot afford to study it ma,
not be wise to follow it. Let them Civ,
their time to that they most n ed and mus
have, but others whose time is their owl
disposal can employ it to no better purpos,
than in the study of Latin and Greek.
know the most direct way of studying Eng
fish Grammar is through the Latin. Thos,
old languages are not dead. They breath,
and speak through every language, ant
they cannot be studied too long or too earn
cstly.
Besides all this it calls the mental pow
ers into action and gives power to thinl
and give expression to thought. If one
half the time spent in the pursuit of litera
tuic, thc uiOst VI WHICH Is mere tWauul
and bosh, was spent in the study of thes
languages education would stand on highe
grade in this country than it does at tn,
present day. The college for the few, thu
academy for the many To gain wealth
II is thought necessary to forego the de
lights of learning. Blessed be povert,
then If one fails to accumulate wealth
with knowledge that does not condemn TIN
quality which has given the world sucl
minds as our colleges have. Let lis no
stultify ourselves with the idea that Latil
and Greek has anything to do with world,
gain.
The day-laborer goes out to his work il
the morning with happy heart and cheer
full countenance, for he has a home, of pov
erty though it be, but love is there. II an
content, were the last words of the dyin.
patroit, John Quincy Adams, and he left
legacy in his life and works ia. more pre-
cious than the gold of John Jacob Astor.
But pardon the DEPRESSION.