The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-07

Death and the grave may interpose q ,hasm
leep and broad In its path, but its wings
re spread and the chasm 10 passed. II isun.
ondned. 1t as fettcross a. the air. You
antot reach. you cannot mar the
oul. In lis immortal strength II
purns your chains, defies your
ortures. Thus mighty T. the rover
II thought, thus wonderful the influence IL
'Nerts. II throws surprising lustre over
human lie aud clothes IL with subimity.
There Is a subimity in the aspirations of
he human souls there l. a longing within
u OF something not OF earth, Il diyinor in
'tinct which compe'> us 10 look beynd this
vorl fer what Is unsttlinable here. Earth,
With all its variety, fails to satisfy Its wants.
II looks upward to catch some CLEANS OF
glory that ines not here. "Mun l. higher
than his dwell ng place. Excelsior" hi
continued effort What noblencss there I.
IN these desires Tor "Thc Better
what oaieag and ,1biimjtg ia these ycarn- !
proud sublimity in human life, when we |
eon-iue, Us tHdependsncs. The creator has |
invested us with the r sponsihilitv Of gov.
erhlng Ourselves. lie ha. placed within our
oMn nalus materials, with the power OF
moulding our own life and des'iny. n il
ms power over seif, his freedom of will AMI
acton. III self-livi q. lf-contfolling
power mat gives true noJjlhg aud dignity
IN Labor. Nothing great ar beaui al
ever sprung int h Ing from its oYn
power No mighty results were ever ac-
cpmplshed by Incidence. But what has
not ectioa done, noli,, God NE atfon? Nv.
cry hing that has been done By II man
weak rs he Il, nas been enabled TO stretch
ont his arms over the earth, and make III
T0rid 10 fec' his poUer. BY IL the desert has
been nude Ito bud and blossom ~ the
rose" Cities have arisen in the wilderness
l.tgn fgY
anu rendered sub>crviont To the purpose Of
man. But above al human lite /, sublime
when We consider it, eRdies duration.
| Tie impress Of immortality j. in
eiiactbly stamped upon it. II coniinuc,
| what depth Of meaning in that single
| wOrdi
We can comprehend ity IglO can mum.
4 Der IT, Ne-rs!
till to your aid the most vivid imag ma.
ton, the most profound reason, ana DO h
VIII fail 10 compute the unnumbrrod, the
| nuinhcrless. But through this immeasurn.
| Die extent of ages. human life is continued.
As tile LOFTY mountain based on earth Hitting
Us head into the Heavens, 20 IN human life
| based IN time reaching into eternity. Death
X ana the grave In sealing our c'eS upon time.
open before us,thc buundles~ poets OF
| eternity la tskiDg Us from earth they lead
| usto heaven. There t. g Unsuitable thirst for
knowledge may be- satisfied, AMI the spirit
un'cttered by clay, may soar to heights o.
| Dllsn OF whichw may now form but 4 feeble
| cone ptiun.
| There, we may dwell in The presence OF
God, and bask in the sunlight of his smiles.
Song By Mrs VIM. p. halliday splend.
idly sung.
Grafton by John A Haynes on Sue
cess" The Grafton was excellent, and
was delivered with etraet. The young
man has evidently q talen, for the ros.
trum, and will mako a fine public
speaker.
Bssay by Miss Ida Harrell
CAN WE CREATEs
| That man Is Gods best and nobest work,
IN owing not to h ingenious phy ,icsl struc-
ture, but to his endowment with the power
ct thought; It's the spritu part, the mind
that give, him this highest place in ma
ture.
How shall We define the mind. How
cOnN y an idea If what thought is; Not
being material it produces no impression
upon the senses and ii il difficult to des
cribe any thing we can neither see, bear
smell, feel nor taste.
To gain a further knowledge OF the fac
ulties OF the mind, this mysterious inner.
self, this soul of ours, has Oeen The study o
Neutrality-suspicious. from the time Of Aristotle 1,
the present day.
| BY means of the mind, man is what he H.
Look at the poor, bahbling idiot with bu
his human torn to distingu IA him from III
brute, aud realize of how little value woul,
life be with no i0tellect.
.Iust IN proportion ~ our mind. are prop
erly cultured AMI balanced. do W. trui,
live.
We haze a win 70 10. or moi 10 do ~,
can reason. We can judge, we can remember
We can determine right from wrong; ant
oh fll.aE IA.
past nnd guLe. The conscience and thu
pleasures OF Memory" are subjects upol
which authors have written In all age.
There is much hi. wonderful mind car
and does ID for us but can II create Doe,
not that pOwc lie alone with the Creator;
| Can We do more than improve upon, d.
cover, or d sclose to view. that which wa
already in eN!,tenes'
| This point has been much contested b'
writers upon mental philosophy. soma main
tainln" We could no, others that we coull
create ideas.
These Dir hold thai we are each po,sesss,
of an Individuality pecudariy our own
aud that by this means our own peculia
idea, ar originally conceived, and have
di,tingui hing character that con ncve
have been given them by any mind 0lhe
our idea Is, th.t We have DO thought
that might no; come to other. under >mila
circumstance
The most astounding theories that hay,
ever been presented 10 the thinking world
may have existed in some other mind il
embryo, which lacked but proper culiyA
lion TO develop it into beautiful flowers @
thought, such as we now have.
Slrugg ing genius is not always successful
In making itsclf known; aud thoughts tina
may have burned within many have bee
imprisoned by cruel fate, in the form a
bigotry, ignorance and law that lyrrdn
nically forbade freedom of speech.
Grand aud beautiful a our gems OF liz
eraturc, we believe Gray il rgnt when h
says in hi "Elcgy in q Country Church
yard "SOme NUT, inglorOus Milton ner
may lie" And there are many such mobile
uncuturcd minds, capable Of doing grca
things, filling IInimely graves
lt.. usual 10 speak of some ones hayiu.
originated an idea. Has not sue
one merely, by patient searching foun
first time, That which had its existence apar
from and outside OF hi brain?
When Calico said, "rhe worl'l moves,
we understand that he drew this infercnr,
| from evidence furnished hy the outsd
world-thc II t me; anT hat he bad not tn
sole power of origin, ( the idea Of IN
| earihs motion, apart irO, 'he testimony @
, | known. cNis ing facts
| We know the idea of it, movement cam
upon him through trClcss / ductiye reason
ings. Any one else, capable of rig rou
thought, might have arrived at the sam
| conclusion.
some other student of the same day. ma
: have thought lust n Calico did, but fearin!
to say 30, We have never heard of it.
One fact suggests the existence 0