, 1874-09-14


gntd OH tl,o brcast Of tho doycs, tic song OF tllo
bird IN tho olm, or tho rush and olnmor Of tho
spring tloosln. aud for tho Rame reason. II was
spring with thohc they would affront. Nature
mas bidding them ro1olco In thousand wayH
stand, and 80 It was lko lighting Tho rainbow In
tho sky, trying to tight thoso Bwocs illusions
thas hPpoer and disappear Among tho joyful In.
nti'lcts Of youth. Ncithcr At s 1ator day could
tho "Frlents" maater similar Instincts, whothor
they took these lighter tortns or turned to tho
loftlor expression Of poetry or mtts!c, or paint
man or woman a. husband or vito,
by, tho .graco Of hoavon, who was
say toy ~ woro sorry for The supreme a me ioy Of fo
For nllen nature saya ono thing and cvon Io-
church cEosaes, TINT Of :" all outdoors, +" you
need not ponaor tho question as to which is
God laid down by Calvin, Roger Williams,
George Fox. and Wesley In respect to tho JOY al
youth, and tue forms It may tnkc, or tho grace
OF uoa pu1slnB Through tho iresl! warm heart OF
the now eener"tiona Only the imn,,1tselo can M
light and fire Of heaven, and thoao who would
fight It In any inuoccnt form it:nny choose to
tuko, havo t1rst to settle tbs qucBsion whothor
they arc lighting agalras Gud.
Issy, then, It ia Of no l1so anhlng whether Solo
mon ,sns wIso man or a fool for uboyi.,g thls
and about him. Ills Joy IN books and 'Iusic, In
la1,t]scapo gardening, and tho collection OF tho
rareas trenaucs Of art, III his wtfo and homo, I'll
his temple aud eoyornnent hnt oven III tue IN,
creaso Of hts fortnn6, and i1l Wit md hnnor and
nirth,-:tloao in themselves weFo not tho Way
ward freaks Of folly, thoy wero good truc things
In their logreo; then, ns thoy hro now, not ynnt-
tics, but vc1lslcs; not things ~oll used to mako
man biano, and TO wish he Tas doatt. Ihoy Wofo
intlood tho very samo things dear Syduoy Smith,
.vfsor man ti,nn HnlOmon found Among
the Joys u his youth, and good aud
truo to hin, 6tlll wlion lo Troto to
friend: ~ am II years old, and
nm, upon THO Whole, happy nan., have
to Providence for INF lot III it." d visor man
than Solomon, say again. in spite or tho Cato
obiHm, for ~ tho principle OF tho ono iifo you
find lt,nt aud tross "lIon ~ IL over, and in the
other the iino gold Of gratitude and great cob
tent.
Nov, thop, where shall no look for tie reasons
which turncd faitu Of sroetnesn to a,, old age
of rail. md how came TINT which bcya,, ia hote
to end IN tloBpair9 anBwer especi1llyin tllruo
things, mud IL thin firnt Of i'll That. III the
cagur hunger Of l1s faith, and tito pushing out
of lila genius 1s tried to do too MANY things to
do nuy ono supronoly VOL. 10 TINT, while
tho ldoa OF sllo way oach ought to be dono
maintained its high standard Ia his soul. the
hopse Of tho anlptiuess Of the whole endcayor.
In the. 40 f,r bo was not to blame, however.
r. ~ Ia TanIt Int not tha ain, Of yotH. to bo
strirlon at irst WITH tho res.IussnesB Of uutricd
pouors, and to feel az felt tho first t,mo wns
let loose into q great library. 1noro woro 10
many books wanted to real tint night came
before had read clsap!er in any ono Of than.
You can ACC TINT something nto thus was the
matter with tis young 1nal.. porl,apB ho might
t,aye snug psat.n egtal to 4hose Of Lila father; ho
ho only proached and collected proverbs. ln
aume ono thing OF moro than ono he might
hive famed out into supreme e1ccllouce; ho
fiattet out ut last 30 fnr as can Bea into few
degrees abovo commonplace. It waa With him
indeed III tic London Times said it wnH with
DroueNam, who also cano to something )ike tho
epirt Of Solomon in his old nse. Eo could havo
done my ono OF tsu things bettor th.u any other
man In England. bas he insisted on doing tao
ton. Do We wondcr ovor Bchotfor'h Faust md
Margaret wrough. thirty ye"sa Of his ,iie
music. ii II lev havo eqllaiod ms il, my NIT, y
t,o said, "tower still haye studied it with such
untiriug xeal." 1t WA said Of Earl nussel il
his youth, lie Ind such fine daring that he would
undertake anything at ut. hours notice, from q
tho Chsnne! fleet. Some such superb condolences
In whatever callso to hand is at tho root OF alt
this trouble. Tho Joy Of yo,lth was III h,ln, and
pricked him on to try this and that, but. King az
he was, ho could not command tho supreme
perfection his soul called for, because he woula
not pay tho price which Curlylo told tic young
nan IN Glasgow ho had always paid 1or
any worthy work hs Ind eyor ionc-hatt, Htorn,
concentrated lnbor which n,ado him positively
Bich in body, 30 ruthless was the soul Of him TODD
it we'll. No such ruthcssneaH appears about tic
pob1o Young King; It il ali amateur and
dilottanto way ho has at last OF doing things, il
hie Song Of songs IL to be pi oof his, methods.
So ~ NO only get oas Of any endoayor q
worth III proportion to whit we put Into it, VIC
aro not t1 wonder ho should cry ut Inst, What
Inns man OF all his labor Under tho SIN? For
this sralual so}cction Of Bomo ono thing to do
and 70 be, ID auro to lead young nun IN to tic
socout point where Solomon falled, and in tho
fai}ng driftod to the third and Inst III which thc
Judgment came he Bpcnks OF; md that is the
sacrelness which invests my worthy work ut
last, no that this shall not bo Quo thing. and
your religion auother. but AZ the old Methodist
woman used to say, shn mover miBsea tho cor.
ners In sweeping n room when slo repeated
that Scripture, "Creato in me u clean heart,
. God" you ahah lind TINT .youi
work and your religion always meot and Ito
For no doubt thove il Tint inSardncrn OF which
I spoke Inst Sunday, ln whatever We do veil
not Tor tho moro day's wages but in some dim,
dumb way for truth and righteousness: IknoM
not what tho man gets wook rho all summer
long Inns kept orr little pa1h across tho street &c
beautifully green aud smooth, but AIN fain tC