Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-09
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TO De true To themselves : to fseI shat
here ale sweet compaDionshigs to be
-ound thele-perhaps some loved one
what happy change woull he
wrought in our natures How much
better fitted We would then lie TO enjoy
the blessings Of life . BIT we sci iom
think of these things until sons iove1
me Is borne away from our side to the
land of shadows; until we feel that
me link in the chain of association
has been broken Bat better this
harsh stroke, if it remind US OF our
duty, than vait until the mini is weak
enei by disease. and death is ready to
seize his victim.
M death and burial creates no
sad thoughts beyond the circle of
home where he was most intimately
known. The DIN and hustle o! the
world goes on as ever The hearse
and funeral train pass bv. Prehaps !
few OF our fellows may stop awhile
to inquire who is dead; then pass on
again, forgetting that heart has
ceased 70 beat forever. Even the
mournegs tears. that flowed 50 freely,
are soon dried up. and the Grape, the
dark badge of death, is cast aside.
AMI the lifeless clol of the valley is
spon forgotyea. Such is life If We
die to-day, the sun will shine as bright
ly and the birds sing as sweetly to-
morrow. Not a wheel in the machin-
cry of the business world will cease To
move, and scarce voice of mirth be
choked Such is life How short it
is ! How soon We are forgotten
1t is problbiy M infraction OF the
laws of charity, certtinly not the in
tim mation of any, to say that. in the
true and full sense Of the worl, only a
few ever pray Prayer is BORN of the
soul. as streams are Of founca rs, or as
costa les and ayonieS are Of the heart
They cry out, or sing, of the deep
within US. i prayer can never com,
out Of the soul until it is first in it.
First the consciousness, then the wori
that utters it. Yol cannot begin with
words first unless they are borrowed
words. But these will be only as the
dead leaves and dried roses of last
years stems.
The power of prayer is an intellect
ual stimulant is very great 1t will
solve problems in geometry, or give the
sluggard daily bread without work.
But the very act Of prayer, if it be
true prayer, throws the minl into the
highest Intellectual state as we'll as the
deepest emotIonai. If you put the
battery af the brain to yours, why
shouldn't it wake? The best PRAYERS
are always the best thinkers. For an
intellect all alive with the Divine, Iu-
finite Mind, will, Of course, be intense
ly wakefuI, living and richly pro
i've. Prayer, of course, cannot paint
picture ; but the soal Of genius fred
AMI set all aflame by inspirations from
above iise.f, will be in the best cou1i-
tion to DO lything Up ia the high
region Of prayer inmortal life shines
upon the thought slmnits. and they
are warmed down to the very roots.
5 immer gales come sweeping over the.
tropical lanl Of the mind, ant hid len
life blooms one of it. Eternity sings
in the heart, and newborn JOY blu.hes,
on all the face Of life, and man is glor-
fled when he prays.
This is the prepartion which all true
men seek when they have any great
work to 10 When Noses communei
With Goi in the Mount, he came down
shining in the face. 1t made Pad an
other being, when, in the heavenly ex-
.sloation, thin rs were rev ;alad to him
which he could not tell. An. apostles
and martyrs have felt, in the r.pt
moods Of all days. this stimulating
force upon their minds for their work
Reason boasts Of It's independence Of
prayer sometimes. bat it Is vain
coast, As we'll light tae April earth
boast of iniepen leace of the SUI in
heaven. Intellect withers and freezes
without this repienisaing life ari ire
fson above Rev. j L. Dudley.
The State Government OF MassaGhu-
sets Tuesday paid its official tribute
to the memory of Charles Sumner. at
Music Hall. in Boston. The hall WAS
beautifully drAped in mourning, anl
among tie large au uiience were many
distinguished local celebrities, and a
large proportion Of ladies. George
William Curtis delivered the Grafton.
The other exercises inolu.lel III organ
voluntary, chant, By the Temple
Qnartetts, Of Rhodes music, to the
Forls, ,.Renember now thy Creator in
the days Of thy youth; long and
earnest prayer by tn. Rev. James
Freeman Clarke, after which Clara
Louise keHegg sang the aria, ST know
that my ReIecmer iiveth " Professor
J. ". Churchill, Of Andover. read a
poem, wriCten for the ocoa4ien. by
Whittier Adelaide Phillips then