New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-13

[visioss Of 6ssutF; the q nsysr eloysIet
lists6ipg o STRAINS Of melody: the heart 1.
never surfeited in experiencing emotions Of
lave; the 0inA aDyoe palle in aaaeohi0G 1uo
truth aud contemplating mystery. But
faculties deprived Of their proper nourish.
ment and activity, dissatisfied and out OF
tune. driving their pOssessOrs to pernicious
qualifications, of course are productive OF
misery. Human nature can not DO expected
to yield happiness if it does not act in con-
formity to the intention of its Author, in
harmony with the laws of the uni
verse; still. through all, it is
obvious that the grand design OF
God is the happy fulfllment of it's office by
every faculty, and that every instance OF
misery implies some violation Of this de-
sign. Half of our life consists in receiving
and returning tho sction Of the Natural
objects around us. Leading from different
parts OF the globe into the bosom of Ancient
Rome were five great highways or natural
arteries through which the known world
sent Its wealth, its luxury, its art. to adOrn
and aggrandize the proud mistress OF the
earth, enthr0ned on her seven hills. SO
running from the outward creation into the
human soul are the five channels OF the
senses, along whose mysterious ways, taste,
smell, touch, sight and sound, form, weight
and number, pour the riches Of nature in
endless streams, to teach and please the
roval child Of God crowned over all.
How inexpressible the difference between
being man and being q weed or .
stone! What an inexpreseible thing it
ia that the mind can think, perceive,
create and aspire, that We live and
move, experience and fear. love and trust
and can rise into fellowship with intinitude!
What does it meant Ii it does not mean
that there is blessed Spirit OF Father who
built the universe and who wishes US TO be
happy, and intends that in come form We
shall be so forever. then it means nothing;
then, indeed, religion Of gloom and terror
would be the true one. But it does mean
this, and the mighty arrangements made for
human enjoyment show that faith, exulta-
ton, Astounding joy, not foreboding and
wretchedness, are what the Creator means
for US. But since free moral agency is
part of the plan, the extent of the cOmmu-
nication carried on between the individual
and the race, and between the soul and the
universe, the degree OF harmonized activity
in the spiritual faculties, the number and the
intensity of the joys to be experienced there
from, are left largely to each man TO decide
for himself. They depend on culture in
conformity to law; they depend on his
health, strength, knowledge, vlrture and in
dustry. Who can declare how much happi-
ness Newton derived from his discovery
solar system Who would attempt to de-
scribe the pleasure mrsic gave TO the
ethereal spirit of Mozart, to The melancholy
and wizard mind of Chopin, or to the lofty
and loI ely soul of Beethoven VINO wild
undertake to tell the raptures with which
Claude Lorraine gazed hour after hour.
noon and midnight. upon the pic.
turd which the Great Artist tints with I'M
hues and profue sly hangs on earth
md sky, mountain and dale. Happiness is
The reflex Accompaniment Of the normal
and action Of the faculties Of our
nature in harmony among themselves and
with the universe.-Neac York Tribune.