, 1874-03-02

13y ita pownrful atimnlus sooety has boon car
rled along TO nlccoBH and happlnesH: lilo olo-
tho sweetness, Of poetry, from sappl,o to Dry
to Aiigolo,. tho Htrugglos for liberty,
from tue, 1febrcw sloyos to, the Atnerl-
tho aonslnlont OF ambition which l,ns ovorywero
filod tho Honl with nohlonoas, mud redoubied
tho rowor nntt doBiro to escape degradation md
riHo mp to q iolIor region Of worlds. belng,. and
action. Before all minis tlloro Ia m ideal or
dustry. Tho world dospiBoa tho ono WHO Inns not
tho inhibition to sock tho bostor thing along his
path. We all scorn tile heart that has no nobo
impulao. a.,
ifavlng now found this tree Of which ono may
ont, alld Of which all noble soua liavo oaton, wo
Immediately perceive that God Inns rlaced :ro-
atrctions III this garden, and llus said, ''Ihoro
Is ono trco Of which you may not mt" This
mus, DO clothed with humility, not with tho
vanity Of all Alexander !; not with tho prcaump-
ton of nn Uerod, who Desired to bo .oAed q
god not with tho inHano hungeringa Of Oardi.
nal Wolsoy, who wopt forth
Fling away ambition,
by tint aln fell tho augcla.
For the instant tlliB ssentmont paBaes tie
confnea OF tho most tontlor Justice toward 9TH
erat or bcBinn to nuke lhe heart aspire toward
tho throne OF tho Almighty, the paratliso a!l
diHsolsos, and resoarcllos can, after tino, find
for ''vaulting ambition ha1 H" o'orloapod
itaelf'
Literature Ia full Of praise Of this sentiment
IN ts Young aweet e1ays, and equally full Of nh
ss5 tho yc WIZ 5 1 T. @ shS
with golden wings ,nclts thc,n." Another suya
this: ".Alnbltion is tho minds immodoaty."
Byron Guys:
Blood ID valuable to wa.t ambitious l.anla
.olf H.,
THO puth Of glory 1cuds but 10 Tho grave
It may ba singular that, In tic Aa.ne gartlen,:
thoro iny l'e recb Of which all ay oat and tho.l,
mar by growing In tho Bame soil, tree Of
which outing thou ahalt surely dio." But such
s tho world into which VIC aro born aud,
the boundary having boon crossed, tho
light begins to fade tho roso turns into thorn,
tho vino Into a thistle, and tho heart that waB
happy yesterday to-tlay "oats itB broad n tho
BWoat Of the face; !" Ut night tho Houts dow is
only bittor tearp.
Wo lavo all soon this scntimout-I ugo It to
ili1strato D whole class-roed upon the heart
aud soul OF statesmen, loading them away from
Study, from wisdom, from honur, mud from hap
pi1lcss, and finally, ~ Lilly aays: alt knows
but two plaees one down to the blood, or anotiior
which aro appointed Of tic Creator to build up
paradiso stand eyor roady to pull it ult down
again II Il given boundary il passed..
Tho love Of money is lawful and most wise
sentiment. Thoro are fow Bconcs moro cl,armins
thnn thnt OF tho industrious ac1 hiring each
year prcporty which nay holp him to contont-
mont, or may furnish the table Of Ills ohildrou
and stand botwcon them aud beggary and hard
ship mud vice. This loyo Of gold, rising up with
civilization, il . tree Of Which YOU may not oat:
It is d troo OF life or death with you. Entiug Of
it, tue faco whitous, the featuros hnrdon, tho
leart sl,riyels and '.lniser tho miserable" iy
written upon tho brow-tho worst llrao.mark
from mankipd or God. It is almost ail occupa-
learn what terms 1t has tried to find worthy
Of application to 30 wrotched q member OF Bocie-
ty. Even old publius snid: Tho miBor is re-
narkable in tlat 10 wants what he alroady has"
Another says: IA nlsors life il an net At
which We app!and only tho closing acono." But
has, In brief time, Travelled from q heaven to
q boil. 1t il nun out Of hs boundary.
Thus it appears that tho foundatton-stone of
human llfo Is tint Of obedience to law. God
apart from Himself. llo crowned it with Ills
Mo He has malo tho ocean to roil l
botwcon the shores, and eaid to it: "Thus fur
shalt tholi como, aud 10 farther. Hcre shalt thy
adtod soul between tic banky, and said: "Here lore
only 1aIy thy bright waters tlow:" The bsnks
q river, for 1t IL tho yast ocean,--decp, anu
strong, md sublime; mud it has q shoro ali
u
TINT shore cleribirl stand, and flaming Bwortis
CLEAN, to bauiBh thogo who crosB the boundary
marked MI around by tho finger Of tho Almighty.
1n auch limited but yast world it is casy 10
aeo what is that Thing called nj sin "It is want
Of tllo law Of God" Tho Industrious nan Cod
loves but the n1isor llas takou beautiful sonti-
mont aud tratBgrossod it. abused 1t, royicd it,
crlcitiod it. Tho nobo aspirations Of tho young
God loves but tho vanity or an Attila, or Il
1@u1n nh1py n n rAtt.o
the soul cuts all the bonds OF Justice and
y grave ii ST. Holena, or at some ieast
reads upon tho wall tho words Of sud-
Soon within tloso is an uprising Of tho lloart
against God. It is tito overflow of tue stream
once beautiful, Saying, q will bo river no
moro. will Gxpnnd into Infinite spnco and be
thoro be secret Of human, woll-boing and real
triumph, 1t muHt io in d full appreciation of tho
grind breadth Of life. and tlen in Willingness
to pause tho instaut tue foot comes to tho 6oun-
diary Of God.
Years ago, when universal liberty began to bo
discussed III our National Congress, ole distiu-
gulshod speaker arose ana shid
desire to speak to-day Of some aws greator than
any passed III this Capitol Or in this county otlrr
than Amerca, older than lnala; ulsan the laws Of
This wns q sentence full OF real eloquenco.
But it waB true not an to human politics aluno,
but Us to tho Whole heart and mind OF man.
Horo VIC all aro to-lay III this wide world indeed;
but OH all sides our love, cur ambition, our
pleasures, our actions toward our follow-mcn md
toward solf are to act within the lnwa OF the
Almighty. As bird Gnu ty only within tho at-
nlo6phero, and nay move thousand miles nlong
the surface OF tho beautiful earth, but not fur
upward away from it's powers; 10 nun may move
within certain confnos, but tho moment ho ro-
yeals any "wnnt of conformity unto or any
transgrcsaion OF, the laws Of God" his world is
ruined in all its beauty and delicate plum.
It IL woudelful that tho human heart is not 80
thankful for tho gift Of lifo rs to bo perfectly
willing to accept Of tho limitations wliol, sur
round 1t; a,ld, boiug in q vast gnrdou with only
ono treo denied, and with wholeforost of sweet
frrits OH all aites free it is marvellous that wo
do not choorfuly accept the situation, and leave
tho forbidden fruit to bloom and ripen and de-
cay untouched, uudrea,ned OF. But such ia not
our history, mud hence the oarth from tho Eden
Of the Euphrntoa to tho prairies Of tho West, is
tSGe Seventh Fngo.)
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