Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-15
COLUMN.
Edited and Condu ted by
j. T. LA NGENB.i CGU..
The PaGr.
"Let not ambition mock their useful toll,
Their homely joys, or destiny obseS-e;

Nor grandeur hear with dislainul smile
The short, but simple annals of the poor.
The man, who, by the exercise of lis
natural abilities rises 20 position of en-
inence and honor, unless gifted with an
unusual amount OF kindness of heart. and
unselfshness of soul, is exceedingly apt
10 regard with levity, and affect 10 despise
the lesser doings OF his fellow creatures.
let does he ever realize in his sober mo-
ments that TO these people he is indebted
for whatever grandeur or fame lie ac-
cuires. All cannot bc great in tbs
word. Few can be geniuses. n limited
number only can acquire distinction III
iiie arts, la the sciences, in literature. in
politics, in commerce and in war. There
mist be lesser millions to Eli up the
eAinks and cievices in nation; TO I've
body and strength TO it; to carry out ,ne
more siupenGous plans of greater minds,
as the artisan rears with toiling hands.
the structure that the architect DESIGNS !
Though in humber sphere, and with
little ustentatiJn the laborer goes about
his d2ils- duties; if he performs them well
and faithfully. is he not as deserving o.
credit and praise as the master mind that
directs him? Capital cannot live without
labor They are absolutely essential to
each other. The rich are necessary TO
the existence OF the poor, the poor are
necessary to the existence the rich. In
every human heart God las implanted a
soul, and the promises OF the future are as
bright aud iair in the lowliest mind, as
they are in the loiticst one.
Life is like u theatre during the play
We take higher and lower seats, but when
it Is over and the curtain falls, we min
gle In the common stream and go home"
The annals of the poor are short and
simple. Their sphere is necessarily limit
ed, yet their limit OF usefulness is infinite.
The most squallid rag-picker that wan
ders a,cut the garbage OF the alley and
street, may have history as interesting
as the annals of king. However low
the human soul may sink, however much
the body may become degraded, In the
bent and stopping form, the hopeless
features and the aching heart is written
the fultillment OF human destiny, and
the late of one short human life Is no tri-
| f1ing and simplp matfer
| o, We on whom a fairer fortune has de-
signed to smile, whose hearts are pure
and free from sorrow and distress. and
whose souls are as pure as the newly
fallen snow, look not with scorn or with
disdainful smile upon the lowly and
unfortunate, who fill the empty corners
of this world Lift not your faces heav-
onward to thank God you are not like
them, bat rather pause to lift them to
their feet when your eyes behold the pla-
ces into which they have fallen. No soul
may fall SO low as to be beyond hope,
and there is no human being of strength
and intelligence. whose life is incapable
Of being made useful.
NO GOOD DEED Is DONE IN VAIN.
No good that the humblest has
wrought, ever dies. There is one long
umerring memory in the universe. out OF
which nothing good ever fades. There
are few things in this life, that mer do,
that do not either directly or indirectly
affect others. The influence that goe:
forth from us. is felt when we are leas
conscious of attracting attention. Non,
can ever fully know or determine the
power they exert over their fellows. eithel
for good or evil. None can ever fully re
alize into what vast proportions tbei
little acts of charity and kindness ma,
grow to he fostered and cherished b,
those they have unknowingly beneftre;
who, in the full gratitude of their hearts
will keep their memory bright, long afte
they have passed away. Like echoes
!our good and evil actions come back t