The New York herald., 1875-03-22

sion. sympathy. Go into o garden and you will
see that experienced gardeners cut down the
roses as almost to leave only the dry stalks. ana
YET IN these dry stalks the sap circulates more
vigorously than If the rose mad not been prrned
SO cruelty. There are people VINO say tnat they
fear sorrow; tnat they want sunshine, Joy. But It
may be questioned whether tney are perfectly
happy. Is their love broad ana comprehenslvely
deep9 They smile and dance. DO tney 20 to the
places wnere they might NEE: those who most
need 10 meet them JOY Itself cannot pe born
without sorrow. me SOL IN the neighoor,
mood OF Nesuvlus brings iortn grapes out o.
winch the most delicious wines are made. II Is
the proximity OF the volcano what makes
the soil 50 sensitive to the ru,tylng
rays OF the sun. Have we not observed how sor-
row rs the parent oil sympatnYY What Is sympa-
tnyr Compassion, the suffering OF one With an
other. IL IS curious Illustration OF the manner
In winch certain WORDS lose their original mean
lnG we say compassion !or instead OF compassion
The SISTERS OF CHARITY.
In the family circle there may be thorough
bond OF sympathy, but the family feeling does not
enrich those outside the circle. The sufferer Will
only sympathize VITA those who suffer. But
broad sym pathy comes with the unlocking. the
oru,sing OF the human nearL and is confined TO no
Catholic Churcn are PROBABLY the most splendid
Illustrations OF perfect human sympathy. rney go
everywhere; they ask no questions. Every one OF
those women had history OF sorrow ol her own;
their souls were b!eeding. aud all they asked was
it," There never VIII be perfect human sorrow II
mankind untn the sorrow born oI regret, OF re-
morse, is more general.
SORROW ART.
All great literature Is born o! sorrow; the gre at
poems OI tNe world are saturated with sorrow.
Dante's divine comedy owes Its immortality 10 the
un atn0niable depths OF IT'S bitterness? Hamlers
sorrow has shed Il balm upon the heart ol every
rehned being. Nny Is tragedy nobler than
comedy ? Comedy is OF the moment hut sorrow
mpresses the oeatlne OF the heart against eter-
nifty. The greatest art is born OF sorr0w. stand
ing before the "Slstne Madonnan | wondered
Wnat made that one oil the greatest paintings OF
the woridg Its power lies in the expression OF
the motner's eyes, so lui OF sorrow tnat you can
not LOOK at them without shedding tears. And
how Is 1t with music? Inc 0dagiO IN tb SYM
phony Is always the one that causes deathly still
ness IN the room that makes people suppress
their breath. As we near The tones ol sorrow we
wonder what dld the mind that produced these
sad harmonles experience.
SORROW Il RELIGION.
IL Is dOubtlul wnetner anything that we call re-
liglon would have been were II not for sorrow.
Mnat We mean by G0d-an eternal lover, an eter-
nal Father and sutlerer-cOud only have its rise IN
sorrow. That the order OF the universe rolls on
Tor some DIVINE end who believes that whose
heart mas not throbOed with sorrowy For my
part II there were only JOY and sunshine IN the
Worlu would expect "a reckless atheism to spread
over this world. IL Is only people whose hearts
hunger alter something higher ana purer, because
they nave toucned Dy sorrow, who believe
in God and in religion.
The reverend speaker concluded with poetical
quotation oi some length, which was mainly an
apOtheOsis OF sorrow.