Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-11-19

HT0M& AN IA 81
] ltions sthrel glie lon llIl1e lsys
!, lreligion. il universal Il il ebaracfe'
lit teaches that whereycr there = n
! Imam need 81 human SORROW ther
] Ishould b human compassion. Il tel
me to love my fellow-Inan, though y
| may have flung from him the crown 9
.lhis manhood in anger. ! dare not &C
!. spisc him because there, in the depth
lof his fall, as he lies before me pros
trate and disllonored, there shines
through the filth and through the sin
that immortal nature which God, oul
common Father, gave, and which re
Ilatcs him to me as brother. Now
this very magnitude Of the area Of m,
affections induces a kind Of menta
vagueness which fritters away the in
tenseness of my feeling and makes q
discipline of those feelings necessary
This discipline Odd Fellowship gives
by concentrating our natural regard
upon specific objects. That is a s''s-
picious friendship that attaches itself
to none in particular, which makes no
heart its centre, which brightens no
hearlhstonc by its light. Its words
may be loud and swelling; like the
blasts Of the March winds it may
sweep noisily about mems houses and
drift the dnst about in clouds over
their heads, but brings comfort to
none. Nor docs it lessen our sym
palhy for the masses, but strengthens
and intensiiies it by the stimulation Of
the nobIcst elements of our nature Ii
cnkindlcs hope which looks forward
with joyous expectancy to the coming
II that period yet hidden in the womb
Of Time, when The last chain Of human
bondage and the last iciter that binds
mans moral and intellectual nature
shall he broken and the tears aud
wees of this world be submerged 10y
the healing tide which flows from The
fountain Of benevolencc and charity.
This lnpc is enc Of the must powerful
and permanent influences felt in the
of man from vice There
j. ~ good which, ii canno, promise. NJ
evil irr which ii cannot suggest Il
remedy and way Of escape. no sor
Il " which i, canno, assuagc. Ii Is
strength 10 tho weary. courage 10 the
Responding, life IL The dying. and joy
IL the Icsola:c, II fingers about the
couch II suffering and pain when hui
nan skill can do no more. and upon
he iomls of those whose departure !
xc mourn ii hangs the nufadiug gar.
and IT blessed Immortality.
Is CLEANS the lonely beacon light
A,hwar, The wild tcmpe>'uous sca
Aud shows the s:orm.,o~scd ship u, nigh;
\ Earbor safe where /, may flee.
80 Hope, upon the son of life.
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And guide us ON through strife
Or, safely. To our destined goal
II encourages bcncvolcncc, no, alone
u act. but in spirit. lis definition Of
hat term is The source Of all good
ctlons.' W. too often conlound be-
evidence with those actions which
ow from it. True bcncvolcncc ii u
Of action, and in no part Of :
nc cU,lsi tutIon of the mind il the |.
GOODNESS Of our Creator more mani
st. The relations in which we are Z
laced toward one another in this life y
light have been the Same as they movie
re and the duties and responsibilities
lose relationships impose might have |
xl>tcl IN all their force. But ii, or !
CT to secure the happiness Of the in.
ivi,lual while in the discharge Off,
iusc duties it was necessary that this !,
rinciplc be implanted in our natures.
he performance Of all those acts =
llici, must otherwise have l,cc,, pain.