The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-29

ing devil, whom men take into their
mouths to steal away their brains For
period Of sudden forgetfulness they bar.
ter away a whole existence, worth more
to the world than Princes ransom
FoFgedulness ay, torgetfulnsss Forget
tulness OF the horizon Tor the eternal lumi-
nary which irradiates the evening heav.
ems with myriads Of soft, roseate and tran
QUILTING splendors; forgetfulness Of the
morning, for the radiant God who carols
the rising day upon the misty mountain
tops Forgettulness, during q heightened
night-but despair, dismay, racking
brain, an awakened curse, and an adder
which stings to the heart, appealing with
the Unsuitable nav Of the horse.leech,
with cry OF "Give, oh, give p in the fresh
and early morning, OF all deep despair,
OF all abyssmal depths, OF all rehnements
Of cruelty, Of all exquisiteness Of torture,
OF all racks for soul and body, Of all ma.
chinery to tear and shake the nerves and
appal the stoutest Of human hearts, Of all
insAniIies which 90 to the extent Of this
one dread insanity, our weak and sad hu-
mainly knows nothing equal to what 1t
voluntarily iuaiGts upon itself, The mar.
tyr who impales himself alive on hooks
throws himself into Cauldrons Of boil.
ing oil; stands upon one foot upon pill
lar for years; or allows himself TO be bro
ken on the wheel, bone by bone, until his
whole body is reduCedto shapeless mass
Of pulp; knows nothing OF this last ex-
treme, ununCtioned agony For ii there
is no remedy;no nepGnthe but the grave,
which hides every defect and mollilies
every error.
1t seems to us, may 1t please your
Honor, that atlliction in this world ought
to be like some rare aud priceless per.
fume, which, the harder 1t Is pressed or
the more it is crushed, gives out its sweet
est odOrs, and impregnates the very at
moSphere with It's redolence. We ought
to resolve, out OF sorrow, Samsons riddle:
out OF the killer cometh forth meat, and
out ofthe carcass cOmeth forth sweetness;
for out Of the very bones OF our calamity
we can fined the Congenial honeycomb, II
we but do rightly Try.
The mind, conscious OF its own reCti-
tude, penetrated with It's own almighty
power, can make heaven Of hell, or q
hell OF heaven; and he who has not known
ill.tortune never knew himself-never
knew his own virtue-never knew hisI
own CapaCities-nev6F knew his own
soul-never new the depths and shadows
Of all our sad humanity, To a man i'm.
bued with this philosophy, what matters
II that:
As wO do turn our backs
From our companion, thrown lntOhlS grave,
10 his ilmilIaTj 10 his buriel fortunes
Skunk all away; left their false VOWS with hlm,
Like empty purses picked, aud his poor self
4 dedicated beggar to the air,
With bis disease Of all lhunnCd-poyerty
May 1t please your honor, we know all
there Is, all there can be, and all there
ought 10 be In this world, from authority
above all dispute; from authority which,
by Its truth, fitness, depth Of experience
and inetfable wisdom, at once takes cap.
tive the human heart. May 1t please
your Honor TO listen to the lesson.
Thousands Of years ago, In the city Of
Jerusalem, there lived favored child Of
Heaven, who Communed with his own
heart, saying: LOl an come 10 q great
estate, and have gotten more wisdom than
all they that have gone before me in Je.
rusalem. ! said in mine heart, go TO nOwl
Twill prove thee with mirth, therefore
enjoy pleasure. ] said Of laughter, II Is
mad; and Of mirth, what dOeth It? |
sought, in mine heart, to give myself unto
wine, and to lay hold on folly till might
see what was good for the sons Of men,
which they should do, under the heavens,
all the days Of their lie. made me great
works. lbuilded me grand houses, and
palaces, and temples. planted me vine.
yards; ! made ne gardens and orchards,
and | planted trees in them Of all kinds
of fruits. | made me pools Of water to
water Herewith the wood that bring.
eth forth the trees. ] got Inc servants
and maidens; and had servants born
in mine house. had vast possess
sions Of great and small cattle,
above all that were in Jerusalem be.
fore me. gathered me, also, silver and
gold and the peculiar treasures OF Kings
and Of the provinces. | got me men
singers and women singers and the de.
lights OF the sons Of men Us musical In.
struments, and that OF all sorh And
whatsoever mine eyes desired kept
from them. And / withheld not mine
heart from any JOY. Then looked upon
all the works that mine hands had
wrought and upon all that mine eyes had
desired, and behold all was vanity.
Vanity and vOxation Of spirit, and there
was no profit under the sun For there
is no remembrance Of the wise more than
the fool torerery' seeing that which Is now |
in the days to come will all be forgotten I
For all at last go into one place. All are
OF the dust, and all shall turn to dust
again. Wherefore | praised the dead,
which are already dead, more than the
living, which are yet alive. SO then,
whatsoever thy hand hndeth to do, do Il
with all thy might; for there Is no work,
nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom
in the grave whittier thou goeSt
Let liz, then, hear the conclusion OF the
whole matter. Fear God and keep His
commandments, for this Ia the whole
duty of man. Tor God shall bring every
work into judgment, with every secret
thing, whether II be good or whether II