Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08

text, what is man 2" melting touchinp
sermon, confess that the thoughts which
the two brought rapidly through my mind
brought tears to my eyes, and then l remem.
bered the closing paragraph, @And IL tears
fall, what Of il tears are not uunanly."
" How much there is 10 the little words
"good bye" And yet how heedlessly spoken
often. we part from friends, expecting,
perchance, to meet again In few days or
weeks. Perhaps, we may feel vexed at some
little trihe, and the last words may not be
pleasant could we bee that this would be
the last earthly parting with that friend,
worlds would not hire us to utter tho light
or the angry words. But we recklessly take
the risk. Aud how many weary heartaches
have been thus caused. +. .''o, aa
If only we could always live in all
our relations with each other so that if a
separation for long years or for life overtake
US we shall not regret the moments Of our
last parting And why can We not 7iWho is
there that cannot look back to some parting
scene when words were spoken which will
not die away from the memory while life
lasts And as We recall the friend from
whom we parted what sweetness is mingled
with the regrets, what pleasure with the
pain of the parting, through the memory of
those kindly, cheering words. TT 'laVoO
And if these thoughts apply to partings
here, where but few hundreds, or at the
most thousands of miles can separate US,
with how much more force must the argu-
ment for always speaking pleassptg come
home TO us when we remember that We are
all liable-oh, soIliablo Ito be called, sin
such an hour as we think not" to 20 the
long, long Journey from which none have
returned. We are placed here and given
such powers, beyond all else created, made
In the image of the Creator himself and did
you ever think Of it, all this superiority j:
through our mental attributes, for in all
physical powers we arc excelled by what we
call the lower animals. Our physical sense.
are far inferior to theirs. Wonderful as maj
is, how much more wonderful would he be I
he had the eye of an eagle which unainch
iugly looks at the sun I; the scent Of the
hound which will follow his masters trai
for miles the keen hearing of some Of th'
lower animals; the strength or agility of tn,
hart, or even Of the fish. But we have AT
intellect which compensates for all these de
iciencies, and by its aid we are able to con
template the sun and tell its composition ant
the laws which govern it; to couvers,
around the continent; to follow the track o
storms all over the continent and tell with
reasonable degree Of certaiuty what is to b.
the weather tomorrow at any given point
and to, travel day and night without stoppinl
to rest, at . speed entirely beyond Ii
capacity Of the swiftest Of these animals
Then shall this intellect be employed /
quarrelngs and iealousies and striiesr whic
not only make others but also invariabl
make ourselves miserable Let US go throug
; life speaking kind words, making heavy bur
dens lighter, smoothing rough paths, 50 tina
= howeer suddenly we may be called to lsav
these scenes we may never have cause to re
greet "that last word, aud those whom W
leave behind may have pleasant memories {
us, which shall make their burdens lighte
and their pathway brighter, long after W
have passed away. ,.r.. ZoLIIKoFFER.