The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-07-13
Jewels of Thought and Devotion.
Eternity.

We are TO live
As many Years atoms i'll the air:
When these are past, many thousand more
A grains of sand that crowd the ebbing shore;
w lien these are spent, as many still behind
a leaves Of forests shaken with the wind,
When these are gone, many to ensue
A. blades of grass on hills and dales that grew
When these are past, as many on the march
A. midnight lamps that Gid the starry arch,
W hen these expire, as many millions
As moments i'll the millions gone before.
lie who talks sows he who listens reaps
BY degrading the female character men most
etiectually degrade their own.
No manners are so fine as the most awkward
manifestation of good will toward men.
70 deny ones self is simply to put down a
lower feeling in order to give Il higher ascend
ancy.
Many are judged harshly by the world, be-
cause they allow no eye but Gods to see into
the inner sanctuaries OF their hearts.
There is but one true way, however. of get
ting out Of any position we NAV be in, and that
Is, 70 do the work of it 50 well that we grow fit
for better.
Where there is love in the heart, there are
ralhDoWs III the eyes, covering every black
cloud with gorgeous hue>.
There is often pure gold in the coarsest-look-
ing ore, there l. often the rarest pebble in the
most rugged rock
Condemn no man for not thinking as YOU
THINK. Let every one enjoy the full and Tree
liberty OF thinking for himself Abhor every
approach, in any kind or degree to the spirit
OF persecution. If you cannot reason or per-
suade Il man into the truth, never ;lttempf TO
force him into it. John Wesley.
II life be IA battle. how mad must he he who
fails to arm himself for the contest! If life be
storm, how infatuated is he who sleeps while
ms Dark Is driven amid unknown waters, If
HE be a pilgrimage, how UnWi>e is he who
stlays from the right road. nor seeks to return
Nil the twilight shadows gather around his
pathway.
Don't be a grumbler Some people contrivc
to get hold Of the prichly side Of everything. TO
run against all the sharp corners. and find out
all the di>a9recable things. Half the strength
spent in growing would often set things right
on may lis well make up YOUR mind 10 hnoin
with that one ever found the world oTto
a. lie would like it; but YOU are to take vour
share OF the trouble and bear it brayclv. You
VIII De very sure to have burden laid upon YOU
tlal belong TO other people, unless You are il
shrk yourself; but don't grumble. the worl,
needs dong, and you can do it, never mind
about the other boy who ought to have done il
and didn't. Those workers who fill up The
caps. and smooth away The rough spots. and
hhlsh up the Jobs that Others leave undone-
they are the true peacemakers and worth 81
whole regiment Of GROWERS.
The method OF nature: who could ever ann
we 1t: nat rushing stream viii not stop to
he observed. We can never surprise nature in
Il corner; never ind the end of Il thread. never
Tell where to set the first stone. The bird has
ichS 10 lay her eg@; the egg haStens 10 lie ;,
blrtl ne Wilderness we admire in tnu ordnr
81 the world, Is the result OF infinite dstrihu-
tlon. It's smoothne>s is the smOothurss of 1ha
Pl'ch OF lDe cataract Its permancnce is a nrr
petlal hchoailon Every natural fact is an
elnana1lon, and that from which if eman.tas
Is an emanatlon also. and from every rm,-
halloh : new emmation. If anythin~
cOuld stand still, ii would be crushed All
dlsoIpated by the torrent it resisted. and if if
Were Il mind, would be crazed: as insane nov.
sons are those who hold fast to one thou"ht
ana 90 not How with the course of nature. Not
tie EuSt' nuI hll ever novel effect, nature de-
ecehGS always from above. 1t is unbroken
opedlehee The beauty of these fair objects is
imported INTO them from a metaphysical and
cIeIhal spring In all animal and VEGETABLE
iorlhs' the physlolo9lst comedies that no chem
i>uY, no mechanics. can account for The facts
pul mysterious principle of life must he as
suined' winch not only inhabits the organ. bur
makes the organ. '"' ''''
How silent, how spacious. what room for all
Eet without place to insert an ;ltom-in oraHa'
iui succession, IN equal fulness. in balanced
ocaulS tiit dance OF the hours 90 forward stiU
i1ihe an odof OF incense, like Il strain of musir
llhe Il Sleep IL Is lneNact and bOundless If viii
iot De dlSseeted. Tor unraveled. nor shown,
way lroidhe philosopher. seekest tbou in ma
i 'lV ciuHc: lills refers to that, and that TO
me next, ana the next to the third. and every,
lillhg refers. Thou must ask in anotber ,noo.l
thou must feel 1t and love it, thou must hrholI
II III Il spirit as grand as that by which if evists
tle thot canst know the law. known if will
NOT De, but gladly beloved and enoved.