The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-12-07
TRUTu AND LIFE.

head, no one can take it away from
him
We ought as much to pray for a
blessing upon our. daily rod, as upon
OUT daily bread,
Our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but in rising every time we
fall.
Gather up the fragments, In every
human lie there are sure IN be some.
Every one Of us has a secret chamber
somewhere, filled With inhabitants
whom none but himself can see; it
rests with himself alone whether they
shall be decaying corpses, or only
beautiful ghosts.
There is no death. What seems so is
transition;
This life OF mortal breath
Is but suburb Of the life Elysian,
Whose portal we call death
/ Iheard Of very old man like myself
who was asked what bis age was. He
answered; The right side Of eighty. /
thought you were more than eighty,
said the inquirer. Yes, am beyond
+ it, he replied, and that is the right side
for | am nearer my eternal rest.
There is an accelerating progress in
an ungodly course, increasing with the
momentum Of an avalanche when the
FIRST stages Of its course have run. The
descent into predition is easy when the
striyings Of the passions are seconded
by the dictates Of the will. Sinner, /
charge thee, beware lest thy sin be-
uvsne habit.
For my own part, ofproperty ! have
some, of reputation more; that reputa-
ton is stakcd, that property is pledged
on the issue Of this contest. And
although these gray hairs must soon
descend into the sepulcher, ! would
infinitely rather that they should de-
scend thither by the hand Of the execu-
toner, than desert at this crisis the
sacred cause Of my country.
After praying, Thy kingdom come,
! we may help in the progress of Gods
kingdom by just doing honestly and
well one days work. There is great
truth in this view Of daily labor; it is
because the truth is 80 large that we
habitualIy fail to grasp it.
To look backward much is always
dangerous. Those who look back.
! ward most steadily are most sure to
stumble and fall, if, while they are
looking backward, they try to 20 for
+ ward
There was but one crack in the Ian
tern, aud the wind has found it out. and
blown out the candle. How great {
mischief Que unguarded point OF char
acter may cause us One spark blew
up the magazine, and shook the wholt
country for miles around. One leah
sunk a vessel, and drowned ali OF
board. One wound may kill the body
one sin destroy the soul.
1t is good to take up and bear the
r cross, whatever il may be, which Goo
!. sees fit to impose But il is not good
i. and not safe, to make crosses Of you
own--and by an act Of OR own choice
, TO impose upon ourselves burden,
4 which God does not require, and does
not authorize Such a course always
/ implies either faith too weak, Or I
win 10 strong; either fear 10 trus
, Gods way, or a desire to have our owl
way.
The pageautry Of life upon the glob,
is its most eloquent voice 10 favor Of /
God Ono may look upon the grea
mountains snd bills with delight aus
wonder. but he might feel that til,
earthquake made the bills aud that ID,
elements made the sol aud the verdure
bat when anid The shady pines on,
secs the cottage q man and the joyous
Children a The gale. hears them speal
language o. singing song, th,
earthquake forces and all the elements
must be set aside as causes, and /.
creative mind must come % help vi
/ explain the mystery. II this pageaB
Of lie lies the chief evidence Or per
soma Creator,
, On, q Suffering have emerged ID,
: strongest soals. add The most Eassiyt
: characters are seamed viii scars
: nastyrs have pat on their coronation
/ rohcs glitiering with Gre, and though
: tier tears have tie sorrowful frst seer
tae gates Of heaven,