The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-08-16


What memories ripple through the calml
Wen keep near shore.
The greatest scholars are not the wsest men
Nothing is so uncertain as the minds of the null
titude.
No excellent soul is exempt from mixture of
folly
To what Use serves learning if the understand
ing be away Stobers.
If individuals nave no virtues their vices may
be OF use to us. IJunius.
Two things most opposite blind us equally-eus-
tom and novelty. 4 La Bruyvee
A man may love gold and yet not have it but no
man loveth God but he is sure to have God Au-
justine of Hippo.
The old cities are shaken down the broad ba sed
pyramids are crumbling; the finest carvings on
the noblest temples have gone to decay: thrones
that had supreme power have disappeared fowls
brood where priests taught; everything in this
life Is periShahle; time triumphs over all that
mems hands can do: but Gods throne never
changes. No revolution sweeps through that No
blow can strike IT. That thrOne--the throne of
grace to which we are called-is near to every
part OF the globe. 1t stands over against every
man IN his time Of need everywhere and in each
period of his life, whether he be high or low rich
OF poor, educated or Ignorant ana whoever has
Il conscious time Of need may come to the throne
of grace to obtain mercy and help. And God who
promises gives exceeding abundantlv more than
we ask or even think lBeecher
Humility has this consolation 1t finds that the
greatest minds have had the least concet that
Shakespeare bent down from the imperial height
OF ms intellect to be taught by a clown. to be in
formed by lniknaid: that Socrates in his cele-
brated voyage in search of knowledge with his
perpetual questions concerning the cause of things
found that knowledge In wOrknans shOp which
he could not find amongst the schools Of the pro
lessons OF philosophers that Newton compared
himself to a child who, playing on the seashoTc
had picked up shell here and stone there and
thought them pretty. but knew no more of them
The bullet of steel Is worn smooth and polished
when it has passed through the gizzard Of an os
t1ch The most conccited Young prig who ever
lived Will find his level when brought to the rude
experience of the world.
The laugh of a child will make the hottest dav
more sacred still. Strike with hand of fire, D
weird musician thy harp strung with Apollos
golden hair. Fill the vast cathedral aisleS with
symphonies sweet and dim, delft TOUGHER of the
organ keys, Blow, buger blow until thy silver
notes do touch and kiss the moonllt waves charm
Ing the wandering lovers on the vine clad hills
but know your sweetest strains are dscords all
compared with childhoods happy laugh--the laugh
that fills the eyes with light and dimples every
cheek with JOY on, ripping Ter Of laughter
thou art the blessed BOUNDARY line between the
beast and man, and every wayward wave of thine
doth drown some frettul tiend of care
There is 10 way in which man can feel him
self to be safe until he is conscious that in his rea
son. in his will, in his conscience and in his daily
endtavor. he Is working in the spirit Of the com
mand Thou shalt love thy God with all thy heart,
and thy nelghbor as myself He who has with
III himself the testimony that dav he is shap-
ing his thought and purpose and life in harmony
with this great law Of charity among men, and Of
reverence toward God, may stand unappalled and
undisturbcd: but man should feel safe who
keen the law in he in, raj II
Is holy just and good; | approve it and | obey
1t Ill It's spirit, or seek to" He who can say this
may stand without fear, now in the diving hour
or before the face Of the Judge To him who
strives to keep the law of love Christ is the end of
the law and by the power Of love and faith he
shall obey that inward principle of which all ac
u"s are mere outward disclosures [Beecher
great deal Of harm is done through forgetful
hess little thoughtfulnesS and care with respect
I" others would often save them from "a great deal
OF suffering, and aid them in their work A man
IS discouraged i'll consequence Of the difficulties
he meets with, An encouraging word NAV be all
that is necessary To revive his energies and to
cause him to persevere. That word were easily
spoken There are those who are perfectly viii
ling TO speak it, but they do not think OF it. They
are busy with their own work The DISCOURAGED
one sinks INTO deeper dependency, not through
their hcartlessness, but their want of thoughtful
ness. young man is exposed to temptation. He
Is about TO take step from which little influence
beers among his acquaintance who could exert that
influence, But they do not see his danger, or are
50 busy that they must leave him to the care OF
his other friends. He takes the step and it leads
To his ruin. \ little effort righttuilv put forth
would have saved him.
Every man goes through the world attended by
lnHllmcrable facts pretguring Eyes, distinctly an
hounclng) his fate. if only eyes of sufficient heed
and illumination We're fastened on the sign The
sign Is always there. if only the eye were also;
Just as under every tree in the speckled sunshine
ana shade no man notices that every spot OF light
IS perfect image of the sun. until in some hour
the moon echpses the luminary, and then first we
notlee that the spots Of light have become cres-
cents. or annular, and correspond to The changed
ilgure OF the sun. Things are significant enough.
Heaven knows But the Of the sign-where
is he We doubt not mans fortune NAV be read
in the lines Of lis hand, by pamstry: in the lines
OF his face by phySiosnonly III the outlines of the
skull by crariology. The lines are all there but
the reader waits. The long waves indicates to the
instructed mariner that there is no near land in the
direction from which they come. Belzoni des-
cribes the three marks which led him to dig for a
door III the Pyramid of Ghizeh What thousands
had bcheld the same spot for many ages and
seen no three marks! r. W. Emerson.