, 1877-01-08

nae,-not 10 oiro IN 10 time ant! fate any more
than she Ind to when slse had tlone her Ges:,-
and SO to.lay ! suppose the {. The youngest per;
friends, troubIo is Tho weak place IN many tl,as
hear mo to-day. Wa give In tIo easily to this
tyrnrt and say, MT Is time TO take fn sail when
We arc not more than halfway over: Wsean
tho ground inch BY Inch. Get up revolution
II We can do no better, md win in that way
What VIC have lost by giving in too easily.
Union Square when toll Din, did not want 10
think needed pair Of glasses. but lust
dropped in, ~ was IN New York, 10 ste what
le thought about 4; 'ynu 1,uet no! aHye
best, anti always come u the when you
want new pair Hoit Is with uur memory, uur
reserves of eneTgy. nnl uur power u endurance.
The complaint q ths commander about ehc
did not knuw when they were bcalcn. That
ought TO be tho COMPLAINT Of lisnc against every
man and woman who heara mic this morning.
cunfess that as ! grow older like young
II they arc modest anl fitting. and ,lespttc old
why's in those who arc still Young aud should
feel young IN the eccret places of their life.
We give Iii TOO easily; we should 'nsist not
generosity hut on all WI ean win from time
by courage and light That Is grand thing
thcy say soet!tnes ubont old tnch II, the liihle:
- Hts eye was not dim. trlthcF was hts natural
talk tlat yuu hear III the tnccting-houses
ahuut tho elortnest 0t time nn1 :he tlu1rIesa-
iscss Of doing any good with what is left, ~ you
don't take to their why's, L. rank l.csrsy. Time
ypUd, wrtest,tMe Bc,lsc. VIII venture to tuy
tl,at I'LL the time fruIn l70l back to t|Ic slays of
ra,i1 aud john did not sct:sn SD l"h: 70 man
likc Col. james, as y seal inner experience as
tie years between the day When he walked IN
the procession at the funeral VI Washington
ntM! last summer. when he gave up the ghost.
II i long euolgl 70 those who use Il we'll, while
to tllosc w>,v do not use 1t at all It Is 50 long
1t, or, NJ they say, to kill It.
Dut leaving tis thought, which Is, utter all,
only word Of the way. we shall nut EEuw oll
before our tiae, touvll asain my thought Of
nov who arc slck of l.rurt ulu
hrnin over their work in the world. Ten years
ago evcrythIng went we'll with them; they felt
~ II their work was we'll done up to date, anl
that BY the tl'ne they were ready u retire they
would i,aye ncr iUrtune. Euw it Is uli they
ran ao, os perhaps little mnre than they tail
do, to keep their bends above wnter. So many
years gone, ~ antl them Just about where they
began, and the !ica haunting them that a man
rA1lot do much after lie gets to be d ctstnin
aEe. l have friend III pennAylssn!a who felt
that way aftcr The crash Of 1851. 1t found hin.
III all surts Of business entangcmcnts out nj
whlcts lie feafcd ho would never escape. w
used to talk things over By long spaces, for
lln1 nothing else tU do that winter, and this Was
his feas--tisat he waa too old to do more than
get straight.
But he hal alwnys been c]ean-ltEing man,
though le wwas what come peoplu call nj,
tnhdrl; and 80, Instead Of breaking
a a0T 9en hS iS, sn nGsS up 5 to- ho tho sTis @
little. His efper'ence Ut tho way to losr
fortune "as worth inst 80 tnuch then In tlc
way to make one. The true, good wife held
hin up, aud the 1aothcr-t'l.law ind gsanl man
now dead whose son fs In tllis churrlI. lie Il i
man OF fortune to@iay,-nll the old troubles
over. and not 1nany oi tllut kind to conc. liz
paid quarter Ut n million fur the experience,
ntid it VA, cheap at the price. Nov, wise JOIN,
Locke says that "though riches bc not virtue,
thry are grent lelr to II, wherein also lies IL
great par. both Ut tic usefulness n. tic rotli-
lort VI lIic." Aud wtr no man or any quality
In our town cat, TO suspected Ut not wanting to
make furtune, il!,uylllc there ars very good
men to WHOM such tIifng would bc wholc
pleasing, wllo have been 50 badGered aud beat
I'll uut within the lust three ycars tl,at they
feel old a'l tired, md ready to say, "Aly
day ias ,,s gone nT; tnl never .,nrs ns
younger mjeI,t 10 T. but tho ten ysars III tte
strong summons OF sour deeper heart tn pusl'
bayk the shadow at'tl tuke u new lcasu ol life,
nn1 In tho cunyictions to which you cau wlnyour
way II you Will; that you arc better t1an In
soine very great way than you were Wien every
thltg wcut well.
III Tue more delicate flashes Of tho spirit and
1itc, a.,nlH we can push bark tho shadows, and
renew something like our youth after VIC hasc
ielt w shou!a never look up asan, old seluse
our time, our hope brokc!. III tl1c tn!let Ut the
years. Dscuse caEnes, at,a 1t is as wlcn the c1,-
eaay digs well anA zots us Vt ous spring, or
death Cutnes a0d puts out the fire on olir cartl,
or dtsastcr comes and reveals the weak and self.
aAi side OF ltu,aas,lty, os wt have got spiritual
| dysrcpsia whlrh sets u pall on everything We
feel as,l sec. l went to see u friend Whe1l was
SkSS1S
| troubles II few years nyo, anu, though he still
stuo1 up tu his work like man, ile told III,
opee II wa<, Oh tho whoie,, weary drag, a,sa
he was MI o tan. He Lad to take u great
DID. of the uYsrs,rain. Bat tlMt MAS
not all Col would .lu for his servant. lie came
| tu him one day rs lie WAS getting well and slnote
h''a with besstn that swept tbs shadow back
The light tltts come ngaI.l int his life; there ~
joy IN All the chambers of Ills leatt; he II new
| man, turlie,l of ". but good. as ln4rtl wlrn
saw hn, fSr fifteen ysar;1i - Of TIC w"r IL t.. !:
uut Ut tile world or out ot TUG fguy, Ills hne
nn,ure pca,lcd with tied Tor length ol days and
the glory Ut hla prime, anl II llas cotne back tn
n a ~ y aenss gns o' wtS ns11e ts Sr ~ ,, niy y
hls heart should suy, 'lhrse blessings Ut tLc new
TING are Gur uilcF lnen, hut mol fur me. TAeto
stnn}l still bu IN lis aH great, trNt
iungt"s to put INK Tue 81, sha4ow' W., AM II
tits yoW.A OF tAe ltast. Wu must nst g!yu
tl,tte troubles the advantage Of uuF will, INV
mare than we DO th~ nthcr, " admit that We aro
hea.hn,,, or feel that VIZ arc hcatheu, but JUS,
strive tho bcst VIC Tan, With the feeling ull tho
| time In our llrarts that this nun dues hot IT,
| lnrs miracle TO III tus y lAw. Tie stu!uw OH
tic lYl calt b. md Il turned back to iluIttuics
ot ucn beside Ilczekia!, who ure worn olit or
beaten onts or whose sun seems 10 have Eo.e
| down III ntoll.
.AA.! the wuy It steal. IN upon II. t!!s retreat.
luz shadow a,ti growing light will still be true
10 the Hines that are drawn Ii, sstsn nutit.u II,
thls gouti old parable, Art VIC oycrtirec, VIC
Au.c 10 rest. Are We sick, w hays tu set well,
Or. ~ we prefer tn ray. better j. thc "v1Se IN.
strung by tbs Assyrian OH our border, "c have
tu INd ll1t tone usaiu. The b.xy Is tho anrtlor.
ground ol thu life, tns t;rrlsiall says, 70 many
an uncln'r s.r:.gs and many fl1u freight
| is damaged ur LOST n us bucause tie ullr,ur*
gyuu.sA IL uat .ism a,A ss.re, a,i think s,s.,e-
ttnea that hall the secret VI getting well lies III
Arrrtaiu stubborn turu Vt tlr Will that WY
which hauguratrs Il revolution au.l pushls buck
! this shutluws.
| But dcet,rr than n}l this and bcttrr, 50 decp
| and good that Wlrn heart abu icsh iatl II be-
eunss the stsengt!4 " tbs ieart, Is that tassh
ttls man lla,i I'll the living Tod. 1t Ia the old
story to which u1l the centuries point sItIce !t!ci,