, 1877-09-10

fully catches tic external features of IN hour,
but the Wurl Ia nut unon TINT IilorninE page; ;
tho past With nll its grchtucss Is not tlerc thu
futuru with nll It's promises and fears IL not
tory, sctcnce, rHctry laughter, md tears arc all
away. being tan lnrge to he gathered upon tts
sInalt }sagc.. Valuable As ttla morning journal
is, md bewiltlerCI d. we MI nre when 4 Bttn
lamp. yet w1.cn ONO las Tcatl u he has not felt
tho pulsc-hcat Of tic hour; hc Inns not been to
Ills ncplic oracle to lind all order III march or
retreat. NlIrn this hrrnId annnu1lccs no great
nU inspiration, anu titus tho Wuril suddenly 4c-
comes snall, put Asle the pleture of the i'll
stant, AMI In hstory, ur tn tho Bibfc. Or In your
own meditation, sec tic outlines Of time; sce
tho generations coHta aud linger attl pass. II
otsc rculs thu n0rnfny dispatches anl fetls that
nothing Is going on let hin read from one Of
On i but 10 breathc tho breath
or tho cowslip and primrose sWoet.
And tue Etasa hcnrnth my fecte
tn feel as used 10 feel.
before | knew tha wtea Ut want
AMI tho walk tt1at costs u meal.
he will pass " thu wish TINT tlc might hive
countless ages here IN which to t,I1 for tue bet
ter happiness Ut man. Or should not thosc
1inra quErkcn fangnfsfi,lg charity antt suggest
noble deeds, then read from the ftfc Ut pa,il ur
.Ic.us, md remember that around you to-day
nrr MI the for'l's OF llfs that wake tlat human
A,ih that deyine soul.
TO onc living IN ~ almost tunuituous city,
~ snilnaa kccitl afVcn away ~ the NUM- ot ma
waycs Of mntlon in tho air ilow together anl
make one confused sln This din peryades oil
thu lulncs, ami lIcnce were tho rubin md tho
laEk not alfai4 u man 1hcY would s'nl: thelr
Even. tho mutterjng t'lundrr, 20 In
prckRive IN ttle silent country, is
.nlcar9 bY tho ticnt1cnso of metropolis. In.
deed, nlnny half angclic voteea arc tcbarrui
irOM the car by the eity's own shout or screaH.
ln the spiritual realm ts scc'it is repeated, Tor
The absorbing business ot tho tlay senres many
hnly yaire tlIat T9nld !9'o to es'Ine TO tho
heart from tt.o natsItss world ur iTo't. ~ past
would ngar hit one kind of music. dccp sound
of tum1tng wutcIs. The slgh of pine trees, the
rustic IT autumn leasca, tla chrptng al bird or
E4nirrcl, thu laughter u The children, all tho
out. ~ the r'lsh OF business tnaY slut out NIL
clullcncc cxrGtt ~ own and give us an empty
life tn the very earth Wlere tle heroes found tho
sc1sors @ 1f sa.Elt!cs and '!cath. =,
supposc1 tu nuke great men, cusno only at lung
t.ltcrvals and reInnn With us but q sllurt time.
Dur Revolution covered only period Of nhout
'lfly years. u bega1 to iif thc tnnl of patriots
u lew vcarB l'ef0re the spark broke forth !tto
tlit hatne Ut III: aud tllen TUG great .paAsi0n
.ltc,l slowly aWay with the clectl1n VI Washing
ton a1lA John Albums. Thu brains educated fn
tl!at pcriol ta!i9d away by .teatl' aud no school
uolttical conln'otions occupy only fragments Ut
tho ctrcie of time. Fast periods arS left unOc-
cupcsl by these c01nulutfnns. 1t n1ust therefore
be TINT tho Creator pt sue!ctY con1l not hare
expected thaE Ills children should ho aroused
only by what VII call grcAt cycnts, for wcro TINT
thu tles,n Ut Nnturo a1l tl,B generations except
llere aud there n fayose.l orc would ltyu mid
perish Without experiencing ,,auy nohlo
nt1,f f1ftf1a n 1us hat t14f
| to ndvnnre nike Into I'LL cxlliIarottHg
alr. aNtl arc- tu drink In education ard
| 1notiyca nut from revolutions but lTum tifc. 1t
| Is TO ho thu grcat thought nut that battlcs arc