The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-10-25
Jewels of Thought and Devotion

On a far shore my land swan far from sight
Bat could see familiar native stars:
Ny home shut from me bv ocean bars
! ct home hung there above me in the night:
nchan@ed fell down on me OronS hglt;
rs always, enus rose and fiery Mars
My own the Pleades yet and without Jars.
In wonted tones sang all the heavenly height.
So when III death from underneath my feet
Rolls the round world, the1. shall see the sky
OF Gods truths burning yet Familiarity:
My native considerations shall greet
lose the outer, not the inner eye.
The landscape, not the souls stars when die
Brief brawliug day, with its noisy phanrasms
ats poor paper crown tnse tilt is gone, and divine
everlasting night with ner sister dladems with heI
silence and her veracitics is come Carlyle
Ny principal method for defeating error and
hercSy Is by establishing the truth. One proposes
To ill Il hushcl with tares, but if | can fill it first
with wheat may defeat his attempts. Newton.
BE assured those will be thy worst enemies not
to whom thou hast done evil but who have done
evil unto thee. And those will be thy best friends
not to whom thou hast done good but who have
done good unto thee. [Iavatcr,
Putarch has written an essay on the benefits
which man may eceiye from his enemies and
among the good fruits Of enmty, mentions this in
parlcular-that by the reproaches which is cast
upon MS we see the worst side of ourselves. Ad-
olson.
The grayest events dawn with no more noise
than the morning star makes i'll rising All great
developments complete themselves in the world
and modrstly wait in silence, praising themselves
never announcing themselves not at all. We
must be sensitive and sensible if would see the
beginnings and endings of great things. This is
oar part Beecher
There may be. and there often is indeed IL re
gard for ancestry which nouriShes only a weak
pride as there is also a care for posteritv which
,,ulI- an a1 I,J ~,
workings Of low and grOyeling vanity. But there
is also moral and philosophical respect for our
ancestors. which eerates the character and iul
proves the heart, Daniel Webster,
There are chords in the human heart-strange
varying stringS-which are only struck by acct
dent which will remain mute and senselesS to
appeals the most passionate and earnest and re
Npund at last TO the slightest casual touch liz the
most inSenSble or childish minds there is some
tram of reflection which art can seldom lead or
skill assist, bat which will reveal itself, great
truths have done, by chance, and when the dis
coverer has the plainest and simplest end in view.
dickens
It is pitiable thing to see the ruins OF Thadmor
III the wilderness: it is pitiable thing to see the
magnificent temples OF Greece and Rome lie pros
tratc; but to see a man who has been endowed
with radiant understanding. and who is rich in
Imagination, and whose nature is noble, and whose
heart is kiud-to see such man DESTROYED bv evil
Pitiable things in the world. Yet such things are
happening and do not need to go out of
Brooklyn to see them And when man falls me-
thinks should do as the sons of Noah did
who. when their father lay drunk. took a garment
and went and covered HIM. 70 see a good man
fall is enough to tears to rain from the eyes
OF every man who h1 true and sympathetic
heart When man falls is no time for aquaor-
Us, for yltro for falling it is time for pierc-
ing swords and venomous words it is time for
sorrow 1t is time for sympathy 1t is time
for Succor 1t is time when should fulfill the
command of the apostle. and remember those that
arc oycrtaken by faults and bear in mind that we
loo, in the flesh. and are liable like them to
fall head0ng into ruin
And it ought be easy for good man to get back
again when he has fallen into evil. There onght
To be quick hands of sympathy stretched out to
help hlln by ten Thousand good men. There ought
10 be mntitudes Of generous hearts ready to medi
cate hls wound. and smooth his way And when
see him met with averted eyes. severe remarks
bitter criticisms, gibes and leers or the sneers of
newspapers | think | behold the scene of the
parable enacted over again Only it is not the
prodigal that has run through d whole career OF
wee. but one who. by surprise, at one blow is
"yerthrown Some sudden disaster lon-ke has
sPrung upon him, and he finds himself sliding
down some unknown plane or falling some
uhsaSpcctcd abyss Men being thus brought into
trouble wall as it were is lifted up before them
when they Try to get back; the elder brother, 50
to speak. stands in their path, and dscourages
their recovery and they are kept down; whereas
II Il spirit OF mercy and Kindness and love were
shown toward Them they would be inspired To
make the strongest effort in their power 10 reform
their demuraHed life. and become worthy and
honorcd members Of society once more Ii is sad
u know that i'll the majority Of cases where men
depart from recttude the hardness and unsyn-
pathy OF morality and pietv make their career
AaPcleSs In the future. 8eechcr