The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-12-27
Jewels of Thought and Devotion.


When shall sleep with hands that lie across
heart grown silent what viii be my fate
Nlmr soul moan for knowledge learned toolate
Aud count Its boaSted wisdom but as dross
lis long. long day weary weight OF loss
Or will it, by the new life made more great.
sweep on through space prince Of boundless
state!
Roam where cmbatted clouds their banners toss F?
And, md the radiant beauty OF the stars,
Reach the grand heights so often seen in dreams,
Andl"oklng downtrom thence through crossing bars
OF amethyst and amber light that streams
From deep to deep Of air, feel the Sublime
Make me master OF that tvraut Time
Thomas Collier
IN the spirit Of the Christian there is perpetual
spring tide and III the wintry valleys he hears the
ripple of ever flowing streams
Many It man who might walk over burning
plougIShares into heaven Stumbles from the path
because there is gravel III his shoes
life is crucible We are thrown into it, and
tned The actual weight and value of man are
oppressed N the spiritual substance ot the man.
WI else is drosS.
lhe temptation i, not here where YOU are read
lng about it, or PRAYING about it, ii is down in
Four shop. among bales and boxes ten penny
maids and sand paper
When the Breton mariner puts TO sea. his PRAYER
u. Keep me-, my God; my boat is small and
thy ocean 50 wide Does not this beautiful PRAYER
truly express the condition Of each of us
Tae pleasures OF the world are deceitful: they
promise more than they give They trouble lis in
seeking them. they do not satisfy us when pos
seSSlns thrW and they make Us despair in losing
them.
The best answer to all objections urged against
prayer Is the fact, that man cannot help PRAYING
l'r We may be sure that that which is so sponta-
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ting objects and methods III the arrangements of a
ooundess Providence
LET him who gropeS painfully in darkness or nm
certain hight and prays yehementy that the dawn
miF rlpen into day. lay this preccpt well to heart
DO the duty which lies nearest TO thee which
thou knowest TO be duty thy second duty will
haye already become clearer Thomas Carlyle
What is most Characteristic in true religion
what Is most wondcnu-is he fact that it wells
up fight against mans desi res. his inclinations
ms preconceptlOnS. II shat tiers his old mOuldv
crust of habits: it changes the currents of his
thought 1t makes his dumb, stupefed conscience
speak right ont, and speak to the purpose: it trans
figures II regenerates him. 1t it cannot make a
small power large it makes il good If il cannot
give a big brain in the place of contracted one
1t tranSmuteS man intellect all into a divine es-
sence Of purity and love, or frieghts it with the
thunder and lightning of dauntless and effective
energy.
According to the way OF the world. we Judge a
man by his quickness Of thought by his acuteness
Of skill, by his control over matter and men, BY
has physical and intellectual power upon material
things; and that is fair Judgment in the outward
sphere but the trouble is. that we stop there
without considering that there is a better man. a
lordller man, in him than that-or ought to be
The outward man Is the servant of time The
crowned man is the man that sits within. He is
The man Of affection, the man of emotion the man
Of will the man Of thought. The man of mmor-
tality, the mind should be aroused and should grow
strong, and should become brighter within but
it too often is detormed, and lies like halfdot
dwarf i'll the bodies of men. The inward man
pemShes willie the outward man grows fat day BY
day would be the worlds utter.nce, inverting the
text of the apostle; whereas, the ideal truth is
that while the outward man of time and accidents
IS thrown down and imprisoned, it comes to pass
that through its exercises and experiences the in
ward man is being built with loftier purposes
with better will with nobler attainments, and
with hope that pierces into the cloud of death
and reigns triumphant in the great realm beyond.
5rCcher.