The Republican journal., 1877-04-26
Jewels of Thought and Devotion.

When sometimes after hours Of mist and rain.
And clouds low hanging Der the shadowed earth.
\ sudden glory flashes on the pane,
And like a little child that laughs in mirth,
| The worn world lights her face with smiles again
| And sings good night song with sweet refrain.
! We question whence the change. and where lis
birth:
Then fir and near see the ruby dye
| OF sunset splendor over AL the sky:
| The lifted clouds are touched with ROYAL hue:
| Tomorrow 5 heaven will stretch field Of blue:
| Yet less tomorrow wins rs than tonight.
| SO sweet it i, when evening brings lis light,
The man that makes character makes foes.
| Young
Extended empire like expanded gold exchanges
! solid strength for feeble splendor,
| The devil never vet tempted a nlan whom he
| found judiciously employed. [Spurgeon.
Pride is not the heritage of man; humility
should dwell with traty. and atone for igno
rance, error and mpcraetion. [Syduev Smith.
| Whatever that be which thinks which uuder
stands, which acts. it is something celestial and
| divine and upon that account must necessarily
| be eternal
Fires have been kindled all along the mountain
| tops. 50 that in the shadows Of much OF Hla
once called evil We '!inly see the shining 1""t~trls
| Of the Almighty.
| Habits. Though iii their COMMENCEMENT like the
| tluy line of a spider trembling nj every hrtele
may in the end prove links OF tempered steel bin,
| ing deafness being To eternal felicity "r woe.
| The faith that does Not throw A warmth as ol
Summer around The svmpathirs and charities Of
the heart and drop inylgorAtiouS Ike showers
upon the conscience ANA the i'll is rs tSr t. it
| Is unSatStving.
1t is Hot possible To De regarded with tenderness
bul By few. The merit which gives greatness
and renown dfu>c> lis influence. 10 a wade coin
pass but acts weakly in every rrrrN single
| breast ii is placed at Il distance from common
spectators. and shines like one o The remote stars
| Of which the light reaches us ha hot lhr heat.
| johnson.
| II secret flultS are iudulac they will SOONER or
| later break ont like smothcrcd fires and the ttut
character Of the heart will be developed. Fires
| uneap 4 mountain because they have been long
| accommodating. and lee confined no longer,
Streams that flow far under the ground >ome
where. though tar from the fountain. make their
way to the surface. Disease that is long IN the
system, that flows round and round in the blood
viii at last manifest itself and 50 it is with the
corruptions of the heart. They Cannot ALWAYS be
concealed and God designs that they shall Not al
WAYS be. 1t is we'll under the divine aInnstr
! ton. that the true state OF the heart Should be
made manifest and thai ii should be seen what
| man IS.
Year follows year. They came, rev. oihed 10
| the full, Wancd died anj went Ike shallow :
\ ears that wrought upon You like eternity w hos"
| marks You will carry forever dissolved ami passed
| like drops OF dew. one hy one. wears are dead
| twenty thrty-tortv itty-clahtr 4" 10 the
shore and call them. They siall not hcafyou nor
obey! Were they good Were theyry-wr they
| misspent and poorly used Nothing can retonch
| their period, nor add to thrif record is It i sol
enn consideration 10 look forward 70 th1t tlue
| when YOU shall stand ou the brink Of life. ana
look back on ali y"ur years II is great deal