Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20

One wearies OF the dangers
J OF the tempests rage and wall;
One dreams, amid the lilies,
OF a far-0ff snowy sail
ofal that life teach US
There's naught true this
The winds OF fate blow ever,
Bnt ever blow amlss Selected
+ The Necessaries and the Unnecessaries.
, If wanted the crookedest line that could
be drawn, | would get one hundred persons
one after another, to draw the line between
necessaries and luxuries in personal expense
; Md gloves would stand sometimes on one
side and sometimes on the other. Some, nc
doubt, would consider cream (real creamy
in coffee necessary to a comfortable ex.
istence. Many English gentlemen would
1nhesitatingly say the same of silk hats.
Some ladies would pronounce life scarcely
worth living if they could not have double
parlors. Christian people would not always
locate the weekly prayer-meeting on the
same side of the line. Many Young men
would have no hesitation in crooking il so
as to include cigars among necessaries, and
leave an education on the other side. |
have heard of good people who looked upon
buttons on the back of frock coat as use
less aud, therefore, sinful expenses And [
have seen stout danes in the South who
would consider dip" of snuff absolutely
necessary to the ideal life, while soap and
shoes would be regarded as non.essentiaiS
suppose every one of us whose consc;enoo
has ever been auickened on the subject of
selfcoddling has wished, sometimes. that he
could have a divine, authoritative rule along.
side of which every doubtful question Of
personal denial and indulgence could be
measured. But God has moi given ms anv
such rule. The Bible deals in nrincinIas H.,
stead of in rules: and in the natnre NJ tha
case. il was necessary and hast tbat ooah
one of us should be LETT to adinst details ~
principles. We have times of feeIns ,.s nnaasr "
If not selfcondemned hacausa ,,s - "
much to eat. and so much to wear ana 90
much to look at which we could gst aIono
without; while thousands of our felIoun'
creatures ara hungry whom wa r,;,ht Iii,
| feed. and millions are without tho oosroi ~
| whom our ,noray ,oiobt Ri. go :.
Doubtless these tb;rgs w;I, nI,,,a -"
| till the and of fine Garo are 49,, o 1T,
considarations bowavar which no, thr",'.
littla I;abt on t,o snh;ao. "''''- -'"s 'H'o"
Gods oraat haart y
his hand i o,nn;no,on, Dr. Snn touo' am anu
the nIaint of this orI5 J,I Iaa m,sii
with II for tbasa va, 49, "', VS. ,do oo.he me
sense of ;ts WOO and n,;sar ro,,s o,.e nen s"e
the .troc;t;es Tho na.t;iancaa Vto .t o,ea ,I- Us
t;ons ,pb;ob H. 'n ', III IaoIr sne aua-
accns;na ne Of saif ri,or, ~ hon.po' upon--
do not Ia o,,raai,,.a a'..,,tI; .nI; Doauoe we
hI, oa,, 80, 80 - 80 e,y.ulns ys we posi-
,honoh ,isa ,,,a,,i5 80 aii ~: We eeias
artu ~ oo "oui ;s .uao an a,i 'ni1 pan anu poN-
~ +ao, a. - - We nau ai5,hish'y power
us Al 'dau ,'ho 20 nU. I Tne way uot uoes.
bond - "en ,ha o.,J meiJoA uPon .ne work oi uod
tbat ;s raoas".;,, ~, We oanos pehe!e .na1
snao;ai,,, ~ a,'a ~ "'' W.. W" ministers
haou,,, Z, au ea' wv " n". MAJ ~ %
Of ,;:,nra .s nd s; 1a", sa. 'isn % ~ea,iI sII
and sLn, H., ,s.;. talu.' m IL a,4u ne'I
ont &c. 4h;'.. W.. ~ i.1 ~ '
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hao aionnI its US i0I ni oiiu a'iu
as,a., Al, ''i. ionu ny seii ohe n,:
ra;I,.a,, rr;a ~ y ,oii i, ~ an i1unsn
an.;H.' H. % |AnTwn Ss1irh. Nv, , hohuon
,as ot ca,nr Ia"ilI0V.u uelisn' us u'sooNei-
and almost sombar ianTsnaua W n,ar nae gray
10 NV ave and beart Tba H., 81 IJ;ot 'sJsoh
brown which the hawthorn barr;as go, 81
the bedge-rows the deIicacv Of ,bs So So ~
leaves hv the Roadside AZ thn ,;ttle s,a+;oi
whore onr train some,i,,as stonanJ uio
rra,,sb. ora.r tnfts 81 ,,,;stIato ~ H. 'ne
6onghs were a constant low n him l. ion 10
low view Of tbis wondro9,s ~, natmra 49, 10
Cod has o;ven ns tba, r,aLas b.oa5 80 n',1
cothas and sha,tar l., ann s'ao;,i sn,'" ,Iu .Ia
q nnanassa,;as of i;fa ,, 'rh., '.'h;sh 80 sae
vh;ch rst;nss ,vb;oh hronds "n,Ii 'h;. LeS,s'
sn;r,s a,a nasa nnna ,h, ioS" III wni'n re ~;
uaore than ,neat and ,Sa hoJs l. - NJ .t 30
raiment even in the nattsy Of eao,o'', sna.
W. tbe ord,s cbiIdren ara not sIo.as n:'.
of ,,ha,,, h.. ,,;sl,aa q, -,..'. L. 20 o'.
Va ,ns ~ ~ 'fueeNe 'ne hioSV