Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-29

should be pitched upon to publish thenl2'
q" ecause,' replied his father, "our life
is, az it were, a ladder, every step Of
which is represented by year. It is
natural that our friends should flock to-
gether, and rejoice with Us, when our foot
has got III safety on the step next to that
which we lately troj, and to express
their wish that we should climb the rest
with equal safety. Do you understand
me2"
'oh! yes, sir, perfectly"
ut is, however, in my power 10 make
this clearer STILL" said his father, By US
ing what VIC call another figure. Do you
remember, then, our going to the top of
that fine church in London, called st.
Paul's?''
"On! yes, indeed I do said Edward,
"Oh, what charming prospect from the
golden gallery! Why, you remember,
we could see all London, and agreat deal
OF the country from it'
"Greenwich Hospital particularly
struck your eye" SAID his father, ':and
as you could not then have any notion Of
the distance, you roposed that we should
the following week go there on foot to
dinner"
well, father, and did I not walk the
whole long journey like man?"
Yes, | Ii d no reason TO find fault with
YOUR performance: but remem Der, took
care, at every milestone. on the road, to
make you sit and rest little"
so you did; and it was, il my opinion,
no bad idea at the first, to put up those
figured stones beside the road. One
knows, at any time, what distance he has
walked, how much is still! to come, and
50 regulate his pace accordingly"
SIN this remark. iIY. Vesoy, ':qou
have yourself explained the advantages
which arise from oar dividing life into
those equal portions thar we call wears:
tor every year is something like a mile
stone IN the road OF lite. y
Il understand yon,' said Edward, "and
the seasons are perhaps so many quarter
miles, which tell Us that we shall very
soon arrive at the next etcne."
Il am glad," said dr, Ycsey, shat this
little journey is still fresh in your re-
menbrance If you take it in a proper
point of view, it Will exhiolt true pic
l0lo VI iilS. IL YOU Gall, Tic
different circumstances that took place
while you were posting on to CIR. enwich;
tell them in the order in which they hap
pened, as well IS you are able, and we
will make the applicaton.'
81 SHOULD scarcely remem Der the whole
business better, had it happened yester
day. At first, as was full of spirits, and
desired to let YOU see if, l set out upon a
trot, and made number cf trips ! do
not well know BOW many. You advised
nae 10 goslowiy, as the journey would be
rather long. Upon the way, asked for
information about every thing of which I
did not know tie meaning, and you gave
it TO me. When we happened to go by
DIT OF grass, we sat down on it, and you
read a story BOOK that YOU bad broug ht
out in your pocket. Then we walked
again, and as we went along, you told
me many other things both useful ana
diverting likewise. Ia this manner,
though the weather was not altogether
iue, although we had sometimes rain,
and once d halls storm to encounter, we
fresh and hearty"
VERY faithfully related" said Mr.
Vesey, "out for some few circumstances
which, however, am GLAD you have not
introduced; as for example, your atten-
ton to poor blind man, whom YOU
caught by the arm, if you remember, to
prevent him from falling uDon a heap of
stones that lay before him, and on which
he might have broken his limbs; the as
sistance that you afforded poor washer,
woman's boy, bv picking up a handker
chief which bad tai!en out of hi3 cart;
but particularly the aims that you gave
10 several people on The road.n
do you think, then, father,H said E7-
ward, ''tbat ! forgot Them? know that
we shou d not boast Of any GOOD that we
have had the opportunity OF doing. But
let me have the application that you just
mentioned"
The look, tnan, which you Cast lound
you from the golden gallery, all over
London, and great deal, az you men
toned, OF the country, is expressive Of
the first reflections OF 8 Child upon the
multitude about him. The long walk
which you cheese 10 Greenwich, is the
journey which VIC propose 10 ourselves
through lie. The ea2eraess with which
yon visa TO hurry on at setting out, with
out consulting your ability for running,
and which cost you such repeated trips,
IS the natural impetuosity OF youth,
Whica wOuiI excite US 10 the worst eX-
cesse5 If It faithful and experienced friend
were not TO moderate it. The instruction
that you have derived, as We were walk
ing on, from reading and conversng with
ne, and tie actions Of good will and
charity that you performed, took off from
the fatigue OF such a journey; and you
finished it thereby with satisfaction to
yourself though there had fallen much
rain, and even nail.
"Tnese circumstances, too, convey ia
struction; for in lie there are no other
means than the performance of our duty
to keep OF disqulat, and to cherish peace
within us, Notwithstanding those vicissi-
tudes Of fortune which would otherwise
perhaps go near to oyerwhelm u.s.
Yes, yes, father, all this suits wonder
fully we'll, and shall have much hap
piness. see beforehand, in the year that
IS now begun"
"Itrests with you alone" said Mr.. We
sey, ''to make the year quite happy; but
oace mole let us return to Our excursion.
Do you recollect, when, in going round,
that We might see q little OF the Park. we
came upon Blackheath2 theheavens were
then serene, and we could see behind us
all the way that we had been walking"
Yes, indeed" answered Edward,
land | was proud of having walked so
far"
by proud,'' said Mr.. vesey, ssyou
mean rejoiced. Are you then equally re-
Ioiced at present, while your reason,
which now daWns within YOU. Dauses and