Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-25

uldrlllHe anu SohhiSiSi"i PO"Ci Vi
Greece. III
Deceit is wise, because by it many
things of intrinsic Importance are ae-
complished, which otherwise could not
be accomplished. 1t is foolish. When
it is discovered, it loses force, and there
by prevents the accomplishment of
things that otherwise could have been ac-
complished. Mary Queen of Scots
would doubtless have obtained the Eng
glish throne had she not been implicated
in a plot to deceive Elizabeth.
Deceit is foolish, because it brings
shame on men. Old Father Hines was
once sent to "house of ill-falne' for an
inn. The people saw him come out of
that house and started Il bad reported on
him. lie was much mortified. Israel's
great law-giver was deprivedof visiting
the promised land, because he used de-
ception "among the children of Israel
at the waters of Mcrlbah-Kadesh in the
wilderness of Zin." Deceit is the mu-
sic of wisdom. 1t is near-sighted. 1t
cannot see beyond the bounds of self
interest. 1t seeks revenge. 1t is varie-
ty. am now an aged man. My limbs
are feeble, though | am swiftly ap-
preaching the rapids of Jordan. | see
that Deceit is merciful and destructive.
1t is merciful. was seated the other
day under large oak. The lightning
was flashing in the western sky. saw
youth ut some distance who made
signs as if something wonderful was
there. He screamed, and told me to
run to him. ran to him as fast as my
feeble body would permit When APP
preached him found nothing the mat
ter. He had deceived me, heard a
sudden noise. Lo! the lightning had
cleaved in pieces the oak under which /
had lately been sitting. | said;
Deceit is merciful, Deceit practiced
for trivial designs often results in conse-
qucnces of good. a wanton youth once
aroused city from slumber by halloo-
ing fire fire &C., when there was no
fire. He desired to deceive the people.
But when they were aroused there sud-
denly broke out a fire, and had they not
been awokc ut the time they had not es-
capped destruction. The three hundred
Spartans at Thcrmopyln were destroyed
by the deception of Ephiattes, "who
betrayed the Persian King the secret of
the path across the mountains" Deceit
was the monitor of noble Cmsar's fall
Deceit has brought Kingdoms to naught
BY the deception practlced by means of
Il wooden horse, lofty Troy fell. 1t was
through Deceit great Jupiter sent II bane-
ful dream to Agamemnon, aud caused
many II son to bleed at the ships of the
Greeks. 1t was Deceit that makes the
graves of Abclard and lielolse the re.
sort of the brokcn-hearted. Deceit is
the foe Of virtue. II Is the dictator of
vice. 1t Is the umpire Of ill-will and
noXous design. II is the brother of
falscho0d. II Is the war-chariot in
which the Devil attacks the moral world.
But | must hurry. My lamp Of life IL
nickcring. behold in the silent ocean
of the past II beautiful garden. In that
garden see lovely maiden. She is
whispering to the flowers. Her head Is
wreathed with the green myrtle, and the
ivy Is twlncd about her golden tresscs.-
Deceit grim monster! Is standing by
her. lie ia grating branch In her
side. II Is sin! feel the prick! "a
change comes over the spirit Of my WIS.,
ion," The branches grow into tree,
and the lovely maiden falls beneath It's
weight. This vision has vanished. 1t
II was 4 shadow of the real. The ma
turcs Of all posterity encountered by the
weight Of the opposing Of Deceit. De-
ceit In the father of that, the wages of
which Is death. Deceit Is transitory
cOuntcfielt oi all tllngs' III smiles WIN
one lip, and looks sour with the other
IL looks wise from one eye, and foolish
from the other. It builds up with one
hand and destroys with the other. |
ccasc TO write. Farewell, inclose my
tribute IN an iron-box Peter the Her
NIT The lovely girl took for her part,
that Deceit Is wise, aud went back
home. Dos MALoN.
JuSE 18th, 1878.