Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-27
,rouALc COURAGE.

The highest end rarest OF human quar-
ties is moral courage. Men have been
brave on the battle field who shrunk from
the performance Of private and civic duties
In grave crises. 1t is the hour Of trial
which tests the character. When calamity
falls upon the household, death carries off
the most loved members Of the family
circle, wss'th is swept away, and the
me ans Of existence are endangered, it is
then that the father is called upon to put
forth his utmost energies to preserve a
serene front amid the wrecks Of his
rescue those he holds most dear from i'm
pending ruin. To eek oblivion of present
griefs and future responsibilities by drug
ging the brain with intoxicating liquors,
by desertion or by suicide, is a sin against
God and man. Reverscs happen to the
most favored. Their termination belongs
to a superior power. We must do our
duty and fight against a sea OF troubles,
and by opposing, end them. A cloud Of
adversely sometimes surrounds the best Of
men. Man is born unto trouble, as the
sparks fly upward. We can not expect to
pass a life unrufled by the breath Of adj
versity. We may be rich; we may have all
that can minister to our appetites and
pleasures, and yet there may be q skeleton
in tho closet, a canker worm gnawing at
the heart, a fearful swarth, made by the
sickle of death, in the household. We
know not what the morrow may bring
forth. We lie down IN peace and wake up
in sorrow. In view of these emergencies
every man must be prepared for the worst.
He must cultivate self reliance, an unyield-
ing spirit, and courage to perform his
duty under every phase Of life.
1t is q sublime spectacle, that Of a noble
hearted woman, left a widow, with depend
ent children, struggling against the frowns
Of fate, rearing up her offspring with
sound principles, teaching them correct
rules of life. and covering them against
the worlds harms, as a hen covereth her
brood with her wings. It is one of the
most touching features of human life, and
one that cannot fail to elicit the admir-
alton and sympathy Of every generous
heart. In a certain degree, the specta-
Gle Of a true man, Of undaunted soul,
fighting against accumulated m~isfortunes,
is equally admirable. To see him going
about his daily ayocations with unrufled
brow, though his heart is weighed down
by the calamities that have fallen upon his
family, is a sight to awaken the sympathy
OF the most unfeeling. 1t is too often the
case that men turn their backs on one an
othe- when they are stricken down by
some sudden disaster. Then it is that the
baseness and ~magnaminity of human
nature is seen. The mean and contempti-
BILE desert their friend as they would fly
from the pestilence, while the true man
rallies to the support Of the unfortunate,
as a soldier on the battle field to the solace
OF his wounded fellow-soldier. Some men
fear misfortune as a contagious malady is
dreaded. They seem to think that by near
contact they may be infected with its virus.
The man that turns his back ON one less
fortunate than himself, who has fallen
midway in life ere he has secured the well
fare Of those near and dear to him, does
not deserve the sympathy Of his fellows
when like evils overtake him. We are
bound to each other by ties of a common
humanity. As we are false or true to
them, SO will we be judged on earth and
hereafter.