The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-02
BEAUTIFUL THoUeHTs.--NO. 8

1t - the sunshine anu not the cloud
that gives heauiy to the flower" There
is always before or around us that which
should cheer and fll our hearts with
~armih aud gladness. No person is free
from troubles. aud perhaps it il well
that none should be- "They give sinew
and tone to life, forlitude aud courage
10 man."
II is the duty Of every one to entertain
bright thoughts, looking on the smiling
side, and to extract all the happiness he
can within and without him. There is
more virtue in one beautiful thought
than in whole hemisphere Of dark
thoughts and gloomy forebOdings. OH!
II We would only cultivate the beauti-
/ ful, warm aud geuial-not the cold aud
repulsive, the dark and gloomy-our
lives would he as a Summer day.
/ When beautiful thoughts work in har-
mOny with actiuu-uOhle, sublime ac-
/ tion-and strengthen themselves with
great force aud iron will, they pierce
the deep recesses Of earth, compel the
three great kingdoms, mineral, vegela-
hle aud auimal, TO yield up their secrets,
and extend through the ether blue to
worlds beyond, even to the verge Of
eternity.
He who fosters beautiful thoughts
ascends in the scale Of humanity, be-
comes better, nobler aud more lit for
the realizations Of the wonders aud
beauties Of this world and the higher
sphere where spiritual life is developed.
Beautiful thoughts force Us to lift up
our voices for that which Is "houest,
lovely and Of good report" Many peo-
pie never break the rough exterior Of
thought that they may feast their souls
Oh tie rich things thar lie hidden be-
meath the surface, but pass along
through life Unconscious that they are
drugs in society and frauds upon the
world. Every honest trade, occupation
and profession that people follow for a .
livelihood has its manifold parts, that /
would call forth beautiful thoughts if .
they (the people, would only seek To find .
them.
II the veil Of Ignorance were lifted
from mems minds, and the light Of
right, Justice, humanity AID purity
would penetrate their btnighted brains,
they would then say,
"Life is real, life is earnest"
Beautiful thoughts spring from the
pure, clear aud liberal souls Of men and I
bound through the very heart Of nature,
bringing back balmy sweetness that /
cheers them on life's rugged way. De-
grading habits, vain fashions and unjust
customs prevent millions Of people from
departing from the old heaten paths OF I
thralIdom, consequently their ideas
have and 10 become dNarfei vet they
can and ought 10 throw OF the yoke Of
oppression and expand and strengthen
the beautiful powers lboth physical and
mentaD that Nature has endowed them
with-lOr without this unlimited free
dom their thoughts cannot, as rule,
become chaste aud peerless aud develop
into their fullest beauty and sublimity.
Beautiful thoughts quicken and create
magnificent art, with all its attributes
Even more than that, they take all .
those who embrace them and court their
society to the Gland of pure delight"
Beautiful thoughts bliud up bleeding
love aud shattered hope and wing them
to the Star Of God by the way OF the .
exquisite spiritual chain tina. unites the .
beauty of earth with the sublimity Of
heaven.
Beautiful thoughts spring from tbe /
very center Of sweet, sanctified, eour- /
teous aud intelligent homes. They lead .
their master TO the forest, laughing
waters. hill aud dale--to the evergreen
glades, where "the woods with music .
ring" and where the clovers blow and .
Wild flowers wait their delicate per-
fumes. They find their way through 4
palaces Of art. They scale the majestic
mountains and descend beneath the .
ocean wave. They penetrate heavens .
arched canopy and reach to worlds be-
you'd. In fact, they carry him who
holds them TO the purest and best places
he can find. They give tone to the
mind aud "add grace aud beauty to the
countenauce They make life more
cheerful, aud cheerful life is fraught
with many blessings.
Beautiful thoughts respond to the
gmid-st feelings Of the human heart
aud the highest aud best emotions OF
the soul. They may burst or creep into
existence at any time, or at any place,
II the individual will only insist on
their company. They find no resting
place, but hang every particle Of matter
with glory, aud ha!low things that are
not called matter.
Oh! il all men would try to keep
their thoughts as pure and make them
as fruitful as heavens own sunshine,
aud their actions as grand, good aud
beneficial as a Spring-time shower,
what happiness there would be
May each reader collect for himself
the golden gleaniugs Of beautiful
thoughts and weave them into a gar
land for his mind that will crown him
a better and happier man all the days
Of his life.