The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-06-17

Subtect-yhe Worlds lmih"r
tais aad aheir COrOnatiOm~.

WRITTEN By REQUEST OF THE MIssIs-
sIPPI PRESS Association.
My croHnings curse aud kill. =
Valedictory Of Mrs. Bro,cning.
The story without end" the til
tie of little child's tale, may be ap
piled with propriety to the great
story of human history; and the
grown up student will experience
wonder, grief and delight as he
lends his ear to the voices of the
ages as they pass, gigantic phan-
toms, before his eyes, each period
unrolling it's scroll, and reciting in
bard-like tunes it's experiences, and
the several acts in the vast Drama
of Human development,
"Just as the present crust of the
earth on which we dwell is built OF the
ruins of former ones, as our mountains
and plains are the remains and wreck
of an elder world, so nations stand on
the relics and survivals of older; natural
and political organizations, broken up
and shattered but not annihilated. We
plant our corn and wine on the debris
of primeval rocks. Ancient sea bottoms
are our fields and the sites Of our cities.
The CLAY of which our brick are moul-
ded was poured forth in sub glacial
streams from long melted glaciers. The
stones of which our homes are built
are cut out of strata deposited in oceans
which have vanished, and beds heaved
ND and down in tremendous jars and
shocks, far beyond our experience. y
Il. C. Church.
This physical development "out OF
life into death, and out of death into
life" has been accompanied in simi-
/ lar mode, step by step, by the men
tai and spiritual growthin the prog
ress of the human race. The world
of thought, of knowledge. of passion,
of sentiment, of conscience, of cul
a tare. of heart, and mind and soul
i has been built up atom. by atom on
the debris of a buried past; by
the suffering, the joy, the labors OF
individual men who have lived and
died like coral insects, each leaving
behind him his small residuum OF
shell to serve as a basis for the feet
of the generations who have sue
ceeded him, until at last lovely Is
lands. and broad smiling continents
radiant with verdure, crowned with
waving palm trees, brilliant with
flowers, vocal with bird and bee and
butterflies, lie with expanded breast
ready to receive the footsteps OF
higher and nobler creatures.
Not ON mans helplessnes. but or
his strength and glory. must the faith
of our day found itself; aud SO likewise
all sin aud evil shall be so much exces-
siye and waste strength, destined in the
proyid, nee of God to be utilized for the
intellectual aud spiritual triumph o.
the rlca.-C p. Craach.
In listening to our "Story without
end" we hear from time to time the
mention of great individuals wht
more than others have borne on
ward in their burning and bleeding
hands the crimson, fiery cross o
human development Like Prone
theus they had compassion for NOR
tails. and so were they rent by snf-
ferings, agonizing to endure ant
piteous to.look upon. "For the crowns
/ which the world gives toits lmmor-
/ tails. however brilliant externally
fare always Crowns of Thorn!
| We all begin by singing with TIL
| birds and running fast with Jun
days, hand in hand, but once TO
| ali the birds must sing against us
and the sun strike down upon us
like friends sword caught by al
enemy to slay us, while we read tn
dear name on the blade which bite
us. SO 1t is with all of us; and j
were well, if like the Musselmen. W
! all kept engraved upon our blade
the name of Allah! For from Go'
only. and the content of man
own soul, may he receive any consc
Ilation on the day OF his coronation
as one of the Worlds Immortals
iThe thorns press deep, human flesl
lis tender, and human hearts will o.
! ten break. But tue fiery cross Is ca
Ionly true sceptre, and the crown !,
Itrue Immortality must ever De mao 90
of thorns.. !,
The first historic man who laugh
.liberty, equality. fraternity" wa
1.-THE Aryan prince Guatama, bette
known as Budha, who quit = athron
to become the servant Of servant
to break down caste among his PEE
ole and restore the Penates 70 ny
man fellowship. He ahollshe
bloody sacrifices; he taught tl
lbrotherhood Of God, and the bfotl
|erhood Of man; be liberated ilis pe