The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-02-27


the disciples surroundings: it is re
suit of nearness to Him who is the cen
tire of the universe, and who is unmov-
ed by surroundings. The Christians
peace is as great in times of storm as in
times of calm. When the tempest OF
sorrow or of opposition RACES Oh every
side, then he who is one with Jesus
realizes "the peace Of God which pass
eth all understanding"
There is point Off rest
At the great centre Of the cyclones force,
silence at lis secret sou.Ce;
a little child m. .ht slumber undistrcsscd,
Without the rulilc of one fairy curl
In that strapge central calm, amid the mighty
whir.
True greatness shows itself in ignor-
lug, or quickly forgetting, personal in-
Iiics, when meancr natures would be
kept in unrest by them. The less of
man one is, the more he makes of an
injury or an insult. The more of
man he is, the less he is disturbed by
what others do or say against him
without cause.
The sea remembers not the vessels rcndini
keel,
But rushcs joyously the iavagc to conceal
| Ii is the tiny slreamlet which is kept
in sputter by stick thrust into it by
n wiliul boy.
Every one is ready to admit that sio
gradually hardens the conscience, S
that at length it almost ceases to not
that which once aroused its sharpest
challenge. We have all of us sadly
watched that moral deterioration which
carries the spiritual nature farther and
farther away from its former estate of
sincerity and pure endeavor, until
whole lists of sins pass out of sight and
ont of knowledge. But if Others con-
science thus become callOused, are not
our own in the same state, or at least in
the same danger, since we are also SIM
ncrs? We have before lis the plain
duty of bringing once more to mind.
so far as we may, those faults or sins of
which we are ourselves ignorant, and
of craving pardon for those fanlts
which are secret even TO our own
hearts.
Wholly aside from the duty OF being
: accurate in our Bible quotations for the
: reason that it is an inspired book, we
ought also to remember that loose
habit of quotation is one of the surest
ways of deterioratng the whole mental
fabric. The Bible is book written
with marvellous compactness and force,
and is very largely composed of pro-
verbal or aphoristic expressions, of
course presented in the simplest form
\ possible. In its current English ver-
I sion it is such priceless classic, mere
ly considered as a representative of our
\ language at its best, that its literary
Q position would stand mistaken were
= its divine nature lost. If such a book
[ is not worth quoting accurately, what
h is2 A person who habiiually fails to
{ reproduce Bible words as they stand,
= is either mentally incapable, so far as
. the faculty of memory goes, or else he
{ is of so shftless an intellectual habit
D that he may well take heed lest he lose
: the power of thinking cl psely and ac-
: curately on any subject. And there is
G but one step between loose thinking
q and loose acting.
The more a man secs of the world,
and the more he mingles with others,
: the smaller space is he inclined to
: claim for himself among his fellows.
He sees that in the pushing struggle OF
life, other peoples rights must be con-
= sidered; and he must not take more
= ground than Just enough TO stand on.
I, This is very marked in all crowds, and
in all public places and conveyances.
: The man or woman who is best versed
in society makes smallest demands, and
least space. The persons who take
> more room than belongs to them are
those who have been least in company,
: least accustomed to adapt themselves
TO the needs of those about them. II
! you want to be thought well-brcd,
! travelled, cosmopolitan, keep in your
. elbows in a crowd, and sit close in a
4 street.car. II you want to be thought
: boorish and uncultivated, and to be
\ RI rtcogniZcd as one who was never much
: in good company, push both sides ol
!. you, as well as in front and rear, in a
!. crowd, and spread yourself out in a
!. car, or in public hall. 1t is by such
Indications as these that we see that the
!, demands of Christian regard for the
: rights and feelings of others secure the
. best results of gnod-breeding. To be 9
!, well-rounded Christian man or woman
n includes the highest graces of true gen
/" tility.