The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-06-22
JOB PREN'TEoH'G

piration will mount upward and
still upward till it dashes its wings.
against the prison barsr,of the hu-
man soul. No, this is. world
of change-that change should be
controlled-it should be reform =
a search after truth which alone,
leads to the true eIysium of the
soul. Now here is the irdepen-.
dence Of thought more strikingiy;
shown than in the modern school
of Philosophy. We are often
amazed at the audacity Of this
science that .dares all things and
believes only what it can UNDER
stand. And yet it may be design
edto test the strength and prove
the goodness of the Christian
code. This may be the great con-
fict in which Apoliyoa must 90
down by the strong arm of Chris
tian. After all, what are, these
atneistic evolutionis:s but over
grown boys, cutting holes in
drum-heads to Investigate the
source Of sound, shivering.
watches to frd what makes the
wheels go round, and withering
the hopes Of man to fad what
gave them birth ?-I may here re-
mark that q spirit of Reform is one
thing and curiosity another of
s quite different kind. If the way
10 truth and right were as broad
and plain as the road that leads
to destruction, there are men whoS
would depart from it in pursuit OF
novelties and oddities. Conser-
vatism erects splendid monp-
ments to the heroic dead whose
children ask for food to nonr-
ish the mind; curiosity spends
hundred thousands of. dollars IN
the quixotic attempt to penetrate
the icebound artic regions, while
miserable human beings live in
ignorance, hunger and dirt. We.
are told thaS. when the world was
much younger, ministers preached
the gospel-now to crafty curiosi-
ty they announce snch charming
texts as George Eliot, or-Is there
He'll? They raise doubts where.
doubts should not exist that they:
may rival the metaphysics Of
Hudibras, and show their ability to
Sever and divide
A hair 'twixt north and northwest side
What simple, common place crea-
lures our ancestors must have
been! This inquisitiyes spirit il.
lustrates the truth thabno man is
a hero to his valet. It has touch
ed pubic confidence and made us
extremely selfish. We read shat
the old cynic who wanted to find
an honest inan went to the mar
ket place at noonday-light in
hand. Now when one wants to
see an honest man, he goes not to
the market-place by daylight or
lamplight, but to-bis looking
glass.
Reform has adopted motto
named practical-tbat is, money
getting. Practicalis is the bed Of Pro-.
cutes, and you must lie on it. If
you are too short, no matter, YOU.
length must conform 10 that ccc;
the bed, and you can be stretched; /;
If you are too long, you must un-.
dsrgo shortening process. We
are very earnest and practical In
all things. The great Scotch seer
who was conservative only when
be stood on the brilEofthe grave
the man Of 'cliff:like brows' and
sIedgebammer torce-the great
sham exposer aud humbug de-
aouncer of the age-said 1T is
one Of my constant regrets in this
generation, that men to whom
God has given genius, will in
sist 10 such au earnest time as ours
mas grown, in bringing out their
divine gift in verse, which now no
man reads entirely in earnest
Many Of US agree With Carlyle.
The same practical thought was
expressed by Mr.. Weller 10
counseIing his sou--'Never let
yourself down TO talk poetry, my
BOY ,.:.>poetry's unnatural And
watts the good O. calm a young
oman venus or angel Sammy 2
The poetic temperament is too
delicate and ineIy strung for the
rude earnestness OF the times
and our vocabulary is growing too
political for the sweetly sounding,
Tyre. Reform should always be
guided by the noble aspiration
that seeks the, true; worships the.
good-and kneels to the beautiful.
If worth and duty were the guides,
derision and contempt would not
so often be the fate of reform move
ments. We have reason 10 believe
that in the very remote past were
public men who labored unselGsh-
ly for succeeding ages. Now.
public men are not so much con.
cerned about future worth as
present profit. All the future
generations may rise up and bless
you; only let the present genera.
ton rise up and pat it's hand into
its pocket, and pay nay salary
Yor may enjoy the concurrent
praise Of future circIing years
L want q majority at the bal
Iot-box aeW = We often won,
der, with reason, whether public
men are no better than weather.
Vanes, established in high places
simply to show the direction OF
nonriar sanfjp,ant W. .ra Ioern