The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-04-20


thusiasln means a god sciltpl. n is glyeb
the yohhs that theymay be fril OF inspira;
Ition in that long day when life is shaping
Itself. AS. the one only God made the ex-
ternal uniyerse in all its wonders, made
that variety which is found between the
massive Sun and;a grain Of golden sand, 50
this god within builds,a universe in the
heart and makes each soul a world. Il is
vain man possesses Imagination or iaacg
or learning or reason unless this impplsc
combines with them and makes those
forces active. When some workmcn, dig.
ging shaft, cast up from a great depth
some soil which had been buried for tens
Of thousands OF years, behold! after theshn
had shown for few days. on that soil,
hundreds ofmulbcrry trees sprang ut apd
covered the clods with green. They hal
waited for ages for the warmth Of the sun,
Thus each human mind is dead mind un>
til enthusiasm shines into its depths, It
is the life OF the mind as the mind is the
life Of the body. Man in receiving IRON
his Creator the enthusiasm OF youth, re>
ceives a part OF the very life of Deity, It
is common expression that God ncitbes
slumbers nor sleeps, for it can not be im>
agined that He would need rest or that
He would be willing to put aside for M
instant His exercise OF life. Enthusiasna
is a PARALLEL wakeiulness-an estimate OF
the preciousness of days and hours snd
years. The restless energy OF ageis notb-
ing else than the buoyancy Of early lfe
passing over the original boundaries, and
like swollen river inundating the sue-
rounding country. As the SHOWS OF the
far North treasure up the rainfall OF n long
season and then keep the brooks and rie.
ers full until far into June, SO the buoyah-
.cy Of youth treasures up great vital forces
which sends floods. of sparkling @atess
down through the plains OF later Years.
We can all recall to mind many old pee,
sons upon whose temples white hairs canle
in vain, for the mind and heart refused 20
grow old. Biography abounds in sueh
pictures. Many of the most yivaciONs
pieces in literature have been composed in
the latest years OF their authors, not be-
cause their vivacity came then, but be-
cause it received such an impulse ip youth
that it could not die away or suffer great
abatement. Swift was sixty when be
laughed out the "Gullivcr's Travels"
Cowper was over fifty when he wrote
"John Gilpin," and Deioe was fifty.ejeht
when he composed the Robinson Crusce, :"
and when Cervahtcs made the world laugh
at "Knight-erranty" he was three scorc
years away from his infancy; and when
Goethe was eighty-two his mind Created
the Helena" In all these ilustfjOus
men there was built up in boyhood and
early manhood fire OF enthusiasm which
never palcd. The glory OF young naen lies
llt VI
Two forms of strength have now ap.
peared-a third may be designated as the
romance OF the soul. 1t is difficult to Ana
lyze this attribute OF young nature, but
that there is romantic force in the &rst
thirty years Of life no one will be such q
cynic as to deny. This quality is So inter
woven with imagination and fancy that
all these three potencies may pass before
us in a group! The glory Of young utea is
their strength OF romance. God has en-
powered them to see the world, not in
dead colors, but in its real beauty. We
are far more liable to underrate hunanity
and its surroundings than TO overrate
them. Imagination is not a faculty Which
tells lies, but it is rather the only faeulty
which tells the truth. The Indian ord the
negro in Africa never see mountia,i or q
star, or a flower, in all its attractieehess.
They have not Imagination enough to
make the object visible. The fve sNnsce
do not disclose much. They only give the
soul start Once started, the soul runs
far away from its humber helper The
foot always steps more lightly and Wiling
ly when there is band of music playing
in front. The music does not eNaegerate
the Importance of the battle toward Which
the troops march, nor does it make the
mind estimate too highly the value Of its
native land; it simply arouses the soul un'
til it can see the reality. Thus the romaIl.
tic vision OF the fret half of man 8 lifo is
the most real survey OF earth he will ever
make. Old age blunts the senses that it
may see this world less wildly, and may
prepare the more willingly for leaving its
shores. The high colors are the trdc ones,
for mans career on earth has wonaerful
significance, and little is the danger that
he will overpaint its works or arnuseGcnts
or experiences. It's love, its ambition, its
friendships, its studies, its arts, its homes,
its po,,iiics and religion, will not sonn be
over estimated by ,,,1 ~ arithmetic Of NAH
kind, Indeed, only the most bad|ast pa
tpre can come near anadequNte Sufvey Of
the situation in which man lives apd dies
Look at the salient facts in the hqn'au ex'
pericnce-learning, religion, taste, nroper'
ty, fame, marriage, home, the ieMily pleas