The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-22
For pleasures past / do not grieve,
Nor perils drawing near;
My greatest grief Is that 1 leave
NOthinO that claims a tear.


This is the fancy of many lonely, grief
stricken heart. 1t is the conclusion Of
many whose lashings of conscience are
chasing them for some great wrong. 1t
is the madness, born of sorrow or SIN,
that has ended in the suicidal grave. But
it is not real, it is only fanciful. There is
some one to sympathlze with every pang
of sorrow. Above every tomb grows the
evergreen OF tender recollectiOns. Hence
it is that We, by giving way to sorrow
which can be curbed, cause pang to
some other heart. Is this right?
To be, or not to be-if all would reflect
on those few, small words. and the con.
sequences which follow the course they
| suggest, how much of error would be
| wanting in the world.
The Bridge of Signs, and its melan-
choly, but beautiful recital of the fate OF
a fallen sister, would not have been writ.
| ten. Pause and consider well the mean.
| ing of that sentence, and your sinking
spirit will rise and swell with thankful
| joy, because there is more for which
to be happy than miserable. Consider its
meaning well, and 1t will cause the sun.
| light of love and faith to chase the dark.
mess of hatred and unbelief from the soul
Take it home with you, everywhere
and 1t will prove to be a telescope through
which you can sweep the heavens, anC
see the stars of hope ever reckoning you
onward and upward. The simple sent
ence, "To be or not to be, )" led Hamlet Il
a better view of life, and its purposes
so 1t will you.
Think OF it, and your home will be
flooded with the warmth of love and con,
tentment. Reflect on It, and the roses Of
peace will climb and bloom on broker
cannons of war. Think of it, and life
will be happier TO you, and the future
more promising than ever before. Re
Il q oNe n N. 4
/ purpose and make the world better fol
your having lived in it. Mediate on 1t,
full meaning, and you will have a kinder
word for everyone you meet. You will
have a greater love for duty than evel
before. You will see that life, after ali
to you and to everyone, is worth the Iiv
ing. You will realize that you have .
work no other can do, and you will do it
| You will know that everyone in leavir Q
this world can leave behind them foot.
prints on the shores that will lead others
In the path of right. You will see that .
kind word is as easily spoken as an un.
kind one, and so much more potent fol
good.
Think "whether tits nobler in the mind
to suffer the stings and arrows of out
rageous fortune, or to take up arms
| against sea OF trouble, and, by opposing,
end Them" Think Of this, when YOU
are secretly wishing for death, as we
all do sometimes, to relieve you of a pre-.
sent sorrow or trouble.
Let us rather wish to be. To be use.
full, brave, loving, kind and gentle. To
be just as God intended us to be, and
roses will bloom along our pathway
through life; the sun viii be brighter
after every storm cloud; the smiles OF
friends and loved ones will be all the
warmer for.every tear shed every bitter
word spoken against us in unkindness will
be sweetened by the flowers OF precious
loves; the venom Of every sting win be