The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-29

new lUftIltIOtIS plu IO" uO0uo'
Like its offsprings, the sewing
machine and the reaper, while it
lightens labor, 1t increases it, and
opens up new fields Of industry.
1t is emphatically an age of in
dependent inquiry in all branches
of study, in the arts and sciences,
in philosophy and in religion.
Old ways, old paths, old theories
and old faiths are being question:
ed. They no longer satisfy The
out.reaching spirit of progress.
Indeed, so bold have men become
that the gate of Paradise has still
to be guarded by a flaming sword.
Men dare to mount de6antly
where angels dread to stand, and
boldly grasp the very battle
ments Of heaven, and try to shake
the foundations which God him.
self has declared shall never be
moved. All the old foundations,
which men themselves have laid,
gre trembling under the accumu-
lated burden Of new materia!
heaped upon them, and the time
may come, in the march of the
ages, when they will become too
narrow aud will have to be torn
down and abandoned for new and
broader ones.
There is work for you to do,
my young friends, and room for
you in the great struggle; and it
requires all your energy and zeal.
To attain to an honorable dis
tinction in some useful calling in
practical life, then, should be your
earnest aim. To this all your
energies should be bent, and all
your noblest powers devoted. Let
the great aim Of your life be TO
live to some high and noble pur
pose. Select it wisely and in the
fear of God, and ever afterwards
make it the gpiding star of your
destiny. Let the wants and woes
of humanity rouse all the dor.
mant energies Of your soul to the
noble work Of it's redemption. Let
the shades of departed heroes and
the sigh of our common humanity
awaken an. echo ia ynar hearts,
/ and electrify all the holy passions
of your nature, and fill you with
all the fer7or of an earnest life.
When the battle scenes of
Marathon were stirring The blood
of heroes and patriots the life of
the noble young Tbemistocles
seemed chilled and frozen; and
when asked the canse he made
the noble reply: The trophies
! of Miltiades will not suffer me to
sleep So, let the conquests OF
valor and heroism
s'Se;ze upon the wind, arrest and search
And shake it; bend the tall soul as by the
| wind, -
Rush over it, like rivers over reeds
Which quiver in the current, turn you
cold
And pale and voiceless,'
thrilling your whole nature with
emotions and resolves which reach
out into the murky atmosphere
around you, and, graphing for
light and faith and life, subingate
and utilize all the powers Of ma
ture and make them contribute to
the one great object of the hour.
1t is sad mistake to suppose.
as too many do, that the world
will move on as we'll without our
aid. The world moves as rapidly
in China and Africa as in England
and America; but does not each
revolution bring new miseries, and
if possible, lower degradation
The blessings ofeivil and religiout
liberty and all the attendant
blessings and convenienees Of civ
ilization are enjoyed only while
struggling for them. They elude
our grasp the moment we cease
to guard them with a jealous eye
Their conservation requires, or
our part sacrifice, and with il
God will be we'll pleased.
In order to insure success il
life and victory in the great con
fict before you, it is necessary tina
you study individual character
and it's relation to the aggregate
You should take philosophy
view of man in bis relation 10 th
wants and eojoyments Of society
There are peculiarit!es, and eve'
idiosyncrasies of our nature whicI
give tone to the character an
furnish the secret ksy to the sou
STRANGE though it NAV appear