The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-08-25

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ssTHE BRIGHT side OF -TIIINtsS.''
The following xtracts are from a recent
lecture delivered byS Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, ID. ID, l.. l., D., before the. stu.
dents of Coleman's Business College at
Newark, y. j. The celebrated Brooklyn
divine appeareds in one Of the regular
course of college lectures, before one of
the finest audiences. ever assembled in
Newark Mr.. Talmage.on hisintroduc-
ton by PresiAtenb Coleman. WAS greeted
with great applause. Among many
other gooltliingsA hcsaid = ~ 8 IS e
"Whetier it rain.or whether it shine.
this is very pleasant worlsito live in. If
/ had been consulted as torwhich of all
the stars | would choose to have been
born on. then | know of none that L
would have preferred to this.
The human face is admirably adapted
for its work; il is supshine in its smile,
tempest in its frewn. Two eyes. oae
moro than is absolutely NECESSARY, so
whcn one is putt otlf, we scans sin look
abroad upon the beautiful works OF
nature: one nosc. which isquitc sufficient
for those who walk among so many nui-
sanccs. II may hc inclined TO be Roman,
or il may turn up toward the heavens
with celestial admiration. Orperhaps il
reaches out along way and ther sudden
ly SHES OF, illustrating the-old proverb
that it is n long lane that has no turning.
One tongue and one mouth which are well
able To express our wants and commune
cate our thoughts to each other. Yet
no two OF these features are alike nor
are any two persons alike. 1t is not in
tended that they should be. On stand
ing before any specimen of sculpture or
painting. dozen different men will have
n dozen different sentiments. We can
not all think alike, but where is theblas-
phcmer Of his God who would criticise
the arch of the sky or the crest of
wave. or tho flock of snow-white tieecv
clouds driven by the shepherd. of Che
winds across The hilly pastures OF tie
heavens, or the,alruiuccifi OF the sun
set. or the fcrn-leaf pencilings of the
frost on the .window-pane? Why, my
friends, where there is one discord in
nature, there are a thousand harmonies.
.
1t will be well for us to work a little
harder when we are tempted to look at
rhe dark side of thugs, and keep our
thoughts Occupied by paying closer at-.
tention to otherthings BY always look-t
ing at the dark side, we get discouraged
and down-hcarted, and by the natural
reaction OF one soulon another, we NAV
get others into the same way of think
ing Ny ideas OF re-
ligion are n little different from those of
some people. Mine is sunshiny re-
ligion, happy religion, full of love
love is everlasting sunshine and Ihavel
noticed that the more religion people
have of this sort, the happier they are
Now, great many peoplesseem to think
that to be religious .one must wear
long face; but when people come to me
with long face they don't impress me
at all. ThefypFM hasa great many de-
lghtful people init-so many real clever
people that have faculty worth any
sum OF money!. They neyeryet came
away from aspictrire gallery but what
they saw one landscape, one face that
they admired. ss They are very like the
and youth and Bloom Like a priestess,
she stands swinging her censer of per-
fume before the Lord. The summer, \
too, is the thing for them, for they like
to hearths musicalavhir of the machines
as they plow through the shuddering
grain, the Svhettings of the scythe, the ]
lowing of the seattle and the glad CAROL
ing of the birds. And they like the
autumn, theyhke he flores tssLhaksv with,
their biood-red leaves flecked with fire,
look ike an iarmy marching with bau-
ners dipped in. the sunsets glow. And
they praise God for winter, that brings
the shout of children playing. blind
man $ buff with handkerchiefs they can
see through, getting up theatricals in the
kitchen and turning the wood-shed into
. royal dressing room. Ii you are
lawyer, they. are the kind Of people you
will likeAf5r clients; if you are
merchant they are the people you viii
like for cul<oEners; ii physician, the
people you will like for patients, bnt
they cam generally cure themselves
by b5tt1e of laughter-and the
laughter. like medicine, is bet
ter if well SHAKEN up.
1 noticed that, when / was in the coal
district sefe ePennsylyania, in thez coal
mlnessepery yrninerscafriedhis own light
in his hat. He takes his light with him
he is perfectly independent of his neigh
bor Thatstrpck me,as a iirst-rate plan.
for it Leaves every man free and teaches
him to depend on himself. A blacksmith
who was sins comfortable circumstance
had som in college, and after awhile he
got a letter from him., Now. neither the
blacksmith uor. .his wife could read. so
they took the letter, down to the village
butcher to get him to read it. But the
butcher was \ very rough man. and be-
ing very rough man he read it this
way: s444ft-~sa~ s+a f
"DE4s FArnER@-send me some money; 1,