Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-16

pies. truths, propositions. WITHOUT these the
mind will, die! twill weaken and waste away.
in,e nsncs seh9els Fable libraries daily papers,
being nsed to feed and grow the intellectual life
Of man. Man has also affectional life- Beef and
Graham bread will not feed it. Cold thought and
truth and reason fail its food The heart of
man must have love and sympathy and
bpsia baks ks hear an
IN e;s lives end homes and pursuits. Whatever
weao must be done heartily, or else our efforts
will wreck us on the reefs in the of time. The
love os wife and child and mother and friend and
count fseds the life of the heart. Song and ro-
deeds IN and feed and beautify and glorify the
heart. It must have this food, or it will fade
away and die. All these wants are natural to
man, and equally natural TO his spiritual and re;
ligious faculty. He is conditioned in physical and
Intellectual, emotional and spiritual faculties
and Worship Unlike the plant animal he
cries out for God and Immortality and endless
progress. The infnitude stamps all his noblest
powers and wants. Nothing short of infinite
life oftrust, life Of faith, life of hope, life of
native iongings and aspirations Of the deep de-
,s M; me- c,.rt. Experience has shown that
Jesus Christ, His words and life MOP ieed our
spirts- 'The word of God is living and power
lives sby every word that proeeedeth out of the
mouth of God. The law Of the Lord is perfect
eonyesting the SOUL With all these endowments
Compliments, / ask, ''How shall We make the
most Of lifsY And whsp the question is settled
| life worth living?'' Experts are busy finding
how the most may be extracted from ore and soil
| have recently been overhauled and as much gold
| was left behind as was once taken out. The Ger
man gardeners who come to our shores teach
Americans how to extract double results from the
| garden and harvest field. The old Virginia and
Kentucky farmers and indifferent negroes have
and idleness only scratched the ribs of
the earth with a sharpened stick and
| farms of earth Nor have men learned yet how
theS1may make the most of the years of life. The
first faetor would mention, in finding the sweets
ucation the power to measure the resources OF his
rich environment. An educated mind gives us
appreciation that finds in nterest in everything.
| everywhere. Gray has given a picture that
illustrates the point in hand;
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,
| That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high,
| His listless length at noontide would he stretch
And pore upon the brook that babbles by"
The ability of the boy to appreciate left out
of fantastic roots and brook sweetly
'"babbIing byI!'. This appreciation may
or taiior-shop, with a tallow candle
| 1t may be found in the souls of great men Whom
wepersonally meet in the walks Of life or in good
| society and refined eompanionship, where edu
| Gated appreciation becomes epidemic and catch
ing. The more thoroughly and deeply we are
| aroused mentally, emotionally and spiritually y
the more precious become the passing years Lif,
is largely increased by making it obedient to law
Laws are Gods ordained ways that lead to sue
feet and we must obey them, or live to little pur
pose. The plant that transcends the limits of it
| temperature will, with faded flower and de
the the -" iaw = he he dared treat with contempt
| Violets grow and planets move in Kingdoms o
| law and vast fixed principles. Insects and sun
cannot escape their laws fixed by the Law-give
| of the universe And man must follow the path
| of law. He must regard the fixed principles o
food and drink and exercise of body and soul Z
enjoy health, friendship, cheerful spirits, brigh
philosophy and graceful and happy old age
You wish TO go TO Europe, you must follow th
watery path that lies in the troughs Of the tempes
and silence of the sea. Without obedience to Law
we can not reach education, or money, or love
or ambition, or any very great degree of life, o
| As a third factor life may be much increased b.
making unit of our years. Youth, middle lif
and old age must be one beautiful piece of work
maEship. They must join hands in the grea
transactions. and the beauty of youth will gid
into the beauty Of mind in old age, True civil
| periods, and declares the whole human life on
piece and divine. Barbarism says only middl
all life Is exalted. 1t is seen as great in tn
fnis as in the beginning. mention an aggres
sive will as fourth in the appropriation Of life
The heroes and heroines of all ages had wills tha
gave them active personality. 1t is this power
when cultivated, that with Incidence an
idlencss and satisfaction, and urges men on to
ward physical, intellectual, emotional and hig
spiritual ideals. The inner will must respon,
quickly to the wOoings of the outer world. 1t i
true that circumstances have much to do in max
ing men. But there must be strong resolution
and personal aspirations to aid the circum
stances. The evenings breeze makes no musi
on a ship cable drawn across the window
but a silk thread will mark in sweet accent
the passing of the wind. Circumstances max
great lives, but wakeful hearts must beat amids
the eircums stances. As the universe is the cute
wish of God so mans outer life is the shaping O
| his or her will Then, with all our high endow
ments of life, and following education and will
and law and lofty ideas all untitled and carrie
forward in the belief that man is n child of Go
and will live on the other side of the grave an
make endless progress I'VE conclude that life is in
caleulably worth living. An approximation t
such life Is measurelcss gift! Human life
made the most of by the average man, may pas
frobl these shores like army triumphant fror
battle-gloriously caparisoned, with flying ban
ners and crowned with fadeless and eudless hon
Ors. All that a man hath will he give for his lif
here and he will always offer much for his lif
hereafter.
EUNDBORG.S PERFUMES.
| EDENIA AND
| MARECHAL MEL ROSE.