The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-11-16

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iture which we use, or TIE housrs In
which We live, with tliefr walls of
bIick or stonef
No. Surely not.
For the taht,i, the chair, and the
warl may be reduced To ashes, not
a vestige remain OF their strength
and sol;dity; set the TO day sill
rrinainl Wherei How En-,
sfifined in what We call memory, as
completely as IL tune had ouly lust
finished It's circle OF tour and tween.
" Loms.
We laugh 1T Il philosophy which
says the objects that we see are on.
~ what they are TO our conscious.
ness, in reality they may be some
Thing entirely different but is
there not truth underlying the
broad assertion, and would il not
he worth while TO suspend iudg.
ment sometimes upon the evidence
OF sight, and tiud cut what the real.
ity IS!
Are happiness Or unhappiness
fictions or realities, independent as
We all know they are OF what we
call the "real" things that surround
us' | was unhappy Yesterday, l
am happy today, yet no change
has taken place in my surround
iugs Nv house is no largel, my
furniture is no handsomcr, my ship
that went out to sea has not yet
come in, have NOT yet added a
sping suit or u new bonnet to my
warurobe, aud there are household
deities still absent, or deiaced yet
all these things did not make we
unhappy, as ! was yesterday, ard
us | am not to-day Ale these
states real, aud II 50, how should
we go to work to render the desira.
BILE one perpetual I
"Life is reabn the poet sings;
but what is life We cannot see
il; we can see the expression of it,
activity, but that is not life, any
more than, u. mere song is music.
We have all lived moments which
appeared utterly Inactive, set con.
tainel within themselves the bliss
or the agony OF wears!
What is it that, is real in HE !
and what is 1t that We cultivate I
the scmblance pr the reality
| We are striving for something,
we occupy our days aud our nights
with endcavoB is the gain worth
the candle 7 do We have what we
wanted, even when we have been
put ia possession of what We have
sliren iors
Is it husband or thildreni Is it
houses or lands is 1t literary or
business success 7 is it fame or rec.
ognitlon of any kiudi We fancied
We had achieyed it, bnt have we
Got itf 1t caiie as u breath, as q
breath. it foated a&ay. lSayihg us
neither more nor less than we we're
before, so fer as one can see. 4.
What then l repeat constitutes
the reality IN lifei What, il not
that which lies within ourselves
our own insight, onr truth, our
honor, our purity, our power to ap
prcciate and make part OF our.
selves Whatever is best, aud high
est, and .rtest, and noblest in tie
history of the past, or tile good Of
the present. ' y
| canliot afford q marqueterie
table and IL / could, it is not mine;
u circumstance brought 1t to niy
Bone, circumstance hay AT any
moment take it away. But | can
take, d great thought aud appro.
pirate it, make 1t part ct myself,
put it Into MY life, SO that it shall
bear fruit, and make me richer, for
ever aud forever. Which is the
real thingi and which is the best
worth havinsf, the mardueterie
table, or the theughti
can never be u famous prison,
have not tile gilt nf tongue or
pen, but | can at least be an hon.
est and true one, aud Hold what l
have tor ms own; aud is not this
better than to be a walking false.
hood, u filcher of ctlier peoples
brains, u pretentler to what does
not belong to me, and which can
iieveb Ue liiile, even though ! ap-
propridte it, becaIise there Is 10th.
lug in me which can vltalize 1t, and
make it grow
| What iS Sreal then, is vital. Living
once, II lives forever; it is part of
US, as we are patts OF % great whole:
and the natural expression of what
Is real iu MS, is what we DO IN our
relations TO others.
The good thing that We find, be.
comes bad in our hand, When we
put 1t to our own selfish uses.
What then should VIC strive for I
What is it that is real, aud of the
greatest value ous. 80
Ii it not that knowledge OF our.
selves, aud of the world around US
which will enable Us to establish
l,armOnietiS relations between our.
selves aud bur circumstances, and
so justly estimate relative values,
aud the proportion oi one thing to
another, that we eau be honest, Ind
truthful, and siIicee, and just, and
kind, and tolerant and, /, more titan
forgiviug, feel that We Lase nothing
to forgive, that our duty is toward
Others, theirs toward us, and .judg
ment for neither; for though tn,
, distant woods may lie in th,