The Brookhaven leader., 1884-08-21
THE GENIUS OF ACTION.

! Comes from making most OF all thro
ev'ry thought and action. aI
We might have the worlds possessions
all its riches still untold;
Wealth no Kothschild ever garnered
wealth that kings crave to enfold.
All earth's purest, richest blessings might
4 be strewn about our way;
But like love to hearts unfeeling, or like
T. tears ON dead, cold clay,
OF what avail are many blessings falling
/ :, resting where they fall'
| What are moon beams in the night
time till their glory brightens alli
What are flowers in the meadow till
their perfume fills the airs
What are birds in leafy bower till their
songs ring sweetly therei .t
What are gems hid meath the waters till
l on some fair brow they shinef 80
What are thoughts in minds ennobled till
they glow in expression finei
There is naught Of good or greatness in
our best of treasures here,
While they lay all dcsolate like the shad-
ows ON the mere
They must be awaked to action, human
wants to satisfy;
Then with newer, truer meaning beams
their brightness to the eye.
Thus lie many pearls meath waters that
we've never strove to break,
Thus lie dormant blessings vast on bar
rem shore, in mountain lake.
Stir the stagnant waste of waters let
& them dash with rage and might!
See! the pearls are gently cleaning, pure
and fairto longing sight. ''
See the children on the seashore, with
d their scoops and dainty hands
Only playing with the pebbles and the
..glittering seashore sands.
Lo In careless little handful simmer
ing shell in;beauty lay
Now, in r-falIed, rare collection CLEANS
that shell from day to day.
So there may lie in the ocean of the
minds vast, unmoved deep
Gems Of Purest tho't and feeling waiting
for an efforts leap.
There are darksnod moonbeams hiding
back of clouds of in.loience;
There are scen:less flowers sighing meath
rays Of indifference. 81.
What world of life and glory would
about our path be spread ~.
If ev'ry heart and ev'ry mind would '1et
the dead past bury its dead"
And awaken to great effort, using ev'ry
talent given.
Great or small there comes to all some
blessing sweet from heaven.
And isn't our world a fact'ry great where
its people, ev'ry ons {, l4'se.t 6 =
Can utilize the finest thread, that thro'
his life is spuns e.g4 8tt"
What tho it be most humblsi There
are little flowers sweet =. .
There are little voices singing, there are
busy little feet. 1is"
This principle now is showing in colOrs
+ bright and fair 70 ~
All Ger our thriving country, while
wealth is Fastening here.
From the spruce tree to the roses, from
! the hill top to:the vale
Naughtl is left to waste its worth--on
Southern breeze or Northern gale.
Ev'ry hand is far outstretching for most
! and least of good to. find,a
And the husks from golden harvests and
the gorgeous clustering vine,
And the shadow and tho moonlight and
the seed and fruitage rich,
And the gleanings and the leayings and
the sands on glistening beach
All are forming some great part In this
universe of man; 4.sssS
Actions genius ever guiding, onward
urged by some wise plan
Emanating from that gift, the greatest to
mortal given, .gs.l
That lowers his manhood in the dust or
lifts his soul to Heaven. -
All is action, all is motion in this mighty
.as world of ours; Tss~ e aae
Like, the current Of the ocean, man is
urged by unseen powers, s'ir
Duty points with ontstretched finger ev'ry
~ soul to action high; =
Actions genius. all pervsding, she will
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