The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-02-04

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all life, and flows 70 the briny ocean
lgain. A circle is completed and the
same journey Is performed many times
over.
1t is self evident that around every
circle from the same center an infinite
number of circles can be drawn, and that
there Ii always space beyond the outer
most circumference. In nature the FIRST
sign of developing life is characterized /
by the showing of = disposition to
pass beyond the limits OF the prts-
ent surroundings. There Is mani
tested desire for something broader |
and higher, grander and nobIer, and a |
realization that there is q deeper depth |
than depth, higher height than height |
Each individual is scanning the IN.
falhomable unknown. Some guided by
the hope of q grander beneficence, others
led by the blind ambition for = higher
place. The infant still remembers the
art OF climbing when It learns 20 walk,
and the man is no less an expert IN
climbing than the boy Everything
is pushing, towering, attempting TO
reach the dizzy height above Its own po-
sitIon. Tue giant oak takes deep root,
sends forth powerful limbs, and signals
with it's branches q welcoming salute 90
the fleecy clouds that hover over It. The
vine. by Its curling tendrIls, draws it.
self up the oak, aad the daisy sits
at the foot of both an trans
mits its balmy fragrance heavenward.
In truth 1t seems as If the Almighty de-
clared at the instant existence crep' nut
OF nOihingness that all should loo. up.
God does not intend that We shall re-
main IN the narrow circle by which we
| are frat surrounded; but he has sug-
gested tho existence OF wider scope, he
has limited at greater occasions. so that
the soul might be filed with q laudable
discomfort and have aspirations OF IN
satisfied desire. 1t is a natural and q
sublime act to gaze upward.
When We stop TO ponder over and To
study the progress and development of
cIvilz alton, We find It TO be the result
of each succeeding generation ouigrOw-
ing and overleapIn9 the manners, Gus
toms and institutions of the precedIn &,
| pushing itself into u broader way, curv-
ing a new arch cover the developments
Of the beet, attempting to eliminate the
worst. Nothing is fixed. "Permanance
Is but word of degrees" The new is
always replacing the old. Yesterday
what We considered stable. to-day is
shaken. The great actions OF men to-
day are eclipsed by the performances of
tomorrow, and no one has yet done any,
thing SO great but that something
mightier aud better may still be accom-
plished. II is said, "NothinR has an end,
every end is but a beginning, every ac-
ton but the fret of new series" The
Invention of gunpowder was not tine end
but only the beginning of series OF in
ventions that changed the mode of war
fare reduced the castles OF the ancient
mobiles aud gave death blow TO feudsl-
the crude magnetic instrument that
licked the first message, "What Hath
God Wrought?" has emansted all the
electrical machinery ard appliances
that are in use and as varied as
are the Dumber, the end Is not yet.
The progress of science is full of sur
prises. A step is taken that seems so
wonderful that nothing can surpass it,
but it is soon eclipsed by something stil
more wonderful. The most remarkable
Inventions and the most colossal studies
in science. medicine and art have sue
ceeded each other with dszzhng rapid
ity. But that which has been discoY.
cred bV man. compared TO the great
ocean of truth lying open before US IN.
explored, seems TO be but one OF the
bright shells which lie on the shore"
Sill We may look into this ''ocean of
truth" We may search, hope trust,
and strive Tor that which is richer and
deeper. But We can only reach these
depths by becoming equipped for .
search, whose possibilities of treasure |
are bounded only by the circumference |
OF existence, within whose infinite acres |
the circles OF q human life are described |
from the cradle to the grave. Man be-
gins TO exist as child, grows into youth,
deVelopes into manhood, and living his |
allotted threescore and ten, ends his be- 1
Ing in second childishness. The aged |
man may forget the happenings O! the
prime OF life, but as he nears the close,
drawing the ends OF . circle TO u meeting
he again sees with great distlnctness
his early years and windy recalls the
most pleasant memories he had leng
dead.
The life OF each generation adds = larger
concentrIc circle than the preceding.
The youth, As did his father before HIM,
starts out In life with the bold VigOr of
hopeful success; he battles with the
stern realities of life He
struggles with the waves and
beats against the current He Is al
ternately hopeful and despondent; but
ever pressing on he Overcomes Opposi-
ton, Is sustained by his reverses, and
1 caches n wider attainment than his an
cestors AS success crowns his Efforts
he chooses = partner 70 DO his h=Ipmate
IN life. then he a.ain pushes On, The way
seems smoother aud the rOsd less rug.
ged. In the cOurse of time be sees his
oSn image reflected Ia q face of
bright eyed rnlIicking boy. With eager
he watches his growth; with
intense lOngIDgs he DurIuTes the fissI
sligo OF developing manhoOd. The boy
becomes earnest, intelligent and ambI
tIOus- He - wont 10 try his youthful
pinlons in the scene II human activities;
be makes short flights into the world
and returns 70 the parental ROOT, only 20
plume himself for more LOFTY eYrie
The father passing the prime o. life be-
gins his declining years. He recognizes
the fact that his energies have declined
that his blood 10 stAgDaDt. and that soon
be must resign TO the younger life. To
the richer blood. The 6cythe of Tine
with ita remorseless reapings comes in
his way and AZ one keen stroke lHys him
low But with scarcely Jar, not even
jIscord, the son steps into the fathers
place, cycle Of . lIfs 10 complete
roo noed into full orb, periphery, Il