The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-09

me Hl4ntr Tue >IdlluaTu VI Ills itHibitipH pC-
comes. and the farther the goal recedes. His
aspirations reach out far beyond the means
for Supply ying them. In proof OF tins, look III
men in all the callings of life. The sculptor
gives to The marble block. and the painter to
the canvas. forms OF beauty and of life which
charm and satisfy the bchOlder: but the artists
themselves are un>ati>fed and see visions OF
beauty and pcrtectneSs floating before their
own minds to which they are wholly unable TO
give expression. The poet >tirS the hearts OF
multitudes, a. Byron lid the patriotic Greeks
ana yet hc i> fairly tortured 10y the lmaglnlnGN
which daily come to him, and which he can
lind no language sufficiently expressive TO
cluthe in verse.
The man of science. who SurpaSSe~ all bis
compeer> a. Newton did is still unSatiSicd
with ghe few pebbles he has picked up along
the beach, While the ocean of eXhau>tle>s and
undiscovered truth mocks his iongings for
something higher and better. The man u pur-
suit Of happiness never reaches the attainment
of his inward craNng. The man of moral
excellence. even though he may reach the high
spiritual elevation of Brainard of W eSlcy. Of
,Judson. of Augustine, and Of Paul. ever falls
far Snort Of his ideal. ihe spirit indeed is
WiIliu-. hut The flesh is weak.
These thoughts show that there j. a vast
di>lrpp0rtion between H}pH'N cDHftiftoH ~ ms
f.t. aud hiS de>irrS 0nd napurUieS. Does it
MOI seem reasonable, therefore, that since
mau', aspirations reach out 80 far beyond the
i''' ' W 70 i'l'f ' ~ ~ Ni'''l ' ''i'' .
future ife where his power ran have fuller
SCOPE, where Ms conceptions can have Il fuller
r'aiHaIi"";
Is moi ihh argument strong mat man was
hl"e lor perpetual existence ana hol lof an
eternal SUMMER ~ lnc gfitNt:
rev. Dr. Peabody. IN a lecture before the
Lowell Institute. SAYS: "Nuppu>e you saw an
vc-. for The first time. not knowing what il was,
aud that YOU discovered and opened it lust as
tbe iutant bird was ready 10 force its WAY out
oi thc ~htit ou would >ee q system OF men-
hri~ auI organs tor winch the creature could
have no Use IN that confined condition, WlngS
and feet without space tO fly or walk, digest
lNe apparatus without the opportunity Of pro-
curing food, eyes without ieid OF vision, IN
fine. d constitution entirely unsuitable to its
present state. Your inference would be. that
though the cgg->hell was the creatures birth
place. il was not destined to be its home. \ on
would say il Wa designed for mode Of life
IN which liz organs and faculties could all find
their appropriate sphere. and exercise their
appropriate functions \ on would say il WAS
created for the light and the air, though now
smut out from 10th.
Mans condition in this world. iS not I'M
apply typ ypilied 10y the bird in the she'll. He has
Wing> which he cannot here unfold. and ewes
Of The spirit which here tind no adequate field
Of vision. He has faculties. capacities aud de-
>ire~ which here seek in vain for free scope
AMI tuiI cratjtcatou. lie ha> powers which
here are almost dormant. like the cramp+d
piuiou> Of the vet imprisoned bird. From
these words Of nr. Peabody. | wish to make an
application.
Now. since the bird j. not destined to spend
ir~ daN, IN that narrow care, hut To sail ont
into d world suited to its organization. is il not
reasonable to suppose that there is likewise 4
sphere adapted to mans capacities where be
can be freed from hi> prison house. a sphere