Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-11-20
might ONLY SERVES TO BRING
OUT THE STARS y


No truer thought, no sublime- sen
timent was ever uttered The finite
mind cannot comprehend 1t In It's
truth beauty and sablimity. We can
not COMPREHEND it in its abstract sense,
we fail utterly to receive instruction,
comfort and enco&ragsIaent from it
! wnen alone aud lonely we tread the
Ozark vale of this eur earthly Pilgrim
| age. 'Ils tho Masters voice saying.
II love thee, | love thee, pass under
| the rod, Wand however grievous to be
borne it may ba,sure beam. r:sdiating
from Gods own throne, will illuni-
/ nate your darkened way: The sun
/ shinos in his me idian sp!en,sor, the
flowers rejoice in his bright smiles,
| tae earth is warmed by his genial rays
and olir hearts arc cheered and made
! glad yalli!e wo revcl in this natehless
beauty this transcendent glory which
he calls into life. But, alas, like all
things earthly thoir beauty is soon
4 gone. their brightness obscured. Our
doarast loves perish before our very
eyoa. The Aower that oponed its frail
beauty in search OF our hand has
faded. The slid bird that lifted up its
morniag song in welcome Of tho re
lrning light, the silver aud crimson
/ ned cloud that curtains the golden
glory cf the setting sun. all, all, have
f&dcd. Our hearts grow sad rs we
contemplate tho short-lived pleasures
that have been, and the twilight
shadows that gather over the earth and
darkea it, gather in our hoarts also,
a1a set The seal OF gloom and darkness
there. Slowly slowly, darker and yot
da koe&row th3Fshadowe. The day s
bright splend0r leaves only an aehing
brow, a rspiain& heart and uusatisied
ana aSSlng void, which lis brightness
cannot Efll. Bat while tho daylight
darkly iingera, see in the west a star,
the herald of hops to the night
uarshals. comes out ard while sge gaze
anathe. aad yet aaothcr Of Gad's
hpsts With all their bsacon fires burn
tig upon tho pains OF heaven and
K nd o iuto roises OF beauty and
crowns OF glory the lovely Garth.
Night only servas TO being out the
s1ars. Dan el Webster in homespup.
J3hn Milton in rags, poverty and
blindness, and Ryron. Poo anil Buras.
though ruTe,ing from thair own mis-
aepeanor, from cut the darlened
Paeos il theit' hear!s gave us gems OF
oeau.y mat i%Aten % fhey grow INTO
or uFes. Sur o"n dear Loa2fetlcw
Ee'a 1no cup trembitngiy iult OF the
VIA u iue - llas alps onty 20 nave Y
asofled 20 pieces nn'astcd, az ais 'eet.
,hen from the ashes cl hls Joys and
,he efhVe OF ms hopes, IRON his great
he2rt lnll oi ms secrets, inll but silent
tb ehe grave always ,iS' the slf2ng
man saVoa ms tnoughta ana tney rlIen-
ga INTO go'asn oeaalV iiks the "aeat
ready 10 harvest and the corn IN
au,niAn, ca, sword pierced their
hehrts lha5 th9y mignt know JOY and
seli II 10 TIE Wodld. Inc llttte Josoph'
iong, ion% years ago. through lea ousy
ano ha'Faa, Was sold by ms hrathers
ana carried INTO Egyp1 where inlusuce
aid cruelty maize nus night very dark,
onI wnen ne was able TO save HI
la'her household from tho iank-
!awed monster famlne, the stars came
out giorlouFiY bright, John BunySn,
tr aalng hls unlliumod cell. cut OF
i.om an The entranc'ng pleasures OF
aio denied tnat ore thing only which
II IS no SIN to cover, lIghf, his life one
long continued, ono dark perpetual
nght' whose darkness was augmented
oy tha cruelty OF persecution; was his
n'gat without gem? No, his raised
spirits $ ar above the frivolous
P'casufes OF eartn ana walKed N glory
an. ng those flsids where the bright
SKIES Oh the ilrmament locked with
tshdef ply upon his sorrows. Ste
pms a. tne nrst Cnrlstlan martyr,
Waikihg n me DARK nigat OF persecu-
non saw tho brii !'aot atsrs that shone
| YER hsal ana ms face 50 shone that even
ms ieIa'es knew that he walked with
0oa.
Durh9 me reign OF Lou's AlV" OF
france. lhe Is,n'estaht wor'o endured
~ as asrh ana sau oS even mend
lsn isonsesrs. wearing vac human form
couiu ina@o H. ms .rooPs' soiaiers
anu ui'Fuous' onterea the mouse OF
'ne : afossslanss' turneo tneif Gining-
looius i,o.'s .s 'n'o s'Ao'es lor ,heir norses'
poIn@ mo l,o.s wt.h youhg lnaanIs 20
pus'a .s,iu sse sno is.e'o ones iay IAN,
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