The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-27
INSP RATION.
An Inquiry from MAUD Maple" Z
Whore it Comes From.


Where it Comes From.
Where is the wise or the learned, or the good,
that sought not solitude for thinking,
And from seclusion's ere; vale brought forth his
precious fruits? UPPER
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS was
much impressed with the incidents and
conditions of the life OF Rose Hartwick
Thorpe as given by Harper Livings."
Having always loved her poem, Cur
few" l had found an added interest on
learning that she is a dear friend of our
worthy "Incog," who also gave us an in
teresting narrative OF her some time ago.
think very few of us are inclined to
study closely the lives of inspired poets,
and often wonder if they themselves are
always conscious of the facts relative 10
their highest and most inspired thoughts
that, when exposed IN rhyme, thrill and
charm the souls of the world. Ii we could
realize fully our close relation with God,
the Father and the source of all, and how
we should draw therefrom, then we might
clearly see the necessary condition to true
inspiration.
Ii is clearly seen that all inspired writ
ers, whether in poetry or prose, have lived
much in seclusion. and amid the silent
solitude of nature, where the sould drinks
inspiration which flows from supreme in
telligence, filling them with new ideas and
a wisdom that far exceed books of world y
knowledge. Nature in her silent majestic
beauty does more than awaken a passing
admiration in the soul. She fills us with
a power OF thought that lifts US heaven
ward as we behold the expression OF inf
nate mind, the thought of God, in all the
things of nature, and through them we gain
strength and wisdom. The more we love
them the stronger we are inspired by love
of God through them, having properly at
tuned our souls to receive. Therefore, TO
commune with nature" is far more than
sentiment 1t is joining ourselves with
the infinite being. But this ability to
draw from the infinite mind through His
expression in nature, or even in solitude,
is not possessed by all in equal degree.
Some persons are miserable when alone in
forest, plain or mountain, while others
find therein deepest pleasure.
know that by far the majority OF peo-
pie think that to be deprived of many
books, a thorough school education and
society, the state is deplorable one, but
not so. Note the condition of all who
have left their impress on the race from
the apostles and prophets of old down to
the present day, and learn the secret of
true inspiration and knowledge. Note
also how often Jesus withdrew from the
multitude and sought solitude to COM
mune with the Father As quoted by
Harper Livings." see what Rose Hart
nick Thorpe SAYS: II wrote my best
poem (at least my most popular one; [
claim | have others as good as ''Curfew")
before had seen beyond the meadows
which surrounded little country village
OF 500 inhabitants. | had no education
at that time; no knowledge of literary
people or books. was ignorant of the
very rudiments upon which literary ed
ucation is based, and yet after years OF
study and travel and literary association
with books and authors, my literary fame
rests on that first production"
Does this not clearly show that 1t was
because she wrote it through stronger in
SEPARATION, and freed from the ideas of the
world. and in closer relation and harmony
with God? Therefore, it touches the
chord of humanity more forcibly than her
productions given under other conditions
Let us learn TO be "alone with God" and
trust Him more and more for all things
and we shall find Him helper in every
time OF need. "MAUD MAPLE.