The Monitor., 1891-10-02

The man who stands with arms akimbo set
Until occasion tells him what to do;
And he who waits to have his task mark ed out
Shall die and leave his errand unfulflIedu
-LotoeH.
Daughter say unto thee, arise"
As one glances out over their list of
bright young women acquaintances,
through memory's beautiful Kaleidoscope,
and allows their own peculiar ideas to rest
awhile with each face as its particular at
traction or attractions are passing before
you, which help to form the perfect circle,
isn't it natural to wish, so earnestly, that
each face was illumined with that indescrib-
able light which comes from the inward
condition of its possessor, instead OF from
any outward source or sources which may
cause the countenance to glow for a mo-
ment, but which quickly vanshes unless
the root of that glow has its minute ten
drills deeply imbedded in that source which
often causes the human face to picture the
divine? Is it not perfectly natural to wish
that each face, as it is brought before you,
possessed only those qualities that produce
the human face divine" as Milton ex.
presses it? And is it not very natural to
wish that in some way you might be in
strumental In helping to bring this heaven
iy light into the lives about you?
Some faces that are brought before you
possess SO much larger percentage of this
inward light than of the feetirg external
Illuminating causes, tha. if there be any of
the latter it is so influenced by tie former
that the face appears to be only in posses
sion of the true light. There are other
faces wherein the divine does not SO per-
fectly oveTshadow outward causes, and
there are still others whereon all illuminat-
ing powers seem to come from an outward
and SO very uncertain source. What a
sad contrast is the latter face as compared
with that of the former. 1t is this latter
class that causes the inspiring motto ofthe
California State s to repeat itself again:
Daughter, | say unto thee, arise, for to
those who are in possession of this divine
light there is little need OF this demand,
except by way of reminder, for they are
already about their Fathers business. else
their light would not be $50 shining among
men" as to be SO noticeable.
In order to come out of this state of
semi-darkness in order to have the differ
ent lines of the face (and the lines will
come sooner or later bespeak tie COM
panY OF this inward illumination, it will
be necessary for its possessor 10 ''arisen to
the work at hand, which work if faithfully
carried out will help to illumine every line
OF the face of the worker, taking away the
sharp corners of discomfort, of dlssatis-
faction, of discouraged condition, and
mellowing every line into an emblem of
heavenly sweetness.
Dear girls, you who are jlst beginning
to feel about to ascertain what your life
work may be, first of all ''arise." Arise
to the Importance OF being found always
in company with those books, those COM
panions, those sources of happiness where
in beautiful rays of light may accompany
you and not be driven out of your hearts
instead. Shun the ways of darkness your
selves and let it be part of your life-work
to study wherein you may best use your
influence to rid the world of those things
which most corrupt society to-day.
It's as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle
slaves
or legen dairy virtue carved upon our faith
ers' graves;
Worshippers oflight ancestral make the pres.
ent light crime;
Was the Mayfower launched by towards,
steered by men behind their times
Turn those tracks toward past or future, that
make Plymouth rock sublime?
New occasions teach new duties: time makes
ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still, and onward, who
would keep abreast of Truth;
So, before US gleam her camp fires! We our
selves must Pilgrims be,
Launch our Mayfiower, and steer boldly
through the desperate winter sea,
Nor attempt the Futures portal with the
Past's blood-rusted key.
JONES Russell LopeH.
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"'Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now
Is brooding, like gentle spirit, DER
The still and pulseless world"
RUTH.
WoodstoMn, 9th mo. 80, 1891.