The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
HOPE AND LOVE.
Norfolk Nirginian. ]

1--WE upllFt tnc llu OI tue vi Al vi
buried hope and love, and their with
cred leaves are scattered into nothing
ness
1t is doubtful if the author who
penned these lines ever drew more
tender expressions, and certainly few
have ever been written that appeals
more closely to the feelings of man
kind in general. The volume of thought
they suggest, and the great feeling
which arises from their perusal is
something akin to granduer; yet are
they true, even in the abstract. What
would life be worth we're it not for hope,
and where would be the strength and
sublimity OF the struggling spirit? 1t is
true that man enters upon the thres-
hold of life fall of hope, and unhappily
it is sometimes the case that ere life is
half spent, all hope is dead, and "its
withered leaves are scattered into moth
ingness," but love never dies, it lives
on and on and on forever. The soldier
who lays down his arms at the feet ol
the conquerer, feels that hope is dead
yet who will question his love for the
cause he ssloved but lost?'
"Hope on, sweet love-" and the
youth again lives in "the beautiful
dreamy days OF the past" and trav.
elling the halls Of memory revels in
the perfume ofthe flowers which bedeck
those halls in beauty. The wrecked
mariner upon the tempest tossed sea
thinks Of home and the loved ones
and a ray Of hope that he will meet
them springs INTO existence, brighten
ing the gloom of disaster. The beauti
full maiden upon the threshold O
womanhood, whose life, like some rare
flower, is modestly unfolding its petal.
in a rare aud beautiful bloom, is fillec
with hope and the bright realization:
of life, and the future to her, is bright
dazzling bright. Great ships sail the wide
seas DER, and the bright star of hope
guides them to harbor at last. The
weary traveller falls in the midst ofh
journey, filled with the hope ofa blessed
hereafter, and the great Father tells IL
'there is hope beyond the grave
I've uplift the lid of the urn OF buried
| hope and love, and their withered leave
are scattered into nothingness.'
Yet Shakespeare tells US that th'
| heart that is true loves on to the end,
and another great author says tha
Glove never dies" Who can measur,
the mothers love for her child, or hop'
for its welfare? The beast of the fores
loves its young and will battle to th
death in its defense from prey. Th
fowl OF the air nestles its young ant
the veriest flower or blade of gras
loves the warmth of the genial rays O
the MONDAY sun, and SO it is, "lov
makes the world go arOund.'
The soldier at Appomattox lai'
down his arms, and felt that all hop
for the cause he "loved but LOST wa
dead and its wthered leaves wer
scattered into nothingness, but VIII
will undertake to say that his love 70
"The Lost Cause is dead?
The cause, it is true, is dead, deat
to everlasting, but the love he bore
abldeth with him, and SO it will "est
perpotua.
If the authors lines be true, even il
the abstract, who can forget the line:
bright star of hope with ray.
To shine in every fOrebodng breast?'
In a sermon at St. Marks Protestan
Episcopal church, in New York city
recently, Rev. DR.. Rylance, promi
nent clergyman, paid a high tribute t
the moral inlueuce of newspapers
The reading of newspapers he said
could never constitute education i
its best sense, but when it tollowe
thorough school education it was tn
highest educator. The living worl
was the best school, and into this tn
newspaper led its readers. 1t wen
everywhere-the art of reading bein
common. 1t was largely due to thi
that the advanced and broad minde
views of life prevailed'so much anon
the American people. 1t had create
a feeling of brotherhood among ma
tons. The exchange of newspapers tn
world over had promoted the cause c
international peace. The newspape
had generally been preacher c
peace.
Newspaper men were general
liberal, DR.. Rylance said. AS rul
they were far in advance Of the polti
clans in deserving the needs Of tn
times 1t was the newspaper mainl
that had rendered popular governmen
successful. The newspaper went wher
speech could not. 1t kept men in
formed upon the best literature OF tn
day; made known the researches c
science; it advocated needed social re
forms; it pleaded the cause Of the wea
and the oppressed; it was the be:
auxiliary of the courts of law, and wa
more feared than all the anathemas
the church.
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