The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-08
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 What affinity have summer and win ter or soft, deliciously straying breezes with the keen, pitiless blasts, swaying the bare limbs earthward and creating dirge-llke sounds with resistless force and rhythmic gravity? The heart has felieitous powers of attraction, drawing hygone pleasures over the live warmth or memories, the materially glowing fire igniting a kindly satisfaction in the mind and fascinating the visual organs until mind closely associates with mat ter; correlation of subjects, real and ideal, establish the ideal as the real--- producing perfect harmony,
 The spirit has sight What does it see? All sorts of airy shapes and fitful presences appear in the many colors of the lambent flames. A grateful feeling responds to the comfort conveyed from thence to the body. Ones thoughts swiftly play upon whatever is genial from the past or the present. Amid the coals arise beautiful pictures, Winter seems to have vanished. Better than sunny southern features, this recalling of delights.
 Joys seldom repeat themselves. A real experience with pleasure, in its first impression would better never be marred by the attempt at repetition just as rare bon mot from the tongue of an eloquent orator is spoiled by the giving it over to common usage, so is a pleasure which has been once keenly appreciated made worse than lifeless in the mind that seeks to put 1t to the further test. This reality holds true, perhaps. to special individuals. There are persons who lack sentiment aroused by fine associations, Such persons seem content to take pleasure as it be- falls; with characteristic sang froid they meet disappointment; perhaps having fewer ppointments, because not sensitive to particularities of enjoy ment which come of delicate sympa- thies deeply originating and finely ex- pressed. But these miss the full appre- ciation which gives each pleasure a meaning, making future recollections truly alive and satisfying.
 Blessings upon memory! How pure should its treasures be to bring the blessing! What requirements of best | activities, profitable recerations, posi- tive good in either instruction or leisure, that memory may do its perfect recall ing.
 Thought is a swift traveller: more fleet than the bird with it's wings. It goes forth, returning not void What does it hrnO ta |,o 70; | able progression, yet, it is brought into more or less of subjection by the mind possessor's concentrative energy and thought is under authority, and, with powers. Hence, staying or going, whomsoever abides rational gifts, rests also personal and unshared responsibil- ity. The thinking of others tlnges our own, helps, guides and deeply influences according to it's combination of tenta- tive and persuasive reaches into human issues. But nothing can strengten mind save individual action, self depen- dent thought purely directed at high aim. Vigorous use of mental faculties increases life to such. Thought devel- ops, enlarging it's sphere of action, intellect gains 3 fairer, broader, more beautiful horizon
 So as the coals down there become vivifed by surcharged heat, thought quickens vitality, partaking of each subtle magnetism, to be imparted with itself and widely dispensed, until the original source of the whole is mani fest in composite light and glow and warmth. But notwithstanding the sim ile, the coals in their burning captivate sheer fancy. They favor contemplation rather than concentration of mind. At twilight hour, when the sunset glow goes down-7the western skies illumined by 1t speaceful hues, all too vanishing, as We think what loveliness they DOT tray-the fireglow sustains our medita- tive mood, resolving sweetest images with fullest feeling which surely We shall never lose from mental grasp,