The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27
The TIDES Of the NM.

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Bliss csrman N Boston Evenine fnnscs3oe
Each mans mind II something IKE - ~
significant rock pool On eur Gfsnits eoeot
1t may Be sleeping idiy - the sun end
you would take II to b mere chance Sain
puddle. or At best the oversplssh Of storm.
soon TO become stagnant. to evaporats =
pass away. But you mistake. Il bas sems-
where ont Of sight hidden passage Of COM
munieation with the greet deep. eternaIIy
breathing down the shore.
on parts Of the coast where the coil per-
mits Il. as In the Bahamas. for instance. with
their coral rock foundation. there are wells
OF sweet water within few feet Of the sea.
that rise and fall regularly with the tide.
yet are always fresh and wholesome 10 drink.
so admirable IL the altering alchemy Of tho
earth. There are minds OF this sort. the
thinkers OF the race. able to keen always In
close touch with the vast profound Of truth.
and able at the same time to transmute In
some way into their own rlmpld expression
for the kindly service Of man. Such a man.
whether he he poet or preacher. artist OF
agitatnr. is more than merely "a wxli Of Eng
lish undecided" he Is we'll OF spiritual re-
ireshmen, Shakespeare. Marcus Aurelius.
Goethe Darwin. Plato. Whitman. Browning.
1cb. virgil Hugo, Kent. spino1a. St Fran
eis--pasan. sain, or sceptie. Il matters not at
all--these we're wells OF the undecided truth.
They might be the fountain springs Of the
stream emerson speaks Of in his poem. Two
Rivers"
| Yes, aud how we prize a good Welt Think
how many generations have drunk from that
clear fountain which Chaucer gave TO Eng
land A new spring Is discovered. and we
Il try It's taste--frw two or three Put Il to
their lips. then twenty. then hundred. then
perhaps q hundred thousand. its fame is SO
excellent Then. II II Is really good water.
and uniailing for human need, we and our
children may drink OF l, for centuries.
We read books fer the same reason thst
we drink Of a we'll. fancy. The natural
element is necessary fer the body. and We
bring ourselves daily into contact with the
vast primal chenie forces OF the universe.
else we should perish, So. too, the MAD
has It's necessity o: nougisansns; 1t must
be brought daily into immediate relation with
tho outer vast spiritual truth. from which Il
springs. X may drink from books or Il may
dad tire sea Of actual life sufficient for IL
But water it mus, have sweet or salt,
Now there IS nothing mysterious, or elect.
or exclusive In art or books, or postry- Our
only uss Of these thugs. our Only 10y tn
them is this: That they nut cur small serves
iuto relation with tho great tites OF truth
= How A drausht from Carlyle viii sluies the
! dus, out Of eue's hrairl FOR the mind OF
} every man would perish Ia day il Il bad no
channel leading on, 10 the ssnse Of thought!
9 liz Is not auestion o. right reason. or even
: Of reason at all; e IS a question OF hts, OF
Icommon 10Y and sorrow. ana love aud pleas
5 ure IN beauty.
7, has been said that happiness Is rot gov
c ernea by circumstance; that Il depends on
the ,iaes @. the mind. This Is 50. Have
tyou ne, noticed how eaprte'ous or own ca
pscity tor happiness seensT Today every
condition may mako tos pleAsure-A Morning
. iunsurpassea for loveluess ar easy ceu-
= science. !ndalEent trieads, a vel earned re-
I spite from routine. wealth. plenty. NmuseIen'
$ and yet the magic movement Of radiant
e ICY ,ails 70 arrive. The tide is ssttias th'
: wrong way. Tomorrow. on the contrary
: Everything IS adverse: g Is mean. drtEZty
3 unhealthy day ia town. business IS ss1tns
y men are un,rustworthy. one failure follows
II another, our home folk herate Us. our elothe
It nre shabby. the cars are crowded to tbds
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From, soma undiscovered source there sur
|, ,nses rs sense CT 'oyfal content, an aa
D. ,a;honabls drauEht Q, happiness which noih
~ ing can poison or take away. Probably W
a. known 10 ourselves We have done some &C
u or met soma thought which put Us Ia com
a. nun,cAtion with absolute truth. one ca
It no, tell ], Was touch OF the iiass OF u
Is mind.
ca Nut this Is certain. never by '@kia
ID though, for tho outward conditions alone en-
K one .eetr, happiness or cenuo! these IN
=. cbarted mental tidea tars say. however
a, mas =. might be helred In soysrnins n
n ,hb and Gov Of happiusss By two rules IL
"a s,sr IS this. See that your body IS q
It reservoir through which the tides CT %
he nina will flow. You must keep IL clean az
ran ventilated aud thoroughly repaired
Az III. needs leisure ard work combined Al
. N. second rule is very iike the nFsS' e
Ia every ether BODY IS well cared for la
by ,.,t give you sufficient spiTitnal f1sTs.s
Il a. isgure wholesome thirst for hsPp'hes'
40 .r4 ,our seal will then refuse to be put o
me .,t.b .,y q the numerous dseoeti0ns Of nss'
=. pleasure. -