Year: 1869

"a. g- BY HENRY WARD BEECHER.


All the world has talked of the beauty
OF the morning. Much poetry has
been written about it, and a vast deal
OF sentimental essays written. Butt doubt
II one man IN q hundred ever saw the
morning Or, if he did, it was an aeci
dent He had been watching with sick
nelghbor, or he was in an all-nioht STAGE
or was called up much against his will to
some domestic exigency. With woe-be--
gone countenance he looks upon the east
ern sky, and wonders how any man ever
saw anything to praise. Among all nv ac-
qualntance, L recall but 81 single one who
ever got up before the sun for the sake of
enjoying the morningl And [ am CON
Vlnced that most people suppose morning
TO oegln about seven O'Clock in the sum
mer, and not far from nine in ygii1teri =,


It is true that many people. are [n0o;5ro to
rise early; thousands are up early over
night. But when the Uine comes sober sec
ond thought keeps them abed.


When journey, a picnic, a fishing exne-
dltlon, a aprojected ride, or any other tempt
ing motives brings people out OF bed at
''untlmely hours, they seldom eniov them
selves for an hour or two.


They have no heart for ANYTHING till after
breakfast Their nerves are relaxed. Their
eyes are weak; their stomach is rebeIIious
Iney are Tar more conscious of disaoreeabla
personal sensations that ofpleasine aspects
of Nature. a argr .f 2. . - - -


The habit of early rising will depend
largely upon the habit Of retiring early
One cannot play both owl and hawk. If ie
would sit up late, he must sacrifice the
morning. The customs of city life favor
late hours. Eleven o'clock is regarded as
9aTiV n
the next morning is early rising.


In the country things are arranged bet-
ter; certainly on this little hill, where we
breakfast at SIX, dine a5 twelve. and SIM AZ
SIX. One will be well repaid if he goes to
ped at nlne O'Clock in summer. This is
one OF the best reasons why city people
should spend time every summer in the
country. 1t will enable them to sIeep in
the torepart of the night. From nine to
three is the very rlpenpss of the night.
month or two well filed with siaenincg
early Of nights, in a pure country air. will
do more for NERVES than all doctors and
medicines. We have had water-cure
grape-cure, and endless other cures
does not some wise doctor open q house
for sleep-cure? Once let there be known
to exist hall where nerves NAV. grow tram
gun and eyes grow slunberous and thoa-
sands would flock to it.


But 1t was not sleeping that I was sneak
ing about but early WAKING. Of Zrhicb
early sleeping is the indispensable re-
quisite s.-f.,as =.


When one wakes in the morning there
should be no parley. These bed-councils
always fall back again into sleep Spring
out OF bed, II you are vigorous give your
self q good dash of water, OF q dry f71b if
water Injuries are absent, ard dress with
promptness; avoid dawdling about the toi


let; get out OF doors and move about, till
the circulation is accelerated and then. If
ever, you will be prepared for endowment. .


Until after the first of August. you will
need to be out by four in the morning, if
you would hear what birds can do in sino-
ing. All other notes through the day are
moderate compared with the outbursG and
jubilee of the morning song. This is spe-
cially true when after several DAYS of stormy
weather, in which they have been kept
mute, there comes q fair morning, Thew
sing both in response and in rivalry. and it
would seem, sometimes, as if they must
burst their throats ass1nder with the wild
! exuberance of morning song This lasts
from half an hour to an hour, seldom quite
an hour: for as soon as light llindIes, thev
leave sentiment and seek their breakfasts.
and there will be an interval of bird silence
almost as noticeable as the musical uproar.


But 1t IS not the ear only that is regaled
in the morning. The eye grows royal. One
may wander far and near, as his humor
takes him. But it is good to get apaIt from
men, and from all household goings on-on
the ridge Of o grove, or along some open
brook; still better if it be a stream in the
uplands, with rocks and coverts, and all
means Of loneliness. It is good for one to
be alone, with nothing before him but that
which God has made. One is lifted out Of
self, and comes into a larger frame Of mind.
1t is good for one to see, feel, and know
how much larger is the world than he him
self is There is kind of self-deprecia-
ton which beggars a mans spirit. But
that modesty which comes, not by NOR
bid belittling of ones self, but by large
view of the magnitude and grandeur of the
system to which one belongs, work sweet
ness and hopefulness, as well as humility
| Nor need one fear that moving life will
grow trite. No two mornings are alike
enough to seem relations. If one is trained
to fine observation, the variations from day
to day will be so many that, for months,
! each day will be like new leaf turned in q
portfolio Of engravings, a separate and diff
| ferent pressure on each one But 'eyes
nave they, ana they see not, is stlIl true.


To have the flavor of such serene enjoy
ment, one must have oil the instruments Of
his body in fine order. To do this he must
lead simple and regular life. Pure blood
and sound organs demand that one should
be in accord with natural law. And so it
comes to pass in another sense, and yet
nearly allied, that ''the pure in heart shall
see God" soul in health shall see God
in all moral relations, and q body III pure
and fine health shall see God in his phys
ical laws and phenomena.