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One by one the sands are flowing.
One by one the momenta fell;
Some are coming, some arc going, 1
Do not strive to grasp them all. I
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One by one thy duties wait thoe, t
, " ' Let thy whole strength go to each,
Let no futnre dreams elate the,
I^arn ^?ou first what these can teach. '
One by by (bright gifts from Henvon)
Joys are sent thee here below;
'Take thom readily when given,
Ready too to leathern go.
One by one thy griefs shall meet thee,
'Do not fear an armed hand; J
One will fade as others greet thee,
Shadows passing through tho land.
Do not look at iifs long aorrow ;
See how small each moment's pain ; '
?Ood will help thee for to-morrow, 1
Every day begin again.
Every hour that fleets bo slowly.
Has its tiu-k to do or. bear;
Luminous tlio crown, and holy,
If tkou m* wh^wa with earc. i
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Do not linger with regretting.
Or for passing hours despond;
Nor, tho daily toil forgetting,
Look too eagerly beyond.
~ Hours are golden links, God's token,
Reaching Heaven ; rmt.ouo by one
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UY JOE, A JKHSEY ML'TK. 1
I ESTEEM myself fortunate in llic instruc- '
lion, for a few years to come, of tho moet 1
nmiablo little girl that you, reader of mine,
ever saw. * She is nine years of age, and lost <
her hearing when quite a small child, by a j
disease of the brain brought on by a serious
injury done to the region in which her left J
ear is located, by falling into a well. She
writes rapidly; makes more or less, mistakes
though she has an excellent understanding, -i
and does not persecute her studies with tho
zeal and success I desire. Sue is too young
to learn much. la school sho is serious; ,
but, out of school, she ut quite as playful ;
as a kitten. She is learning to knit ;
as well as darn a stocking, and to 1
sew. She says that she wishes she could
do all kinds of fancy Work.
A shorf time since I gave her a pretty j
valentine which I had deceived from an unknown
source, and she ran to her. mother,
and handing it ~to her, desired her to
S'hv?. ii to bur younger biot'uer. The lit- j
9 mute forthwith composed a sketch of her I
(brother. The sketch is a good ono ; so here
f % ]
"May loves her brother. -Mr. Mount gave
nioe valentine to Mary, bho was glad, She
/an to her mother, Me gave the valentine
to her, and asked hffito give ii to her dear 1
brother. He was gffllhio get Cbe valentine. ,
He thought it pretty. He thanked Mary for !
her kindness. He admired the valentine."
reading this simple story, can help j
lovfng poor little Maryt She tell^me, some- j
times by signs, and sometimes in writing,
almost cverytfcicE. be it of an interthtimr or .
trivial'^PStarST
, I asked Mary 1/ she loved her mother. 1
"Yea* repl ete, -Why V>vpsked I. 8he
answered "because alio haa been kind to me
ever einoe I'w^/born." Her pature is aflee- !
tionate; abe ardently lovea tfjoae who treal? 1
her kindly . No one Ho aee hej^ without i
^ Ulliug in love with her, so awfet and win* %
' niog axe ber infantile grace#. ""
& .,1
I am a constant visitor in the family of a
mute gentleman. His wifo i?also a mute.
Ihcy have an only daughter, named Lizzie,
who is close on ten. In addition to being
gifted with tho senses of hearing and speech
die excels in sign-making. Her mother, dospite
her infirmity, is perfect in everything
that goes to make perfection either in the
oertonale or mental "make up" of woman.
Nyt many (Ays sj?o, I saw nn epistle written
i>y hor daughter, which I deemed a rare litjrary
incident for a girl of her age. A few
?V4>D1/-4 ft/TA oliA WAO - a iK
r. vv?o ouv nno lUJUiUlOCU Ub UiU UIipVIS*
try in tho church whore her silent parents
worship. As I witnessed her immersion, I
recalled to my mind the words of scripture;
'lie that seeketh me early shall find mo."
[ havo heard of a little girl who was baptized
at tho age of six years, and died tho following
year.
A little sweet plump of a girl camo into
my roonj the other day. She has been but
? short time at school, and her language is
therefore imperfect. She has a strong mind
however. She took a pencil, and after writing
on a black board, called my attention to
her writing, which was quite a curiosity iu
the way of written expression. It was in this
wise:
M Joseph Mount?wise?William?lazy
?punpunish?glad." '
The meaning of which is: Joseph Mount
is wise. William is lazy. Joseph Mount
punishes him. 1 am glad of it. I asked
tier if she likod her teacher. She gave a nod.
[ said, "Why t" she replied that her iustruc
tor "helped teach her," by which she signified
that ho assistednn developing her mental
resources. Jf
Thero is nothing on earth I lovo as well
u children. Their prattlo is to a deaf man
fvh-it mu-sic is to a hearing one. An hour
jpent in the society of little folks amounts to
rcjavwixiing m rom /rfltr all Lis exhausting
cares and anxieties.
Philadelphia PA.
Choivftiof E> i c n d s.
I know some young people who choose
their friends by the eye?the same as they
choose a coat or a vest. I do not disapprove
of this altogether ; for, there is certainly
something in every huuum countenance, less
prjnoro attractive, or less or more repulsive;
and 1 would trust more to Lavatcr than to
SPhtahelm. llut novor once form tho least
estimate of a character until you hear him
or her speak. Thq tones of tile voico are
the best symptoms wl||e world whereby to
from atruo and immediate judgemont of a
character. They are the chords of tho soul;
and if you have any enr for music, you inay
ns easily judge of tho sterling value of the
character us of a voilin or an organ.
There is not a single feature of a character
th.'lt is llfkfc rul in ?!>? tnnna r\f
voice. I have been often takon with the appearance
and countenance of young men in
public assemblies, and yet tho very first
lime I heard them speak, I found at once
ihey were consummate blockheads. But
whenever I found the countenance and the
voice accord in sweetness, I could then form
an estimate of the character, which, in all
my lif, I have never had occaaiou to change.
But there is one thing, I may aflirin?that
in tho world, among human beitygs W among
sheep, there is not one character, countenance,
or voice, exactly liko another; and
yet, among all this diversity, you scarcely
find two individuals in whom thero is not
some point of contrast which may rendor
them agreeable and acceptable to each other.
We are, indeed, strangely and wonderfully
made.
gtqutiful ,
Tho followiug beautiful paragraph, is tak
cjtiksm tho addreas delivered before tho graduattng
class of ltutger's College by the llou.
Theodore Frclinhuyscn :?
"Kcsolvc to do something useful, honorable
dutiful, and to do it heartily. lie pel the
thought that you can, and therefore you
ihay, live above work and without it. Among
the most pitiable objects in society is the
man whose mind has not been trained by
the discipliwo of education : who has learned
Nfrr to think, and thu value of his immortal
powers, and wild all he&e nqfelc tacuities cultivated
and prepared for an nonorablc activity.
ignobly sits dpwn to do nothing; with
rm intlucnee^ovcr the public mind; with no
interest in the concern of his country, or
even his neighborhood ? to bo regarded as a
drone, without object or character, with no
effort to put forth to holp the right, or defeat
the wrong; J^Vho carfHhiuk with any calm
ness of such a miserable carder? And,
however it ^pay be with you in active enterprise,
saver permit your influence to go into
hostility to the cause of truth and virluo. So
Ifve that, wkh tlte Christian |>odl, you uiav
LHithfully say that
If yeur country stand not by your skill,
1 At Must your follies have- not wrought her
/all.m
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Ih c%ei of # 1}c ]: otsczstle.
The talc I lay before you is no romance,
the facts having actually occurred some teh
years since, on board of aBoston India mac.
I was-tlicu young to theme of a sailor, and
each scene ^t th^t ^iine witnessed is easier ^
brought to jgwid than tho occurrences of '
^\o mat fbyaje.' "Never, in the eyes of her
crew, was there a craft that could compete
witli her, though so .rapidly and many have
been the improvements since, that, in sober,
trtlth,. could she ho placed side by side with ?
a ship of tho present day,our opinions Would
be overruled. Of her master, never better
would mau broke bread or trod shoe-leather;
one of the old school, lie was both sailor and
gentleman ; neither were her officers wanting
iu those qualities which endeared them to
those under their command?and there were
sterling old tars in her forecastle, who, iu the
very sense of the word, belonged to heft voyjigc
after voyage found tltcm still in the
samo ship, at the snino station, growling,
sailor like, tor tho samo imagined cause, and
denouncing iu round terms some fixture,
which for half a dozen years, thoy daily had
pronounced worthy a situation in topbet.
Don't imagine these warm wishes resulted in
any ill feefing; 'twas but a sailor's characteristic?for
did the new comer dare to lool:
ugly when they condemned, the old salts
would raise a breeze directly. Well manned,
besides her coiuplenieut were ?o bo found
the carpenter and sail-maker, whom Jack
rated, together with 'cook and stoward, as
petty officers, that always gave rise to a dis
cussion never, as yet settled, which party,
white or black, should be considered in the
ascendant. In those days, and in that trade,
there wore articles, to be found in tho inventory,
ami considered as an essential part of
tho materials, nowjj seldom carried by the
merchantman. Those were big guns and
small arms, boarding spikes and nettings,
arm chests iu tho tops ; and, in short, on a !
small scale, tho llout cuscmblc, of tire man
of war.
Kvery Saturday, the. weather permitting, .
wo went through a species of mnnuel exercise,
working our guns, repelling, boarding
extinguishing fires, slinging yards, ducking
'chips,' as be, in the mock combat, was lowered
over tho side to plug a shot hole, and
any ono of Cooper's. Guns again run in
doing up a nautical engagement surpassing
any secured, rammers and sponges becketcd,
the shot laid in the rack, and all things ar
ranged, then followed an early supper; and
then, for a time, discipline was waived, and
fun and frolic ruled the hour. The Saturday
night of other days at sea?ayo! whero is the
tailor who can look back on his past life,
and not wish for an hour's enjoyment, or
the seeming happiness of that short time do
voted weekly to sweethearts and wives; the
grog and the toast; home and friends recalled
; the pledge to the absent wife or dearly
loved girl; the old song sung upon the
occasion, the chorus of which all hands joined
in, till space rang again,
"liutthc standing toast, whicnpleased the most,
Was the wind that blows, the ship that goes,
And the lass that would wed a sailor!"
The premonitory squeak of the fiddle bauished
sentiment, and the lively strains of
some hornpipe put music into our very
heels, an we shuffled, broke down and
changed in otir"fore and afters." When the
ship's bell proclaimed eight o'clock, the fiddler
camo up with his screws, the dancer laid
by bis dumps, and every iriau returned to
his place and duty without a word.
Our happy routine, like all earthly enjoyments
; was at times interrupted. One Saturday,
while repelling boarders, a mere lad,
son of the captain, in a melee, fell overboard.
Wo were going some six knots. As quick
as thought, another boy, the pot of the forecastle,
throw himself into the sea to save
him.
The father did uotrorget lie was master of
a ship, and, with the coolness of a hero, he
hovo her to, and pursued the u?ual steps.?
His exam pic inspired others, and both lads
were soon safe again, and the pet of the forecastle
had his ears boxed by the shipper,
whose son's life lie had saved, for cursing the
luck because he had wet his tobacco. Cuffed
as the pet was, it was evident that his bravefxf
iiro j o (. *!? *?
j ?f?wi IU m DMJjl hliaiAl
him in the estimation of nil. There was less
of noiso, more of grog, and as much of enjoyment
that evening as on any previous.
Months had passed?the 'pet's' popularity
still continued, and from being rated a boy,
ho was now. classed 'ordinary seaman.'-^ I
More, he was appointed captain of a gun,
the crew of which rejoiced in the sobriquet
of iho 'awkward squad.' Where is there
an instance of the rice of any one, unattended
by the creation of enemies ? Our 'pot1
found oneW'the cook, wh6 was the awk
wardest of the awkward, and reproof from
the young gftmier, to him ,jvas dotjbly harsh.
Wo were now upon our return home. The
fair weather fivce of the Captain had become
stem and foabidding^the mandates of the
officers wero issued idpfonca harsh and petu-'
Iant; while the crew, catching the contagion,
obeyed-because they had to. A Saturday
night had passed without the customary jollity,
and the fonncf anpect of things had sad
ly changed.
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Prior to ibis, all hand* ha<Tl>eciJ summoned
upon tiro quarlcr-Jeck, nt^i in brief terms
told tliut a theft had beeti ctfumitted. The
supercargo's state-room" hadJ been entered,
iu?d the pockets of a pair of pantaloons rifled
vf a small-sum in gold. and
Ms premises had been suatcued, and nothing
.^ispqvorcd to colitirm suspicions. As tj^e
>reeroge communicate I wiibitl^ cufciu, nwV
JbrTOl indiscriminately bad frojBggresi md
ogress to the fJrafljV place, r!1 writable to
suspicion, and each must consent, to ihe
searching of ibis chest and clothing. All
were indignant at the suspicion, and eagerly
demanded the search. The 'pet' was at the
helm when the Search was instituted, and :is
bach individual 'kit' was overhauled, without
affording a Clue to the theft or robber, the
faces of officers, and men brightened. Imagine
thf feelings of all, when, in tho chest
of the favorite, wrapped in a colored rag,
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w iu? luuii'i tuc lust in mi.
K evei mon seemed prone to doubt their
senses, hbre was an instance. Nothing short
of proof Eke this could have raised a suspicion
eve? as to the honesty of him, who now,
in the minds of all, stood convicted. Poor
lad?untcooscious of the deed ho v;as in a
certain measure found guilty, or, as he pursue<l
l?b task bis mind was freer from enre
than anrpf his companions, lie was ordered
to relinquish the helin to thehatid of another,
aid arraigned upon the quarter-deck,
and in presence of all 011 board, accused of
theft; antl the light hearted and happy
boy of the moment previous, was now order
cd to solitary continemeut in the sail-room
abalt, and judged guilty to await punishment.
Ho protested his innocence with sobs
and tears, but there was nothing he could
advance to refute $10 testimony against him.
The flushed check and Continued manner
arising from sharuo, were imputed to guilt;
and the only kiud word addressed him by
his judges, was the promise of a mitigation
of punishment 'if he would confess his guilt,
llis response of iunocenco 'was unbelioved,
and considered as one hardened in sic ; he
wuadiurried below.
Heavy at heart were the worthy foremast
hands, but ther? was ono still heavier ; the
pidid cheek .and nettled frown of the muster,
together with his hurried walk, told of the
feelings of the inner man.
Two or three days had elapsed, and still
the crew had been spared witnessing the degrading
punishment they felt it would be the
lot of the lad to receive: and hones were
arising in the bosoms of most that they would
bo spared the sight of the application of the
Isuh?and that confinement and a civil process
at the end of the voyage would be allowed
to supersede the barbarous custom.
But these hemes woro dissipated by their
being addressed by the Captaiu.to the eftbet
that 'ho even had entertained a delusive feeling
that something might occur, or some hid
den fact be brought to light to woaken the
proof against tho boy. Nevor, since I have
been master of a vessel, have I been placed
in such a trying situation; were he a son o1
mino, my feelings could not bo more poig
nant. We will wait longer yet with the
same hopes, but if at the end of this week
uo new light is gained, wore he teu timesnij
son, he must bo dogged.'
The dreaded day came, and as tU* raer
turned their dogged looks to tho clear blue
sky, it seemed as though they would rebuke
nature for wearing an aspect so illy according
with their feelings, bilently and sad I)
lengthened did the hours drag. Twaa now
Into in the afternoon when the suppressed
voico of the mate summoned all hands to wit
ncss the punishment. As they assembled
thoy wore more the loots of culprits than
many bonk criminals could assume. Th<
rough manner and hardy bearing of the
sailor had become lost in the ascendancy oi
their linor feelings as fide men. Men, appar
ently callous to grief, who would have suffer
ed the amputation ofalitnb without a groan
or looked death on a lee-shore in the face with'
out a shudder, forgot they ever assumed th<
bearing of the rtoic, and now congregated it
tears.
*1 could have sewed that kul up in his
hammock, aye, or tipped tho plank thai
launched his corpse to Davy, without blubbering
; but as to this hero, I say, shiver thr
man that can see it with a dry eyo.'
All felt with the speaker, and the exam
pie of an older man givo a free license tc
tear?, to which the bronzed faces of the ntafc
were unwonted. Unresisting stood, or rath
er was supported, the boy, his extended arms
socured by seizings to tho shrouds, his weakened
frame, swollen oyc, pallid check, and
throbbing breast, told of iiis sufferings, pas!
and present. A word or look only, and hf
would be levelled with the degarded tmite
'Say that you are guilty,' exclaimed th<
master,'and the lash shall uQt touch youi
back ! Own it, and you shall bo forgiven !
'I cannot. Before God and man I am in
nocont!' ? -v *
The-Captain turned his head, And buriei
his faco in liis handkerchief. At hia feet wai
his son# grasping his knees, and exclaiming
'Oh, father, believe him, forgive him, h<
is innocent, indeed he is!'
'Take away this bov!?ta>e him below,
he may be spared what it ie my duly to wit
noss." r . ' ,t-'
The cook stepped forward to execute hii
bidding. They boy refused to loosen hir
grasp ; and while the cook was struggling jn
vain endeavors to ronioVe him, lie was suddenly
seized by the captain and thrown to
the 'deck, with stunning violence.
'Seize this black villain 1 Sei/a> hitn I say !'
as with the countenance of a madman he regarded
tk? prostrate negro. Ere other hands
could executo.his bidding, the c??ok writhed,
Ueneath his muscular grttsp. r\Vretch, 1
have caught you at laetH?'don't appeal for
mercy?don't dare to turn * supplicant lookl
1 knew it i J. f?iit ?: tt. and shout
ing, 'cut down the boy !" ho fell fiiiuting into
the arms of the men.
Twos, however, bQt a momentary weakness
; recovering, he called for the boy, und
embracing him, said?
'13ut arnoment ago, I declared were you
my son I must do what I conceived my duty
; I now say before all, forgive my unjust
suspicions, Hnd l^trill be a father to you indeed.
Twas the hand of Providence that
intervened to save the boy. You see this
rag. inen, it is what the gold was found wrapped
in. I was to see \vno had a shirt like it,
that I caused the secoud search to be mado;
not even a similar shred was to bo found.
But now, my eyes detected a patch on the
cook's clothing to correspond, lie is the
thief!?I give him up to you to punish.
No appeal shall cause iny interference for
mercy,only do not forget, villain 'as he is,
that lie has a claim to humanity.
On the spur of the moment three hearty
cheeis were given for the captain, and three
moro for the boy. The master withdrew lielow,
tho uegro was dragged forward, after
confessing his crime,and sumimary proceedings
were instituted against him. A running
bow line was clapped arouud his neck, the
ropo rove through a whole iu the windless
end, and the united strength of a few brought
his breast in contact with it. Cobbing was
decided upon, and custom had mode this
place the whipping post. The height of the
UMhrlltwc liitintr Hirn^ fnal n Tiorcnn
'* ~ "V.M|C .M.vv .WV, - u,v"b"*
to," assumes tlio position of a bow, a handsaw
takes the placoof the lash, the tint being
losod. This degrading punishment is now
nearly obsolete, and never resorted to, save
for some appalling crime. All hands unite
in the flagellation, a blow or two being dealt
! by each person m turn, according to the
' amount received.
1 All preparations complete , there was an
adjournment ou the part of the men, to the
forecjistle, to decide as to the number of
blows to bo administered. Long was their
1 consultation. Tlio captain, now cool, repen1
ted of the power ho had put in the men's
1 hands, and wished the ceremony, painful in
its mildest sense, through with. His solitude
w&s broken by the presence of the oldest
tar in the ship, who stood, hat iu hand,
in the cabin door.
'Well, Jack, what is it ? *
'Well, you see, sir, the boy is begging
hard for tne cook ; and you know, sir, we
never bad a hand licked in your ship?and
! seeing he's such a thundering rascal, we want
' to know it 'wouldn't be better to put the
nigor in irons and give him up to the lawyer
land sharks at the end of the voyage.'
'Upon my word, Jack,'the be-t plan in the
4 world.'
Lot it suffice to say, that the cook met
with his deserts, and the boy with his reward
; the latter now commands one of the
1 flnest ships out of a neighboring city. With
4 hiin nails a nuperanuated tar, who takes
4 great liberties, and who boasts of sailing with
him ever since ho was the pet op the fokecastle.
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I he Wi$sioinr(j 1 d c q.
The idea of die world's redemption is the
} most sublime conception of the Infinite mind
j that has been revealed to man. We know
p not what thought* exist in the depths of the
Godhead, or what thoughts the Holy C ne
has revealed to Other beings who dwell near
est the eternal ihrone ; but we do know that
' no other thought, so awful and sublime as
j this, has ever fallen upon the ears of listen(
ing mortals. To fully dovelop this grand
idea of Heaven, our blessed and holy Saviour
i "trod the wine press of the fierceness and
, wrath of Almighty God." And He, who
' thus suffered from the establishment of this
, cause, gaic the great commission to go into
all the world, and preach the gospel to eve^
creature. The sublimity of the idea is seen
( again in the scenie representation of the
. apocalypse: "And I saw another angel fly
' in the midst of heaven; having the everlasti
ing gospel to preach to thorn that dwelt on
the earth, and to every nation, and kindred,
and tongue, and people." Dnt it is not on'
ly sublime.in thought; it is also sublime in
j practical dfierudops. A commission ^rom
Christ to preach the gospel to every ereature,
carries with it the assurances that every
'r creature may receive it and be biassed by its
t holy mission. It contemplates with an eye
of benevolence this great prison house of sin
and douth, and possesses the power to rend
, the cells, and let in the light of eternal day,
assuring"its inmates that they aro prisons of
' hope. And the results of the missionary oft*
tor arise, tuanv of which are already before
i risr.L. ,r- IT i .
iu<5 uurouui wv vr?/iu?jr vui iiohmio
missionary work proved a failure? Ask the
millions of redeemed from the ??*rth.
k Knowledge tnay give weight, but
1 accomplishments only give lustre; and
1 many more people sec thru woigh.
jhmhtj lltaiiittg.
8 \\c\c h of Ju t he|f.
A coarse, rnggcd, plebeian fage it was,
with great crags dT cheek botes?a wild
amount of passionate'energy, and appetite!
Iiut in his dark eyes were Hoods of sorrow;
and deepest melancholy, ? %??<flgs^ and nn - _
<t'T_v. wore till there. dw there
to meet ifhj-.iithcr the oj^j^jteito pol&ijt& M ?*
man's character. He, for exa?ft]He, of wlwrtri
Kjchter had said tli;it faLvoras were half ^
battles, ho when be first Logan to p^flC&j
suffered unheard ofagonv. '(jyJJr. Staupitv
said he to the vicar generaLofuls order, 'I'
cannot do it. I shall die jt^urcs mouths.
Indeed I cannot do it.' Lrr. 'fiUujpitz,
and considerate roan, sajj| tMon this, 'Well, *
sir, ifartin, if you difrf you must?btft nomember
that they need godd head up yonder,
too. "So preach, preach?and
then live or die, as it h*bpe!|fe. 80 Luth-?
ar preached and lived,, and he became, indeed,
one great whirlwind of energy, to wofk
without resting in this world f and also
before he died ho wrote four hundred
books !?books in which the true mariettas 1
for, in the midst of all they denounced and
cursed, what touches of tendern^Vlay. Look
at the Table Talk, for example. We see in
it a little bird, having alighted at sunset ou
tho bough of tlio pear tree that grew in
Luther's garden, Luther looked up aiitand
said '. 4Tliat little bird, now it cowers down
! its wincrs and ivill tLor, ?l>?? ? muiu ?a
6-, ...i.aivij/) mBiO| ou hhi ang
fearless, though over it are U(p infinite starry
spaces, and the great blue depths of immensity
! Yet it fears not?it'll rtt home. The.
God that made it too is there.' The same
gentle spirit of lyrical admiration is in the
other passages of his bocks. Coding home
from Leipsio in the autumn season, he
breaks forth in living wonficr at the fields of
corn, 'How it 6tands therdf he says, 'erect
on its beautiful tape stem, and bending its
beautiful golden head with bread in it-?
the bread of man sent to him* yet another
year !' Such thoughts as these are & little
windows, through which we gazodnto th<l interior
of the serene depths ^fiMnrtin Tjijl??r?y i C; . A
soul, and see visible, across its tempests and
clouds, a whole heaven of light and love.
He might hare painted, he might have sung
?could have becrf beautiful Tiko Raphael,
great like Michael Angelo.
As it was, the streams of energy and modesty
met in his active spirit. Perhaps, indeed,
in all m%n of genius, one great quality
strangely developed might force out other
qualities. Here was Luther, a savage kind
of a mau, as people thought him?a wild
Orsou of a man?a man whose speech waa f f
ordinarily a wild torrent that went tearing
down rocks and tree and behold him speaking
like a woman or a child. But no sentimentalist
was he ! A tolerant mau, but with
nothing of sentimental tolerance. He went to
the real heart of that matter. When his reforming
associates made a vast fuss about a
surplice that somebody or other wanted to
wear, he ended tho matter with a 'what ill
can a surplice do us ? Let him have - three
surplices, if he will. That is not our^eligion,
nor interferes with it at all. Domine nfiser
rre mei. That is what we have to think ;
that is what we must think the essential of
Chiiatianity.' . 3?2m
Nothing of what is commonly called cant,
or pride, or ambition, was in Luther. It waa
, thu that made him not hitrk?* tk?n
? ?ui?H mo IU>YtX?t
man with a soul, not yet lower than the highest.
Thus, when ho was threatened with Uio
anger of'Duke George,' if he went to Leipaic,
but ifhe had, nothing on earth should prevent
him. If it rained Duke Georges for
nine days running there he would go. Well,
and this man, who thought and acted in thia
way. paased whole life of suffering \ Ho waa
a deeply melancholy man. More labor had
fallen on him than he could rightly bear, and
it was in vain t>> be released, he toiled and
sorrowed on. Even with Satan himself, the
evil principle of the world, was he destined
to use high argument. Mpu would laugh
at that, and a cheap game, indeed, was ridicule
; but bo it recollected that in Luther's
days God and the devil were equally real,
and that he thought he was from the fir?t,
as whon'that vision of the crowded house
tile of the old city of Worms, a man special*
ly selected to fight with devils. Well, thqjj j
he sat alone one night?he was translating
the 121st Psalm, and pondering with deep
significance ; ho had sat fasting for two days
when the devil rose and stood before him,
and opened the famous dialogue, accusing
I Luther with crime,, and threatening him
with hell, and terrifying him bo recant. Ail
which the Christum put an end to at last, by
taking tip his ink bottle and- flinging it at
the devil. The mark \vf the ink on the wall A
!- - * *
n suown to tnts aay ; and ft memorable snot,
truly is that spot ?a spot thai may mark at
once the greatness ano the poverty of man*
"> ?the terrors of a delusion which any <k-ctor'aor
apothecary's apprentice oould expla4*?ow-a*lays
but also of a courage that
could rise, against what scooted to he tho
bodily itBj?er?onalien of darbnts* and despair,
and of entnity to good. No braver
man thnn.Xuther cvor appeared M Europe.
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