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I WISDOM.
A Utcnfry A*Hilda, DdiOf'red by-lvm. Loijun
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CvffumudmentfijH Thuratic.y,
July 7th, 1381.
\\ isdom Is the subject to which your attcu
tion i.s invited. What is wisdom? Is it
knowledge? No. Is it virtue? No. It is
knowledge and virtue combined ; the two to
gelher constitute wisdom. Knowledge is its
light and virtue is iU heat. j'.it as bright rays
and warm raya mingle in Urn suui>eam.
Knowledge alorte is too cold ; virtnc alone
•is too dim. .To be wise we must discern truth
and love duty. To know is not enough ; to
feel is not enough ; we must both know aright
and feel aright, and from this right knowledge
and right feeling wc must send forth a life
stream of right conduct. Wisdom is of man}'
degrees. In its highest state it is omnisci
ence united with perfect love. Any state at
tainable hj’ man is far lower than this, }'et
even man, when liberally endowed by nature
and placed under favorable conditions in life,
may become very wise. A few great names
in tiie history of the world are examples of
this pre eminence. Mere human wisdom does
not include or pre suppose a know ledge of all
truth. If it did no mortal could he wise. To
be eminently wise much knowledge is requi
site ; but a safe practical standard of wisdom
can be reached with a very moderate stock of
knowledge, if of the right kind.
Indeed, there is a sort of wige-headsdne,s t s
th it seems like instinct, =Some persons are
blessed with this peculiar faculty, and often
surprise us byrnakdßg their way discretly
with a most scanty store of knowl
edge. They seem to acqnir.q'instantlj'jlwhat
they need and precisely when they neecUlt.
This power of rapid acquisitions with them
a substitute for accumulating, and storing up
in advance, just as a man with plenty of mo
ney to buy his corn ami bacojf as ho needs
them has no occasion to fdi his crib or.-smoke*
house. No doubt there is such a thing as a
special genius for wisdom, just as there is for
x
mathematics or music—that here and there
are wise men who have not become so b3'
previous systematic study in the ordinary
way. j As all knowledge is not essential to
wisdom, and as some persons can be op be
come wise without any prescribed or regular
course of study, what element or class of
knowledge does wisdom necessarily involve ?
I anslrec&the knowledge of proportion ; the
faculty of comparing two -or more ; tilings,
thoughts or subfeots, and of ;settling their
relativ-e-rank, not mistaking -tke res for■■ the
greater, the unimportant for the important, or
the less important for the more important.
The grand practical office of wisdom is to
guide choice and govern conduct; and to
choose you must distinguish, and to choose
wisely you must distinguish truly and accord
ing to relative rank and real value. But as
wisdom 13 not knowledge only, but includes
virtue as well as knowledge, it is not enough
to discern what choice ought to be made ; the
next step is to make that choice, and carry
it into effect. To ascertain how and what to
choose is barren work unless it is followed in
duo season by choosing accordingly; and a
choice made is still barren so long as it re
mains unexecuted.
Two or three of the most important dic
tates of true wisdom may be formulated thus :
Never choose evil rather than good ; never
sacrifice a greater good to a less ; never shun
a less evil at the expense of a greater. Who
ever supposes that it is ever wise to do wrong
is mistaken. Wisdom and rectitude can not
be at variance. Our trhe interests always
coincides with our real duty. If they appear,
separate sometimes, the appearance is delu
sive and the result of our short-sightedness.
Could we see clear through to the end we
should be in doubt upon the subject. More
over, our real duty always coincides with
sound morality. There can be no conflict
between moral principle and each instance of
correct moral practice. As certainly as the
whole includes all the parts, so certainly does
general morality comprehend all particular
morality. “We must fight the devil with
fire,” is a false maxim, and would be most
pernicious if it were believed in and applied
every time it is quoted. Fire is the devil's
own element—his own weapon, and he can
handle it with more effect against us than we
tan against him. The true rule of warfare
on our part is to fight the devil with virtue.
If we can not overcome him in that way the
battle is hopeless. Why should we despair
of virtue or loose confidence iu it as a means,
whatever may be the work in hand? If wo
have a worth}’ end, why should not ail our
means be worthy too ? Let us never lose
faith in virtue, but regard it as a force which,
though it may be obstructed by vile practices,
and temporarily thwarted, can never be de
feated except by the treachery of its own
friends. If we live in a time of cheating and
nwirrdli ig, must we cheat and swindle too in
self-defence? God forbid. If others steal
from us, and escape punishment, must we
steal from them ? Never, never. On the
contrary, the worse others are and the fewer
those who are uncontaminated by their ex
ample, the truer and more faithful should that
few be, for otherwise all would become utterly
vile and the very seed of goodness would
perish and be lost. And I will venture to
add, at the risk of meeting with some dissent
possibly in my audience, certainly beyond it,
that there is the same reason for rigid hon
esty in polities and public life, in elections
and with electors and elected, as in ordinary
private business, or personal conduct, anil
with those individually concerned therein. The
political devil is no more to be ‘fouglit with
fire without terrible consequences to the best
interests of the community, than U the- devil
of avarice, or of envy, or of ambition,<or any
other of the numerous devils which iivfcst so
ciety.
t*st 3iPBF ‘"'WfitF
In my humble opinion, whether considered
as a question of policy or of principle, the
right way toodjjd vyith art* devil whatsoever,
is not to put yourself under anotherfedcvil of
t ffio same sort, or even of a‘different sort, and
; lling fire fr<m one devil’s host to another, but
take the field under some good captain and
fight n3 valiantly as you can with true and
pure weapons. You may not win the first
battle, or the second, or the tenth, but when
you do prevail it will be a real victory, and
not a sham, and, above all, yon will still dc
serve success, and be at least as good after
the contest as you were when it opened ; and
your example will not have misled others,
nor corrupted the public mind and seared the
public conscience. I speak from a stand
point quite outside of politics and party lines,
and what I say may be too visionary and
theoretic for practical working, but if we have
reached a stage of degeneracy where virtue
has ceased to be practical, and where vice and
fraud are forces of such potency that they can
be met and resisted only by forces of like
kind, I flunk wisdom is already a lost art,
that we arc on the confines of perdition, and
that ere long we shall tumble over the wall
and he swallowed up in the pit.
The really inexpedient and non-practical
are the wrong, the wicked, the impure, the
qnwortby; the really practical is the right,
the righteous, the virtuous, the worthy and
exalted. The failure of wrong may 7 not be
speedy; it may be afar off, but fail it must
and .will ia the end. To be false is to fail
sometime And-somewhere-; <nd wrong is false.
Ikis in it3 very nature, and cannot
conduct to permanent and enduring success.
Such success as it ratsfcts with is but one of
to its filial catastrophe, and either
expedites its fall or serves fo render that fall
more overwhelming and complete. So much
for the ctMee of goodgin preference to evil,
but a much nicer problem i% presented when
the question is between a major good and a
minor one. We have passions which solicit
us strongly to this or that present good though
it may be temporary aud : of small value.
What is near at hand attracts us more pow
erfully than what is remote and apparently
uncertain. That “ a bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush” has beconfe a proverb, and
is repeated over and over by thousands, and
■probably by millions. The proverb means
that a desirable thing in actual possession
equalf in value, two similar things which we
have not yet secured and which may probably
neverfbe in our power, ft-teaches that good
is not akvay’S- to be measured by count or
both,- but that certainty of-attainment is also
a prime factor. But unfortunately it is not
alone the uncertainty of attainment which
puts future and distant good at a discount.
A far more disturbing element is our impati
ence to enjoy— our impatience to consume.
We not only want to count the chickens be
fore they are hatched, but we want a good
mess of chicken for dinner this very day, and
consequently we kill and cook the lien before
the eggs are even laid. We may know to a
reasonable certainty that if we spare the hen
the eggs will be produced, and that in the
course of a few months we may enjoy ten
chichen dinners in lieu of this one ; and still
we are unwilling to deny ourselves now for
the sake of so much more hereafter, and so
wc wring the hen’s neck or cut off her head,
and she passes through the kitchen and
mounts the dinner table In a dish. And we
are happy for about the space of thirty min
utes. We manage, however, to cat more hen
by going in debt. We anticipate that next
fall we shall have money from the sale of our
cotton, and upon that expectation we pur
chase divers hens on a credit, not to cat next
fall after they arc paid for, but to eat along
in the summer before they are paid for. We
thus eat out the fall in the summer—we eat
next week this week ; we cat to-morrow to
day, and wc ale to-day yesterday. Instead
of marching with our supply wagons in the
rear and'eating from behind us, we march
with them in front and eat ahead. Having
the mouth in the face and not in the back of
the cranium, we think we must draw support
from the future and not from the past. We
proceed as if we had literally to gnaw our
wa3 T with our teeth to where we are goinfr.
Impatient to consume ; wo cannot wait to
produce and consume afterwards, but we an
ticipate production. Strain our credit, and
finally pay double the regular cash price, or
some exhorbitant rate of interest, or break
and never pay r at all. And our only consola
tion is that wc have had the hens, eaten every
one of them, and lived high during the sum
mer.
Vv hy are not orchards as numerous as
gardens? Lettuce and mustard, cabbages,
potatoes, parsnips, onions, cucumbers and
such like vegetables are quick to mature, and
may be gathered and eaten in the same year
in which they are sown or planted, while trees
are of slow growth, and if we plant apples,
peaches, figs and pears, we must wait years
for the fruit. This waiting is a tedious busi
ness. If we are to be blessed at all we want
the blessing now. And what is now? Per
haps few of us realize how very brief the
present is. We speak of a second as if a
whole second existed at once. But there
never has been such a thing a9 a second of
time, and never will be. Time comes to us
in portions so minute that if all of it that
really exists were separated from what has
perished and from what has not yet been
created, the interval would not be the ten
millionth part of a second. We construct
mentally seconds, minutes, hours, days,
weeks, months and years, but actual time is
but a moment, and each moment is created
precisely when it appears, and dies forever
immediately after it is created. The past is
all extinct existence, and the future is poten
tial existence, that is, a name for wiiat is to
exist hereafter.
[concluded next week.]
LOOK AT THIS!
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COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES.
JUST RECEIVED
300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES,
3000 Dozen Wash Pans,
100 Dozen Splendid Baking Pans,
100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans,
And a large stock of goods in onr line which will he sold
CHEAP FOll CASH.
A. Iv. CHILDS & CO.
Feb. 25 Opposite Heaves. Nicholson & Cos., Athens, Ga.
HENRY HUMAN’S
POND FORK STORE.
IVIERE i.s no use going to Atlanta, Athens, Gainesville, Jefferson, or any other largo city or
. town, to get what you want on vour farm or in your house, as I keep a full line of DRY
GOODS, CLOTHING, LOOTS AND SHOES, YANKEE NOTIONS, CROCKERY, GLASS
AND WOODEN WARE,
GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS,
SUGAR, COFFEE, TEAS, RICE, PEPPER, and all kinds of Spices, A full stock of
Bacon, Flour, Meal, Syrup and Molasses.
Also, all kinds of FARM TOOLS, PLOWS, IIOES, RAKES, FORKS, Etc.
Jk. 11 of These Goods
Will be sold cheap for cash, or on time to prompt paying customers, and none others. I shall, in
addition to the above, keep a full line of
arwevE. aowvgs vwo XYRmcwas,
the BEST OF CORN WHISKY and other spirits for medicinal purposes. Come and examine my
goods and prices before making A r our purchases. The highest market price always paid for COT
TON and other FARM PRODUCTS.
HENRY HUMAN,
fipl 15 Pond Fork, Jackson county 7 , Georgia.
BALDWIN & BURNETT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES,
No. 3 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia.
WE HAVE just received the largest and most complete stock of Boots and Shoes ever brought
to Athens. The quality' of our goods is of the highest order, and our prices within the reach
of all. We deal
EXCLUSIVELY
in this line, and promise the most courteous treatment and perfect satisfaction to all who
may cal!.
TO MERCHANTS:
Our WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT is complete, and we guarantee prices as low as
any house in the South, and will save you freight.
GIVE XT S -A. CA.L L .
BALDWIN § BURNETT.
Athens, Ga., October Ist, 1880.
LOWE CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
WINES, Etc., Etc.
ALSO AGENTS FOR TIIE CELEBRATED
Stone Mountain Corn Whisky.
Corner Broad and Jackson Sts., Athens, Ga.
Feb. 25
fl* Outfit sent free to those who wish to en
gage in the most pleasant and profitable
business known. Everything new. Capital not
lequired. We will furnish you everything. $lO
a day and upwards is easily made without staying
away from home over night. No risk whatever.
Many new workers wanted at once. Many are
making fortunes at the business. Ladies make as
much as men, and young boys and girls make
great pay. No one who is willing to work fails
to make more money every day than can be made
in a week at any ordinary employment. Those
who engage at once will find a short road to for
tune. Address 11. Haelett & Cos., Portland,
Maine.
Yeimor’s Prediction’s!
For this Month's Weather, prepared expressly for
!STol>l>Altrs REVIEW.
Sample cop;/ mailed for 3c. Slump.
J. M. Stoddakt, Pub., N. Y., Phila., or Chicago, j
Coffins! Coffins!
I WILL keep on hand, in Jcftcrson, a full sup
ply of
COFFINS
—AND—
BURIAL CASES
of all sizes, and at prices to suit the times. Every
eflort will be made to serve parties promptly and
satisfactorily. Respectfully.
apl 20 W, A. WORSHAM.
Richmond and Danville Rail Roadl
Passenger Department.
ON and after May 15th, 1881, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte v T
vision of this road will he as follows : c A,r -Line<ij I
.. . , : U. S. Mail, iN. Y. Express, 'IT. S. Fast Mail,
EASTWARD. j No. 43, j X, fe , j XV*. (aJS^
Leave Atlanta i 4.00 A.M. j 3.15 P. M. ! (U OP. M r !
Arrive Snwanec Dj 6.18 44 4.87 “ i 743 “ 1 • M.
“ Lula E! 0.48 5.59 44 ? o!oG 44 ! “
“ Toccoa Fi 7.58 “ j 7.15 “ I 10.10 “
“ Seneca <i! 9.20 44 8.40 “ in 25 “ •!
“ Greenville Hi 10.38 11 j 10.20 44 [ ]’oO A. M
“ Spartanburg K: 12.14 P. M. • 11.40 44 I 211 4 ‘
“ Gastonia L| 2.30 “ 2.04 A. M. : 4!*27
u Clfarlottcj LI..Mi 3.35 • 44 3.15 “ 5.3* “ j
! U. S. Mail, jX. Y„ Express, ill. S. Fast Mail.: Suw-mn
WESTWARD. No. *2. No. A ’j No. SO. 'SXogZgL
Leave Charlotte M; 12.30 P. M. ! 12.20 A. M. I 12.10 A. m7~:
“ Gastonia Li 1.27 44 1.30 44 { 12.50 “ j
44 Spartanburg K; 3.50 44 ; 4.05 44 I 2.53 44 !
“ Greenville 11l 5.07 “ i 5.18 4 ‘ ; 4.05 “ I
“ Seneca G; G. 50 4 4 7.02 4 4 5.27 44 :
“ Toccoa.... F: f.Ol 44 : 8.15 44 G. 30 44 I
“ Lula Ei 9.1 G 44 j 9.31 44 I 7.59 44 1
“ Snwanec I)! 10.38 44 ; 10.54 4 4 8.51 44 540
Arrive Atlanta ! 12.05 A.M. i 12.20 P. M. I 10.00 44 B*oo **
COISnSTECTIONS. *
A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and A. & W. P. Railroads.
B with arriving trains of Georgia Central. A. & W. P. and W. & A. Railroads.
C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad.
I) with Lawrenccville Branch to and from Lawrenceville, Ga.
JO with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and from Athens, Ga.
F with Elbcrton Air-Line to and from Elberton, Ga.
G with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston. S. C.
II with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
Iv with Spartanburg and Ashvillc, and Spartanburg, Union and Columbia to and from llcn.l. r
and Ashvillc, and Alston and Columbia. **^murson
L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow tillage to and from Dallas and Chester.
M with C., C. & A—C. C.—R. & I). and A. T. A (=). for all points West, North and East
N with North Carolina Division R. & D. Railroad to and from the North.
A. POPE,
__ General Passenger Agent.
PARKER & CAMP IUIOsT
,r. % •% • * v • n* 4 • *l,, * ?, # * | 1 ■ f
We have within the last few weeks
opened up a first-class stock of
FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
STAPLE DHY GOODS, HATS A,YD SHOES,
All of which we are offering at
Rock Bottom Prices.
Our Goods Arc Bought From Manufacturers For Cash,
And We Will Sell As Cheap As The Cheapest .
GIVE US A CALL,
•fcvwA Co\\VA\\.c,eA *W vl *W\vav\ t Vsuvy
Respectfully,
PARKER & CAMP BROS.,
Feb. 25 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
THE DdHIEL PBHTT
COTTON O-XIT I
THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
RECEIVED PREMIUMS AT ALL TIIE STATE FAIRS IN THE
COTTON GROWING STATES!
PRICE $3.50 PER SAW, DELIVERED. EVERY GIN, FEEDER, and CONDENSER
. GUARANTEED TO GIVE
PERFECT SA-TISZF^ACTIOINr.
This Gin CLEANS TIIE SEED and makes a better .SAMPLE than any Gin on the market.
T. FLEMING & SONS, Agents,
J“n° ~ 1 Hardware Merchants, Athens, Ca.
C. ID. UVn’IKIIIE,
ATHENS, --------- GEORGIA.
AGENT FOE T. T. HADDOCK’S
Cincinnati Buggies and Carriages,
f\u CoVvwaWs fionv| Co’s V'vac 'fivv2"v ts nwtiV Cnvrvn^ lß '
THE CELEBRATED MILBURN ONE AND TWO-HORSE FARM WAGON.
good assortment of Harness. Also Manufacturers’ Agents for the WINSHIP COTTON
GIN, Cotton Press, Condenser and Feeder, the best gin outfit on the market. Steam Engines,
Saw Mills and Agricultural Implements. Prompt attention paid to orders. Terms liberal. Of
fice and Ware-Rooms, corner Clayton and Thomas Streets, Athens, Ga.
July 22 JOHN WINN, Salesman.
RTrP VY AGENTS
JJAvJA A J_ . WANTED.
WE WANT A LIMITED number of active, ener
getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and prof
itable business. Good men will find this a rare
chance
TO 3VT-A.IS:E Ivl OUSTED”.
Such will please answer this advertisement by
letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
business they have been engaged in. None but
those who mean business need applv.
Address FINLEY, HARVEY & CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
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AT when a golden chance is offer
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not improve such chances remain in poverty. W o
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