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VOL. I—NO. 6.
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MONRQJU.GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1870*
•< * Blue Sky Somewhere.
It was tlie remark of a child, consol
ijig himself for the loss of a promised"
pleasure op ti ; , rainy afternoon, that
there«ras’“blue sky somewhere.” And
the saflpliire heavens, flooded with
sunshine, on the next day made Iris
faith a verity.
The leSsoiGls folk you, and for all of
us, reader; audjave need it quite as
much as the boy wife sat looking out
of the window upon a leaden sky and
fast-falling raiiyflfcd trying to find
comfort in the tliwght that, far above
the cloud and stortn, the sun was shin
ing in his undimmed splendor.
“Into each life s6me rain must fall,”
says the poet-teacher; and in the days
that come “dark and dreary,” wc are
apt to feel, in spite of experience and
reason, tflat the brightness has passed
from our lives forever. But it is not
so. Like travelers we rise, now upon
mountajj^ height and now descend in
to deeply Shaded valleys; passthrough
open savannas, cjpwn upon which the
golden sunbcams'tivM; and anon arc
buried in delink forests, that seem
j stretching the interminable vistas to
j the very end of our journey. Wc
encounter all aspects of the Heavens;
have our mornings, our noondays, our
evenings, and our nights with only the”
stars for guidance; our wild, contend
ing storms, and our sunny, tranquil
atmospheres. Has it not been so with
you, reader? And yet, when the sun
goes hides his face in mant
ling eWifcfc*; Joes not you r heart grow
faint, and your faith in “blue sky
somewhere” become feeble as the rays
of an expiring lamp? The very chil
dren are out teachers!
Between our inner and ow outer
worlds there something more than
simple analogy; the relation hears the
higher one of correspondence, even to
minutest things; so that nature-, with
all its infinite varieties of aspects and
changes, representing interior aspects
and changes, becomes our instructor.
Our true poets rise into a perception
of this, and give us lessons of wisdom
that sink deeply into the heart, and
become to us as lights in dim places,
strength in weariness, and confidence
in last results when the mind is trem
bling in doubt and fear. Not mere
words in rhythmic order are the poet’s
when he savs:
“Bo still, sail heart! and cease repining:
Behind tlie clouds is the sun still shilling;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”
“If I could only believe that the
clouds would pass away—that sunny
daris would.eome again—l might weep
less,” the language of one who
sat in the darkness of sorrow and dis
appointing?!:, as a friend and consoler
offered her the poet's lesson, that -she
might take into her heart. “But I can
see flo rift in the clouds; no line o&
light along the dark horizon; no abate
ment of the fast-falling rain.”
“We arc sure that tlie rain will
cease; that behind the clouds the sun
is shining. We have the fullest confi
dence in returning sunbeams; and
why? Because we know that clouds
are merely earthly exhalations; that
they do not rise high in the heavens—
that they can never reach the sun,
whose beams shine ever on with undi
minished splendor, and have power to
disperse the densest vapors that ever
drew their curtains before his his ra
diant face. Now the world of mind,
like the world of nature, has its sun,
as the poet has so beautifully intimat
ed. Thought sees by its light, and
the heart is refreshed and beautified
with flowers and verdure by its
warmth. But at times this sun is hid
den by clouds, and there are shadows
in the mind and rain upon the heart.
The days are dark and dreary. Why?
Whence are these clouds? Let visible
things -become our teachers.”
The countenance of the listener grew
attentive, and the friend went on:
“They go up from the natural earth
as clouds go up from the earth of our
minds; and even while we sit in sorrow
for tlie beams that have faded from our
paths, the sun is dissolving these
clouds in rain for refreshment and
fruitfulness. Our hearts arc watered
in the days of norrow, that they may
bear good fruit when the sunshine
comes again.”
“If it ever comes.” The despondent
soul could not look beyond the clouds.
“Have you heard of Airs. Klford’s
trouble?” asked the friend.
“No.” There was a quick flash of
intersst in the mournful face. “What
of her?”
“Her husband is dead.”
“Oh no!” The lady clasped her
hands in sudden surprise and pain at
this intelligence.
“The news came yesterday. He died
on tlitf Pacific coast.”
“Captain El ford?”
“Yes.”
“Oh dear! that is trouble And he
has left her poor, without doubt.”
“I fear as much.”
“Have you seen her?”
“Yes, I called this morning.”
“How is she?”
“Entirely prostrated liy the blowri#'
“Poor Margaret!” The tone of
sympathy was genuine. “I must go
| to her in this I.-must fry to
: speak some word of comfort.” >r ,
“She needs all the support*’her
i friends can give. It is her hour of
! darknass, and she i3 sorrowing as one
i witlnfM hope. The sun has withdrawn
jthimSjfcJphind thick clouds, which are
| pouring down heavy rain upon her
; life. Yes, go to her by all means, and
! tell her that, though her sky is dark
to-day, and filled with cloud and storm,
that the sun of God’s love is still shin
ing as brightly as ever, and will, in the
good time of Ilim who is all-merciful,
send down his beams upon her heart
again.” -
It was an old and dear Qgjpd who
had passed under of
and the doubtingwWJiWmjfirulMpWpf
already half-forgetting MPr T?IHjUM|
lyns pondering over words of coroola
tion.
. “God is really nearer to us in afflic
tion,” she said, ns she sat holding the
nerveless had of Airs. Elford, “than at
any other time, though He may seem
farthest of; for His infinite, divine pity
is moved with the tcndcrest compas
sion fertile griefs of His children.—
Though his may seem hidden from us,
it is not the less a smiling face.”
A sob and a long tremulous sigh
were the only answer.
“Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”
Yet no response came. The words
of the comforter seemed as if spoken
to shut ears. Not so, however. They
entered, and like seed when first cast
into ground, gave no life-sign of .their
presence. But memory held them for
tip: time of fructification.
t Anti now it happened to the despon
dant and grieving one, who had refus
ed to he comforted, yet tried to speak
in consolation to another heart, that
/ight seemed to come around her. She
did not see the sun, uor even a rift in
clouds with azure in the far distance,
lint it was not so dark iu the cham
bers of her soul. The pressure on her
spirit that seemed at one time as if it
would close her life in suffocation, was
not so great. She could breathe deep
er, and with even a sense of relief and
satisfaction.
“Aly poor friend!” she said, many
times, as she thought of Airs. Elford.
And her desire to bring relief to an
other heart grew stronger, her own
consciousness of suffering diminished.
Iu the magnitude of another’s sorrow
hers seemed to grow less.
Almost daily she visited her afflicted
friend, into whose sad face a little
light would come on appearance; and
though it faded instantly, the sign of
pleasure at seeing a welcome counten
ance was too palpable for any mistake
as to its origin. She had realty been
helped and comforted, though she
knew it not; and the face of the com
sorter was therefore welcome.
When next her own friendly visitor
called, she was not sitting in idleness,
brooding over the irrevocable past; |
but really forget ful of the past in pres
ent thought, of home duties with which
her hands were busy.
“How is it with you to-day?" said J
the friend, as she took her hand. "But
I need scarcely ask, for the cheerful
tone of your countenance tells me that
light is breaking through the clouds.”
been too busy to tjirink dark
<ii>ughfs this morning, *the an
swer; and even as this^ pi%%aid tlie
lipsVwhich had arched witSf feeble
smile fell back into a sadder outline.
“And if you keep on path
duty the weight thabls bearing yoff 1
down will grow less flffdenjjome. But
how is Airs. Elford not seen
her for some time.”
“More cheerful, receiving)
| letter, stating that her had
the most careful daffog hia
illness, and that he iflr
to the value of s9*she^«K)?
left destitute.* TlJe
clouds, showing ar ele<Wslue
them. Let us way?
a*]ia ojJ
when tSd rainji*lay6 c5®T
lian<J#fanand
fIS-ns
the wiorld of Lifting, and
of to morrow's sunphine.” * x *
ft — *;
•• •’ m '■ ,
• A Noble Revenge.
- - s*"
Tka coffin was a plain one
miserable piir* one. No
top, no liniug'of rose-white- sarin • for
the pale brow, no smooth riband%£bout
the coarse shroud. The hair
was 4Rid decently back,
no crimplcd cap, be*
neath the chain. The sufffirer
el poverty smiled in her had
found rest and health.
“ I want to see my sobbed
a poor child, as the city undertaker
screwed down the top.
You can’t—get out of the way. boy;
why don’t take the brat?”
‘•Only let me her one minute,”
N?i ied ffie helpless orphan, clutching
side box, and as he gazajJ into
fn rnUTnujdn il 11 in
1 ncs child
j ish bloom Oh 1 it was pit
‘ ifnl to hear him cry “only once, let
me see my mother, only once!”
: Quickly and brutally the hard hearted
monster struck the boy away so that
lie reeled with the brow. For a mo
raent the boy stood panting with grief
and rage, his blue eyes flashed, his lips
sprang apart; a fire glittered through
his tears, as he raised his puny arm, and
with a most unchildish accent screamed
“ When I’m a mau, I’ll kill you for
that.”
There is a coflln and a heap of earth
between the mother and the forsaken
child, and a monument, stronger than
granite built iu his bony heart to the
memorysof a heartless deed.
• * «• * * *
Theeourt house was crowded to suf
focation;
“Docs any oue appear as this man’s
counsel?” asked the Judge.
There was a silence when he finished
until with his lips tightly pressed to
gether. a look of strange intelligence,
blended with quite a haughty reserve
upon his handsome features, a young
man stopped forward with firm tread
and kindling eye, to plead for the er
ring and friendless. He was a stran
ger, but from his first sentence there
was silence.
The splendor of his genius entranced
and convinced. The man who could
not find a friend was acquitted.
“ Alay God bless you, sir, I cannot.’’
“I want no thanks,” replied the stran
ger, with icy coldness.
I—l believe you are unknown to
me ?”
“ Alan. I will refresh your memory.
Twenty years ago, you struck a bro
ken hearted boy away from his mother's
coffin. I was t hat poor miserable boy.”
The man turned livid.
Practising Deception.
Rev. Henry Ware Beecher says:
“There is a large class of deceptions
which arc pleaded and extenuated,
such as telling lies to children and tell
ang lies to sick persons. 1 set myself
againstthe whole of this miserable
tribe of wickedness. A lie told to a
child a monstrous thing. I abhor it.
Andwret lies are told to the children
as thick $8 cloves are stuck in hams
when dressed for a public occasion.
Your eh,ld is sick, and you bring
him a potation and say, • It is good, my
dear, it is good, ’ when it is as ’bitter
$2 A YEAR.
* its gall. You are mt only a liar but
a fool. The child learns after a little
time, not only that the medic ine is not
"god, but that the truth is not to be
You not only give the child
in odiwSs dose of medicines but you
*give him a more odious dose of morals.
You inoculate him with the spirit of
tire beginning. I think we
i ean not be too careful to speak tho
jfcfGth, and above all to the childeen.
Attache sick I do not delieve it nee-
to tell them all the truth. But
R doctor is not justified in lying to his •
"latients. It is easy for him to sav to
the person whose case he has nnder
taken: ‘ You must have confidence in
‘me.’ But, if he says anything let him
' say the truth. It may excite the
uatient or it.qjay not; but if the excita
bUity is a-Wason of not telling the
then it is reason of silence—it is
■ nt>t a reason for deception. I think
that such persons are oftentimes injur
qfl by being deceived. I think there,
is a great deal of cruelty practiced*
i toward sick people in this way, And
! I think it is a .shame to let sick people
i go blindfolded down to death, and drSp
f off without a single word, for fear that
fhey will be injured if the truth is tbld
: them. I think if a person is going to
die, lie? "has ri"ht to know it, I do
j not, therefore, belifve in telling liCs to
folks.”
Ax Illustration.—ln a lec
i lure room talk on God's ways of apsw
, eriug our prayers and dealing witn us,
j Rev. Henry Ward Beecher said: *,
Once a cat of mine had her kittras.
We wepj; and looked at them, and she
was disturbed to think we knew where
! they were. Determined to convey them
,to a safe place she came back, took a
little kitten in her mouth, and after sev
en or eight inouthing3 got the right
hold, and away she went. If that kitten
thought anything, it thought that to
be grabbed that way was hard. When
God’s providence takes us in the teeth,
we think it is a dragon: but he is taking
! us into safe places: and when we arc
laid down carfully, who says that the
teeth met or that the skins was broken?
God has entrusted man with the raw
material. Ug> world, and
and gives it to i»<ißto finish. Man
originated nothing, but continues and
; developes all nights. SpeeclP is fur
nished him and he invents writing.—
The ocean, fresh from God's hand puty
continents asunder; man makes it qjiy
the broadest of highways. The earth
is delivered to him rough and often
sterile. 11c smooths and renders it pro
ductive. He grafts the wild stock.
And in the plan of salvation, the suffer
ings of believers finish and perfect the '
passion of our Lord.
Little faults become great, and even
monstrous iu our eyes, in proportion*
as the pure light of God increases in «
us; just as the sun, in rising, reveals
the true dimension of objects which
. were dimly and confusedly discerned
i during the night.
|
Christ never designed his church to
be a bushel for the hiding of tho light,
j but a candlestick from which each
light is to send forth its rays.
Man is like a watch: If evening and
morning he is not wound up with pray
and circumspection, he is unprofitable
A man can go along w ithout adver
tising, and so can a wagon, without
greasing, but it goes hard.
The Impeachment of Governor Reed,
of Florida, has .been defeated in the
Legislature of the State, which has, by
decisive vote, sustained his administra
tion.
A word of kindness is seldom spok
en in vain. It is a seed which, even
when dropped by chance, springs up
a flower.
The Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion of Indianapolis during the las
fourmontbs received 1,946 applications
for assistance, and expended $ 1,021 for
all charitidA' purposes.