Show it is common his ilia friend said to ono one of the humble unknown poets why do vou take such interest terest iu in that new belief I 1 would be ashamed to investigate it it is so common and thie this ie is tho the poets reply so are tho the stare stars and the ilia arching skies so are tho the smiles in the childrens chil drene eyes common the life giving breath of the spring so are the songs which the wild bird birds sing I 1 blessed bo be god they are common common the ilia grass in ite its glowing green so is the waters glistening sheen common the springs of love and mirth so are the liolio st gifts of earth common tho the fragrance fa ra grance of rosy june so ie is the tile generous gene roas harvest moon so are tho the towering tow oring mighty bills so aro are tile twittering trickling rills common the beautiful tints of the lie t fall 1111 so jg Is the eun sun which is over all common the rain with its pattering feet so is the bread which wo we daily eat blessed be god it is common so is athe the sea in its ild unrest kissing forever the earths brown breast so is the voice of undying prayer evermore piercing the ambient air so unto all aro are the promises given so unto all is the hope of heaven common the rest from the weary strife I 1 so so is the life which is after liaci life blessed bo be god it is common wo must not lament the disappearance of a universe as a loss which nature sustains she shows lier her richness in a kind of prodigality which 1 I while somo some parts pay the tribute of evanescence preserves it uninjured by unnumbered new generations in fit the circle of lier her complete whole what numberless flowers and insects a single cold day destroys but how little they are inis missed sed though they are splendid specimens of natures labors and of gods L almighty workmanship 1 in some other part this deficiency is made up by excessive superfluity man ilan who seems to be the masterpiece of creation ie is no exception to this law nature shows that she is quite as rich as inexhaustible in the production of the noblest as of the meanest of her creatures and that their destruction is but a necessary shading in the variety of e her suns fun because their production costs lier her nothing tho tile injurious effects of tainted air earthquakes deluges cause all nations to disappear from the surface of the earth but it does not seem that nature has thereby suffered a loss in the same way whole worlds and systems leave the stage after they havo have played out their parts the tile boundless extent of creation is so largo that it can look at a world or a galaxy of worlds in the same way as we coin compare pare a flower or insect with m ith the world around us while nature adorns eternity with ever changing ap pc arances god remains actively employed in ceaselessly creating materials for the tile formation of still greater worlds kant our nineteenth century is tho the age 0 of tools they grow out of our structure man is the metre metro of all things said aristotle the hand band I 1 is the instrument ia ment of instruments and rind the mind is the form of forms alie human body is the magazine of inventions the patent office w m here are the models from which every hint was taken all tho the tools and engines on earth are only extensions exten extent tiona ions of ite its limbs and senses 1 K 11 Y emerson bees will not work except in darkness thought will not work except in Bi silence lenco neither will vi ork except in secrecy let not thy left hand band know what thy right hand doettl like other plants virtue will not grow unless its root bo be hidden buried from the eye of tho the sun let the sun shine on it nay do but look at rt it thyself the root withers and no flower will glad thee thomas carlyle Carly lt flowers seem intended for tho the solace of ordinary humanity children love them quiet tender contented ordinary people love them ae as they ill ey grow luxurious and disorderly people rejoice in them gathered they are the cottagers treasure and in uio ilia crowded town mark as with a little broken fragment of rainbow tho the windows of the worker in whose heart rests the covenant of peace john ruskin when you POO a tho the fowls in the fill fall of the year going to the south croop ing as they go you sayi say that winter is nigh so when you see sea tho the saints gathering together remember that disaster awaits the countries they are leaving god has declared it and his arm is sufficiently potent to fulfill iia his words own orson hade a to tho merchant that ho he should bo be honest onest li to the jud audgo 0 O it means that he should be just to the servant that ho lie should bo faithful to tho the schoolboy school boy that lie should be bo diligent to the street sw evi eel er that he should sweep clean to every worker that hia his work should be well done 10 who is your enemy and mine II 11 that teaches language that ie is unbecoming that presents presenta falsehood for truth that furnishes false premise promises to build upon instead of 0 truo true or that is full of anger and mischief to hia his fellow beings brigham young IN THE TIM best beat books great men talk to us i give us their most precious til hough te and pour their fouls into ours urs god bo be thanked for books hm im ellery Cli constantly rising up ilip a man should reflect and ark what wha t good thing ng have aavo I 1 dono done this day the setting iun sun will mill carry away a portion of my life ifo A traitor in is a moral can cannibal albal sen jim Z E aich i I 1 I 1 |