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JUNE,
No . 9.
1885.
EDITORS: Mu Sigma Rho { C. 'l'. CHILD, . ' J. V. DICKINSON.
Philologian { S. V. FIERY,
' R. P.
Business Manager-W.
LUCADO.
A. BORUM •
• .Earthly
Hopes.
Earth's hope is bnt a fleeting day, Which sheds its light., then flees away, And leaves all dark; A 1fashing meteor in the sky, vVhich snclden gleams, then passes by, A fading spark.
Earth's hopes, fond flatterers of ours, But ope tlie buds, then nip the flowers, And bring despair ; For though the bud be sweet at first, Long ere the flower full has burst, No more 'tis there.
Earth's hopes themselves arc discontent, For ere they, to the heart have lent 'l'heir temp'ral joy; 'l'hcy, <1niekto dash the spirit down, And leave it prostrate on the gTonncl, 'l'heir wings employ. ·
Earth's hopes be vanished at morns gray, And let our spirits soar away For hopes above; Yes, let our spirits, gospel-shod, March to the footstool of our God, ,\ ml grasp His love. -VALE-DIC.
Know ledge, as attained, must be "novel," we can learn only what is new; and in this sense the acquisition of k11owledg<1gratifies curiosity, as searching into what, beforeharnl, is unknown. Still the desire of knowledge may, perhaps, be place<lhiu·her-'' for the soul to be with.,-. oqt knowledge is not go0<l." Knowledge
of things, in which we are properly concerned, which add to our power· and teach us ou1· duty, is as the food of thesou l, as the dew to the herbage; the soul's longing and searchii1g for it, is as a tree's roots, stretching out as feelers to find its proper nutriment.-Sclecied,
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