How sweet and true are the beautiful lines of Thomas Hood called "I
remember, I remember:
I remember, I remember,
The fir trees dark and high;
I used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky;
It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
Than when I was a boy.
Dr. Watts lays down to youth that it should have a decent and agreeable
behavior among men, "a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant
manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity
and good humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling
accidents of life." This programme of action is far beyond the reach of
a well-balanced adult, much further the inexperienced and untried mind
of younger life. But the character which should attain to such angelic
proportions would truly have a reverent place among men's memories.
THE ALPENA.
Youth has no knowledge of God's power. The confidence that early years
implant in the mind supplies an unsubstantial substitute. I have
pictured to myself an illustration: A bright young man is present at a
grand concert.
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