...the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Hcav'a. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see ; All...

...la full of Thee."— Thompton. RETROSPECTION.' " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our ptist hoars; " And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; " And how they might have born more welcome news. " Their answers form what men experience call." A New Tear, with all its diversified...

...death familiar to our minds, although he be the king of terrors, and stimulate ourselves to converse with our past hours, and ask them what report they bore to heaven, and bow they might have borne more welcome news. But, alas, how epidemical is this distemper! — ' all...

...dispositions which should accompany and direct it, under a still higher direction. For this, he says, " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask...If wisdom's friend, her best; if not, worst foe." Without this, " There's nothing here, but what as nothing weighs ; The more our joy, the more we know...

...time's furrows on another's brow. . . same. Peace and esteem is all that age can boast . . same. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask...news. Their answers form what men experience call. same. Age should Walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore Of that vast ocean it must sail so soon,...

...wherein you have gone astray from the path of duty, and how you may in future amend your ways. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask...And how they might have borne more welcome news." And this is never more proper, than when you are making a transition from one stage of study to another....

...were, the space which divides us from eternity : "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours. And nsk them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Yot to those who seek a short annual retreat * Biinop Hopkins. us a mere form ; who dignify with the...

...retrospect of the above date, with one of the mottos, that I had adopted for my retrospections : " "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven." I go on to say : — " So thought the poet — so, it appears, thought the patriarch Isaac, when he...

..., • .-,.,] It is, therefore, the part of wisdom " to converse with the hours already past, and to ask them what report they bore to heaven," and how they might have brought more welcome intelligence. Each hour then should be watched as a minute grain, passing through...

...fire ; A moment, and the world's blown up to thee ; The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask...worst foe. O reconcile them ! kind experience cries, " There'snothinghere,butwhat as nothing weighs; The more our joy, the more we know it vain ; And by...