PS 1123 ■B32 C3 ^Q,}^ Mfi If YOa GAN; 1885 Copy 1 OK Get Wis^onp aip^ n^acate. A POEM, Double Acrostic. Each Stanza CDntaining K Living Eeitl. BY JOHN GALYlD^fil^laMS. New Lebanon, Ohio: Published by the Author. 1885. Get Wis^on^ ^9^ n^ac'ate. A POEM, Doable jA-crostic". Each stanza CnntaiTiiiig A Living Geni, BY JOHN GALYID fi^lGHS. New Lebanon, Ohio: Pty blished by th e ~Au th or. 1885. (Jopyrigbt, 1885, By John Calvin Bright. ff^fifAGfi Expecting Counsel, Courage Accurate, And Por Fortitude Entirely CATCH ME ^ver Reading Remarkable, Persons Perhaps, Reading \f YOU Ci\N. ^^^^^^^^ Examining, Encouragement From For Accrue, Actual Can, Contest Endless, John Calvin Bright. Easter Monday, 1885. De^icatioi^. DEmCATEn TD ilLL LDYERS -DF- WISDDM AND EnUCATIDN, BY THE AITTHDR. JOHN CALYIN BRIGHT. Get Wisdom and Educate, SIGHT, * Get wisdom and educate. Employ all thy strength toward The perfecting of, for you, While combating with the ac- id trials and labors, yea. Severe tasks of earth sin-girt, Defense. Oh, well train the eye! Operate, scrutinize, a- Midst all the obstacles, an- Alyze with due care myriad, Nay, numberless wonders; bring, • Devotedly, all to the Eternal Creator. Light Descends from His Hand; and how Unwearied the windows (I Call them) of the soul, let, yes. Ask it to enter the mind. Thus well assisting thee to Educate and get wisdom. • * Solomon. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. SIGHT. Get wisdom and educate. Exult with thy heart, for God Thine eyes has unclosed, that thou ^Without the least stint, may lic- Itly apprehend, with a Sweet transport, the beauties that Deline His ^ great 'excellence. Oh, let thy light-houses a- Mid the obscurities, an ■ Aberrant dark sphere attend, Neglect not the opening. Distinctly, of all that the Exterior world present! Devotedly ^ labor, show Unbending attention (I Command) with thy living eyes, As thy bright days roll onward, That thou *^no chances lose to Educate and get wisdom. ♦Common Proverb. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. HEARING. Get wisdom and educate, Exert thy quick ears, the grand Tel'phones of the mind, giv'n you. Wherewith to enjoy with doc- Ity on a solid ba- sis, harmonies grand and sweet Delightful and valu'ble. Oh, make thy tympanums a- Mass these great treasures; an- Alyze their intrinsic and Nutritious importance; cling Devoutly to all of the Essential instructions, that Develop 'thyself; and *^kxow, Unless they are stamped suffi- cient deep on thy memory's Accurate page, and there held Tightly, they'll never help to Educate and get wisdom! « Solon. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATION. HEARING, Get wisdom and educate. Exclude from thy *ears the word Traducent, profane. In lieu, Without a delay illic- it, welcome the truth, and rea- son's maxims; conclusions ^that Determine the right, and the Obvious principles a Man may with safety attain. Attentively ^hear all God Necessitates thee, to bring Deliverance from all the Emergencies *^He ^hath sent. Decide ^to ''hear ^him, and show Unfailing respect, effi- cient love to His Holy Books, And ^LET thy memory aid Thee to complete the work — to Educate and get wisdom. ■"Bible. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. TASTE, Get wisdom and educate. Educe from the blessings God Throws into thy path, show'rs you With daily, the hygi'nic, Invigorous strength, eva- sive of Bacchanahs repast. Deceive not thyself, because Onerous duties wait a- Mid the great work, uneven Ascent of thy life.-demand Nice care. As, then, ev'rything Distribute by this sense Exerts a great power, let Discretion be used, for how Unbending's the influ'ence (I *^Consider) this organ has. Advocate, then, to ^the ^end, Truth's hygienic, and so Educate and get wisdom. •Chilo. 10 GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. TASTE^ Get wisdum and educate- Extract from all climes the good Terrestial, so that thou Will have a pure temple tac- itly by it teaching a Supremacy over what Deranges the appetite. Oh ^-i^^TOUCH 'not, ^handle 'not, a- Midst the excitement of an Aspiring and restless world, 'Ny substance designed to bring Destruction and woe to thee! Examine with care all that Delighteth thy 'taste, and show Unyielding respect, effi- cient honor to all the laws As hygienic are held ; Thus *not to check the work— to Educate and get wisdom. *BlBLE. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 11 SMELL. Get wisdom and educate. Exhalents arise, the good, Transcendent, and pure, for you Without the least doubt implic- itly to enjoy. Persua- sively thy olfactor treat. Denying it none of the Odors refreshing that a Mate 'Opportunity, in Appreciable and good. No pains should thou spare to bring Desirable fragrance — the Essential constituent — Directly to ^thy use. *^Know Unusual care, suffi- cient watching, so that the fumes, As from the still they proceed. Tear not thy efforts down to Educate and get wisdom. *PlTTACUS. 12 GET V/ISDOM AND EDUCATE. SMELL Get wisdom and educate. Exclude from thy nostrils and Thy lungs, every thing that you, While laboring hard with lic- it efforts to ^-i^'GATHER a Secure store of wisdom that Does fit thee to educate, Obviously impairs, a- Midst the great duties that an Assuming fast age demand Nice care as thou pass along. Direct ^iN-to ^them the pure, Essential ambrosial, that Delight all thy veins, bestow Unfeigned and great strength, effi- cient power for all thy works, • — - Active and powerful and Tangible element to Educate and get wisdom. ^Common Chorus. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 13 FEELING; Get wisdom and educate. Endeavor with all the grand Thread-work that's pervading you. Within and throughout, the tac- In monitor guardian —a Swift messenger for the light, Destruction, and peace, and woe. Openly, secretly, a- Mid the commotions of 'men Assumptively good and 'bad. Neglecting not joy to bring, Delivering it to the Extreme and *'most quiet part, Deceiving thee not ; grief, how Unable the secret (I Conclude) the great crowd of nerves ^Are to retain ; and all grand Thoughts by them spread, received — to Educate and get wisdom. ;=BiAs 14 GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. FEELING, Get wisdom and educate. Effect by this sense, the "Lord Though servent of all," what thou Will fail with the rest. Elic- it by its entwining, rea- soning, and great power, that Directs all the others, the Obstacles which thou need^ a- AVUP-t^ Mid all tbe labors which an Assuming, unprincipled, Nay, merciless world belong. Detect by the many, the Exact and quick nerves, all that Devotion to truth and law. Unfailingly bring — effi- cient aid and protection, bliss Actual, knowledge profound. Training remarkable. 0, Educate and get wisdom. *Calvin. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 15 ALL THE SENSES, Get wisdom and educate. Examine with care the world Throughout, with the means giv'n you, With faculties, these public. ^Impossible 't4s ^to rea- son, lead to the mind, without Depending upon their use. Only and wholly. And a Mighty, as well as contin- 'Al effort should thou extend; No ^INDUSTRY and %o-thing Discreet should thou spare; that the Estatic enjoyment that Distinguish thee, and bestow Unusual force, profi- cient power in all thy ways. Augur success, may reward Thee in thy diligence to Educate and get wisdom. *Periandee. 16 GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. ALL THE SENSES. Get wisdom and educate. Elect by these senses, and" Triumphantly use, all thou Will need to thyself fit lic- Itly, to transact well, sea- sonably, the business that Devolve without doubt on thee, Of a *^NECESSITY. A Magical power often Abused have these organs. And ^ No virtue and ev'ry thing Devised, ev'ry ^law and the Entire education that Distinguish thee, but show. Unboundedly, the suffi- ciency of these faculties. All the great powers ^know(s) and Them all employ to help to Educate and get wisdom. *CoMMON Proverb. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 17 THE TONGUE. Get wisdom and educate. Extreme be thy watching and Thy care that in prudence thou With all thy temptations ac- id tri'ls forget not to sea- Son gracefully all thy thought Delivered. Let kindness, ^the Oil ^OF law, gentleness, a Mild and invalu'ble, an Associate heav'nly, lend No little invig'rating, Decided refulgence — the Ethereal element ; — Dear ^suretyship bestow, ' Unusual; cause suffi- cient ^RUiN to all thy foes; And a *precurser be, and Truthful expositor to Educate and get wisdom. Thales. 18 GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. THE TONGUE. Get wisdom and educate. ^Excess in thy speech -''^ avoid. Thy tongue, the great power thou Wield, worthily and explic- itly use. Distill in sea- Son and with success, the light, Devotion to truth, alone, Opens to ev'ry one, — a Magnetism causing a san- Ative, irresistive, and Nutritious result. And strong Deductions from prem'ses the Expressions of which can not Denied by none be, thou blow^. Until They're accepted. I- Cy language avoid. It show^s Adamantean heart, and Thought not conducible to Educate and get wisdom. Cleobulus, GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 19 WISDOM OR WEALTH, Get wisdom and educate. Essay not to live for gold, Thy *^ MILLIONS may perish thou Work slavishly ^for. Rapac- ity knows no bounds, unrea- sonable and arrogant,- Devoid of the finer, the Obvious feelings that a Man with the image of an Almighty Creator should, May, must have. *But anything ^Defense may suggest, require, Expect, thou should ^not *^one 'cent Deny. But with freedom show Unusual grace, profi- cient training ""for happiness. Actual, real, and thus spend ^Tribute and principal to Educate and get wisdom. *PlCKNEY. 20 GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. WISDOM OR WEALTH, Get wisdom and educate. Extol far above th}^ gold, *^The traits that belong to you Without any doubt. Implic- it trust in thy * money, trea- son is to thy Maker. Let Discretion control thy 'love. Obsequies claim all wealth. A Monument infinite, an Authentical sign ^op" God, Necessitating all strong Deductions ®of truth to thee Essential, ^is wisdom that Devoutly inclines to bow, Until ''all •'the ^''evil (I Conclude) is out-'^ ROOT-ed. Yes, Actuated and controlled Thus, to thy work proceed to Educate and get wisdom. * Bible. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 21 WISDOM OR FAME. Get wisdom and educate. Excessive desire attend Thee all the day long that thou Win fame's fading crown. Capac- ity 'have ^-^^Sve ^met for trea- sonable ambition ? that Demoniac, who, because Opposites bow do not a- Mid *THE engagements of an Austere world, becomes enraged. No ^ ENEMY is so stroug. Deceitful as envy, the Extract of ambition. It Destroys friendships sweet; 'they show. Unfailingly, that his I- Cy touch paralizes ^ours. ^Are Ave not ready to spend, Thoroughly, all our time to Educate ^and get wisdom? * Pekry. 22 GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. WISDOM OR FAME, Get wisdom and educate. Emphatic attempts to hold Thyself from the height which thoiV ^WiLL find thee enticed illic- itly, should thou make. Unrea- sonable ambition, that Dethrones all the race from the Opulence, Happiness a ^Mighty Creator has in A state of Protection ! * And No ^truth's so encouraging, Discounted, as this : That the Eternal Preserver that Directs both above, below, Until all that 'is defi- cient shall be perfected, says : Ask thou for wisdom — by and Through it thou shall ^prevail. 0, Educate and get wisdom ! * Bible. GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 23 EXAMPLES. Get wisdom and educate. Examples of ^this the world Throughout her great record, thou Will find, has presented. Lic- ^^It labors, and earnest, rea- sonable endeavors brought Distinctly to notice the Orators, statesmen, and a Mighty array of those an- Alyzers of all the world. Nay, universe — ev'ry thing. Devote all thy ^* summer, the Expanding resources, that Develop, 'pRoposE 'to show. Unroll the mind's strength, ^^f C-^^^i Command) ^it « out-' line success. Ably * FIGHT 'ON, and work, and intake sure swift courage, ''all to Educate and get wisdom. * Grant. 24 GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. EXAMPLES. • Get wisdom and educate. Examples I still append, That courage essential thou Will have to proceed with lic- • It efforts to gain, what a Sweet consciousness craves, with that Desire, *^ first, which lives ^^of thee. Onorous duties, ^ first, a Multitude have performed ^in A "^PEACE-able way. Attained None have without suffering Determined -in Mvar, all the Experience "and delight Depainted ^in wisdom's law. Until, ^* countrymen, defi- ciencies remove from our "hearts Are, we should ask ^"the great God, To "His strength share, ^ first, last. 0, Educate and get wisdom ! * Of Washington. I TRRORY OF CONGRESS wm