Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1883 — Silence as an Awakener. [ARTICLE]

Silence as an Awakener.

Silence will sometimes awaken a man more expeditiously than the loudest uproar. For instances When a minister is discoursing at the top of his voice on a hot Sunday, how sweetly somnolence broods over half the congregation! But let the minister stop suddenly’ in hisdiscourse,ahdbe absolutely silent" for half, a minute, how wide awake they ire. No thunder-clap in the country, nr gong at a summer hotel, ever aroused slumlierers more speedily or thoroughly. Ami ability is Die sqpshineof the soul which causes, smiles to bloom on the dips, and expands the heart ps the rays of the sun open the buds of the rose. Blanket® and heavy quilts will be much used during the coming winter.