Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-10-14

DSS1S0 ~ AGRtAG - SAAN - AAsSstfesS
rich and powerful The summer, while,
il delights, afords a the same time . 81
lent and serious lesson. All nature Is
renewed, and the flowers bloom afresh !;
they meet me again, but NOT where they
did before perhaps less ft 20 enjoy
and relish their beauties; perhaps de-
prived Of those who by participation dou-
bled their delights.
Itist rue The sun still rises Der yonder
hill in an his wonted glory, and On the,
distant green the sportive hocks have re-,
newed their gambols. But where b my
bosom friend who before stood By my.
side, and pointedto alltheirbeapsies T.
Alas stern winter in the mean time has
laid him in the dust Year after wear
these scenes shall be renewed; the low
ers shall again spring up, but no more
shall NJ return. And p It thus -
Shall wear after year renew these OBJ
jects, and each returning spring bring
them afresh in an their beauty and sPl.n-
dor ! And shall MAN fall 70 rise no more I
Shall this dull winter be ssicceeded by no
lively spring. Shall he depart not % re-
turn again - Methinks, were this the tate
Of man, he would be truely pitiable. -
This life to most Of III, Is but vale OF
tears'--Do We not every day behold the
rich and powerfuir triumph with impani-
~ over}the poor and virtuousl Do We
not often see titled viilainy and wealthy
ignorance, trample upon, humble merit I
YET these circumstances are not more
surprising than that vast difference which
We perceive IN ;tlieeharacters Of different
men. Considered IN different lights,
man Il Of al creatufesthe most abjest,
and hase--the most noble, and august.
On the one hand he is allied 70 irnperfec-
lion oh The other he may claim kindred
With angels, .atid boast Of his immortal.
". He partakes Of the nature Of the
reptile which crawls ON the earth, md ri
the Deity who sits on high he Is pos
sessed Of an Intelligent mind that makes
excursions beyond the stars he Is en-.
cornpassed with body that must crunn.
BILE 70 dust he is LOAD Of the creation,
vet slave 10 his passions; he penetrates
through the heavens, yet involved in I'M
certainty hs contemplates eternity, yet
| Is the creature Of day /; bis eye extends
over the world yet hardly can see his
smallest error he has been praised and
exalted by some Nas an infinite immortal.
Yet amidst all these incongruities md
doubts |; amidst all this seeming unjust.
ness, immortality stamps an indelible
mark upon his nature il raises him .:
boye the brutes i creates him lord o.
the universe. The triumphs ofvice. thu
sufFerings of virtue are thus accounted
for and explained. The belief Of thi:
imparts an unutterable dignity to otil
nature 1t inspires US with the sublim'
est sentiments, and affords US the robles
eonceptions Of our grandeur. The hops
of annihilation Is dastardly and mean
/ is abaririer to every noble action, and i
the disgrace of our species. The argu
i ments that are necessary to PROVE the i'm
morality Of the soul, Ipassb BY in silence
| I should esteem him who denies It, un
Il worthy Of attention; ] shouldbe conyin
!, ced Of the bafrenness Of his mind, an,
should deem him unworthy the tonsola
ton itaff ords. : = s -
What. shall I pass or to Be seen n
morei Shall ! sink into oblivion and b
aanihilated like the brutes Shall the ex
istence of creature whose Thoughts ca
wander beyond the creation, tower aboy
the stars, are boundless and illimitable
Shall his existence be eircumscribed b!
time! Shall he who eonten1plakes I'll
boundless prospect Of eternity. be limi.
ed in duration! Are your! Am !! i
man mortaf.-I would hail you, a III
sovereign Of the universe would soa
aloft TO brighter abodes, and carry 20
to the regions Of immortality. =
But exclusive of those glorious sent
ments which immortality affords III
source Of Others, not less pleasing Il nc
SO sublime. In ayirtuo,is mind l. is III
incitement 10 noble and praise-worth
n deeds. |, sooths the distresses Of III
unhappy, and terri6es the guilty.
II 80 - aIs 70 Z