Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-02-16

the least conspicuouss Her sources of in
formation are therefore The most anthem
I, tic; and her. fidelity TO truth, and her abb
lity to clothe truth in captivating dress
are indispu,able. (poi. O6ser.j
AN EXTRACT.
To contemplate the hour Of dissolution
is the Indispensable duty of transiiory
mortals. Did we know the moment of
departure, repentance might, perhaps 81
procrastinated. But as the Deity has,
tor wise and benevolent purposes, shut h-
turi,y from our view as the next momeht
may DO the harbinger of death, the can.
tor preparation is loud and imperinus.
Let me ask him, who has rioted in dissi-
patton, who has drank the bowl of intefa-
perance to the bottom, what must he think
u he awcke from the sleep of intempe-
! rance at the eternal tribunal of offended
and insulted Omnipb,encc Life is held
by 50 transitory u tenure so many casual
ties waylaY * be sc, us al every step we adj
vance, that not to prepare Cor that event,
hetrays a kind Of morpid ins-nsibili,y of
heaRmoFe fitting for brute than man.
Well does inspiration ask the question,
/" Our fathers where are thayl We be-
hold the mansion of our youth; the tree,
where our infant sports endeared our ex-
istence; and where we once beheId the
venerable form Of parent, smiling With
tenderness on his chi!r,ren.--Look for hisa
now--the place, which once knew hirn,
knows Him no more" and we can only
ind him covered with the clods OF the val
ley. ills an undouh;ed fact that death
rsdou5les the vaine of the object by de-
priyaliou. Elthnuga the hear; cannot tax
ITSELF with any csigiinsl aGs, emeaibrance
awakes thousand instances of those pet-
ty tTansgressions. to which all human a.
ture IS liable. which gise a pcignancy to
he sufirs;ngs oftfe uIourner. However
much we loved the cojea of cur grief
When alive, when dead we are persuaded
we ought to have ,ovsd more. WHAT.
yeS iesita.ion. existed are buried Will, tie |
corps--vhatcyer was noble OF lovely in |
The character, survives Rleiaachoiy re. |
'..cabssnce. Ihus docs the heart Of Il. !
iaction create new materials Ear sll;ssry
and viii add. sos The comfort Of t,ic
rnnurner, siiat .l.is very psopcnsitY Is ,as
sure mark IA an amia5.e mind. When
sickness wears away The constitution BY
the "cold gSadstions of decay" the sur
wing friend. are, in a n.easure, prsuar.
ed far the s@f',i change that is sonn to
succeed. But ~hcre we bcho,d the face
at one moment flushed Nth health, and
'shs next c.yercl, With the palsness Of
death, lhe change is 90 sGdden and awful,
that I'll. bs.s. si,l:s under iho weigh, az
rs PRESSURE. Let shase, wko have been
ihus am cled. ROW pGss Ii melancholy re-
view a lie without reprcach towards nan
|nnd towards Con. Let memory sup,5Ir
what death las taken away !; and By fol
s"vsas The Footsteps pf tie dear deceased,
be prepared inr dissolution, as sudden.
end leave 5ebind them character equal
~ rsvered.
Let Us not however, give ourselves no
Ia nlslancaaly fore5odiags aud gloomy
anticipaticn. We are under the pro,cc
tion of Being 1hnSe .tender mercies
are over ali his works." and who VII heal
t5e wounds which hisovn hands have in
hictrd,, 10 Complain is puerile. we
knov sbe tenure by which life is holden:
10 despond is pa,illaaiala0s and uosya;i.
- NttG Ii.Dl tlsssS III IsO-
vidence, answers the deEigas IF our Crss-
tor, and converts temporal miAfor,unes
'nio TIE blessings, which " time can nei-
lhsTclye nor take away"
Zar fofiozSias advertisement 10 eohiea from
me Ksn'scSy Gazeffe. TIE socfstv ne
beife0e is RE fra ofiss kind, and certain
iyiauda.ke.
The society OF BACHELORS, for the
promotion of m2,rimony, will NEE; at Ira
seiisrs Hall on Wednesday evening nex,
81 o'clock- The membsrs are frqaes-
ted 10 be punetuai Ia their attendance, AS
business OF importance Will come before
them.
BIZ order Of the President.
Lexington Dee. %, 1904.
CATSoLfc CArHEDaAL CEUeoE LorrEaY.
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