Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-16
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l6. 1919.

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and harvest, cold and heat, summer and
winter, aud day and night shall pot cease. .
The contemplation OF the creation OF the
world Z subject truly sublime, and dis
PLAYS in the most forcible manner the omni-
potence of the Deity-it is subject from
which we may derive the most interesting
instruction.
"From the creatures of God lei man
learn wisdom.
When il pleased the supreme architect OF
nature to form this world, this globe was
seen to spring from chaos-he clothed il
with all the bloom of vegetation, and vari-
egated it with the lofty mountain and the
lowly valley. The forests waved their
branches to the genial zephyrs-the groves
resounded with the songs of the featbered
race, who tuned their harmonious notes,
and sung in concert the praises oftheir ere.
ator-the plains were covered with living
animals who lowed in token Of their graft
tude. Then he formed man Of the dust OF
the earth, "and breathed into his nostrlls
the breath of life;'' he bade him arise from
his humble position and behold himself lord
of creation-man felt the majesty of those
grand and interesting objects which the
bounteous hand of his maker had thrown
round him-his ears were saluted with the
.en,le rush of water-falls-he stands in 81
lent establishment and surveys this ample
and noble amphitheatre, and the beautiful
Imagery that adorns it. In the midst OF
his solitude he beholds something which
spoke in silence-an eternal spirit who
reigns on the landscape, and who was the
author of this wonderous creation. The
shades Of the night gather around him, and
new scene opens to his,iew-he bcholds
the canopy which reposcs on the circular
boundary osthe world, bespangled with the
twmk!ing stsrs-the morn appears 10 the
midst to cheer with her beams the midnight
gloom. Suddenly sleep comes upon him
he reclines on the NOISY turf and enjoys
the sweets of repose till he is awakened by
the first dawn of morning in the eastern no.
rlzon-the ETHEREAL curtain untolds and the
sun throws splendor around him, and cheers
the earth with his reviving beams. Then
ne hears the voice his maker proclaimins
in the language of the text, that "whiie the
earth remaineth, seed time and harvest,
cold and heat, summer and winter, day and
night shall not cease" The wisdom OF the
institution of the seasons will strike US in
more lorible manner if we consider the sub
iect for few moments.
Hunter. This, although it may appear
to some as a gloomy season, is necessary
ion the accomplishment Of the purposes OF
nature. fthis season did not exist the O.
theirs would not have SO many charms, and
our land would be greatly diminished in
is fertility those seeds which had been
deposited by the busbsn'lnan in autumn
have time 10 become maturcd when the
warmth of spring will cause them to leave
the BOSOM OF the earth.
Spring.-This is a season which opens
upcn US with the delightful prospect OF APP
proaching plenty and which is calculated to
convince US of the utility Of winter. The
dreary aspect is gradually dissipated, and
the face of the earth is clad in all its beauty:
the birds are heard tuning then notes IN ev-
cry grore-in every garden and field our
eyes are delighted with the charming land
scape-our smell is gratitied with tue de-
Iightful odours offlowers.
Summer is season altho some
times rendered disagreeable by The scorch-
irA rays OF the sun, OF by those storms OF
thunder and lightning which are incident
10 it, nevertheless it has also IFS blessings.
Afiernature becomes animated by the show
ers of spring, she laboFs during the summer
TO CRAFTY US, by presenting TO our view the
fields rodding with grain and fruit, which
soon may be gathered for our subsistence
.4utumn.--The flowers of Summer are
gone. and in their places we have delicious
fruits. The industrious husbandman now
gathers bis grain into his barns and provides
for the coming winter, while the incident
sot is spending his time over the inebrIalng
howl. careless of future wants thus we see
the goodness of providence TO US. Have
we been blessed with productive>and
plentiful harvest-let US divide with the
Door whose fortune has not been equal with