The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-01
FOR THE wILmINsToNIAr.
On the Advantages Of SnoV.

Ihoar frost like ashes he sheweth his word unto
Jacob. his statutes and his judgment unto Israel
"Cold cometh out of the North" Jon, 81, 9
The wind having swept these deserts OF snow,
larm themselves with millions oftrOzen PARTICLES
aud make fierce descent upon our habitations
Under black and scowng clouds, they drive
Idresdfuly whizzing through the darkened air
Ithey assault our doors, and eager for entrance
|fasten on our windows; walls can scarce restraint
them; bars are unable to exclude them, through
every Granny they force their way. Ice is on their
WINGS they scatter cold through all the land and
winter, all winter RACES as they go. Now the
winds, having brought their load, they are dis
missed from service. They have waited up i'm
mense cargoes of clouds, which empty themselves
lin snow. At first few scattered shreds come
Wandering down the saddened sky. This slight
lskirmish is succeeded by general onset. Iht
flakes large, and numerous, and waverng thick
descend. They dim the air, and hasten the ap
proach of night. Through all the night in soft
est silence, and with continual flow, this feecy
shower falls. Were we to judge from the season
of he year, and our own feelings, we might con-
clude that snow cannot be useful to the earth,
but universal experience forbids this opinion
The important uses to which it is divinely desig
mated present a fine illustration of the value OF
Christ to this world. Snow is useful for cover
ing
ellis fakes Of snow like wool dcscends,
| "And thus the springing corn Defends"
Nature cannot give better covering than
snow, to screen the corn, the plants and trees,
from the i'll effects of cold. Though cold in it
l,oIc cbaI%a h. nth freey yuintls
1.-The all.wise Creator has ordained that the plants
should be fenced from the cold of winter, by
lhs spotless garment soft wool, and possessing
moderate warmth.
ellis hoary frost, his heecy snow
"Descend and coihe the ground"
1T affords most suitable, and seasonabe cover
ling for the corn, screens it from nippng trosts.
land cherishes its infant growth. while it abdes
lon the earth, it equally cxerts protecting care,
land exercises fostering influence. And here
cannot forbear the delightful allusion which
might be suggested unto HIM who is can hi
lding place. covert screen, covering, renovsting
land clothing the poor destitute sinner" thou
almighty Jesus descend like snow upon all the
lyoung plants in the church on shore, and display
thine energetic influences at sea. that preserv.
ed by thy power and supplied by thy grace. thai
$50 numerous seed may arise to call the blessed.
Snow presents also most gratifying ornamen,
in the world Of nature. In the morning when w
awake! What surprising change. Is thJ tn,
same world? Here is no diversity Of colour!
can hardly distinguish the trees from the hills
on which they grow. Which are the meadows
and which the plains? Where are the green pas
lures, and where the taow lands! All these b
blended in bright confusion. So bright that il
|heightens the splendour of day and dazzles the
lorgans of sight. How copious must have been
the showers. how redundant the treasures OF thai
Con who could in SO short time overwhelm us
with the abundance of the blessings of his good
mess Well might he teach JOB his nothingness
lby that sublime and poignant Interrogation "Hasl
thou entered into the treasures Of the snow !'-
lSee how the hedges, or fences are habited like
spotless vestals; the houses are rooted with uni
and lustre, the meadows are covered with
IA carpet of the finest ermne. The groves bow
beneath the lovely burden, and all, all below is
one wide immense shining waste of white. What
o. sublime representation of the glorious effects
produced by the pardoning love Of GoD: Lister
:, my soul with the profoundest awe to the AL
r, mrcury's voice, "Come now and let us reason
together with the Lord, though your sins be as
Of scarlet, they shall be white as snow" Though
our sins be as scarlet and crimson, q deep and
double dye. first in the wool of original corrup
ton, and afterwards in the innumerabe threads
80 of actual transgression; and though We have lain
long soaking in it, as the cloth does in the scar
let dye; yet pardoning mercy will make us white
as the clearest and purest snow, without spot OF
stain or any such thing
y" "What tho our crimes are black as night,
Or glowing like the crimson morn
o,| ImMAEuEL's blood can make them white
he As snow thro' the pure ether borne"
And they shall walk with HIM in white, for his
lie atonement and obedience makes them worthy
What can surpass the delicate and charming CO.
rlour that At this season OF the year frequently CO
II vers the country around! The lawn is not SC
fair as this snowy mantle, which invests the fields
lie and even the lily, was the lily now to appear
would look tarnshed IN its presence.
e. can think Of but one thing which excels OF
r equals the glittering robe Of winter. Is any one
|desirous to know my meaning! He may find it ex'
Iplsined in that admirable PSALM the 5lst, compo'