The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-12-08

who have assembled on this heart-rending
occasion; the address which ascends from
the lips of the divine to the throne OF Il Be
ing who is seen only in his works; the silence
ana sorrow of those who are lett for lit
lie time on earth, until it shall be their fate
to fo'lGw the trparted---the procession as 1t
slowly moves towards the last earthly tene-
ment of inan-the peal struck from the
village church, which now comes upon one
lstless ear of cllv---the falling OF the earth
upon the Young and amiablc-the return ana
dispersion of the silent congregation, and
Lhose suddened feelings which we bear
with us to our pillow, and the VOID, never
again to be filed, which is made among, the
little rank of those we love-all these things
furnish moral too forcibly applied to be
resisted, and awaken thoughts upon the
future, beyond all that the most labored
essay or most eloquent tongue Can produce.
We turn from this scene to that which is
pencilied upon future years. When the rose
and sweet bri,r snail spring from the turf
resting oS that bosom now beating with
pleasure at our reproach, and heavins the
convulsive sos at our afhiCtion. When, III
! fine, al that we now look upon with so much
of delight, shall become but an unseemly
skeleton within narrow grave.
! Change the dream, and we ourselves arc
! to become the victims of like transfer
nation. The sun, the cottage of our in
! fancy, the lake glmmering beneath sill
very moon, the vault of heaven, the friends
| Of our youth, the partner OF onr pillow, all,
all the luxurics ofimaynation and ot life are
to become dim and indistinct; passion af-
ter passion must expire, sens after sense
must follow, oblivion will silently steal each
object of perception or OF affection from be-
4.
Gus, and finally die, and the same sad pa
rade viii be repeated, and "where arc we!'
The world will move onward, the min
ute space we have filled will be forgotten,
and other generations tread spsrtively over
the little hllock of earth within which we
are steadily moullering back to our primi-
,:vc clay.
Often is it the case, that We cannot but
Indulge in the idea that when the soul Is
severed from its body,,we shall in spirit re-
visit these sccncs which in life were dear
to us; that we shall again look from some
high cliff upon the bl1e waters, and gaze
upon the tall ship as she booms over the sea,
beneath all evening sky-thit We shall
watch over the fortunes of those we loved
in life, meet them again in affection, wnen
they shall have thrown Oft the clog or NOR
tality, and be ready, hand in hand, to as
ccnd to higher regions of bliss, when TINS
earth shall have passed away. But tht
sportiye tricks Of wild imagination shouit
give place to the sober certainty of revela-
ton. Though VIC delight to lin5er rount
those scenes which are dear to us upoi
earth, though our conscicnccs tell us tha
we are not to bur, in parsimonious grave
those thoughts and perceptions which at
tath US closely to disembodied spirits, ye
thu present period of danger warns us mos
emphaticaily to ,ct our hearts in such or
der that We may challenge death to tn
combat. His bolts are falling around US
and tho small space which isaliottcd us be
fore We shall be summoned to the lists in a
unknown c.i nc, demands thar our panopl
should be S~t;3.