The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-01-07

' Senses anu OF graiutt"usiy refreshed us
with their salutlitrous breezes The landscaue
was attired IN her gay habiIimeuts Sw.sr
was the breath of morn. her risiny sweet with
1 charm of earliest birds The lamb frolicked
round her dam. and the cattle gamboled on the
I hlhS. le g"iden harvest waved on the fields.
aud the rich clusters hung purple on the vine.
! 0fnea'h and around. the scenery was d,versi.
he'd aud brilliant. AMI all was eniivened by the
glad " ice % nature.
Bat where, alas are now those yariegated
entertainments and those winning charms that
So la ely enam"red us Where is this .ini,uiia
'i" plrtnie o. nature : painting. So fall Of c,s-
! "ihatl"n and so tar tIanScPndinu the pnDcii's
art " mere are those tinfs and hups that we're
mIx"d with such marchless skill. and seemed
| u present r"lors and brauies unfadinr! T,ue
! iiaS proved t. IN to be transient flow ers They
nave one after another taken their fl ghi The
f'llage has 'allen from The groves, and the m,I
! sic that chcered them no longer is tLgrel IJn.
Lyons and drearv. the wind now whist los
through the leaf sS forest aud the sterile.
heS"ia' ed Garth, every where dressed in her
weeds. Is mourning her changes and bereave-
meh's The blossoms and tire shn is OF the
snrihg and he melluwed beauties "f SUMMER
now lie together ~ the grave III he yesr'
j hrNe vIcl~s.tud"s are all solemn and striking
'ne'nent"s t" MS. Though no audible voice Is
heard from the withercd flower aud faded land.
scape. yet these yearly messengers If shortest
stay siienllv preach to us most imprpss;cs
lecture. Who can view the gcrne of being ni
! these lnnnnerable aud varinus visi,ants. trace
/ their unf"ldngs aud DECAYS and not find HIM.
sell demcinred. and anxnuslv fear. lest having
passed thrnngh all the seasons, and staudin,r. at
last c'ngraed by winter, he finds hrusgf Il max.
! ed falling tree. n" more to bud and buom aud
| We, has b'rue no fruit
We have had many memen.ns in our service.
1 continually PIoclaiming tie fragiliiv and de-
crepfufe OF our bodies. and the brevity uf hu
man lite. In the vrrnal srason of existence
many. just pniting forth the tender leaves of
hope. have experience killing frost. Others,
with buds more unfolded. have persisted in the
blossom Those who have survived these cIrills
ana biJihs have witnessed the departure of
youthful fnriducss, and the appearance Of the
corrnga'i"ns Of aye. Indications of fraity in
! some form or other, have mani:estiy shewn
{ themselves 10 every person living; and. by
premature disSolnt"ns. pains, and scknesses-
the grey hair and bedimined eye-tnrDd limbs
and mental imbcciity. warnings are riven to
the whole race Of moralS. Then why is it that
:. All mankind mistake their time Of day,
Even aye iself-fresh hopes are hourly snwn
~ THROW d brOws. So gemtes LIES descent,
We shut cur eyes and think It is p plain-
We take fair days in winter for the spring"
This delusinm, and often fatal infltuation. are
old. vino does n"I think he may live another
year. We IhInN all mortal hut ourselves, and
that we ATE so invulnerablc and iinpervious to
the shafts OF death, that shall not during
tins. the next, ar irr many succeeding years.
tail III the number Of devoted viclIa,s Happy
tor lis the bills Of mortality have not vet COM
pIIsed our names
TO assist US Only to appreciate time, it will
he proper Tor ca, h ot MS 70 ask ourselves :. How
old art th"u :" The question is not as to Ienuth
"i days, but IN the only important scuse, how
long have we lived tn good purpose, for the
great end and real business of living :" Com
putting by this rule, what our reply to the in
terr"gatory Must we MT saw. we are but
nCvIceS' mere Infants in piety ,r rather. that
we have 10 are at all IN merit"riuus deeds
Snne of sur behaved fl hers and noIhers.
btothefs and sisters, dear children. and atIec-
li"nate friends. during the last year. have heen
gathered TO the tomb. and the clods Of the val
ley c"ver them; and their sepul. hres and
graves now instruct, and speak aloud Ia us. that
soon ar late, death will be our lot Does not
I their plous counsel NV rise fresh 10 our Terol-
iecfI II. and their purSuasiVe err rraties To live
hrsilan htc once more RESI- Hnd IN nnr cars :
- lie n"nrns the dead. VIII" lives rs they oesire
Shall II longer he said. the hltle ant lahors.
and Tugs, and strives, more tar nnp poor grain.
Than i1en for lleav ?? And sim I lie freoucn-
cy OF our admonlii"ns prove but a deadly mar.
'O;ic 4?
Where the Waterman, in his round,
Nightly lifts hls voice on high,
None. accus'om'd to the sound
Wakes the sorner for his cry"
May not fiarier myself that. hereafter. onr
Srhshiiles viii be aw axe. and that orr cstIma.
H. II and lupr vemctt oftime will he more car
respondent to its inestinlble value ID r-es
and lrgirS m tie funeral of tie pas, will he
less ava!ng. than fixed resolutions fer future
Reclamation II we can now retrieve cur loss.
IS and redeem our tine we may f,!ici'nie our.
se;v"s on the prospect hcfb"e us. A new enoch
begins. aud he materials Tor new history are
to he furnished. The blank is white and I'M
furnished and no bot yet defaces the nave.
Let the Thoughts. the words. and the hrtnns
/ this year. hr snrh rs we shall he WILLING IN
leave q record fer time. aud record for t,terni.
". " Let our benevolent intentions bear frn:
in deeds. and our evil th..uulits perish in the
blossom Growing in grace, and in the knowI
edge at our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ may
we persevere III the ways Of we'll doing abound
mere and more in love Ia God and love to man,
hlhng np The remnant Of orr day> " IN pious
! deeds ana Christian charities. eeprr cr7sisnt.
| y III our minds. = that we nu<i all apnaar he.
fore the Judgment seat of Christ: that every
one INA! receive the things done in ,he bndy
according tn that he hath done. whether il h.
oord rr bad"
" He lives, who lives to God alone.
And all are dead beside:
Fer other source than God is none,
Whence life can be supplied
To live TO God is to reoui,e
His love Ms hest we may;
To make his prrcepts orr deliybt
His promises our STAY" &C
| WeStb0r0Hgh Jan L. lS29.
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IHE LreIsLATuRE Of the State convenes a,
nns'9n tins day The most Important subjec,
which will come het1re il. will probably bc. In