Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-10-29
REFLECTIONS.
" Such as meiiorate the heart,
Compose the passions and exait the mind. '.

NET IL En- ItONS,
d Such "a meiiorate the heart
Compose the passions and exait the mind.'
The following beautiful extract is
from the New England Weekly Re-
view:
-" War may stride over the land
with the crushing s,epof giant-Pes.
thence may steal over it like an invisi-
BILE cuise-reaching its victims silently
and unseen-unpeopling here village
aud there a city-until every dwelling
is a sepulchre Famine may brood
over it with long aud weary vista
ton, until the sky i,selfis brazen, aud
the beautiful greenness gives place to
parched desert--a wide waste of UNI
productive desolation. But these are
only phys cal evils. The wild flower
will bloom in peace on the field of bat.
tie and above the crushed skeleton.-
The destroying angel of the pes,ilence
will retire when his errand s done. and
the nation will again breathe freely
and the harrenness of famine Wi! cease
at iast-the cloud will be prodigal of
Its boarded raiu-and the wilderness
will blossom. But for moral desolation
there is no rcvivins spring. lie: the
moral and republican principles Of our
country he abandoned-our represen-
fatives bow in conditional obseanous.
ness to individual dictaiinn Let i'm
pudence and intrigue and corruption
triumph over honesty and intellect, and
our Liberties and strength will depart
Tor ever. OF these there can be no re.
suscitatiOn. The 4" abomina,ion of
desolation" will be fixed and perpetu-
al and as the mighty fabric of our
glory totters into ruins, The nations ui
the earth will mock us in our over
throw, like the powers of darkness
when the throned one Of the Babylon
became even as themseves-and the
glory Of the Chaldee's excelIepcv"
had gone down forever.
Indulgence Of Grief. 1t is not in
the power OF every one to prevent the
caIam'ties of liie--but it evinces true
magnanimity to bear up under them
with fo,titude and serenity. Tie in
diligence of grief is made merit of bv
many, who, when misfortunes occpr.
obst'na'eiy refuse all consolation, till
the mind, oppressed with melancholy,
sinks under its weight. Such conduct
Is not only destructive to health. but
Inconsistent with reason, religion, and
common sense. s'There are" saws
Sonth, :" what may be called the cere.
monies OF sorrow the pomp and os-
tenta'lon Of efeminate grief, which
speak not so much the greatness of the
misery as the smallDess Of the mind"
To persevere
In obstinate condoement, is a course
ofimpous stibbornness, unmaniy grief
IL shows will most incorrect to heaven
a heart unfouifed, mind impatient;
An understanding simple and unschooled.
The GraUe. There IS a sacreduess
oil feeling. an awe attached to the grave
in whatever situation it is 10 be found.
whether in the crowded city, the busy
village, the field, or the forest. But this
feeling is stronger at the lonely grave,
than in the crowded cemetary. 1t is
feeling Of nature and cannot be expell.
ed by any process reasoning, or any
influence OF cold philosophy. 1t does
not depend on any peculiarly Of ell
gIon--on this or that mode OF belief or
unbelief, but aGberes alike to the Pa.
gan and the Jew, the Mahometan and
che Christian, the sceptic and the
saint,
Double ENJOYMENT Nothing is
more delightful than 10 feel a new pas
sion rising, when the fame that burned
before is not yet quite extiuguished.-
Thus, at the hour Of sunset, we behold
with pleasure the orb Of night ascend
ing on the opposite side Of the horizon.
We-.heR enjoy the double brrtliancy of
the two celestial luminaries.
Change Of ideas is as necessary 10
health as change Of posture When
the mind dwells long upon one subject,
especially if it he OF disagreeable and
depressing nature, 1t Injuries all the
functions OF the body. Hence the pro-
longed indulgence Of grief spois the
digestion, and destroys the Appetite
The spirits become babitually depress-
ed-the body emaciated, aud the fluids
deprived Of their appropriate supply Of
nnirimeni from without, are greatly vi.
tiated. Thus, many constitution has
been seriously injured by family mis-
fortune, or any occurrence giving rise
to excessive grief--JOurnaI Of Health.