The Arkansas advocate., 1830-08-25

'to'' .s~. Aoe ssno liS Shi A'e1 " "tS " sto his name. And enc #ho supported his last steps, and ministerrd to his nIarry wants, said to me as l looked on the mel ancholy scene, "I ct thine heart re- ceiye instruction, for thou hast seen an. eAd to al earthly perfection. ,
 1 have seen a beautiful female tread ing the first stages of youth, and enter lng Joyiplly into the pleasures of life. the glance of her eye was variable and sweet, and on her check trembled some thing like the first blush of the morning; her lips moved, and there was harmony and when she lioated in the dance. her light form like the aspen seemed to move with every breeze. l returned but she was not in the dance, lsought herin the circle of her companions, but l found her not. Hereye sparkled not there-the music of her voice was si- leneed--she rejoiced on earth no more. saw a train, sable andslow paced. who pore sadly to an opening grave, what once was animated and beautiful. They paused as they approached, and d voice broke the awful silence" Mingle ash es with ashes, and dust with its original dust. To the earth, whence she was at first takens consign we the body of our sister," They covered her with the damp soil, and the solid clods of the val icy, and the worms crowded into her si- lent abode. Yet one sad mourner Iin- gered to cast himself upon the grave. and as he wept, he said, ssThere is no beauty. or grace, or loVeliness that con tinueth in man: fer this is the end of all his glory and perfection.''
 Ihaye seen aninfant with fair brow, ana a frame like polished ivory. its limbs were pliant inits sport; 1t rejoieed, and again it wept; but whether its glowing check din1pied with smiles or its blue eye was brilliant with tears, still said to my heart, Git is beautiful It was like the first pure blossom which some cherished plant has shot forth. whose cup is filled with dew drop, and whose head reclines upon it's parent stem.
 again saw this child when the lamp of reason first dawned upon it's mind. Its soul was gentle and peaceful; its eve sParkled with joy, as it looked round on this good and pleasant world. Ii ran swiftly in the ways of knowledge-it stood like lamb before its teachers, it was not proud, nor envious or stubborn, and 1t had never heard of f the tn vices and vanities of the world. And when l looked upon it, l remembered that my Saviour had said, "except ye become as little children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heavens,
 But the scene was changed, and saw man whom the world called hon. orable, and many waited for his smile. They pointed out the fields that were his, and talked of the silver and gold that he had gathered; they admired the stateliness of his domes. and extolled the honor of his family. And his heart an- swered secretly, z by my wisdom have gotten all this" so he returned no thanks to God, neither did he fear or serve him. And as passed along. ! heard inc complaints of the laborers who had reaped down the fields, and the cries of the poor whose covering he had taken away; but the sound of feast ing and revelry was in his apartments, and the unfed beggar came tottering from his door. But he considered net the cries of the oppressed were contin- uallY entering in the ears of the most High. And whenA knew that this man was once the teachable child that had loved-thc beautiful infant that had gazed upon with delight---I said in my Bitterness, "I have seen an end of all all perfection," and laid my mouth in the dust.
 Kankee Retort.--Soon after the Rev olutionary war Captain. i'-, brave Yankee officer was at St St. ineteT5burgiii,