Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-12-27

Bier, Of New York, has published good trans
lation in English, made by New York cler-
ayman, of the Able de la Mennais celebrated
"Words of a Believer" II makes very
small and neat volume. Of the original, not
less than forty thousand copies were sold in Par
il in one month. The Able is an eccentric the
ologian, whose imagination is more powerful
than his judgment, and who writes with the Ter
yid eloquence Of an enthusiast or rhapsody
We annex three short sections ofhis Last Words,
suitable To the anniversary of the Redemption,
and as specimen Of his illusions.
Ill.
"Harkeni Tell me whence cometh this con-
6,ss5 ind,stinct, and strange noise, which is
heard on every sidef
Place thy hand upon the earth, and tell me
why she tremoietn. .
A mysterious something IS ABROAD In the
world II is work oil Coo.
l. not every one in expectation2 Is there a
heart which does not throh?
Son of man! 90 up to the high places; say;
what seest thou?
see i'm the horizon a dark cloud, fringed
with lurid glare, like the reflection OF con-
fagration.
Son of mani what seest thou now2
see the sea hnlng up her waves;-l see the
mountain tops tremole
I see the rivers change their courses; see the
hills totter,-they fall, and entomb the valleys.
All trembles, all is in motion, all takes new
aspect.
Son of man. what seest thou now!
Isee clouds Of dust in the distance; they now
move to and Fl o. they strike-they IN ngle-they
mite They pass over the cities:-they are pas
sed:-nothing remains but the naked plain:
I see the people rise in tumnlt; ] see kings
grow pale beneath their diadems War Is
among them. war even unto death.
Isee one throne, see two thrones broken IN
nieces the people scatter the fragments over the
earth. ~.
see the people fighting, as the archangel Mi
chael fought with Satan. Their blows are ter
rible. But the people are naked, while their enc
nv is clad in thick armour
Oh Cod he falls, he is smitten TO death. No
he is only wounded. Mary, the virgin MO-
Their. wraps him in her mantle; she smiles ON him,
and withdraws him Tor a time Fl om the battle
see another people Struggle without ceasing;
from time 10 time they gather new strength in
the struggle. This people have the mark OF
Christ upon the heart.
| see third people upon whom kings have
nlaced their feet; aud at each movement OF this
neople. six darsers are buried in their throat.
see upon vast edifice, high in the heavens,
cross scarcely distnguishable, for il is shroud-
ed with black veil.
Son of man! what seest thou now!
Isce the East in troubled He beholds his an
cient palaces crumbing into ruins, his venera-
bic temples falling into dust, and he raises his
eyes as il were in search OF other grandeur and
another God.
Isee. towards the West a woman with LOT.
Nv look and serene countenance; she traces
with q firm hand q light fnrrow, and wherever
her plough share passes see generations oil men
arise, who invoke her in their prayers, and
bless her in their hymns IAN allusion to the U
States.
/ see. in the North men who have no vital
warmth remaining, save in the head; it makes
them giddy; but Christ touches them with his
cross aud the heart begins again 10 beat.
Isee, at the South, a race of men oppressed
with some unknown curse, heavy yoke bows
them down. they walk STOPPING. but Christ touch
es them with his cross and they stand upright
Son of man! what seeSt thou nowf
He answers not; let us cry again.
Son ofman. what seest thoul
Isee Satan fleeing, and Christ surrounded by
his angels coming 10 reign.
III.
And I was transported in spirit to the times OF
old. and the earth was beautiful and rich, and
fertile, and her inhabitants were happy, because
they lived like brethren.
And saw the serpent glide into the midst OF
them: he fixed upon some his fascinating
glance. and their souls We're troubled, and they
drew near, and the serpent whispered unto
them.
Aud when they had heard the word ofthe SER
pent. they ros up, aud said, . We are kings"
And the sun nrned pale; and the earth wore
amournfnl hue Ike that Of the shroud which
envelopes the dead.
And a low murmur was heard, a long moan
and each one lrrmbled in his heart.
Verify | say unto you, ii was as in the day
when the depths were broken up, and the DEL
uge of great waters overlooked.
Fear went from cottage to cottage. for there
were no palaces, and she told to each one
dreadful secrets which made him shudder.
And those who had said, "We are kings,
took a sword, and followed fear from cottage to
cottage.
And mysterious deeds were acted there
there were chains, aud tears, and blood.
And the men, affrighted, cried out, "MurdeI
hath re-appeared on the earth. THAT cry was
all, for fear had iransfxed their souls, and par
alyzed their arms.
And they suffered themselves to be loaded
with irons; they, and their wives. and their little
ones. And those who had said, "We are kings,
excavated as it were a great cavern, and they
there shut up the whole human family, as beast:
are shut up in stall.