Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-03-08

WINTER.
The cheeross season at tho Winter Is as full u
instruction to ihe religious and thinking man O.
'he other scasons. ~ IN magriGccn, succession
awaken Tie purcst sentiments or p.c'y ia the humai
heaft. The iting ard eNhiirrutnr green O
Hpnug genial and Joyous warmth OF S.rnmc
The grateful abundance of Aotunio, nnd even IA,
iuc.cmoacp Of hosry Winiof-each sugg,sts tl,.r
appropriate topics of gratitude to IliM. who from
h's throne on igh "Tcmcmbc-eih the thrcs which
are IN heaven snd earth Perhaps We Learn
The most ennuhlng lessons Of religion from 40,
storms and clouds of Winter. The splendid va
ucty Of nature Is 70 more-iho gay livery If earth
Is hdden from orr slcht 10y snowy mantle, aud
even The hight Of The sun himself is obscured.-
Driven thus from toe contemplation Of things OK
iernai, We torn to higher aud better objects OF
thought. Other seasons draw our attention to
the earth We inbabit--5ul this exhibits 10 our won
deHng eyes myrlads OF other worlds and naturally
/ leads HE mind "a the contemplation of heavepI,
things: aud even (socb in human iraityJ to specu-
ia'ions as snnl AS they are p:esumptuous
NO language tRevelatIon CXcoptcd) Is so plain
/ ana 20 readily understood the language O, na-
Lure, ana az no season docs she speak SO forcibly
ana soicinly to tbc heart IN the season of Win
Ter. she tells rs IN the hurried flowers jill the
icy Stiffness If the trees-iu the snowy co,ennos
81 the iaIr aud beautiful vines OF Summor--of de-
cay written by the finger of God upon all his works.
We are thus warned that as wave succeeds wave.
SO generation succeeds to generation and that we
must soon mlnc.e with native dust. The lit
Tie praiiler OF to-day fills our place in society
and The tendrs Of earthly affection are severed at
our departure only 10 be transferred % our success.
sorE. Bat II teaches nobler lesson--it tells US
that tho buried vine will soon in renewed beauty
8 n. .
and The ice manied trees soon tut forth their
strength ard beauty, aud that we too. having lett
our ohrysta!izsd she'll To aouldcr IN tia native earth
snail A'rg our flight TO worlds above. "Thc nigh
~ fesurrecinns Of nature have been these six thou
sand years, annually giving to men their eloquent
l"arbInET. and the glo.,o"" r"s~"r~ God mus an-
nEiI!Y eNeft5 are not yet niarrcd--nor even sub
Ject to decay. lie has lhus taught Us i.ai while
every natural object seemed dead, The principle Of
vegetable lie was siH increasingly operating
and preparing silently this earthly resurrection-
and that in his wise Government there exists no
evil.
"When gathering clouds around we view
And days are dark and friends are ren,'
lie tells us in The voice of Nature to look u,-
ward ior support and consolation--jhat no enemv
hath done this, bot that # an additional mantle of
.'pruciplc Of me- il 30 Tcnoyatlng the system AZ
10 prepare it for its glorious resurrection. The .
year Of nature is an emblem of the year OF the soul
and While &c the wisdom Of The present eVi' to
the plants and trees ofthc Garth, shall we noi also
be ie,e in the WELDON Of Affections to the sou. -
While the natural objects Of sense are annually
dying, a man stil lives and sees tine beginning,
he aud end q! myrials Of the inanmale creature Of
Cod.
Let then, the storms of Winter blow, and Toe