Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-03-30

ance 10 the dwelling Of iamshed housc'
hold.-warming the hearts OF some nj lhe
fire. side of social and domestic comforts ana
freezing the hearts and bodies oi others ,poh
the cold hearth Of want aud domestic aliiIc-
lion. WINTER. indeed, HAS GoNE, changing
our moral and social condition aS tHe season
itself has changed. A bright ana boau'iini
sun has risen upon one man ana MS ho"'e-
hold. and again our own eyes nave almost
see n the wind bowling. the tempest raging
and the waves moving us "ilie rus'' OF mish,
~ waters" has swept over the irail BARK oi
another, bringing him and his household IN
to n sea OF run. ,
SpRiNG, which has just commenced, is The
Poetry of the year. Ii is seed time Tor the
husbandman, nnd full Of happy anicipationS
for the man ol business. Our shipping moves
unubstructed from our wharves upon the
seas. Steamboats, are IN motion. Trade re-
wives. Business be gins. Enterprise, bus'le
and excitement Is seen in every CITY, every
where every town and IN every hamlet
All the world is in motion. The sIumoerlhg =
and the sleeping are aroused. All nature Is
active-the dull and inactive life ot winter Is
death compared with the animation OF spring.
The dead are made alive, and in hail the am
mate world there Is RESURRECTION OF THE
DEAD. The cold blasts of winter are chang
ed to the warm brcezes Of spring. The air
il vocal with the songs of the icathcred trlbc,
wineng their way back from their distant
flights. The ground is covered with It's my
riads Of creeping Insects The industrious
ant and the bee rear their skllful habnations.
/ The snort days Of winter give place to the
longer days of spring. Hours Of night aud
darkness are changed to the light and warmth
Of day. The ice bound rivers are once more
( free. Millions of hearts leap for joy-thou-
sands are gnddencd in anticipation of the
few days which libcrates them from then
! lnlf-yeary evening toll, and which changes
the Workshop of the evening laborer to
scenes of recreation. "The wilderness bios
SONS like the rose" The Lies of the field
put on their beauty and send forth their fra
GRANGE. Trees put forth their leaves. The
flowers Of the field bud and blossom. The
earth is carpeted with new ana beautiful yer
dure. The mountain stream and the ripping
! -ivulet, the green shrubbery of the valey,ant
| the hedge adorned with blossoms-the cain
clear sky above us, and the placid waters be-
meath us-the harmony and music OF nature
| the warm midday sun, and the moon peer
ing forth in the still hours Of midnight through
some thick foiiage-the earth teeming witt
the comforts of life--in brief every thing il
the season of spring, from Natures God to
the smallest flower Of His creation, is caicu.
lated TO elevate the mind and improve the
heart The hand Of OMNIPoTENCE is seen
every where. God is seen every where
stretching ont his arm over the length anC
breadth of His vast dominions, and scattering
abroad the works Of Ills love and bounty.
"When youthful Spring around us brealhes
\ Gods Spih warns her fragrant sigh,
! And every flower the summer wreatls,
Is born beneath that iindling eye;
Whe'e'er we turn thy glories shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine. v