Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-10-10
THE MIND BEYOND THE GRAVE.
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We csuna, bot feel that We are beings ola to
fs.d nsture 80 That auf ,,utpey t. tbc tomb 10 .hof
End me ettsicnce eeyord % immortal l. There
any attainment that may reserve, hen NC lsi
dorm the bod We tnos, thsi OF the gold jhst
! gcnsie. We may tske none auh ~ y hen dost ~
lutneih 10 duet. Of the Treasures which tie uind
accumoln'cs. may We cary sugh, With as % that
bourne. Whence uo tfatclicf teiutns
We msy have been delighted with the siuIirs
q nature and penetrated into those os,efns here
she pefiocis her chemistry in secret. Composing
and ecomposug-ehangiug matter ,n'o nsmelc-r
i'rtut- pufsuing The sYbi-.l essences through
toe or, and resolving even that or into u~
ongnsl eienents-wist will be- the gam vi en
~e psss irom mstrnAl TO imnsteus and ths greut
museum aud laboratory. worn eadh. Shall dissolve
"a ITS own central fires
We may have become adopts in the physiology
Of usn--scanning the mechanism Of the eye. u!i
hghl itself unfo!ded 10 Invisible iAws-uf the osr,
is mos, hidden REGULATIONS confessed their mys-
FERROUS agency wth souud--of the heart, that tit-
@isl &c hfe '.roelcs tt~ br'a'tt l,v~, -t-., ',,u
ihese researches be available. ia state Of beng
which EYE bath not seen. nor car heard. nor tie
heart oi man conceived 7
VIII be who fathous the Matters aud computes
their pressure sud power. have need OF his skill,
where there 40 more sea 2 VIII the u.athe-
n,alieisn exercise the lore by which he measured
The hcsyens-ot the astronomer the science which
discovered the stars, when called TO go beyond
their light,
Those who have penetrated mos, deeply Into the
intellectual structure Of man. lifted the curtain
from the birthplace of thought traced the springs
of action To the iountein aud thrown the yelled
and striking motive into the crucble, perceive The
ybcet of their study, taking new form, entering
d,sembudled aud unknown state Of existence and
receiving powers adapted 20 lis laws aud modes VI
Intercourse.
We have no proof ihst the sciences to which
hours of labor have been devoted, will survive the
tomb. But the impressions they have uade--lh,
dispositions they have nurIured--he good evil
they ho,e helped 10 stamp upon the suu--wIli 90
with It 10 eternity. The adornlng awe, The deep
humility, inspired by the study OF the panels onu
their laws The love al truth, which lie chcnshed
who pursued the sciences that demonstrates IL
all lind response among angels and arcb.aUgeis.
The praise That was leurted amid the melodies 81
nature -or from the Tyre Of consecrs,cd genius
may pour lts perfected tones from serapL's harp.
Ih" goodness taught IN the whole frame OF crea
lobby the flower hitting lis houey-cup to the ~
sect, and the leaf drawing lis green curtain rouuU
the nursing chamber OF the smallest blrd 4; by the
pure stream. refreshing both the grass aud The
ilocks that feed 1t. the trees, aud the
ITS fruits the tender charity caught from the hap
p'hess of the humblest cresture--@iil be at homr
IN His presence. who hath pronounced himself The
God ui love-
The studies, therefore. which pursue n the
means oi intellectual delight, OF ibe instruments Of
acquiring wealth and honor among men, are valua
ole at the close OF life only as they hnxe promoted
those dispositions which constitute the bliss of dn
ruenuiug existence. Tested by ITS tendencies be
y nd the grave, Religion, is It's bearings and
suits, trauscends all other sciences. The knuwl.
edge which II inpars does not perish with the
stroke he. dlsunltes the body from lis ethereal
companion. Whilst It's precep,s lead TO the high
cst Improvement at this state of probation, ns
-pirlt II congeaed with that lnetabie reward 10
which aspire. 1t Is the preparation for immor-
iailty, which should be daily oud hourly wrought
oct, smid all the mutations OF ume.
Truth Stronger than Fiction, The Wu,renton