Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-01-13

was told that his ssblack coat protected
him." cit may be 500 said the wor
thy Glorious, .'but if it protects me,
shant you," and throwing it on chair
he gavehis opponent thoroughthrash
ing.
| CHANGE.-Change is inscribed il
characters as legible as if written by ;
sunbeam on every object. Itpervade'
alike the world of matter and of mind
1t is proclaimed on every passing
breeze-,and seen on every whitening
plant and fading flower. All life.
dearest objects, all its fondest hopes and
enjoyments are subject to it.
Look at man, bearing the express
image OF his Maker enstamped upon
him, from whose countenance beams
the light of intellect: and possessing a
living princi Piles which is destined 10
live parallel with eternity, he is ex-
posed to a constant change. At one
time stranger to want-atlluent, pros
porous in all his undertakings-even
greeted with the smiles Of fortune, the
winds of heaven waiting to him the
riches of every clime-at another ex-
periencing all the miseries Of poverty.
Now, with a character Of the finest
mould-a mind Of the highest cultiva-
ton and refnement-the recipient of
honors-the object Of continual praises
and flettery and bidding fair to be-
come an ornament to society, useful
citizen, and to shine as celestial lu-
minary among his fellow men-then
plugged into the lowest depths of de-
graduation and vice-an outcast. and
reproach to the community. Is To-day,
enjoying all the blessings Of health
free from pain and correcting cares
his face beaming with joy, and spark
ling with the gems of innocence and
beauty ;-to-morrow, languishing on
bed of sickness-his body fast sinking
under the fierce assaults of disease
his frame convulsed, and his mind
turned by the lashing of guilty con-
science. To-day, moving in all the
activity and vigor Of life-allthe mem
bers OF his system performing their
functions in their wonted order;-to-
morrow, wrapped up in the embraces
of death. The king Of terror claimed
him as his victim-and to his power
full grasp he had to yield. Thus it fares
with man; he is ever subject to sudden
reverses of fortune and liable to have
his purposes frustrated. Death, that
''grim MONSTER" has invaded his enl-
pire and swept nation after nation from
the earth as mighty whirlwind.
He has sent forth his messengers,
war, pestilence and famine, and they,
ever true and faithful to their sover-
eign, have done valiantly. They have
gone abroad upon the land, executing
the commands Of their king, causing
The habitations of men to be filled with
mourning, and the sighs which they
have forced from their victims to be
waited on every wind, and told on
every breeze"
When rejecting upon the many ma
ions that have existed from time to
lime, we are led to ask where arc they?
Where are they? is re-echoed from
every object around us, waited on the
rowling wind, and reverberated loud
,r and yet louder through the air. A
as! they are no more-their places
low others hold, who, in their turn,
must leave the stage Of human action,
md dwell among the pale nation Of
he dead.
But not only his man subjected to
change and exposed to the devastating
effects Of the ravagcs of time but-cve-
y monument Of earthly grandeur.
is stable-nothing is secure
or higher power has decreed that the
glory of this world shall pass away.
Cities and nations that once figured
On the stage ofaction, which were once
. subject of glory and boast, are no
nore-their names now only live in
song. Babylon, that mighty city,
whose high towers, gorgeous palaces,
ind lofty domes were once the admi-
ration and wonder Of the world whose
beauty, spIendor and magnifcenceI
we're not excelled, where is she? She
IS no more--not vestige of her form
sr glory remains. Those halls where
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