Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-03-21
THE LAY PREACHER.
NJ $ DEN>iE.
NIGHT SEASON FAVORABLE TO CoNTFl
PLATOON AND STUDY.

NJ JOSEPH DEN>fE.
NIGHT sEAsoy FAVORABLE TO CoNTrr
PLATloN y STUDY.
.watchrnan. What of The night F-IsAIsn 1l IL.
To This query of Isaiah. the watchmsn replies. H.,
The morning corneih. and also the night The brs,
iy of this answer has leit 81 involved IA scmothirr J
an. ol~curiiy of the season in which 10 was given.
,hink ,bo, p,,b,. however sooiy md III. favored IL M,
he pronounced by those Who were horn rrdcr a Cod
star. merits. a more particular description. ] feel ~
culisrly disposed 10, aunngc sctnc 'deu IN favor Of nd
seassn. know thnt the majority arc literally Nm
10 its merits; they must he prominent. indeed, 10 u
d,secned. by the closed eyes Of The snorcr, Who think
ina, night Was made for nothing but sleep But lh1
student a nd The sage are willing 10 believe Tint IL wa{
formed for higher pur, oses and that u not only Il
crni,s exhausted spirits, but sometimes informs inqui{
tive and mends wicked onts.
Duty. rs well as inclination. urges the Lay PrenchJ
sr To scrmonixe while Others slumber. To read M
mcrous volumes in the moFning. and 10 observe ward
ons characters at noon. will leave but little time. eEI
ocpt the night. 10 digest the one or speculate upon ih{
other. The night. therefore. is often ceiicaied I
composition. and while The light of the paly plane
discovers at his desk the preacher. more wan Than The
he may be heard repeating alphabetically with II
Young.
Darkness hns much Divinity for me-
lie rs then alone he Is then ut peace. No compel
ion. nesr. but the silent volumes on his shelf; no noiSl
s,road. bnt the click of the village clock or the bari
OF the village dog. Il G deacon has then smoked "A
sixth. and TAD pipe. and asks not n question mure cod
corning Joscphus or the church. Stiffness aids siudl
and the sermon proceeds. Such being the ~vbligaiicnl
to night. il would he ungraicfui not TO acknowledJ
them. As my waichful eyes can discern It's dim beau
ties. my warm heart shall feel. and my prompt puJ
shall describe, the uses and pleasures of the noc,umI
hour.
.watchman. whei OF The niglar I can with p,I
priety imagine this question addressed TO myself; ,u
PROGRESSED Incubator and who 50 wen qualified 4
dclincatc the sable hours ns
~ meager. muscrid morc, adjust ana Thin
However in uripusly night is treated by the slice
mojerns. the vigilance of the ancicsrs could not o,el
! look is benefits and Joys. la as carly n record as M
book of Genesis, | find lhat Isanc, though he deyo..|
) his a-siduotrs days To aclicn. reserved speculation N
night. lie went out 10 meditaIe in the field al cyrD
tide He chose that sad. that solemn huur. 10 refer
upen the Writer'S of a beloved and departed mor..rr
The turiuli and glare OF the day suited not with III.
sorrow ofhis soIl. lie al loss his most cmiall-. mo.
genuine friend. AMI his n RESERVATIONS grief was Gag,
. Tor privacy and shade. Sincere sorrow rarely sulen
lis tears 10 be sscn. IL was natural for Isaac To selcc;
. a season to weep in, that should resemble The color c
his fate Tae darkness, the ~solemnIiy. the stiffness o
. the eve. were favorable toAis melancholy purIo,
d He forsook, therefore. the busting tents of his faihel
I the pleasant south country aud well Of LahIiroi' h
c went out and pensivcly meditated At cvcniidc.
5 The Grccian aud Roman Philosophers firmly Ia
heyed that the dead cf midnight is the noon Of ihoaCLi
One Of thcm Is beautifully described by the poet as q
netting knowledge from the skies in private and mol,
u audience. and that neither his ,hcmc. nor his nigh
ID ly walks. were forsaken till the sun appeared. an
dimmcd his 'nohlcr intellectual beam We undoab
cdly owe 10 The siudious nights of The ancicais me-,
OF rhei elaborate aid immortal PRODUCTIONS. Amo.
them II wasncces~ary tina, every 'mrn'of Letters sloul
Trim the midnight lamp. The day might he given
The forum or The circus. but ile night was the sca,r
! for the statesman 10 project hrs schemes. and for ID
poet To pour his verse.