Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-08-19

are, and what shadows we pursue,' comes
to US from every sad kneel we hear, from a
every burial place Of the earth, and the a
slumberng dead Of the sea. !
But while man is this surrounded by r
the sad mementos of unstable existence,
while the memorials Of the departed are
pointing 10 his own approaching doom, an c
Indifference and thoughtlessness are ever q
manifest 1t has become so common an
event thGt its impressions are but momen.
lary. lts continual recurrence, coming TO {
remind him produces a practical forget
| fuIness that it must come upon US ALL {
Man lives as if under exemption from the I
behest Of this great destroyer. Pracll.
cally he stands as he were a Colossus,
looking down upon Death as if he were
not under his domnlnion. He is not ig-
norant that such must be his fate, nor does
he dread it less that he is thus Indifferent.
Whom brought face to face, with the King
of Terrors, his heart quakes in lis citadel
whence he has looked with unconcern on
the exit of others. When the thought has
come near to him, 1t has brought dlstur>
bance to his bosom. But what | would .
especially remark is, that the thought
which has caused this dlsqulet is so spec
Oily dismissed, that he will not allow 1t TO I
remain long with him. When 1t has
thus gained casual possession oihls breast,
it is readily banished with the recurrence
OF care and business Before the spirit OF
, the world, it venishes like an idle VISION
If in the midst Of his busy cares the
f truth flashes for al instant upon hun
am NOR tal-how soon has he dIspeled 1t !!
\ Perchance as he trod the streets at noon
= day-a brood of thoughts were IN his
, mind, and to him seemed that this world
/ was his continual abiding place, when
h suddenly some scene has, with gloomy as
d ISOLATION, brought to his remembrance
n The reflections of midnight, when IN us
!. stiffness and calm, he has allowed hlmse'l
to think Of the end Of his existence NOW
like an unearthly visilant did the ina &c
o oil death intrude and push out those world
IS y cares and pursuits But IN moment
N he has reached his place Of. business, ane
;, those dismal thoughts are banlshed. l.
id may come nearer. He may not only nave
OF these general impressions brought occa
sionaIIy TO his mind, that death comes u
IS all and must come to him it may not on
70 y transienty flash upon his spirit ina
e. Deaths busy messengers may soon NEE
W. him as they have myradS before MN
but with Invisible and mysterious tread
h. it may come and lay its ruthless hand up
he on some idol of his heart In some mo
n ments when Plenty has opened her horl
err 70 him, when life is unruflied as summe
he sea. no cloud dims the sky-he may find
ed himself suddenly bereft OF one dear tc
on him as his own existence. While enga
ged in the dear ministries and tende
n charities Of the home which she has mad
at blessed, his companion, by the way, may
IS, be taken to heaven. He has perhaps some
We times thought that such an atfilctlon nigh
lis come, but he has given no room for tn
is thought in his heart he has though
n when it has come that he must now lool
ul forward to the period Of his own depar
is ture. He finds himself continually re
r. minded of the loved one that is gone -
Weeks and months may pass on, and tn
s., image of her and the thought of death i
it still in his mind. But times bears hin
N fast away from that event he has so dread
N ed to contemplate, it becomes more din
0. acd indistinct In fine from being subject
D, of continual thought, it has almost de
e, parted from his memory.
lie The unceasng ravages Of death, tn
lg uncertainty of the time when ours ma,
W come, aud the certainty that it must come
may be productive Of the best results up
on our conduct. | need not now speak o
n the effects the habitual contemplation o
err death most certainly has upon all men
a Our observation will tell US what sIIen
k, and serene composure, what strenuous an
= devoted activity il will impart to a chris
it tan. The christian himself knows these
ID and the untold Joys 10 which he is conf
d. dent death is but the opening portal.
e has also tendency to make the mos
no giddy thoughtful, and to bring seriousness
1t 10 the worldly and the gay. 1t Is sllen
v but stirring monitor to all, "a sublime an
universal mo ralist," lessonng and incitn
US to duty, warning US TO work while tn
dav last, as there is no cunning nor dt
ar vice in the grave to which we are so ra
o. pidly fastening.
~ $50 live, that when thy summons comes to Jo
ne The innumerable caravan that moves
To the pale realms Of shade, where each sha
take
md His chamber in the silent halls of death,
. Thou 20 not like the quarry slave at night,
scourCcd from his dungeon, but sustained al
' Soothed,
ire By an unfalterng trust, approach thy grave,
.u. Like one who wraps the drapery OF his couch
ms About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams
he -------------------.--
,rs From the Liberia Herald.
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