Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-08-19
1floral an6 Religious.
FOR THE TELEGRAPH.
A WALK IN THE EVENING.


1t was on beautiful evening, in the early part
of the month of November, when I purposed to
take a walk The moon shone forth with bril-
liancy and glory seldom surpassed, while every
star spoke in silent, though in an impressive
and truly sublime language, the glory and ex-
celency ofits Creator EVERY thing above, be-
low, and around me, invited my uncoasing admit
ration.
A day only had elapsed, when my mind ia
king retrospective view of the scenes OF the
evening, became engaged in the following re-
Elections -
The works of creation.-What vast store
house of mysteries do they open to our wonder
ing view my mag naton tires, as one and an
other of these mysteries pass in review before IT,
yea, it becomes lost in a sort OF reverentlal
amazement, as it thinks ofworlds piled on worlds,
universe on universe-and seeks in vain for rest
ing place, as it passes from to another ofthese
creations of Almighty energy i'm vain for some
retired spot that is not enshrouded IN mystery
With what scenes of sublimty and grandeur
this earth is fraught! The lofty volcano, at one
time pouring forth one continued stream OF hre
and smoke, and at another torrents OF lava or
melted stones IN many instances scattering DESC
laton and destruction for miles around,-the moi
az cataract descending with majestic grandeur
over precipice of rocks, in some cases hundreds
fleet in height,-the distant thunder rolling
through the arches of heaven with an impressive
grandeur that invites us to think OF Him who
holds the reins of the universe in his hands,
the lightning darling with an uncomfortable ra-
pidty from one extremity of the heavens to the
other,-form part only of those truly grand and
sublime scenes with which our earth anouhds'
Astronomy teaches us that such views as these
are not to be confined to the narrow limits OF our
earth-a mere speck in the unlverse,-but ex-
,andinp and ennoblng the mind the more 1t be-
comes ACQUAINTED ,with the principles of this tru-
" interesting science, it commands us 10 e&'ehd
our thoughts to an infinite number OF hxed stars
which probably are suns, and like our sun have
number of planets revolving around them'-
each star constituting the centre OF asystem SIM
liar 70 that which we call the Solar System,--
teaching us that this series of systems may con-
tinue till it finds termination ouy at the throne
of God And furthermore, we have good reason
for supposing that all these planets are ihhaD't-
ed-many of them and perhaps all OF them win
higher orders of beings than ourselVes-Possloiy
sorne of them with perfect beings What vast
field is here laid open, adorned with imagery OF
tho b;ohest order, for the mind to rove in and
.,,,;r, =. uncarthly desires "a field in which it
NAV felight itself without any fear OF exhaustng
the source Of its pleasures
o what blind nfatuation must have seized
upon the mind of that man who can stand IN the
midst of all these wonders ofcreatlon and gather
resolution of mind enough TO say" There as no
God" Where, o man, are thy senses? Where
is that impression of mystery and Almighty effl-
cacy which the curious and perfect construction
Of thy own frame, it would seem, cannot but force
upon thee Where is tina. impression of Di-
yinity which thou canst not but receive, If thou
dost but turn the eyes of thine understanding IN
npon the recesses of thy mind, and seriously con-
slider the noble and immortal characteristics Of
thy undying soul? . what mass of deluslon
and error must envelope the intellectual part OF
that man who for a moment can indulge in such
Heaven daring thoughts as these The ground
upon which such man walks condemns hun for
his inexplicoble, had almost said, voluntary
blindness He meets with reproof in yonder
sun, dffusing mysterious energy over the sur
face of the earth, which meets with a witness in
every blade of grass,-n the health and activity
of every living being in yon Respondent
moon, gentle queen of the night, chasing away
the darkness of the midnight hour. as ifby the
touch of some secret magic power,-in every
thing above, below, around HMM himself.
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