The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-05-18
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IA s,vaFuGONE, BUT NOToLOST." trr z.
a Tranapns, a writer in tho New York Observer,
holds vigorous and beautiful pen. The following
will show il: es.i etrIte.eug ..r.,u..s. ..
Just above the Highlands, the Hudson is wild
ened into what Is called Newburgh Bay; it is
beautiful expunse of water resting against the hills,
ne If it had gathered itself up for strength before it
burst away through the mountain barriers into the
sea- On the eastern shore as il sloops towards the
bay, is church and churcll-yard. as delightfully."-
planted for prospect, any the bank OF the riv-
cir. I. was in this grave yard that first me,
tomb stone, the inscription that stand at the head
of these lines, md the scene and the association
render the mention Of the circumstance suitable.
"Gono, but not lost'', lit was tho tribute of af
lection and faith. II expressed, in graphic words,
The sad truth that was gone, and also the sub
lime assurance that the departed was not lost.
Was il a fact? confess it startled me at first.
A few months since, and the whose grave
was standing by had lived and moved, and filled
perhaps little space in wide circle of fIeds.
Butihe place was now vacant; the outer man had
been to fail day by day, death flushed the
work, the grave covered il up, aud the worms had
their prey. And not lost not lost! reasoned a
moment before could be satisfied that the epitaph
was not, like most epitaphs, nero rhetoric.
A broad and beautiful stream before me. It's
waters rolling silens, bur steadily on, toward
the mighty They are here--,hey gone
never TO return. Are they lost? Every drop
is there, as pure and perennial when gliding at
my feet. 1.I'.'r| t.2F '."
'" A white sailed vessel was just entering The
gap "f the Highlands; tho suaner breeze freshen-
ed, and bore it out of view II was gone, but i. was
not lost '4r 3" ''tf .>.l ''''*
The star that fmei,s away in the light ofheaven,
~hen the brighton sun rises the world, or the
star that goes down behind tho western hills,
the itsefthat in gIory,s gone: but TO shne
again with equal or brighter lus ire. II is not lost
& Not n ray of its living tight has por,shed.
z A holy man, in the early years Of the world,
walked with God and 'was not, for God took him.
tic was gone. The place that knew him once,
knew him no more. But he was not lost. He
lived; he yetlves. 4 = 81 ID e. 80
A certain prophet of tho Lord was walking with
another whom he tenderiy 10, ed; and suddenly
there appeared chariot Of fire, and parted them
Eboths asunder; and Elisha IL, and he cried M,
father, my father the chariot of israel and the
horsemen thereof. And he saso him "a, more. III
was gone but not lost. -'n i7EtH 81
A disconselate female came 10 the grave of ne
best beloved friend and she saw that his precious
remains we've gone she cried, They have taker
away my Lord, and know not where they hav,
laid him. She thought in her SORROW, as most o
the bercavcd are. wont to think, that she had los
her all; when one stood before her and said Mary
and the Joy Of life from the dead burst in asur
on her soul. 1t was the voice of her below ed 81,
had found her Lord. He was gone but not lost.
This natural, if not a profitable train
thought. believer writes this inscription owe
the ashes Of a departed saint. Day By day diseas
away the tabernacle Of clay; by--and b
death dashes in.pieces the COLDER bowl and IN
wheel at the cistern stands still But the fire
epirit starts into existence before tho ,eterns
throne and like an angel ofight, leaps in glad
ness and glory; unutterable and Uncomfortable
And is that saint lost? In diam and mine il foun
acod OF earth that contains gem oG great nrice
1t is taken from him that found n. and nolishc
Tor him who owns the mine and all its pems an
nov Il sparkies on the bosom of queen, or shine
radieTty in the royal coronet. Is the Jewel los
And IL the Monarch of the Universe could On,
IN the darkness Of this lower world, gems tina, !,
finite SIX can polish for his use, shall we cou,
them rs lost when he makes up his Jewels ar
takes them to HIMSELF lfhe should send for &ho
little ones that at this moment laughing in Il
innocence of their young hearts at my feet, and $
them as stars in h is Gown shall break my hoa
with grief as il my children wero lost? So Pay SC
reasoned asked friend whom l met after Tor
separation, 'How many children have you.' .Tw
bero, ne said, 'and one 10 baagep' He would n