Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-12-02

"N9' N"'iN OVloIS nun over INC lnOuntain
as II waking them from their sumbers.-
All was sllIl as one loves it 10 be on a Sal
bath morning, save the sweet prisons G
the red breast and oriolo, going up I
| Hum "who eedelh the blrds,n and IN
sound OF distant water fall breakin,
lclear upon the car. stood upon Il It'll;
'emlnence, which overlooked few mile.
Iaround, The sun had not risen. The
earth looked beautiful and new as at the
creation, and 10 sunward hundred
peaks were glowing in the gold and anne
lhys, like giant spirits of world. Over
the whole landscape there is stiffness
showing that man rests from his labors.
and everything rests with, him. The
sturdy OK which had toied al tin. plough,
or dragged along the weary 10 thro'
the successive week days is gray qui,
ely on the sunny slopes the cows are
sluggshIy moving towards the pastures !;
The mllksmaid suppresses her song as she
bears the plentiful store from the barn
yard and the very herd-boy looks cau-
iously far up and down the lane before
I c ventures the stone, TWICE aimed at the,
hnoilendng chip-muck
"AlIlooI as if they knew the day and hour,
And felt with man the joy and need of thanks. "
AS we tooktour way to the church,
the same stiffness covered the whole face |
OF nature, broken only by the hum Of the
honey Ices, gathering sweets from the
way-slde Covers, or the lowing Of the
cows from the distant fields. Neatly
dressed people were moving in groups
towards the sanctuary; the bright eyed
girl and her mother young men children {
md the groy.headed, with Sobrioty and c
Iecorum ia unison with the solemnlty Of d
he day. The church was a neat white p
uiIdIng, standing just out of the deep {
nountaln forest, and overlooking a wide II
ountry o water and land, many miles "
round 1t had no bell, no steeplc, nor "
ryan nothing but the four unadorncd d
ais, the simple pews, and the high mas, a,
We pulpit, where the rich man found no sr
element to his pride, nor The poor man, in
to his envy, Every thing be
IS in keeping.-the people with the house tn
= pastor with the people. There was 81;
t only sincerity and sVlemnity, but ia
% congruity about the whole, which ro
ave often felt the want Of in more Sc
endid sancluaries. by
the change which in. o.
asing years bring over our affections, me
IN never visit the church to which cor
wont TO 60 in my childhood, without tin
P emotion. The place the occasion mo
old form OF worship carry one back ste
primer days, anu made u forget for a |
the interval which has elapsed. The tho
lges that has taken place affect the wht
! much. That is the same scene from tccl
window on which used to gaze during city
ice this is the same pulpit these liy
the same quaint old fashioned pews. met
where are the inmates How few are
few Of them remain ! the scythe OF lies
has made dreadful havoc. The old are
passed away like tale that is told: ron:
mature such as remain Of them are V
headed and bending under the weight who
ears. Boys are transformed into the int
thoughtful fathers OF families, and and
d thoughtlessnesS has given place to natl
lines OF care. Around me resp
eneratlon which muShroom.llke, has into
g up in my absence and more than actl
| mstook the children for the pa olit
, pictured in my remembrance as if OF
had been destined never to grew old.
'ur good pastor, whose gray head I'm
al t,,,.,,
'"u'y s'eot'H9 nave 50 associated who
y III my 'ii'ha with Oehe'oIehce oil in tn
/, that can never yet separate them, saw
here. How well | remember his to ro
department, his calm and deiber- On
! anu I ms S1"eroo'e presence when lings
Gu ol awe / nave never since leIt tatio
presence OF any man. lie has gone three
since, to receive the reward Of those WON
Urn many y righteousness the P
ur country doctor too with his mar
, red face and small grey eyes, is ner
iio oo' III 'no P'" yohoer' just De- jump
- PuiP't anu IL requires no great the
n OF fancy, TO see his queued and athle
red head peering above the rail cd on
: TO mark his grand and selfcom. nallv
il air, which, however, offended no Two :,
SeIl'loye, as with cooked hat and Cali,
ois-lor he always affected the old II see
Of dress-he followed the minister ,boso
church. lie vas man of great orosn
richly Of charactea, and had he fall Honr
The way OF ChaIes Matthews, it liCa =,
have made the commedian's fortune crn,,,
3 his professional studies, the doe ware
ID been pupil Of the celebrated in ,bo
IN, whose name is intimately asso was
with American history, by his la cbool,
death at the battle Tor Bunket's Calt r.,
and in his eyes, DR.. Warren wa. cneJe,
5otesl man the world ever produced bonJ
differed from him in opinion, no into Il
what the subject might be, would cd as
} stare you in the lace, draw his ooron.
leue through his hand, and close ioined
" ~, WIN inc ohanswerabIe argu that n
Sir the immortal Doctor Warren l,,,, i